Katharine Hidalgo
Follow Katharine
Articles by Katharine Hidalgo
Carlyle in exclusive talks to buy Arriva for £2.16bn – report
Advent International, I Squared Capital and Apollo Management have also indicated their interested
Frog holds first close for Frog European Growth II
Frog Capital has closed its second European Growth fund on more than a third of its €150m target
UK General Election: reactions from the PE community
Private equity players and advisers speak on the potential for the resolution of Brexit and the effect it may have on deal activity
Equistone-backed ChartCo merges with Marine Press
Marine Press is ChartCo's third acquisition since Equistone acquired the company in 2016
Inflexion acquires Goals assets
Trade buyer Soccerworld and the founders of the company are also investing in the business
TDR-backed Algeco acquires Buko businesses
TDR Capital acquired Algeco in 2004 and has since bolted on a number of companies
Livingbridge sells CR7 Services
Livingbirdge was invested in the payments company through its Isis Growth fund and its VCTs
YFM acquires PMT
Professional Music Technology is a music products retailer generating more than £40m in revenue
Epiris exits TI Media in £140m deal
Epiris makes its first realisation from its £821m vehicle after just two years at the helm of the magazine and digital publisher
Downing leads £4.3m series-A for FundamentalVR
Existing investor Tern, as well as Epic Private Equity and Brighteyes Ventures, also invested
Ashurst appoints Gütle as partner
Gütle joins from the Munich office of Linklaters where she was a counsel in tax and fund advisory
Goldman Sachs-backed Aston Lark acquires Protean
Aston Lark finances the deal using a £160m acquisition loan provided by Ares
Adiuva acquires Fachklinik St Georg
Infrastructure investor Captiva has agreed to acquire the clinic's 6,000m2 of rental space
Maven leads £4m round for Relative Insight
British Business Bank's Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund also participates in the round
Softbank invests $655m in Greensill
General Atlantic first invested in the company in 2018, while Softbank first invested in May 2019
Kings Park acquires Otter Falls and Clawford Lakes
Kings Park Capital has acquired the two holiday parks to form Lakeshore Leisure Group
Vitruvian buys Sykes from Livingbridge
Livingbridge acquired the Chester-based independent holiday cottage rental agency in 2015
Mutares acquires Q-Logistics
Listed private equity company Mutares has acquired a division of Austrian Federal Railways
PHD invests in AMC
PHD Equity Partners has acquired its sixth investment from its second-generation fund
Index leads $30m series-B for Duffel
Index Ventures first invested in the travel software company in 2018, alongside Blossom
KKR sells partial stake in SoftwareOne IPO
SoftwareOne has a market capitalisation of CHF 2.8bn following the initial public offering
Vance recapitalises Eirtech
Neuberger Berman has provided debt and an equity co-investment for aviation services firm Eirtech
Northzone leads $60m round for Pollen
Existing investors Draper Esprit, Backed and Kindred Capital also participated in the round
CCI exits Abtran in management buy-back
Abtran was majority owned by the joint venture of The Carlyle Group and Cardinal Capital