Sentences with phrase «deal by private equity firm»

Not exact matches

In addition to catapulting EverFi into the ed tech big leagues, the fundraising round marks the debut deal for lead investor Rise, a newly established social impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth, a private equity firm that has also backed Internet hotshots like Uber and Airbnb.

What's more, any big deal that private equity did, particularly any done by his old firm Bain Capital, would likely be subject to more media attention then ever.

(Staples recently said it would be acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners for $ 6 billion in a deal set to close in the coming weeks.)

(Last night, office supplies retailer Staples (spls) said it was being bought by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, a year after its own mega deal to buy smaller rival Office Depot failed to win over regulators.)

CNBC's Kate Rogers reports on Verifone to be acquired by a group led by private equity firm Francisco Partners for $ 3.4 billion in an all - cash deal.

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

Last year, private equity firm Centerbridge Partners LP entered the sector by acquiring business software providers Syncsort Inc and Vision Solutions Inc from buyout firm Clearlake Capital Group LP in a $ 1.26 billion deal.

This week, Toms inked a deal to sell half of itself to Bain Capital, the private - equity firm co-founded by Mitt Romney that inspired a thousand attacks on the strategy of the leveraged buyout.

... Even by the standards of Apollo, one of the world's largest private equity firms, the previously unreported transaction with the Kushners was a big deal: It was triple the size of the average property loan made by Apollo's real estate lending arm... An even larger loan came from Citigroup, which lent the firm and one of its partners $ 325 million to help finance a group of office buildings in Brooklyn.

Dell said on Feb. 5 it agreed to be acquired by founder Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake in a deal that values the computer maker at $ 24.4 billion.

The firm has also been awarded «Deal of the Year» twice by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA).

One of the biggest and costliest deals so far this year was the acquisition of a stake in the Interactive Data Corporation, a financial market data company, by two private equity firms, Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus, according to Capital IQ, which tracks the industry.

Private equity firms may never get over the barbarians at the gate label brought on them by the legendary RJR Nabisco deal of 1988, but they are a critical part of the business ecosystem.

Accolade, which is 80 per cent owned by private equity firm CHAMP, has installed a new general manager into the Grant Burge Wines business in Jeff Bond, who had been chief executive of Peter Lehmann Wines for five years until it was taken over by Casella Wines in late 2014 in a $ 57 million buyout deal.

Other deals included the acquisition of luxury yacht maker Privilege Marine by German private equity firm Aurelius; Italian men's tailor brand Boglioli by Spanish private equity firm PH Asset Management; Douglas strengthened its foothold in Italy through the purchase of two perfume chains (Limoni and La Gardenia); US private investors Rob Gough acquired streetwear brand DOPE and Charles Cohen acquired shoe brand Harrys of London, whilst US private equity firm KPS Capital acquired Taylor Made Golf Company.

One of the issues that the article brings to light that I hadn't really thought about is that more and more deals are being led by company insiders and private equity firms working together.

The firm advised one of Asia's most prominent private equity firms on a dispute relating to a former employee's termination of employment and their alleged entitlement to carried interest; EFG International's proposed acquisition of BSI Bank Singapore's private banking business — a $ 1.3 bn (# 1bn) deal that would form one of the largest private banks in Switzerland; and a multi-million claim by a former c - suite executive against Noble Group for unpaid dividends, bonuses, stock options and shares.

The consortium — led by Chinese private equity firms Hopu Investment Management and Hillhouse Capital Group, property developer China Vanke, Bank of China Group Investment and GLP chief executive Ming Mei — is set to privatise Singapore Exchange - listed GLP in what will represent one of the largest buyout deals in Asia.

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

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.

The buyout was part of a vast wave of debt - enabled takeovers by private equity firms from 2005 to 2007 that saw deal prices soar to tens of billions of dollars.

The $ 26 billion leveraged buyout of Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT.N), carried out jointly by Blackstone's real estate and private equity funds in 2007, ended up being the most profitable deal in the firm's history.