Plus, Adnoc’s drawn-out courtship for one of Germany’s largest companies and private credit giant HPS plots its next move
Spanish bank insists it can extract synergies from €10bn takeover even if Madrid blocks a merger
Wall Street firm stands to make $80mn if deal to sell group to Chevron survives ExxonMobil challenge
UAE oil company’s lengthy courtship and sweetened €14.4bn bid key to overcoming German chemical group’s reluctance
Prague-based company hopes to win politically charged takeover battle
Consolidators such as Frasers and Next have significantly outperformed the wider market over the past year
Sale by KPS comes as dealmakers have struggled to exit a growing stockpile of ageing investments
German chemicals group to enter ‘concrete negotiations’ after Gulf state-owned company boosts proposal to €62 per share
Ecommerce group to sell luxury goods websites, including Coggles, to retailer
State-backed green energy group to ‘pump more capital’ into region after buying Greece’s biggest renewables company
Carlyle rushes in where others fear to tread
Announcement on complex agreement between the three companies could come as early as next week
Second auction for newspaper group in a year begins days after publisher reveals £278mn black hole
US buyout firm to acquire UK group behind festivals including Germany’s Wacken Open Air and Cornwall’s Boardmasters
The Danish brewer lost more than £1bn of value on Friday
UK soft-drink maker says sweetened offer from Danish brewer still undervalues it
Plus, private equity firm 3i enjoys a big payday and how the 777 fiasco spurred Bermuda’s financial regulator to crack down
Clash over tech group Veritas portends future stand-offs between private equity and distressed debt investors
Texas-based owner of AS Roma starts due diligence after collapse of 777 Partners deal
Acquisition of CP Kelco has logic but integrating such a large and underperforming business will be a challenge
Deal by state-backed lender’s new chief is latest sign of supermarket sector’s retreat from financial services
Ex-BP boss Tony Hayward will run group after buyout firm acquires assets in Italy, Egypt and Croatia from Energean
Deal would feed growing appetite for credit as bidders expand beyond their private equity roots
Plus, how Europe’s playing catch up with a new Nato tech defence fund
Consortium led by CVC makes improved offer for UK’s largest retail investment platform
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