WindMW, a company majority owned by funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX), has completed the financing for “Meerwind,” the largest German offshore wind farm to complete its full financing process. Meerwind is also the first German wind farm to be fully financed by private investors. The 80 turbine installation
Emdeon Inc (NYSE: EM), a leading provider of healthcare revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions, has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Blackstone Capital Partners VI LP under which this Blackstone fund will acquire a controlling interest in Emdeon in a transaction valued at approximately
Rating agencies have given the US the benefit of the doubt for too long and that the decision of S&P to downgrade it’s AAA rating “is a warning shot across the bows of US politicians," according to David Miller, partner at Cheviot Asset management… S&P’s decision to downgrade its US debt
Tenex Capital Management, LLC (Tenex) has successfully closed Tenex Capital Partners, LP, a USD452 million private equity fund that makes control equity investments in middle market companies experiencing significant change in their markets, operations, or capital structure. Tenex’s fund exceeded the firm’s USD400 million fundraising target, as well as the fund’s
The Blackstone Group will be investing INR 5,000 million (c. USD111 million) in VISA Power Limited (VPL), an independent power producer (IPP) whose core asset is a 1,200 MW captive-mine based, coal fired power plant in Chhattisgarh which is in an advanced stage of development. VISA Power has a pipeline
Corporate law firm AZB & Partners continues to top the Venture Intelligence India League Tables as the Most Active Legal Advisor for both Private Equity and M&A deals – advising a total of 51 transactions – in the first six months of 2011. Ernst & Young topped the Most Active
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has signed an agreement with Barclays Private Equity and Quadriga Capital to acquire German outdoor specialist Jack Wolfskin. The transaction is expected to close in August. Dr Axel Herberg, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone says: “We have seen consistent growth in the outdoor market, and Jack Wolfskin has
Shareholders of Citadel Capital, a leading private equity firm in the Middle East and Africa, approved an EGP1.05 billion rights issue at par at an Extraordinary General Meeting held today in Cairo. Shareholders voted to raise the firm’s capital to EGP4,358,125,000 from EGP 3,308,125,000 by issuing 210,000,000 new shares at
Craton Equity Partners, Southern California’s leading clean tech private equity fund, has led a USD60 million round in Series E financing for Bridgelux Inc, a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies. Existing financial and strategic investors also participated in the round, including VantagePoint Capital Partners, DCM, El
Acquisitions of insolvent businesses in the UK have continued to fall in the first half of 2011, according to research by Experian Corpfin on behalf of the insolvency trade body R3. The figures show that distressed deals now account for one in 19 of all mergers and acquisitions, compared to
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