KKR Will Have to Fight for Private Equity’s Smelliest Deal

Published on April 17, 2025

KKR & Co. is eyeing one of the riskiest deals going right now — buying the owner of London’s creaking water and sewage system, Thames Water. Giving a private equity firm the chance to profit from fixing the mess Thames got into under past private ownership looks bad but makes sense.

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