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Equistone buys Bulgin in £105m deal
Firm scores its fourth carve-out in a month with the purchase from Elektron Technology
Bridgepoint's Cambridge Education Group sells CATS for £150m
School operator will be sold to Chinese trade buyer Bright Scholar after five and a half years
Horizon sells Eat to Pret a Manger
Sale of UK sandwich shop chain brings to an end an eight-year holding period for the vendor
European PE in 2019: Paying a premium
Leading industry practitioners discuss private equity developments throughout 2018 and analyse emerging trends for the year ahead
TPG to sell TES Global to Providence
Transaction for digital education resources platform was reportedly based on EBITDA of ТЃ6.5m
DBay to acquire Harvey Nash in £98.7m deal
Proposed take-private of the recruitment business has received unanimous board member approval
Caledonia buys Cooke Optics from GCP for £96.5m
Management team reinvests ТЃ7.8m of their sales proceeds to secure the remaining equity
ECI reaps 3.6x from Great Rail Journeys sale to Duke Street
Deal ends a five-year holding period of the luxury rail holiday provider for ECI
LDC generates 3.5x on PEI sale to BDC
Sale of the media, data and events company comes less than three years after LDC's purchase
Silverfleet sells Ipes to Genstar's Apex Group
Sale of the fund administration business generates a 3.8x return and 30% IRR for the vendor
Bridgepoint sells Pret to JAB Holding
Deal reportedly values the UK-headquartered coffee and sandwich shop chain at more than ТЃ1.5bn
Hg to invest in Financial Express
GP invested in the financial services software and data company with capital drawn from Mercury 2
Quilvest acquires Phaidon International
Specialist STEM sector recruitment business increased its underlying EBITDA to ТЃ10.4m last year
Hg invests in TA-backed Access in £1bn EV deal
TA will retain a joint controlling stake in the business software company following the deal
European PE in 2018: beware the bullet
unquoteт brings together a group of leading practitioners to analyse industry developments during 2017 and discuss emerging trends heading into 2018
European PE in 2017: fundraising tailwinds and growing leverage
Industry professionals look back on a resilient year for private equity during a period of turbulent geopolitics
Phoenix sells Riviera to Silverfleet
Sale of holiday provider brings to an end a three-year holding period for the vendor
Bridgepoint acquires Burger King franchise
GP also secures a 20-year master franchise agreement for the Burger King brand in the UK
Phoenix sells Porthaven to Fremont
Care home operator has increased its number of locations fivefold under the GP's tenure
Phoenix sells Musto to OTPP's Helly Hansen
Divestment of sailing and lifestyle clothing brand brings to an end a dacade-long tenure
Kester backs MBO of CETA Insurance
Niche insurance provider will look to make acquisitions following the transaction
BC Partners buys 22 Priory Group clinics from Arcadia
GP acquires UK mental health facilities from the US group as part of regulatory compliance
Silverfleet in €310m Cimbria trade sale
Exit concludes 10 years of private equity ownership for Danish agriculture machinery business
Ropes & Gray hires Travers Smith's Croke as partner
New recruit joins former colleague Phil Sanderson in legal firm's London office