EQT related stories
All articles and analysis
Legal brainsWho are the 30 most influential lawyers in global private equity? We asked the market. Here are the results.
- GLOBAL MOVERS: LAWYERS
In the October 2006 issue of Private Equity International, we produced a selection of the 30 most influential lawyers in global private equity. Here, we remind our readers of some of the legal world's most valued practitioners.
- Marcus Wallenberg joins Temasek Board(2)
Singapore’s Temasek Holdings latest appointment is a member of the wealthy and influential Swedish industrial Wallenberg family, dubbed the 'Royal Family of Swedish business.'
- EQT closes debut infrastructure fund on €1.2bn
The Nordic buyout shop is the third private equity firm in the last three weeks to hold a closing on a Europe-focused infrastructure fund. EQT also joins a growing list of buyout shops that have made plans to enter the asset class this year.
- Credit problems may be good for mezz market
Swiss asset manager Partners Group believes that mezzanine funds may benefit from the recent jitters in the credit markets.
- Morgan Stanley to buy $750m worth of Hilton Hotels
The Wall Street bank’s real estate arm is reportedly buying 10 European hotels as it ramps up exposure to the global hospitality sector.
- AXA strengthens Frankfurt team
Paris-headquartered AXA Private Equity has followed the recent spate of private equity firms hiring in Germany with an appointment to its Frankfurt office.
- EQT closes China fund on $545m
The Nordic firm is fast transforming itself into a alternative asset powerhouse with mezzanine and special situation funds to complement its buyout business and has underlined its territorial expansion with a second China fund.
- EQT exits Com Hem
The Nordic buyout firm has sold the Swedish television, internet and telephone company Com Hem to the The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners.
- EQT sells security business to Siemens
The Northern European buyout firm has divested the last portfolio company in its EQT Finland fund.