Five Arrows acquires Rimes from EQT

Five Arrows acquires Rimes from EQT

Rimes, a provider of enterprise data management-as-a-service and investment platform solutions, and a portfolio company of EQT, will be acquired by Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co. The investment has been jointly led by the Five Arrows...
Blackstone closing in on L’Occitane deal

Blackstone closing in on L’Occitane deal

Blackstone is closing in on a deal with L’Occitane International owner Reinold Geiger to take the global skincare company private, with the world’s largest alternative asset manager potentially providing debt financing for the buyout.  The report cites people familiar...
Ares leads $1.2bn CentralSquare debt refinancing

Ares leads $1.2bn CentralSquare debt refinancing

Ares Management is leading a group of private credit firms including Oak Hill Advisors, providing a debt package of over $1.2bn to CentralSquare Technologies as the software developer looks to refinance its debt. The report cites unnamed people familiar with the mater...
EQT to acquire Spain’s Universidad Europea for over €2bn

EQT to acquire Spain’s Universidad Europea for over €2bn

EQT has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Spain’s Universidad Europea from private equity firm Permira, in a deal that sources said valued the higher education group at more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) including debt. The buyout groups announced the...
Thoma Bravo eyeing $20bn for new buyout fund

Thoma Bravo eyeing $20bn for new buyout fund

Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm focused on the software sector with a particular focus on enterprise solutions, is planning to raise about $2bn in capital commitments for a new flagship buyout fund.  The report cites people familiar with the matter as...