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ROMANIA - AIG Capital Partners funds security provider
According to reports, AIG Capital Partners, the emerging markets private equity division of American International Group, has acquired a 30% stake in UTI Group. The company is a provider of security systems and services with headquarters in Romania. The...
EUROPE - First quarter European private equity exceeds EUR 30bn
For the fourth successive quarter, the total value of European private equity transactions has exceeded EUR 30bn, totalling EUR 34.2bn for the first quarter of 2006. This represents a 53% increase in the total value of transactions reported for the same...
GLOBAL - JPMorgan sells private equity portfolio
Press reports confirm that Goldman Sachs Asset Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have co-led the secondary purchase of a US$925m stake in the JPMorgan Partners Global Fund from JPMorgan Chase.
ROMANIA - Advent sells Terapia for $324m
Advent International has sold its 96.7% stake in Terapia S.A., Romania’s leading generic pharmaceuticals manufacturer, to Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited for $324m.
CZECH REPUBLIC - Warburg Pincus exits LSE and Prague-listed Zentiva
Warburg Pincus has exited its stake in generic pharmaceutical supplier Zentiva N.V. Globally-active pharmaceutical developer Sanofi-Aventis has acquired a 24.876% stake in the company consisting of the 19.634% stake held by Warburg Pincus, a 4.507% stake...
BULGARIA - Mezzanine Management backs bottled water firm
Mezzanine Management, the independent mezzanine and private equity provider, has announced that its Central European fund, Accession Mezzanine Capital (AMC), has backed the institutional buyout of the Devin Group, the largest bottled water company in...
POLAND - Mid Europa completes Aster buyout
Mid Europa Partners, through its Emerging Europe Convergence Fund II, L.P., has completed the acquisition of Aster, a leading provider of media and communication services in Poland. The agreement to acquire Aster from Hicks Muse Tate & Furst was first...
ESTONIA - MartinsonTrigon brings MTV to the Baltics
MTV Network’s emerging markets team will run MTV Baltic’s operations, together with MartinsonTrigon's TVCorp, chaired by Allan Martinson, a local entrepreneur and creator of the first Baltic news agency.
ESTONIA - MartinsonTrigon launches TVCorp for international TV projects
MartinsonTrigon, the Baltic venture capital fund, has agreed to invest EUR 1.4m into OÜ TVCorp, a holding company which will be involved in various international TV projects.
EUROPE - LBO market smashes EUR 100bn barrier
2005 saw further significant growth in the European buyout market with the total value of deals topping EUR 100bn for the first time ever, according to the latest European Buyout Review due to be published in March 2006 by Incisive Media in association...
LITHUANIA - MartinsonTrigon acquires 100% of shares in MicroLink Lietuva
AS Martinson Trigon, a Tallinn-based investment fund, has acquired 100% of MicroLink Lietuva and IT training company Baltijos Kompiuteriu Akademija (BKA) from Lietuvos Telekomas.
POLAND - Mid Europa acquires Wheelabrator Group
Mid Europa Partners, the largest private equity firm focused on Central and Eastern Europe, announces today its acquisition of Wheelabrator Group, the world’s leading surface preparation and finishing equipment specialist. Mid Europa has completed the...
RUSSIA - 3i Group invests in Russian growth fund
3i Group is investing $20m in Quadriga Capital Russia Private Equity Fund II LP.
European tech M&A soars, says research
The number of acquisitions during 2005 within the European technology sector has outstripped the previous high of 2004 and recorded a staggering 103% increase in deal value, according to the latest findings from Regent Associates' 'European Technology...