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Buy and build at heart of strong PE activity

Buy and build soared to record highs in the year that left other M&A strategies at a low ebb. According to a report, 2007 saw private equity-backed companies complete 385 builds, 92 of which were sealed in the first year post-buy.

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Management’s selective buy-out

A management buy-out has saved 125 outlets of a high street women’s clothing retailer from closure.

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Future fortunes

Despite the credit crunch slowing deal-making, Landsbanki’s Brent Osborne and Rachel Jones still believe there are fortunes to be made in 2008

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The day of the smaller, sustainable deal has arrived

The party’s over for private equity houses seeking to fund large-scale deals on the back of massive debt. M&A's Andrew MacLeod reports on why small ones really are more juicy

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How corporate governance pays

Companies with good corporate governance generate higher shareholder returns than those which breach guidelines, according to research from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

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Growth of law firms ‘unsustainable’ says Eversheds report

Law firms soaring profits and the dominance of the 'magic circle', the City's top five law firms, are set to erode, according to the findings of a survey by research company RSG Consulting.

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Suez and Gaz power up
in the UK

Electrabel, a subsidiary of French utility Suez, and merger partner Gaz de France (GdF) have jointly acquired a power plant in England from Goldman Sachs and Cargill for an undisclosed amount.

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Close VCTs invest in sports data business

Venture capital house Close Ventures has invested £1.5 million in a company that provides sports data and analysis to media companies.

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Suez and Gaz power up
in the UK

Electrabel, a subsidiary of French utility Suez, and merger partner Gaz de France (GdF) have jointly acquired a power plant in England from Goldman Sachs and Cargill for an undisclosed amount.

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Close VCTs invest in sports data business

Venture capital house Close Ventures has invested £1.5 million in a company that provides sports data and analysis to media companies.

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Rising salaries fail to slow lawyer exodus

Increasing pressures to work overtime and a falling number of available partnerships are driving young lawyers to leave their firms, according to a recent survey.

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Capvis buys leather furniture maker

Swiss private equity firm Capvis has acquired leather furniture maker de Sede. The target company, also based in Switzerland, was bought from Hans-Peter Fässler and Bernhard Schüler for an undisclosed sum.

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Management walk off with shoe company

A shoe retailer has been valued at £95 million after its chief executive bought the company with five of his fellow directors.

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Graphite buys Kurt Geiger from Barclays

Mid-market private equity house Graphite Capital has backed a management buy-out of shoe retailer Kurt Geiger from its current owner, Barclays Private Equity.

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