Royal Bank of Scotland
Phoenix-backed Just Childcare secures £50m financing package
Ares Management and the Royal Bank of Scotland will provide the financing package
Equistone hires four for investment team
Hubert van Wolfswinkel and Julia Brunswicker join the Munich office from Montagu and DBAG
Beech Tree's Wavenet secures €85m refinancing
Ares and RBS provide a unitranche and super-senior revolving credit facility, respectively
RBS International appoints Brown to lead expansion in alternative funds
Brown's team will support funds in the UK, Jersey, Guernsey and Luxembourg
Infinity fully exits Positive Cashflow Finance
Final exit comes two years after the GP first sold a stake in the Manchester-based business lender
Fund credit facilities: A bridge too far?
PE funds have long used credit facilities, but are these loans now being used to boost IRRs?
RBS formalises three alternative tie-ups
RBS has signed agreements with AIG, Hermes and M&G
AlixPartners hires van Gelder
Joseph van Gelder joins AlixPartners' debt advisory team
LDC backs Aqualisa MBO
Deal provides an exit for company lenders Sankaty and RBS
Lonsdale funds Oteac acquisiton of HVAC&R
Company bolts on oil and gas services business
Salt and Jamieson named directors at RBS
Dan Salt and David Jamieson join RBS Corporate Transactions
Baird acquires Clearwater
Acquisiton partly financed with debt provided by RBS
Reilly joins Lloyds Acquisition Finance
Iain Reilly joins Manchester acquisition finance team as an associate
Lone Star purchases Jurys Inn for £680m
Lone Star acquires group from consortium of shareholders including RBS
Sir Tom Hunter backs £5.5m Scotedge fund
New start-up-focused fund receives commitments from RBS and Hunter Foundation
SOF rebrands as Pollen Street Capital
Former RBS private equity division focuses on financial sector
RBS's Cockell steps up as Bosson steps down
RBS has named Steve Cockell as head of London origination
RBS's Roach and Hassan on the changing UK debt landscape
RBS’s Roach and Hassan on the changing UK debt landscape
Electra's Nuaire in £32m refinancing
Electra acquired company from ECI in 2007
Privatisation: private equity's next big opportunity?
As Europe recovers from years of financial instability, many governments across the continent are looking to offload assets in a bid to reduce deficits. Could these potential upcoming state sell-offs provide an opportunity for private equity? Alice Murray...
Palatine pays £16m for LDC's Forrest
Palatine Private Equity has backed the ТЃ16m secondary management buyout of social housing contractor Forrest, generating a 2.4x return for vendor LDC.
Corsair-led consortium buys RBS branches
A consortium of financial buyers comprising Corsair Capital, Centerbridge Capital, RIT Capital Partners and the Church Commissioners has bought up 314 RBS branches for ТЃ600m.
RCapital invests in SLG
London-based RCapital has made a growth investment in Shropshire Leisure Group (SLG), a company previously held by RBSтs West Register fund.