Buyout group CD&R eyes merger of Balfour and Rentokil units
Financial Times 3 June 2013 New York-based buyout group Clayton Dubilier & Rice is exploring a combination of the office maintenance business units of Balfour Beatty and Rentokil Initial, in a move to create a larger, more profitable UK operator. UK pest control...
Abertis in talks to sell Luton Airport to AENA
Reuters 03 June 2013 Barcelona-based infrastructure firm Abertis is in talks with Spanish airport operator AENA to sell its stake in London Luton Airport, a spokesman said, in deal valued by the market at about 400 million euros ($521 million). * AENA teams up with...
Blackstone in $1bn Brazil property venture
Financial Times June 07 2013 Blackstone Group and its Brazilian partner are set to sign a $1bn deal with homebuilder Gafisa for a controlling stake in its high-end residential subsidiary, according to people familiar with the matter. The US private equity group, which...
The Gores Group acquires Etrali, a subsidiary of France Telecom Orange
Orange.com 3 June 2013 The Gores Group, a global investment firm, and France Telecom-Orange, a worldwide telecom operator, announced today that The Gores Group has completed the acquisition of Etrali, Orange Business Services – Trading Solutions, a subsidiary of...