The UK high-speed rail line has completed a £1.6bn refinancing which includes a heavily oversubscribed UK bond issue.
2 min read · 07 February 2013
Ashurst’s Gonzalo Jimenez Blanco and José María Anarte offer the legal lowdown on the troubles affecting Spain’s roads sector.
6 min read · 15 February 2013
In its second such deal, the UK pension fund is providing £95m of 20-year class B inflation-linked financing to Affinity Water, owned by Infracapital and Morgan Stanley.
2 min read · 07 February 2013
Microsoft has provided one of the biggest ever mezzanine loans to fund US buyout group Silver Lake’s record-breaking $24bn buyout of Dell.
3 min read · 05 February 2013
The Central and Eastern Europe-focused firm joins a list of other private equity groups that have recently opted for high-yield bonds as a means to refinance soon-to-mature senior debt.
3 min read · 15 February 2013
Southern Europe continues to face huge economic challenges – challenges so great that they may yet bring down the entire Eurozone. But although investing within the region is more difficult than ever before, local managers say there are still good deals to be found
9 min read · 15 February 2013
The UK is one of the world’s most established private equity markets, long a magnet for talent and capital. But given its stuttering domestic economy, thanks in no small part to the troubles of the neighbouring eurozone, are there still opportunities for private equity to make great returns? We gathered three of the UK industry’s leading lights in London in January to ask them about the outlook for 2013
10 min read · 15 February 2013
Quiet sale-leaseback market ‘re-opens’ as two deals arrive in quick succession. February 2013 issue.
3 min read · 15 February 2013
Despite a record year for investments, the New York-based private equity and real estate giant anticipates realization activity will ramp up over the next two years, particularly in its property portfolio.
3 min read · 15 February 2013
The bid to end the general solicitation ban continues to drag on, as the fate of a rule eliminating the prohibition hangs in limbo following a shakeup in leadership at the SEC. PERE Magazine, February 2013
3 min read · 15 February 2013
