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Lone Star backs €1bn carve-out of Imerys tiles division
Deal, the GP's third since 2016 in the building materials sector, is valued at 9x EBITDA
BNP Paribas Développement, BPI France sell Algonquin
Schroders wholly acquires Algonquin, a French equity investor and hotel operator with €1.8bn AUM
Five Arrows Direct Lending closes on €655m
Rothschild Merchant Banking's direct lending fund for mid-market firms exceeds its €400m target
Carvest backs MBO of consultancy Algoé
GP Carvest, the PE arm of Crédit Agricole's regional branches, takes over from CIC
Elaia Partners et al. in €4.5m round for Uwinloc
Backing will help the French provider of asset location products to expand internationally
Alliance Ventures et al. invest €10m in Kalray
French microprocessors developer Kalray received €23.6m in funding in 2017
LBO France, LFPI sell underwear retailer Eminence to trade
Delta Galil Industries, with more than $1bn in revenues, buys French underwear specialist Eminence
I Squared backs carve-out of trailer leasing specialist TIP
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group sells the Netherlands-based trailer leasing business
Activa Capital backs spa operator Be Relax
Capital increase of €20m will help the French spa operator open new facilities globally
DM Equity buys electric bicycles specialist Stella Fietsen
GP's backing will allow Dutch electric bicycles business Stella Fietsen to expand abroad
LBO France launches new Digital Health 2 fund
Venture fund, with a €150m target, will invest in European medical technology startups
Waterland buys Heliox
Dutch GP invests via Waterland Private Equity Fund VI, which held a final close in April 2015
Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity to launch six new funds
PE branch aims to raise €3bn over the next three years, to reach €5bn of AUM by late 2021
Astorg buys IGM Resins from Arsenal Capital Partners
French GP acquires the Dutch ultraviolet curable materials manufacturer in a secondary buyout
Cathay Capital, BPI France buy NeoXam in SBO
GPs buy the French financial software company from BlackFin Capital Partners
Sino-French PE relations move forward
Chinese trade buyers, GPs and LPs are increasingly active in the French market as the number of funds with Sino-French strategies increases
IK to buy Mademoiselle Desserts in SBO
GP in exclusive talks to acquire the frozen pastries company from its historical backers
Azulis Capital backs Meotec in OBO
GP acquires 22% of French consultancy Meotec, while management retains the remainder
Gilde Equity Management buys conTeyor in SBO
GP takes over from Down2Earth in backing the Belgian recycling and packaging business
Holland Venture sells Virtual Affairs to trade
We Are You is backed by ABN Amro Participaties, the PE arm of Dutch bank ABN Amro
Ardian sells Serma Group back to Chequers
Chequers previously owned the French electronic technology company, having previously owned a stake in it between 2011-2015
Dutch finance minister hails mature PE market
Wopke Hoekstra recently addressed parliament to endorse a social impact study by the University of Amsterdam, which was supportive of the impact of PE
EQT buys Dunlop Protective Footwear
EQT buys stake in Dutch wellington boots manufacturer Dunlop, investing alongside Gilde
Astorg to sell Metrologic to trade
French 3D measurement specialist Metrologic to be sold to Swedish Sandvik in €360m deal