Private Equity
The financial advisory group’s merchant banking division raised €259 million for its latest European mid-cap secondary fund, comfortably surpassing its €200 million target.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The private equity duo part-financed one of the biggest deals so far this year using debt provided by six banks, proving lending appetite exists for even multi-billion dollar deals.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Lombard Odier spinout is targeting €720 million for its Euro Choice V fund that will make primary and secondary fund investments in Europe’s mid-market.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Blackstone France, the US group's Paris-based advisory team, has appointed former French ambassador to NATO Gerard Errera as chairman.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The firm’s $48bn PE business is unlikely to see a ‘wave’ of realisations given market conditions, president Tony James admitted, as Q2 net income fell by 75% from last year's figure.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Charterhouse reportedly fought off competition from rivals CD&R and EQT, as well as trade player Honeywell International, to acquire the German safety equipment maker in a tertiary buyout.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
Former COO of Discovery Communications Peter Liguori has joined Carlyle as the firm’s 27th operating executive.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Canadian pension fund has struck a deal with UK-listed Goals Soccer Centres to buy the 44-centre operation in a deal valued at £73 million.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
In a sign of the growing importance firms attach to operational value creation, LBO France has bolstered its team with seasoned industrialist Gilles Taldu joining as a partner.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
UK mid-market firm Inflexion Private Equity has trebled its money following the sale of debt management group Harrington Brooks to buyout peer RJD Partners.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
