Private Equity
The San Francisco private equity firm has purchased a majority interest in the Italian restaurant chain from casual dining operator Brinker International. Brinker will retain a 19.9 percent stake in the chain, which it had been shopping for roughly a year.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The private equity firm purchased the company, John Maneely, for roughly $500m in 2006 and then merged it later that year with a Canadian steel company in a $1.5bn deal. During Carlyle's ownership, the company increased sales from $2.2bn to $3bn.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The lower mid-market firm has sold German automotive and aerospace engineering consultant, IndustrieHansa, for an undisclosed sum, just two years after acquiring it. The buyer was Findos Investor, a fund backed exclusively by German family-owned companies.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The emerging markets specialist has sold its stake in Uganda Microfinance Limited to Kenya-based Equity Bank, as it nears a $200m first close on its $400m Pan-African fund.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
A trio of sovereign wealth funds is in negotiations to take a stake in the UK-based private equity firm, in a move that could value the company at around £1.5bn.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The Bahrain-based bank has completed what it says is France’s largest LBO this year, a secondary deal for Compagnie Européenne de Prestations Logistiques. Sagard has exited the company in a transaction valued between €550m and €600m after receiving 21 first-round bids from groups including Doughty Hanson and Goldman Sachs.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
CHAMP Private Equity will reportedly sell United Malt and International Energy Services, as it plans to hit the fundraising track for its third buyout fund.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
The global private equity firm has purchased a minority stake in Amscan Holdings from private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Weston Presidio as well as management, all of which remain shareholders.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The two banks have committed €500m each to a new AAC Capital Partners fund seeded with 11 warehoused investments.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Madrid-based infrastructure and real estate developer Accion is selling a 75 percent stake in its funeral services company, valuing the business at €330m.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
