Oaktree set to take over bankrupt Pierre Foods

The Los Angeles-based private equity firm has acquired nearly all the company’s debt for $200m and is funding the plan of reorganisation for Pierre, which is one of 34 private equity-backed companies that has gone bankrupt this year. Madison Dearborn bought Pierre in 2004 for about $422m.

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