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Private equity firms Calveton and Breal Capital, the owners of high-end restaurants including Quaglino’s and Le Pont de la Tour, have agreed a deal with administrators to rescue 51 of TGI Friday’s 86 UK restaurants, safeguarding around 2,400 jobs.
Banks have seized the opportunity presented by lower interest rates to recapture corporate debt deals from private credit funds, refinancing around $30bn in private debt through broadly syndicated loans so far this year, according to a report by Bloomberg.
ICE USA, a transportation-focused engineering and consulting services and solutions specialist, and a portfolio company of architecture, engineering, and consulting-focused private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management, has acquired Robert G Campbell & Associates (RGC&A).
ATL Partners has added to its Executive Board with the appointment of Ted Sisko as the Lead for Value Creation, with a focus on coordinating and enhancing value creation initiatives with ATL’s portfolio companies, and operating executives.
K2 Insurance Services has joined the growing list of companies looking to reduce borrowing costs by swapping private credit debt for leveraged loans by initiating $500m refinancing deal, according to a report by Bloomberg.
LGT Capital Partners has held the final close of its latest flagship secondaries fund, Crown Global Secondaries VI (CGS VI), at over $7bn in total capital commitments exceeding the original target size of $6bn.
Global private investment giant Blackstone Inc has launched a new Asia-focused private equity fund – its third Asia-buyout fund – with a fundraising target of at least $10bn, according to a report by Reuters.
Law fim Sidley Austin LLP has named the private equity finance team of Jay Sadanandan, Sam Hamilton, Fergus O’Domhnaill, Joe Kimberling, and Ben Wright as partners in the firm’s Global Finance practice in London.
OceanSound Partners, a growth-oriented PE firm that invests in technology and technology-enabled services companies serving government and highly regulated end markets, has held the final close of its second fund, OceanSound Partners Fund II, at $1.49bn.
JPMorgan Chase & Co is joining forces with Cliffwater, FS Investments, and Shenkman Capital Management Inc to increase its footprint in the booming $1.7tn private credit market, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
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