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...Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds and AC Milan owners RedBird Capital Partners are among investors taking a stake in the Alpine Formula One racing team, valuing the Renault-backed group at $900mn as it seeks...
...Now, with the Alpine deal, Reynolds and his partners are investing in another sport that is finally growing in the US, much like football....
...In announcing the stake sale, Alpine made it clear what it was after: partners who could build a global audience with smart campaigns....
...In February, Blackstone and Global Infrastructure Partners made a similar move, ending a takeover battle for the UK-listed private jet services company Signature Aviation with a joint £3.5bn bid....
...The EU Aviation Safety Agency awarded it “type certification” in June last year — meaning it can be used in commercial operations and carry passengers....
...If it goes through, the deal with GE Capital Aviation Services will create the largest aircraft leasing business in the world, putting AerCap in an opportune position to take advantage of a travel recovery...
...(Reuters) Alpine R&R Each January, Davos is descended upon by flocks of CEOs, celebritie, and angry protesters....
...One flying taxi scoop to start: LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and tech entrepreneur Mark Pincus are nearing a deal to merge their blank cheque company with Joby Aviation, valuing the flying taxi developer...
...Law firm Goodwin has hired Joshua Zachariah as a partner in its M&A practice. He joins the Boston office after working as a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in San Francisco and New York....
...Law firm Reed Smith has hired Christopher Jackson and Adam Longney as partners in its London aviation group. Both join from REN Legal....
...“To guarantee the welfare of our guests, partners, and colleagues,” Swatch cancelled its luxury watch launch, Time to Move, scheduled for next month in Zurich....
...That included armed forces and aviation businesses....
...Some will and some will not,” said David Stewart, partner at Oliver Wyman, the consultancy....
...Mr Scaramucci will rejoin the firm as a co-managing partner, the role he had before leaving in pursuit of a job in Donald Trump’s White House....
...“Particularly in the last two years there has been a significant amount of alternative capital looking to get into this space,” said Evan Carruthers, a managing partner at Castlelake, a private equity firm...
...However, repeated visits soon led Beijing to question his reliability as a partner....
...(FT, Lex, FT View) The alpine activist Calls to break up banks are hardly new (ask JPMorgan), especially during times when a financial institution is struggling to perform....
...He would step down as co-managing partner and no longer have any affiliation to the business, SkyBridge said on Tuesday, but the rest of the management and investment team would stay in place....
...Industry insiders portray Boeing as being hidebound by complicated rules that stop the group offering even the smallest favours to local partners....
...It fended off bids from HNA, China’s aviation and shipping conglomerate, and a rival Canadian consortium led by PSP Investments, according to people familiar with the matter....
...Philippe Petitcolin, chief executive of GE’s engine partner, Safran, this summer brusquely dismissed Mr Walsh’s complaints as unjustified....
...Melissa Cook is Founder & Managing Director, African Sunrise Partners LLC. cook@afrsun.com Back to beyondbrics Is Africa’s bond rush too risky?...
...Currently, the largest part of its investments consist of shipping containers with aviation and offshore energy assets accounting for the rest....
...Centerbridge Partners, Sankaty Advisors and Angelo Gordon own about 90 per cent of Beechcraft. None of the parties involved would discuss the process....
...Investors were still skittish in 2010, and persuading them of the relative safety of the deals Guggenheim’s corporate aviation arm was making took more time than in the past....
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