France unquote” February 2012
French buyout house PAI partners has confirmed it is aiming to raise a £3bn fund this year – potentially staging a comeback following the 2009 power struggle that led to its previous vehicle being significantly downsized.
The outlook might have looked grim for the Paris-based firm when chief executive Dominique Megret and his designated successor, Bertrand Meunier, were ousted in 2009. In what was widely described at the time as an internal "coup", Lionel Zinsou led the firm's partners in asking for Megret's departure and was named chief executive - merely a year after joining.
In the February 2012 edition of France unquote":
*Foreign buyers beware
*Fund of funds evolve
*Venture revival
*And more...
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