Private Equity
Owens-Illinois, the KKR-backed glassware provider for Budweiser beer, has acquired BSN Glasspack, a France-based manufacturer of glass containers in one of the largest European disposals of the year.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Boston Ventures has agreed to sell off Marshall & Swift/Boeckh to global information provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates for $250 million in cash.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Bono, the singer for rock group U2, will reportedly be a managing director at Silicon Valley ‘venture buyout’ firm Elevation Partners, launched by former Silver Lake Partners co-founder Roger McNamee.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Luke Johnson’s investment vehicle Risk Capital Partners will attempt a consolidation play in the UK bingo sector having acquired Mayfair Bingo for an undisclosed sum.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
Apax Partners will buy a majority stake in Amsterdam-based PCM Uitgevers, allowing the Dutch-language publisher to expand its educational business.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Permira, the London-based private equity firm, has agreed to pay €640m for Swisscom’s 95 percent stake in Debitel, the German telecommunications company.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
3i has appointed a new chief executive, snatching Philip Yea from under the noses of UK property company British Land.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
The Los Angeles firm has agreed to purchase CompuCom Systems for $254m and Dystar for an undisclosed amount as it readies a final close on its inaugural $700m vehicle.
1 min read · 30 December 2012
Steve Bortnick, a counsel in the New York office of US law firm Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, examines the use of hybrid entities in tax structuring.
6 min read · 30 December 2012
Marc Thiery, formerly of Allianz Private Equity Partners and Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, has joined Englefield Capital as a partner.
2 min read · 30 December 2012
