Tina Palastanga

Bio

Joined the firm in May 2004 having previously spent five years at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in both the European Transaction Group and the Food, Consumer and Retail Group. Has since been involved in a number of major transactions while at GLP including the sale of 50% of Atronic to GTECH Holdings, Permira’s acquisition of 30% in Gala Group at a £1.9 billion enterprise value, Gala Group’s £2.1 billion acquisition of Coral Eurobet, Hg Capital’s £76 million buyout of Sporting Index, the £31 million sale of the Clermont Club from Rank Group plc, Permira and Apax’s €1.14 billion acquisition of Italian gaming group Sisal SpA and the $31.2 billion leveraged buyout of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc by Apollo and TPG. Educated at Birmingham University and completed an Executive Management Training programme at INSEAD.