Private Equity
The private equity group plans to raise up to $750m from selling shares in the chemicals group it acquired seven months ago.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The US private equity firm has acquired Gerresheimer Glas in a secondary buyout from JP Morgan Partners and Investcorp for an undisclosed sum.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Automobile Association, the UK roadside assistance and car insurance business that underwent a £1.75bn buyout in July, has delivered ahead of schedule on a key part of its business plan.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The German chemical maker has agreed to buy Vinamul Polymers for $208m only weeks after The Blackstone Group announced plans to sell shares of Celanese in a partial exit.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
ABN AMRO Capital has posted an IRR in excess of 40% on its investment in Jessops, the UK-based specialist photographic retailer that floated earlier this week.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Understanding the legal framework surrounding shareholder issues in private companies is crucial to buy-out practitioners. Here, in an extract from The UK LBO Manual, a recently-published guide to structuring buy-outs in the United Kingdom, Charlie Geffen, Head of Private Equity at international law firm Ashurst, outlines issues surrounding income, capital and voting rights.
7 min read · 30 December 2012
Christian Lange joins the European bank as part of an effort to expand its leveraged finance team.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Antonio Perricone, one of three managing partners at the Italian mid-market house, has replaced co-founder Luigi Sala as chairman.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
RPG Industries, a special purpose private equity vehicle, has acquired a Czech industrial conglomerate in a €400m transaction reported this week.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Europe's largest listed private equity group has agreed to a £111m secondary of the UK retailer from Barclays Private Equity.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
