GoDaddy to fund HEG buy with US$1.9bn of loans, expects to sell PlusServer
US web domain firm GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) has revealed that the financing for its €1.69bn (US$1.79bn) acquisition of German counterpart Host Europe Group (HEG) will ...
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GoDaddy to acquire Host Europe for €1.69bn to boost European expansion
US web domain provider GoDaddy has agreed to acquire German counterpart Host Europe Group (HEG) for €1.69bn (US$1.79bn), which includes €1.08bn (US$1.16bn) of assumed ...
Francesco Liberatore leaves Jones Day for Squire Patton Boggs
Communications and competition lawyer Francesco Liberatore has joined Squire Patton Boggs from Jones Day as a partner in its London ...
Softbank to acquire ARM Holdings for £24bn
Japan’s Softbank has agreed to buy UK chip designer ARM Holdings for some £24bn (US$31.7bn). Under the cash purchase agreement, Softbank will acquire 1.412 billion ...
Mid Europa to sell Bite to Providence
Private equity firm Mid Europa Partners has agreed to sell mobile operator Bite to Providence Equity Partners, amid a mini consolidation wave in the Baltics. Private ...
Cinven snaps up Spanish fibre operator
European private firm Cinven has acquired wholesale fibre network operator Gas Natural Fenosa Telecomunicaciones (GNFT) from Spanish utility Gas Natural ...
Liberty Global to buy Ziggo for €4.9bn
John Malone’s Liberty Global (LGI) has agreed to acquire the Netherland’s largest cableco Ziggo in a stock and cash deal ...
Mixed reactions to proposed Italian takeover rules changes
Proposed changes to Italy’s takeover laws, which could force Telefonica to make a full takeover bid for Telecom Italia (TI), have been ...
Carlyle agrees to acquire 85% stake in Telecable
US-based PE firm Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire an 85% stake in the Spanish cable operator Telecable. In a ...
Liberty to buy Kabel BW for E3.16bn
US media giant Liberty Global has announced it will buy Germany's number three cableco Kabel BW for E3.16bn. Over the ...
