Jonn Elledge
The firm has refinanced its investment in the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company by granting an option to Novator Holdings.
Thierry Baudon and his team are back with the biggest fund yet to hit central and eastern Europe. By Jonn Elledge.
The buyout firm has made a 178p per share bid for Inventive Leisure, the AIM-listed owner of the UK vodka bar chain.
The Paris- and Boston-based firms are acquiring Belgium’s VCST Industrial Products for an undisclosed price.
The UK mid-market firm’s latest offering raised a record £110 million from third party investors.
The central European buyout firm has paid PLN1.6 billion to buy Aster City Cable, the Polish telecoms company it sold in 2004.
The Nordic buyout firm has sold the Swedish television, internet and telephone company Com Hem to the The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners.
The Italian midmarket firm has raised €50 million towards its €150 million target, and will invest in buyouts in northern Italy.
The US buyout firm has paid €100 million and assumed pensions liabilities worth €70 million to acquire the branded clothing arm of US conglomerate Sara Lee.
The Norwegian venture firm has raised $125 million to invest in secondary direct transactions.