Robert Venes
The private equity arm of Goldman Sachs JBWere is making its second transaction in two weeks, investing NZ$20m in a New Zealand retirement home.
Silicon Valley-based Sequoia Capital has merged with India and US-focused venture capital firm WestBridge Capital Partners.
London-based private equity firm Montague Private Equity has acquired Denmark-based pipe manufacturer Logstor from an Axcel-led consortium.
The UK department store, backed by CVC Capital Partners, Texas Pacific Group and Merrill Lynch Private Equity, has set a price range of 195 pence per share for its IPO, giving it a market cap of £1.675bn.
Humphrey Cobbold, Trinity Mirror’s director of strategic development, is to join the European buyout firm in September to help it pursue more off-market transactions.
Germany’s recently appointed chancellor Angela Merkel is to meet a group of leading executives this week including KKR’s Henry Kravis.
The private equity arm of the Singapore government has appointed Dinesh Vaswani, formerly of Silicon Valley firms Bessemer Ventures and Walden International, as managing director in Mumbai.
London-based investor Sovereign Capital has backed the acquisition of events catering provider Heathcotes by portfolio company Lindley.
The London-headquartered private equity firm said it has returned a total of £50.1m to investors following the sale of UK travel operator Travelsphere to Electra Partners Europe.
Stephen Gillespie, a leveraged finance partner at law firm Allen & Overy, is to join rival Kirkland & Ellis’ London office.