Hillarys Blinds Holdings has been bought by its management. Mike Snapes, chairman of Executive Golf Brands, joins as executive chairman.
A new report says 78 per cent of senior bankers expect private equity funding to play an increasingly important role in the European M&A arena.
Oliver Schonknecht joins the European firm's Frankfurt office as an investment director.
The European law firm has poached three to strengthen its German private equity and M&A effort.
East Hill, Softbank and Bure feature.
The yellow pages business of British Telecom, courted by private equity firms Hicks Muse and Apax, has been told by UK Office of Fair Trading to lower advertising fees.
25 individuals have invested in the Munich-based Executive Fund.
The pension fund is setting the standard by investing into the Botts holding company as well as its fund. The move will give Hermes access to dealflow and increase Botts’s firepower. It is also a canny investment in a growth industry.
RBPE will become the majority stakeholder in Health Club Investments Group after it finances £245m of senior debt for the £260m cash deal.
Europatweb, Sagitta, Aberdeen Murray Johnstone and Jerusalem Global dish it out.