Sentences with phrase «by global private equity firms»

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More recently, in late January of this year, Magnetar received another settlement of about $ 11 million, according to regulatory filings, from CEC Entertainment — the operator of Chuck E. Cheese kid - friendly restaurants — which it had sued seeking additional shareholder compensation in CEC's 2014 buyout by private equity firm Apollo Global Management (apo).

Many have put up their own shares or stock of companies they own as collateral for their loans and are increasingly copying the convoluted fund - raising strategies employed by American hedge funds and private equity firms in financing their global expansion drives.

LONDON and SAN JOSE, Calif., May 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Permira, the global private equity firm, and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), today announced that a company backed by the Permira Funds has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cisco's Service Provider Video Software Solutions (SPVSS) business.

Hostess, founded in 1919, was picked up from bankruptcy in 2013 by private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC and consumer industry investor C. Dean Metropoulos for $ 410 million.

San Antonio - based Rackspace was itself acquired by private equity firm Apollo Global in a $ 4.3 billion deal just over a year ago.

Online home rental marketplace Airbnb Inc is said to be raising $ 1.5 billion in a fund raising round led by U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic with participation from Hillhouse Capital, Tiger Global and others.

Kraft Heinz, the global food company, has implemented ZBB accounting, led by its new owner, 3G Capital, a private - equity firm.

The company is owned by an affiliate of The Blackstone Group, a preeminent global private equity firm.

Athene, which is backed by the private equity firm Apollo Global Management, plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol ATH.

Airbnb's latest financing round is being led by private equity firm General Atlantic, and includes Hillhouse Capital Group, a Chinese fund manager, and Tiger Global Management, which just led a big $ 80 million financing for Postmates.

In 2011, MaMa Rosa's was acquired by Huntsman Gay Global Capital from private equity firm Plaza Belmont.

Schaafsma, who was appointed general manager of the UK, Ireland and Global Partners business in 2012 before becoming CEO of the company in 2015, steered the company through major restructuring after its acquisition by private equity firm Champ in 2011.

More than $ 800 million in market value has been shredded from two ASX - listed companies, Treasury Wine Estates and quality assurance group SAI Global, since proposed takeover bids by private equity firms fell flat.

Helping to entice KKR, and other private equity firms, to throw a bid on the table is Mr Clarke's previous work with the close - knit global private equity firm industry who see merit in his initial plans — also revealed this week — to slash costs by $ 35 million at Treasury Wine and pump the savings into a 50 per cent boost on brand marketing.

He has argued that failed banks should not be bailed out, Lehman's collapse was not a disaster, AIG should be declared bankrupt, that naked short selling is not a problem, that backdating isn't so bad, insider trading should be legal, many corporate CEOs are underpaid, global solutions are worse than local solutions, Warren Buffett is overrated, Michael Milken is a great American, the collapse of the hedge fund was not a scandal, hedge funds are over-regulated, education is overrated by the educated, bonuses at successful Wall Street's firms are deserved and possibly undersized, management buyouts are boons to the economy, Enron's management was victimized by an over-zealous prosecution, Sarbanes - Oxley should be repealed, corporate compliance culture is a disaster, shareholder democracy is overrated, hostile takeovers ought to be revived, the market is permanently moving away from public ownership of equity in corporations, private partnerships are on the rise, public ignorance is encouraged and manipulated by governments and corporations, experts overrate expertise, regulatory agencies are controlled by the businesses they supposedly regulate and Wall Street is much more fun than people give it credit for.

J.D. Power is a portfolio company of XIO Group, a global alternative investments and private equity firm headquartered in London, and is led by its four founders: Athene Li, Joseph Pacini, Murphy Qiao and Carsten Geyer.

In January, a nine - partner team, mostly based in Hong Kong and led by former global head of capital markets Edwin Luk and global co-head of private equity Maurice Hoo, resigned from the firm to join Morgan Lewis & Bockius, leaving only three partners in its 11 - year - old Hong Kong office.

The January issue of the Legal IT Insider newsletter is out now, top stories include... Dealroom & extranet specialist HighQ receives $ 50 million in private equity funding — Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley among the investors + Intapp acquires Rekoop and now has 70 % of UK law firm time capture market + New Heads of IT at Macfarlanes — Andrew Powell headhunted from Nabarro as Maurice Millen retires + Edie Dillion promoted to global CIO at Norton Rose Fulbright + Ediscovery — the race is on to consolidate as deals spur «feeding frenzy» among Silicon Valley investors & scrabble by vendors not to be left behind + Zoopla GC Ned Staple Talks Tech: law firms need better time & billing software — real - time billing portals would be helpful

The seven - partner corporate and commercial team is jointly led by the «excellent» Ben Butler and Jamie Pass and counts FTSE 100 companies, global corporates, start - ups and private equity firms as clients.

Alex is co-head of the firm's global financial sponsors sector and regularly advises private equity houses and other financial sponsor clients on all types of private equity transactions, including private acquisitions, take - privates, carve - outs, co-investments, consortium deals and distressed acquisitions through to exit by way of disposals, restructurings and IPOs.

Rackspace, which was taken private in a $ 4.3 billion deal in August 2016 by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, is reportedly in consideration for an IPO by the firm, according to a report b

Rackspace, which was taken private in a $ 4.3 billion deal in August 2016 by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, is reportedly in consideration for an IPO by the firm, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Managers to CXO level executives of publicly traded media conglomerates, TV Networks, stations, publishers, global news organizations, Fortune 50 - 500, governments and even start - ups backed by investment banks and private equity are a few of the firm's clients.