Dave Keating
Group Dekko, which is composed of a number of companies that produce specialty parts, will be acquired as a platform company.
Bain Capital will sell Brenntag, a German chemical distribution company, to UK private equity firm BC Partners for around €3 billion.
KKR, Bain Capital and Merrill Lynch will buy HCA, a hospital chain, and take on its $11.7bn of debt, making it the largest leveraged buyout in history.
The San Francisco-based private equity firm has partnered with Green Bancorp and Redstone Bank to acquire new banks in Texas.
The Cerberus-led consortium set to purchase GMAC will not be held liable for the troubled automaker’s pension obligations.
The Chicago-based private equity firm will acquire publicly-traded Excelligence Learning Corporation, an educational products developer and distributor.
The discussions for a group reportedly including Bain Capital, KKR and Merrill Lynch to acquire the hospital operator have fallen apart, according to news reports.
The New York- and Houston-based private equity firm has recapitalized Advanced Disposal Services, replacing the company’s existing shareholders.
After years of investing in healthcare, Thoma Cressey Partners is developing a strategy for pursuing specialty mental health providers, a sector the firm says is poised for growth. Dave Keating reports.
The Cleveland, Ohio-based firm’s microcap fund, which is targeting companies with EBITDA of less than $3m, has made four acquisitions in less than a month.