Buyouts
Attestor Capital makes €200m offer for Condotte
Troubled Italian construction firm will enter administration unless an agreement is reached quickly
Chevrillon & Associés buys DCW Editions
Chevrillon provides equity tickets in the €5-75m range for businesses valued at between €200-250m
Madison Dearborn and HPS acquire UK insurance firm PFP
US private equity houses own Ardonagh, a group of UK-based insurance brokers
Waterland acquires Helgstrand Dressage
Deal marks Waterland's first investment in Denmark after the opening of its office in Copenhagen
Investindustrial buys Dispensa Emilia
Third acquisition from Investindustrial Growth, which hit its €375m hard-cap in May
MBO Partenaires backs Laboratoires Embryolisse
French GP provides a €16m ticket for the transaction, which values Embryolisse at between €50-100m
RCapital acquires Havelock from administrators
Acquisition of shopfitting company will safeguard 300 jobs and Havelock's manufacturing sites
Nordwind acquires Supernatural
Nordwind invests in companies with revenues between €5-100m on a deal-by-deal basis
Nordic inks Prospitalia deal with Five Arrows
GP intends to support management in its plan to strengthen the company's market position
21 Investimenti acquires Carton Pack
GP acquires an 80% stake in the Italian food packaging group while the CEO retains 20%
Abris acquires WDX
Co-founder and current chairperson Bąkowski will continue as president of the board of WDX
Gradiente buys Coldline
Company will use the fresh capital to boost its growth organically and through new acquisitions
Arx Equity Partners acquires TMX
GP will partner with the company's senior management, who retain a significant minority stake
Blackstone acquires Averys in SBO
Acquirer of the storage products manufacturer drew capital from Blackstone Capital Partners VII
Bridgepoint buys Privatesportshop in SBO
GP buys a majority stake while previous backer Pechel Industries partially exits
EQT buys Suse for $2.5bn
GP draws capital from EQT VIII, a €10.75bn fund that held a final close in February 2018
LDC backs Martin Audio MBO
Martin Audio was acquired from the Loud Audio group, which is backed by Transom Capital Group
CVC buys 51.8% stake in Recordati for €3.03bn
Recordati family will receive €2.3bn in cash and €750m in subordinated long-term debt securities
Bain buys DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals
Bain Capital acquires DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals via its Bain Capital Europe IV vehicle
ECI reaps 3.6x from Great Rail Journeys sale to Duke Street
Deal ends a five-year holding period of the luxury rail holiday provider for ECI
Eurazeo in talks to buy Albingia
Albingia plans to use the GP's long-term institutional shareholder base to develop in the market
Charterhouse eyes France's Funecap
ICG provided Funecap with €350m in unitranche debt at the end of last year
Anders buys Aldowa
Shareholders Jan Boom and Allard Droste sell to Anders, with Droste retaining a minority stake
Carlyle buys Codorníu Raventós
Transaction values the company at €390m and is expected to close at the end of the year