Partners Group buys skin treatment company for $1.5bn

Partners Group buys skin treatment company for $1.5bn

OMERS Private Equity today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its interest in Forefront Dermatology to leading global private markets firm, Partners Group, acting on behalf of its clients. As part of the transaction, OMERS as well as Forefront’s...
Buyout funds circle Germany’s Transporeon ahead of $1.1bn sale

Buyout funds circle Germany’s Transporeon ahead of $1.1bn sale

Buyout funds, including KKR, Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone, have expressed interest in German transport logistics software company Transporeon as private equity owner Hg reviews options to cash out, four sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. Hg,...
Zendesk rejects $16bn offer from private equity consortium

Zendesk rejects $16bn offer from private equity consortium

Zendesk, the software company under activist shareholder pressure to abandon its $3.9bn all-stock acquisition of the parent of online survey portal SurveyMonkey,said on Thursday it had rejected an acquisition offer from a consortium of private equity firms for as much...