Harvest Partners closes latest buyout found at $5.3bn

Harvest Partners closes latest buyout found at $5.3bn

New York-based private equity firm Harvest Partners (Harvest), has closed it latest buyout fund, Harvest Partners IX and its parallel funds (HP IX) with $5.34bn in capital commitments, ahead of its $5.25bn target. HP IX is 30% larger than the firm’s previous private...
Abu Dhabi Fund Joins KKR for Telecom Italia’s Grid

Abu Dhabi Fund Joins KKR for Telecom Italia’s Grid

(Bloomberg) — The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, which controls almost $1 trillion in assets, is part of the KKR & Co.-led consortium acquiring Telecom Italia’s landline network. ADIA is one of the controlling investors of acquisition vehicle Optics Bidco,...
Inflexion selling Chambers and Partners for over £400m

Inflexion selling Chambers and Partners for over £400m

UK private equity firm Inflexion is selling off Chambers and Partners five years after it acquired it, in a deal valued at more than £400m. According to the Financial Times, the business is being sold to US investment group Abry Partners. Inflexion bought the legal...