Fundraising

The men behind Phillips-Van Heusen and Staples are raising a fund.

Former DLJ head Thompson Dean has notched his first deal for Avista Capital Partners, the DLJ spinout launched by Dean and other CSFB veterans earlier this year.

GSC Partners and Tishman Speyer have launched a Chinese real estate joint venture, marking GSC’s first move into real estate.

The Paris-based lower midmarket firm has raised €122 million for its second fund.

The Santa Monica-based venture group has partnered with three principals to launch its debut fund, focused on the US emerging domestic market.

By steering clear of the crowds, focusing on young portfolios and targeting fast-growth markets, Partners Group is demonstrating it has its own take on the private equity secondaries market.

The specialist European investor in the wind market has reached an interim close of its second dedicated wind energy fund after six months of fundraising.

Thomas H. Lee is reportedly leaving the Boston-based LBO firm he founded with plans to raise a rival buyout fund.

Stockholm-headquartered private equity specialist EQT is in the process of raising a €250 million turnaround fund, the first of its kind in the Nordic region.

Michael Pilson of DuPont Capital Management talks to Robert Venes about the role of turnaround, restructuring and distressed funds in his firm’s private equity investment portfolio.