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PAI, OTPP join forces in final leg of Veonet auction
Consortium may be well placed to clinch a deal for the Nordic Capital- and Palamon-backed ophthalmology group
Golding hires Schütz as ESG director
Christian Schütz joins from his role as senior vice-president of credit research at Pimco
Capiton holds EUR 504m final close for sixth fund
Capiton VI is now 36% deployed across seven deals and expects to make up to 15 platform investments
IK, Asian strategics in final sale round for Schwind
Sell side is aiming to deliver on high price expectations for the asset
Advent, Centerbridge to launch Aareal Bank takeover
Advent already owns a stake in Aareon, the property ERP software unit of Aareal Bank
UVC holds final close for third fund
UVC Partners has a deployment capacity of EUR 255m with its flagship fund and new Opportunity Fund
Invision's Dr Deppe to hit DACH auction pipeline
Invision has mandated Rothschild for the sale of the disinfectants and cleaning-products specialist
Carlyle clinches AutoForm in SBO from Astorg
Permira, Onex, EQT, KKR and Hellman & Friedman, as well as industry players, were also tipped as potential bidders
Assos of Switzerland for sale with William Blair advising
Sale process is advanced, with second-round bids expected near the end of this month
AutoForm bidder pool narrows to include Carlyle, Francisco Partners
Sale of the business has tightened after attracting early interest from a raft of sponsors and trade players
Lone Star to exit MBCC in EUR 5.2bn deal
Lone Star bought construction chemicals business of BASF, now renamed as MBCC, less than two years ago
Sponsors, trade bidders line up for Deutsche Windtechnik
Several funds and strategic bidders are due to present offers for the German wind services business
Advent International and Eurazeo acquire Datatrans
GPs plan to combine Datatrans with Planet to create a global integrated payments group
Proventis hires Jan Wetter as M&A partner
Wetter was previously an M&A partner and office managing partner at EY in Zürich
Zooplus takeover to go ahead as 80% threshold is met
H&F and EQT Private Equity teamed up for a joint final offer for the pet products retailer in late October
Carlyle's tech fund buys majority stake in CSS
Deal should see Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV moving closer to full deployment
ArchiMed's MED II fund fully invested following Cube buyout
Cube is the last platform investment for the MED II fund, which closed in 2017
Insight Partners leads USD 125m Series C for Moonfare
Moonfare exceeded EUR 1bn in assets under management in September
Marlin Equity readies Collenda for auction
Raymond James is advising on the process, which could kick off before year-end
Ufenau registers third continuation vehicle
Switzerland-headquartered Ufenau Capital Partners invests in services-focused SMEs
LP Profile: ACP opens up PE programme
Co-head of PE Michael Lindauer speaks to Unquote about the LP's allocation strategy and its approach in an increasingly competitive market
AutoForm sees Permira join bidder pool ahead of NBOs next week
Carlyle, KKR, EQT, Hellman & Friedman and Francisco Partners were previously reported as potential bidders
Allianz holds EUR 520m first close for PE fund
Private equity fund will invest alongside Allianz's core private equity programme
IK buys Conet from HIG
IK intends to support the IT service and software developer with its ongoing DACH expansion