Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein engages in joint venture to increase European mezzanine investme nt

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DKW) has engaged in a joint venture with Anschutz Investment Company, the private equity arm of the Denver-based Anschutz Group. Dresdner Anschutz Mezzinvest (DAM), the business formed as a result of the joint venture, will invest in mezzanine transactions across Europe, focusing particularly on early-stage investment in the UK and Germany. Robert Wardrop, managing director of Anschutz Investments Europe, and Dirk van Daele, deputy global head of loans at DrKW, will be co-chairmen of DAM. The new company is aiming to invest at least 4500m in six to eight deals over the next year.

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