Infrastructure
KKR acquires 40% stake in Telefonica's Telxius
Infrastructure deal comes after the mobile operator decided against pursuing an IPO for its infrastructure arm
Omnes sells stake in Valorem to 3i in €57m deal
3i bought a 28.5% share from Omnes' vehicle FCPR Capenergie and others
Bregal and Motion exit MUS to First Reserve
Sale of utility service provider follows an eight-year holding period
Goldman Sachs-backed Dong sets summer IPO
Government will retain a 50.1% stake in the national energy company after largest-ever Danish IPO
Astorg acquires Parkeon in €450m deal, nears close on 6th fund
Astorg's sixth buyout fund is expected to close on its €2.1bn hard-cap in May
Lincoln appoints BDO's Freyman as managing director
New recruit will oversee the firm's European energy valuations activities
Comment: Green economy opportunities
Colin Johnson of Grant Thornton believes opportunities do exist for PE in the renewables space as long as care is taken
Petroleum Equity and RAG launch partnership
RAG plans to invest in European onshore oil and gas market
Norvestor acquires OneCo's roadworks group
Norwegian GP will take 80% stake in carved-out group
3i takes Scandlines competition complaint to EU level
Scandlines has already lodged a complaint against the Danish government
BaltCap commits €1.5m to Lithuanian wind farm
Deal marks the firm's first renewable energy investment
Triton acquires part of Alstom in €730m deal
Alstom continues programme to dispose of non-core assets
Deal in Focus: Ardian backs €1.96bn Vinci Park buyout
France had not been home to a private equity transaction worth more than €1bn since the summer of 2011 – a dry spell broken in February, when Ardian entered exclusive talks with construction and concessions firm Vinci to back the buyout of its Vinci Park...
Deal in focus: Seafort buys three firms from Auctus
Newly founded private equity house Seafort Advisers has kicked things off with a hat-trick of secondary buyouts from Auctus Capital Partners via a dedicated vehicle.
Albion invests in GHR hydropower scheme
Albion Ventures has invested ТЃ9.3m in a hydropower scheme developed by Green Highland Renewables (GHR), a Perth-based hydro-electric specialist backed by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP).
NovaWatt secures €7m from XAnge et al.
Existing investors XAnge Private Equity, Alto Invest and Agregator Capital have contributed to a €7m investment in NovaWatt, a French independent electricity producer.
Albion invests £1.4m in Isis Renewables
Albion Ventures has backed Isis Renewables, a UK-based provider of commercial solar panels, with a ТЃ1.4m investment.
Impax to acquire two Finnish wind power projects
Impax Asset Management has agreed to acquire the Kuolavaara-KeulakkopУЄУЄ and JoukhaisselkУЄ pre-construction-stage wind power projects from Fortum and MetsУЄhallitus.
Varova's Nordeon acquires insolvent Hess
Varova’s portfolio company Nordeon has bought German lighting manufacturer Hess out of insolvency.
Glennmont holds first close on €200m
Glennmont has held the first close of its second fund, Glennmont Clean Energy Fund Europe II, on тЌ200m.
Mandarin Capital sells Gasket
Mandarin Capital Partners (MCP) has sold its shareholding in Italian valves components producer Gasket International to Hutchinson, a French thermoplastics firm.
Axa PE and Aena acquire London Luton Airport
Axa Private Equity, via its third infrastructure fund and alongside Spanish airport operator Aena, has acquired London Luton Airport from TBI, a company owned by CVC-backed Abertis, for ТЃ394.4m.
Axa PE-backed Saur in debt-for-equity swap
Saur, a French water company backed by Axa Private Equity and sovereign wealth fund FSI, will be taken over by its lenders later this month.
Triton acquires majority stake in Infratek
Triton has agreed to acquire a 76.3% stake in OSE-listed Infratek from its two largest shareholders Fortum Nordic and Hafslund.