In India, Alibaba is leading a $ 200 million round of funding for Paytm, an Indian payment and commerce company — the investment, made in
partnership with private equity firm SAIF Partners, raises the value of Paytm to $ 1.1 billion.
Yum Brands Inc (yum), owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, is in talks
with private equity firms including KKR & Co LP (kkr) and Hopu Investments to sell a minority stake in its China operations as it prepares to spin off the once booming unit, two sources familiar with the plans said on Thursday.
In 2013,
along with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, he took Dell private, a transaction worth $ 24.4 billion — the largest leveraged buyout since the Great Recession.
Waterloo, Ontario - based BlackBerry has recently had
discussions with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners about potential collaboration in enterprise computing, one of the sources said.
Davis Polk subsequently advised Palm on a December 2008
agreement with private equity firm Elevation Partners, which pumped $ 100 million into Palm and became the company's lead investor, Kelly says.
Former Coca - Cola Amatil chief executive Terry Davis has joined forces
with private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in its $ 3.4 billion tilt for Treasury Wine Estates, the owner of Penfolds, Rosemount and Wolf Blass.
U.S. health insurer Humana is in advanced talks to acquire acute care provider Kindred Healthcare in partnership
with private equity firms Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and TPG, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
The company's growth has been further accelerated by its 2016 partnership
with private equity firm TorQuest Partners, which specializes in mid-market firms and manages more than $ 2 billion of equity capital.
NIKE, Inc. has announced a new strategic partnership
with private equity firm Apollo Global Management, LLC, aimed at building a transparent and ethical apparel supply chain in the Americas.
«Today's self - starters know how to connect to and leverage the start - up ecosystem; they actively forge
links with private equity firms, venture capitalists, crowdfunding platforms and other actors in the system, often working collaboratively to come up with creative solutions.»
Robert Blabey, the CIO of family office advisory firm Align Private Capital, who works with Blue Water consulting on investment and corporate strategy, adds: «The benefit to working
with private equity firms is it's one partner and it's one static capital pool, so if they make a commitment the money is guaranteed.»
Opponents to privatization of Westchester County Airport fear the loss of accountability if the county inks a 40 - year
lease with a private equity firm because major decisions over the airport's future would be left to profit - driven investment bankers.
K - 12 technology leads all sectors of education in number of mergers and acquisitions so far this year,
with private equity firms continuing to figure prominently in the new education landscape, according to a new report.
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The stock dropped more than 20 % when two of its largest customers — JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), together representing roughly 44 % of sales —
announced with a private equity firm their intention to buy Sallie Mae (NYSE: SLM), First Marblehead's largest competitor.
Clifford Chance is the only firm to try to short - circuit the grind,
merging with private equity firm Rogers & Wells in 1999, a merger Legal Business described as «the troubled US acquisition that halted Clifford Chance's once unstoppable momentum».
Represented a Houston - based services company in connection with a $ 28 million majority recapitalization with a private equity firm
Before joining Advent as its first legal employee in 2008, he worked
with the private equity firm as an associate at Goodwin Procter, and when Advent was looking to build a legal department, a single lunch meeting was all the convincing it took.
Last month, Tanger Outlet Centers made a $ 491 million growth play, joint
venturing with private equity firm Blackstone Group to acquire nine centers from Charter Oak Partners.
Both retailers» efforts to strike
deals with private equity firms are being followed closely by the retail real estate community as the chains are in dire need of overhals in order to stay in business.
Vice, the youth - focused media and content company, is in talks
with private equity firms including the former owner of Formula One motor racing about an investment valuing it at close to $ 5.5 bn (# 4.4 bn).