Private Equity
Addleshaw have lured a private equity partner, Dee Sian, from rival Speechly Bircham marking continued expansion by law firms into private equity.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Apax Partners and Permira, the private equity owners of UK fashion chain New Look, have reportedly pushed back the deadline of the auction to sell the business after failing to attract suitable offers.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Advent International has bought Lloyds TSB Registrars, as another example of activity surrounding the financial services sector.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
US bank Greenhill has held the first closing of its debut European fund, with 61 percent of the equity coming from the firm and its employees, as the latest example of an investment bank increasing its private equity activity.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Singapore’s Temasek Holdings is acquiring a 12 percent stake in ABC Learning Centres, an Australian childcare group with centres across its home country, New Zealand, the US and UK, via a proposed new share placement.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The investment bank is working to raise $500 million by selling shares in a Euronext-listed portfolio of direct and indirect private equity investments.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Several buyout firms including The Blackstone Group and CVC Capital Partners are reportedly battling it out in a £2 billion auction of UK fashion retailer New Look. The deal could make up to £1.3 billion for New Look’s owners Apax Partners and Permira.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Permira has bought a 29.6 percent stake in Valentino Fashion Group, stealing in ahead of Carlyle for a stake in the Italian fashion company, which also controls German-listed Hugo Boss.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Investors in private equity continue to boost their allocations, buoyed by record returns – but many fear the wall of money flowing into the asset class may have a detrimental effect.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Global buyout firm Apax Partners’ latest fund is likely to be the largest-ever European fund as the firm abandons its venture capital past.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
