Private Equity
Under Jean-Bernard Lafonta, Wendel Investissement has become an important player on the European buyout scene.
3 min read · 30 December 2012
The US firm has paid €265 million for the majority of France Telecom’s stake in the German mobile phone operator.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Norwegian cable operator UPCN is the European buyout firm’s first acquisition from the Candover 2005 fund.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Private equity firms Warburg Pincus and GED Group are reportedly teaming up for a joint venture to invest in property in Southeastern Europe.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
The $300m GCC Energy Fund has been launched by Standard Bank, Gulf International Bank and Emirates National Oil Company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Warburg Pincus is to make a full exit from its highly lucrative investment in Bharti Tele-Ventures, the Indian telecommunications company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The German fund of funds group has drafted experienced investment banker and private equity professional Jan Cotta to its senior management team.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
In what it described as a tough fundraising environment, the Amsterdam and Munich-based VC has added CSFB as an investor and is closing in on a €125 million target.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Poor recent returns and more demanding investors: the less than ideal combination that European VCs on the fundraising trail often have to overcome. Do they have any friends left? You bet they do, reports Andy Thomson
4 min read · 30 December 2012
The European private equity firm has acquired France’s third largest casino operator from Legal & General Ventures and Royal Bank Equity Finance.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
