Private Equity
Greatwide Logistics Services, purchased last year for $730m, has filed for Chapter 11. The company is saddled with $600m in debt and its first lien lenders including Centerbridge and DE Shaw intend to buy the company early next year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Sohil Chand, formerly with Goldman's Asian special situations team, will be responsible for making growth equity investments in Indian companies.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Qatari Diar fended off two French trade bidders and an unnamed Russian private equity suitor to complete the tertiary buyout of technology systems company Cegelec from LBO France.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The German and US alternative investment manager is joining forces with Cukierman & Co, an Israeli investment banking group, to launch a €200m private equity fund.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Silicon wafer maker JinkoSolar has received backing from Israeli venture firm Pitgango as well as China Israel Value Capital, which is poised to launch its second fund targeting $200m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Dubai-based private equity firm has purchased a controlling stake in Anchor Allied.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The US mid-market firm has purchased disposable medical products maker Coeur in its 26th deal this year. The investment was made from its fifth fund, currently raising $900m.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The Cleveland, Ohio-based private equity firm has added Argentine medical device company Metrolab to Budapest-based portfolio company Diatron.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
Razak Dawood, previously Pakistan’s trade and industry minister, will advise the MENASA-focused firm as it uses a portion of its $500m fund to invest in South Asia.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
The investment in Redington, a tech products distributor, will be made from the firm's Gulf growth opportunities fund, which was launched in 2007 and has received commitments totalling $1.1bn.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
