Private equity funds see Saur opportunity
- From: Vol 5, Issue 10 (October 2004)
- Category: General
- Region: Europe
- Country: France and Spain
- Related Companies: BC Partners, Cinven, CVC Capital Partners, Eurazeo, Macquarie Bank, NM Rothschild, Northumbrian Water, PAI, Saur/Bouygues and South East Water
The French water firm will have a new master with no current interests in the water sector. What will they make of it?
Three private equity companies have emerged as the likely final bidders for the water services subsidiary of the French construction-to-telecoms conglomerate Bouygues.
CVC Capital Partners, which has failed with bids for two UK water companies – Northumbrian and South East – over the past 18 months, and two Paris-based firms, Eurazeo and PAI, are reported to have made the bidding shortlist for ...
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