Bain Capital is one of three private equity firms that remain in the hunt for UK wealth firm Amber River after a first round gauged interest in acquiring the company. The deadline for initial bids was ...

From accountancy consolidation to legal roll-ups, buyout shops have stormed into professional services. What comes next?

Conflicts of interest and fair treatment of customers in the spotlight as regulator asks for a raft of information from firms ...

Preservation Capital Partners is hoping to defy industry headwinds is it plots its largest fundraise yet. The private equity firm has hired Evercore as it prepares to raise its third flagship fund, ...

Dame Alison Rose will chair wealth management technology platform FNZ’s UK board as she continues to pick up roles after leaving NatWest. FNZ said Rose will help accelerate the firm’s strategy and ...

Deal comes more than a year after the Paris-based asset manager acquired private markets specialist Alpha Associates ...

Paul Weiss has hired a partner from Kirkland & Ellis as the US law firm continues to build out its team in London. The firm is adding Francesca Storey-Harris to its ranks, according to a person ...

The combined firm, Ashurst Perkins Coie, comes after the tie-up between Magic Circle firm A&O and New York’s Shearman & Sterling in 2024, and Herbert Smith Freehills’s merger with US law firm Kramer ...

Topgolf Callaway Brands is in talks to sell its Topgolf unit to private-equity firm Leonard Green, according to people familiar with the matter. A deal could come together soon, though it is also ...

Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell addressed attendees at a dinner to recognise the women on PEN’s Trailblazing Women list ...

Private Equity News hosted a dinner in Mayfair last night to celebrate this year’s Twenty Trailblazing Women in the buyout sector.

Blackstone has hired Morgan Stanley’s former global co-head of investment banking, Franck Petitgas, as it prepares for a major push in Europe. The buyout giant, which is set to invest $500bn in Europe ...