
Pamela Barbaglia
Deals Reporter at Bloomberg News
Deals Reporter at Bloomberg @business. All things M&A, France and liaisons dangereuses. Formerly @Reuters @Breakingviews | Absit iniuria verbis
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Pamela Barbaglia
The controlling shareholder of distiller Davide-Campari Milano NV has agreed to acquire a minority stake in consumer-focused private equity firm Bluegem Capital Partners. Luxembourg-based Lagfin, which manages the investments of the billionaire Garavoglia family, will commit to be an anchor investor in Bluegem’s upcoming fund, according to a statement on Thursday that confirmed an earlier Bloomberg News report.
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Pamela Barbaglia
Lagfin owns an about 52% stake in Campari, one of the world’s largest distillers. (Bloomberg) -- The controlling shareholder of distiller Davide-Campari Milano NV has agreed to acquire a minority stake in consumer-focused private equity firm Bluegem Capital Partners.
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1 week ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Pamela Barbaglia
The controlling shareholder of distiller Davide-Campari Milano NV is close to acquiring a significant minority stake in consumer-focused private equity firm Bluegem Capital Partners, according to people familiar with the matter. Luxembourg-based Lagfin, which manages the investments of the billionaire Garavoglia family, is finalizing terms of a deal to take an about 20% stake in Bluegem, the people said.
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Swetha Gopinath |Pamela Barbaglia |Joao Lima |Jan-Henrik Förster
A Novo Banco SA bank branch in Lisbon(Bloomberg) -- Lone Star Funds has decided to pursue a sale of Portuguese lender Novo Banco SA and has entered into exclusive discussions with French banking group BPCE, according to people familiar with the matter. The US private equity firm and BPCE are working on finalizing terms of a deal, which could value Novo Banco at almost €7 billion ($8.1 billion), the people said.
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Aaron Kirchfeld |Swetha Gopinath |Dinesh Nair |Pamela Barbaglia
A Novo Banco bank branch in Lisbon. (Bloomberg) -- French banking group BPCE has emerged as the leading bidder to acquire Portuguese lender Novo Banco SA from Lone Star Funds, people with knowledge of the matter said. BPCE has pulled ahead of its main rival in the bidding, Spain’s CaixaBank SA, and is trying to hammer out terms of a deal, the people said. Lone Star has also been considering a potential listing of Novo Banco and hasn’t chosen which path to take, according to the people.
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Bain Capital has promoted Ivano Sessa to be co-head of European private equity as the investment firm is shaking up its leadership ranks in the region. Sessa, a buyout fund veteran from Naples, will share the job with Stuart Gent https://t.co/7kyVcn7XK2

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