Charterhouse Capital Partners
CVC, BC Partners to team up for Elior bid
UK-based private equity houses CVC Capital Partners and BC Partners are reportedly planning a €3.5bn bid for French catering company Elior.
Finding a way to exit the boom year deals
Many of the headline-hitting buyouts of the boom era are still sitting in private equity portfolios. Charles Magnay, partner at Altius Associates, looks at how GPs have adapted to exit large companies in the post-Lehman world.
Five PE houses circle Armacell
Five private equity firms are said to be circling German insulation business Armacell, a portfolio company of Bahrain-backed buyout firm Investcorp.
CVC and Charterhouse mull Ista exit
CVC and Charterhouse have hired Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs to advise on the sale of German utilities metering firm Ista, according to reports.
Charterhouse to sell Ista
Charterhouse Capital Partners and CVC Capital Partners are looking to sell German energy-metering business Ista International for more than €3bn, having already attracted staple financing offers of €2bn from banks, according to reports.
Top 5 buyouts of 2012 so far
Top 5 buyouts
PE-backed Télédiffusion sells Finnish subsidiary
Télédiffusion de France (TDF), a French operator of broadcast towers backed by a private equity consortium, has sold its Finnish operation Digita Oy to First State Investments, the overseas investment unit of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
AXA PE acquires Fives from Charterhouse
AXA Private Equity has backed the management buyout of industrial engineering firm Fives Group in a deal that values the company at around €850m.
Capvis and Partners Group sell Bartec to Charterhouse
Capvis Equity Partners and Partners Group have sold their majority stake in German industrial safety technology provider Bartec to Charterhouse Capital Partners.
AXA PE nears €1bn Fives deal
Charterhouse is set to sell French engineering company Fives to AXA Private Equity and the company's management, according to reports.
Hellman & Friedman buys Wood Mackenzie in £1.1bn SBO
Hellman & Friedman has acquired a majority stake in UK-based consultancy Wood Mackenzie from Charterhouse in a deal that values the business at ТЃ1.1bn.
SBOs set to rebound
The recent quaternary buyout of French eyewear retailer Alain Afflelou by Lion Capital for an estimated €780m shows that the "pass-the-parcel" trend in private equity has not yet abated.
HgCapital planning to sell SLV
Private equity house HgCapital is reported to be in negotiations to sell lighting system provider SLV.
Private equity moves in on Giochi Preziosi
Axa Private Equity, Cinven and Charterhouse Capital Partners are among the big names in private equity who have expressed interest in buying Italian toymaker Giochi Preziosi.
Deutsche promotes Bagshaw to head of PE unit
Adam Bagshaw has reportedly been promoted to head of Deutsche Bank's private equity unit, replacing Rob Firth, who left the bank last month to join Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Trade sales make roaring start to 2010
While many companies are still waiting in the IPO wings, trade sales seem to be the preferred exit option in the UK these days. Deborah Sterescu investigates
Water investing: money on tap?
Water is back on tap as two companies in the area have generated interest from private equity this week, reports Deborah Sterescu.
Charterhouse favourite for £500m United Utilities sale
Charterhouse Capital Partners is understood to have gained the edge on a ТЃ500m bid for utility company United Utilities Contract Solutions (UUCS).