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Nordic Capital and Avista to sell Acino to ADQ
Nordic Capital transferred the company to continuation vehicle Nordic Capital CV1 in 2018
Permira's Exclusive Networks readies EUR 370m Paris IPO
Pricing of the offering is expected to take place on 22 September 2021
Dawn promotes Plotnikova to general partner
Evgenia Plotnikova is the youngest woman promoted internally to general partner in Europe, Dawn says
KKR drops out of Zooplus race
Hellman & Friedman increased its take-private offer to EUR 3.29bn earlier this week
Triago hires Apposite's Auffray as new London partner
Matt Swain and Victor Quiroga are named co-heads of the Americas in NYC
Podcast: In conversation with… Adam Turtle, Rede Partners
Turtle joins the podcast to discuss the firm's journey over its first decade and the main trends in the European fundraising landscape
General Atlantic leads USD 150m Matillion round at USD 1.5bn valuation
Series E brings the total amount raised by the business to USD 310m
Bridgepoint targeting EUR 7bn for seventh flagship fund
Bridgepoint is officially in the market for its latest flagship private equity fund
Sun European names new healthcare managing director
Sun recruits Mark Braganza, a former partner at GHO Capital, to spearhead its push into healthcare
Carlyle revives USD 1.2bn Hunkemoller sale – report
Initial plans to sell the asset were delayed by the pandemic, Reuters reports
Valuations rising as food & beverage whets PE's appetite
Within the space of a year, average pricing in the space has increased by 2.2 turns of EBITDA, research by Clearwater and Unquote shows
Perwyn names le Huray as partner
Le Huray joins the firm from Hg, where he was an equity partner
Providence to acquire Apax's Marlink for USD 1.4bn
Both firms announced in August that they had entered exclusive negotiations
UK remains priciest PE market in Europe
LTM average entry multiple for UK buyouts stood at 13.2x in Q2 - up by nearly two and a half turns of EBITDA year-on-year
Astorg, Goldman Sachs to sell HRA Pharma for EUR 1.8bn
Astorg and Goldman Sachs acquired the French asset for EUR 300m-500m in 2016
StepStone registers next Secondary Opportunities fund
Firm held a final close for SSOF IV on USD 2.1bn in early 2020
EQT investors close share sale at SEK 370 apiece
Largest individual seller was EQT chair Conni Jonsson, who sold around 5.23 million shares for SEK 1.93bn
Risk Capital Partners leads GAK management buyout
Brighton-based musical instruments retailer GAK was founded in 1992 by vendor Gary Marshall
Naxicap closes second fund on EUR 856m
Vehicle is the GP's second commingled fund, with the first vehicle closed on EUR 500m in 2016
Apax, Warburg team up for EUR 5.1bn T-Mobile Netherlands deal
Deal values the Dutch telecoms operator at 8.7x its last-12-month adjusted EBITDA
British Private Equity Awards: last chance to vote
The public vote is coming to an end – pick your winners before 5pm tonight
IQ Capital lines up next fundraise
Deep-tech specialist has registered IQ Capital IV, the successor to its $175m third effort
Apax secures minority stake in Hifield Group
Apax invests via its Development Fund, which held a final close on EUR 255m in January 2020
Marlink to be acquired by Providence
Apax bought the satellite communications company back from Airbus in 2015 for EUR 450m