Advantage Partners, the executive search firm, is adding Steve Price in Cleveland, Ohio, and James Hegret, who will also join the company’s Cleveland office. PRESS RELEASE: Steve Price Joins Advantage Partners, Inc. Specializing in Executive Search for Private Equity Portfolio Companies Cleveland, Ohio……Steve Price has joined Advantage Partners, Inc., an executive search and human capital […]
Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners is considering a $2 billion deal to acquire Party City Holdings, the leading North American retailer of party goods and Halloween costumes, Reuters reported. The private equity firm was recently reported to be nearing completion on a $6 billion fund. STORY: (Reuters) – Private equity firm Leonard Green […]
PE sponsor Hellman & Friedman is heading for the exits... and restructuring firm AlixPartners is going along for the ride, sources tell Reuters.
Bain Capital's attempts to woo LPs with varying fee structures is a sign of innovation other struggling GPs ought to copy.
CounterPoint Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of the assets of Qualy-Pak Specialty Foods Inc. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company is a processor of wetfish and other fresh and frozen seafood for distribution. Ocean Avenue Capital Partners partnered with CounterPoint in the transaction, the firm said. PRESS RELEASE CounterPoint […]
H.I.G. Capital has completed its acquisition of the correctional services business of Compass Group. Based in Tampa, Fla., the business, which operates under the brand names Trinity Services Group and Canteen Corrections, is one of the three largest providers of outsourced food service and commissary services to the corrections industry. Terms of the deal were […]
Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of CDC Software. The deal was originally announced on March 20. Terms were not released. The company also announced that Monte Ford has been appointed to the newly created position of president of CDC Software. CDC Software is based in Atlanta. PRESS RELEASE Vista Equity Partners today announced […]
Specialty chemicals maker Cytec Industries Inc. said it made an offer valued at about $439 million for British aerospace parts supplier Umeco Plc, Reuters reported Thursday. The boards of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction. Cytec said it had received commitments from Umeco’s top three shareholders – BlackRock, Hermes and Aberforth – to vote […]
KKR & Co. has agreed to invest $65 million in China Cord Blood Corp., the two companies said in a joint statement on Thursday, the global private equity firm’s first healthcare investment in China. KKR’s investment through a convertible bond into China’s largest cord blood storage company will give the private equity firm about 24% […]
Alarm Capital Alliance and Norwest Venture Partners are teaming up as ACA, ranked #11 in the US residential security market, looks to bolster its portfolio. Morgan Keegan & Company served as financial advisor to ACA in this transaction. Sonya Brown and Rob Arditi of NVP will join ACA’s board of directors. Specifics were not publicized. […]