- Middle East investor group and a consortium acquired Miramax for $650 million
An unidentified Middle East investor group and Ron Tutor, a construction executive, along with Colony Capital reached an agreement with Disney to acquire Miramax Films for about $650 million
- Barwa Real
Estate, an investment firm in the Middle East, acquired London Project for $370
million
Qatar-based developer and investor Barwa Real Estate has acquired Park House
development in London from the U.K.'s landlord and developer Land Securities Group
for almost $370 million
- Dubai private equity firm bought up $655 million debt of a stalled Omani real estate
project
Dubai private equity firm Essdar Capital bought up $655 million of the class A
debt in Blue City, an Omani real estate project in a distressed real estate
deal.
- Libyan
investment firm acquired stake in Pearson publishing for $324 million
The Libyan Investment Authority has bought a 3.01% stake in Pearson, the
educational publisher, owner of the Financial Times and a UK-listed company for
$324 million
- VC Fund
Bahrain invested in a furniture manufacturing firm
enture Capital Fund, the SME investment fund of Venture Capital Bank Bahrain, has
invested in Dar Alwasmi Company, a Bahrain custom furniture manufacturer.
- Kuwaiti
firm acquired 30% stake in Turkey hospital chain
NBK Capital acquired 30% equity stake in Dunya Goz Group, Turkey's ophthalmology
hospital chain through its NBK Capital Equity Partners Fund
- Savills
Middle Eastern client acquired property in London for $52 million
A Middle Eastern investor and a client of real estate advisor Savills has acquired
a mixed use freehold property in London for almost $52 million.