The spokesman at private-equity firm Thomas H Lee says he’s very sorry, but all the general partners are too busy to talk to Euromoney. After not having done a deal for 18 months, they’re now working on two at the same time. Meanwhile, Stephen Schwarzman, CEO and co-founder of the Blackstone Group, speaking from his holiday home in France, is spending less time than he’d hoped by the pool this year because of lengthy telephone negotiations on an impending deal.
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After a period of near starvation, private-equity firms are coming back to the markets with voracious appetites.
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