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BC Partners and TPG given go ahead for OPAP tender
BC Partners and TPG are among the seven potential investors that have been cleared to continue to the next phase of a tender to buy a 33% stake in Greek lottery monopoly OPAP.
BC Partners and TPG circle Greek lottery business
BC Partners and TPG Capital are among the potential bidders for a 33% stake in Greek lottery monopoly OPAP, put up for sale by the country's Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF).
Top 5 final closes of 2012 so far
Fundraising
Advent in talks to buy Douglas stake
Advent International is said to be in talks with German perfume and books retail group Douglas to acquire a stake in the business.
BC Partners buys Aenova from Bridgepoint
BC Partners has acquired German pharmaceutical manufacturer Aenova Group from Bridgepoint in a transaction understood to be valued at slightly less than €500m.
BC Partners sells stake in Brenntag for €577.5m
BC Partners and co-investors have sold seven million shares in listed German chemicals company Brenntag, reducing their joint stake to 13.6%.
Buyout houses circle €1bn Global Blue
EQT, BC Partners, TH Lee Partners, Silver Lake Partners and Partners Group have reportedly entered a second round of bidding for Equistone's tax-free retail services company Global Blue.
Distressed debt funds called in for Fitness First
BC Partners has called in distressed debt firms Oaktree Capital and Marathon following Fitness First’s failure to meet repayments, according to reports.
£14bn raised: but how to spend it?
European fund closes totalling nearly €14bn have been announced in the past fortnight. Deal data suggests it may be a bit much, and that not all are equipped to manage it. Kimberly Romaine reports
PE houses lose out on Iceland auction
CEO Malcolm Walker has entered into exclusive talks to buy the remainder of UK frozen food retailer Iceland Foods, in a deal that values the business at £1.55bn.
Private equity owners replace Fitness First management team
BC Partners has axed the Fitness First core management team in a bid to prevent the company sinking under its high-interest loans, according to reports.
Fitness First to restructure debt
BC Partners portfolio company Fitness First, one of the world’s largest gym groups, has begun talks with its lending banks to restructure its unsustainable high-interest loans, according to reports.
Rumour roundup: what to expect in 2012
With 2012 just around the corner, the market is abuzz with rumours. Sonnie Ehrendal takes a look at what to expect in the coming year.
Mega-buyouts fail to recover in 2011
This week, KKR announced what is likely to be one of the last large-cap deals of the year with its $1.12bn secondary buyout of Capital Safety Group (CSG). But how has 2011 as a whole stacked up in the mega-buyout arena? John Bakie investigates
Iceland Foods auction delayed
TPG, Bain, Blackstone and BC Partners have reportedly submitted first-round bids for frozen food retailer Iceland Foods - but the auction is being delayed, according to media reports.
Navigating a fundraise
Forget much of what you’ve learned. Wooing LPs nowadays follows few preconceived truths, requiring instead a lot of patience and creativity. Kimberly Romaine reports
Cinven and BC exit final Amadeus shares and reap 7x
Cinven has exited its remaining 3.4% stake in Amadeus IT Holding, bringing the total proceeds from the travel reservation specialist's IPO to more than €1.6bn.
Orange Switzerland sale underway
France Telecom has launched the sale of its Swiss unit Orange Switzerland, reportedly attracting a number of private equity investors.
BC Partners and Electra exit BDR Thermea
BC Partners and Electra Partners have sold their 40% stake in heating products manufacturer BDR Thermea Group to its parent company, Remeha Group.
BC Partners further exits Médica
TBU-3 International, a holding owned by BC Partners, has sold a 28.1% stake in listed French homecare company Médica.
Terra Firma planning £475m Odeon bond issue
Terra Firma is planning to refinance is Odean and UCI Cinema business with a £475m bond sale, according to reports.
Out of time - extending investment periods
The thought of extending a fund’s investment period sends shivers down some spines.
BC sells Turkish groceries for $515m
BC Partners has successfully offloaded a 17.4% stake in Turkish supermarket chain Migros Ticaret for $515m.
Terra Firma looking to sell Odeon & UCI
Terra Firma is set to offload UK cinema chain Odeon & UCI with a £700m-1bn price tag, according to media reports.