Goldman closes two Apollo mandates this week

Friday 13 April 2007 at 16:42

Goldman Sachs has advised US buyout house Apollo Management on two successful public-to-private deals this week after the group's sweetened £1.1bn (€1.6bn) offer for Countrywide was accepted today.

Apollo raised its £1bn bid for the UK real estate group after an unnamed rival bidder joined the auction late yesterday.