Doughty Hanson turns to Latin America for latest exit

Buyout firm breaks even on the sale of Spanish bus company after six years of ownership

European buyout firm Doughty Hanson has sold one of its Spanish portfolio companies to a Mexican trade buyer, amid increasing appetite for foreign businesses among Latin American acquirers.

The London-based firm said in a statement Thursday that it had sold Spanish bus and bus station operator Avanza Group to Grupo ADO, a bus operator based in Mexico, for an undisclosed sum.

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