Matilda Battersby

Lehman’s European real estate assets have received over 300 expressions of interest since the company went into administration in September.

US private equity firm TPG will sell its stake to Malaysian bank CIMB, which two weeks ago purchased 42 percent of BankThai.

Maurice Tchenio, chairman of the French arm of Apax, is reportedly suing his partners over the division of fees and profits. Tchenio co-founded the UK-headquartered firm in 1976 with Ronald Cohen and Alan Patricof.

Speaking at a private equity conference today, Eric Capp, a senior leveraged finance banker at RBS, said banks have not been told to stop lending to private equity.

The International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation board has said GPs should be asked to comply with its mandate by investors. The committee chairman Herman Daems stressed the importance of transparency and fair comparison.

Charles-Henri Filippi will advise the global private equity firm on French investment opportunities.

Shenzhen-based Easou has raised a Series C funding round from private equity firms including AXA and iD TechVentures.

Hong Kong real estate investment manager Gaw, formerly Gateway Capital, is planning to raise a third fund for China.

Citing a ‘challenging economic climate’ and volatile debt markets, the buyout firm’s listed investment fund wrote down $500m of its private equity co-investments in deals including Harrah’s.

RJD received four ‘competing offers’ to refinance portfolio fund administrator IPES. It picked Lloyds TSB in what partner Duncan Johnson described as a ‘no brainer’. The firm purchased the company in September for £25m.