Ruth Baker has an urgent deadline. The graphic designer and her husband are desperate to buy a four-bedroom house they have found in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, by mid-January so they can apply for a primary school place for their three-year-old son. First, however, they...
CVC Capital Partners and Advent International want to add a “breakaway” clause to their €1.6bn deal to buy into Italy’s Serie A football competition to protect their investment if a rival European super league is launched. The two private equity firms are part of a...
America’s mid-sized companies are faring better than industry watchers feared at the start of the pandemic, as private equity owners step in to help tide them over. Sponsors have provided more cash to portfolio companies compared to the 2008 crisis, with a view that...
EQT AB has approached Dutch phone company Royal KPN NV about a takeover, a sign the European private equity firm is moving ahead with a deal that would rank as its largest ever, people with knowledge of the matter said. The buyout firm has been holding initial talks...
Medical sterilization firm Sotera Health Co, backed by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and GTCR, said on Thursday it was looking to raise up to $1.07 billion in its initial public offering. The company said it planned to sell 46.6 million shares priced between $20...
