Private Equity

Western Europe

M&S men reunited at Change

Roger Holmes, the former chief executive of Marks & Spencer, has joined Change Capital, the private equity firm headed up by Luc Vandevelde, the retailer’s erstwhile chairman.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Apax, Vista buy CVC’s Itevelesa

Apax Partners and Vista Capital have acquired Spanish vehicle maintenance company Groupo Itevelesa in a secondary buyout.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Norwegian venture fund raises €38m

Life sciences investor NeoMed Management has held a first close of its fourth venture capital fund on €38m.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Bridgepoint acquires shoe chain

The latest UK private-equity backed high street retail transaction has seen the mid-market investor buy Faith Shoes for £64m.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Phoenix quadruples money on fashion icon

Hicks Muse (Europe) has acquired a majority stake in fashion shoe retailer Jimmy Choo in a transaction valued at £101m.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Terra Firma in German real estate swoop

In its second transaction in Germany in a month, the London-based buyout firm has acquired 4,500 apartments for €225m.

1 min read · 30 December 2012

Exponent makes six appointments

The start-up private equity firm has hired a finance director and five investment professionals to help invest its debut £400m fund.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Palamon makes 6x cash on Italian sale

Palamon Capital Partners is understood to have made a profit of around six times cash invested from the sale of its stake in Italian software provider TeamSystem to Bain Capital and management.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Dale, Osmond team to buy £1bn life funds

TDR Capital and Sun Capital Partners are the equity sponsors of Life Company Investor Group’s £1.025bn purchase of HHG’s closed life assurance funds.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

Duke Street posts double exit

The UK-based private equity firm has realised its investments in Blue Green European Holdings and, alongside Segulah, in Education and Entertainment Nordic.

2 min read · 30 December 2012

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