Clayton Dubilier & Rice
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
Secondary buyouts on the rise
unquote” has recorded a significant hike in SBO activity in 2011 – indicating LPs’ fears over their comeback might not have been exaggerated after all. Greg Gille reports
PAI sells SPIE in €2.1bn SBO
A private equity consortium led by Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has acquired French engineering group SPIE from PAI partners for a total consideration of €2.1bn.
PE firms team up for Spie auction
Axa Private Equity and Clayton Dubilier & Rice will make a joint bid for PAI's engineering company Spie, according to media reports.
Leahy hire bolsters CD&R
Clayton, Dubilier & Riceтs hiring today of ex-Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy as a senior adviser certainly reinforces the firmтs commitment to having operational experts on the payroll.