José Rojo
Follow José Rojo
Articles by José Rojo
Boomerang buyouts: returning to old assets
A string of recent deals have seen GPs returning to former assets; is this a safe strategy?
Patron and Electra in £325m Grainger carve-out
Both firms to commit identical ТЃ45m investments as part of takeover
Beechbrook holds £100m first close for SME credit fund
Close comes six months after vehicle launched with ТЃ100-200m target
Down 2 Earth picks up Gudrun
MBO is eighth deal for GP’s 60%-invested maiden vehicle
EQT to acquire Ardian's Lima
GP to acquire majority stake via its recently closed €6.75bn seventh buyout fund
Doughty Hanson CEO Marquardt to step down in January
Resignation comes amid push by GP to resume fundraising after shutdown in April
Graphite to sell listed funds-of-funds manager to ICG for £20m
Move comes as part of GP's plan to focus on direct mid-market buyout business
Industrifonden et al. lead €4m round for Barnebys
Fourth institutional round seen by business since inception, according to unquoteт data
Summit injects $55m into Siteimprove
Firm to back companyтs international expansion as a minority owner
Apax set to return to Airbus's satcom business
GP divested asset to corporate in $960m trade sale in August 2011
Octopus in £2m series-A for Segura
Investment is the latest in an active Q4 for Octopus, according to unquote" data
3i's Geka completes €95m refinancing
Move sees GP reap a €40m dividend recap, having invested in 2012
Gimv buys 75% stake in Brakel
GP invests in the Dutch natural climate control business via its balance sheet
VC-backed Acerta sold to trade for up to $7bn
VC backers make partial exit and are set to fully divest in the future
Equistone buys Sicame from Siparex
SBO sees VC score 2x-plus return
Carlyle to buy Astorg's Saverglass in €560m SBO
GP's bid prevailed over five other private equity funds
Latour closes second fund on €300m hard-cap
Oversuscribed vehicle will seek assets in €50-200m range
Main's Regas bolts on Daarwin for merger
Add-on comes two years after GP bought Regas
Partech leads $4.5m seed round for Giroptic
VC draws equity from €60m seed fund; 360 Capital Partners also takes part in round
Vatel invests €2.2m in Syracuse MBI
New CEO Jean-Pierre Gori to control the Corsica-based hotel following the MBI
PAI to acquire Carlyle's B&B in €825m SBO
Exit of French budget accommodation operator is set to generate a 2x-plus return for Carlyle
360 closes seed fund on €35m
Technology-focused vehicle to back 5-10 startups per year
France: Strong policy support needed for prosperous 2016
French PE has had a strong 2015 but stronger policy support is needed
Talde holds €67m first close for new fund
VC targeting €100m final close in June 2016, unquote" understands