Buyouts
Galia Gestion, Alliance Entreprendre back Barbarie
GPs replace owner and LT Capital as investors of pallet boxes business Barbarie Groupe
Graphite backs £72m MBO of YSC from Livingbridge
Deal for the management consultancy brings to an end a four-year tenure for Livingbridge
Ardian backs management buyout of Babeau-Seguin
Ardian buys the French detached house builder Babeau-Seguin from Nixen
Cinven acquires agri-food business Planasa for €450m
Deal-maker deployed capital from its sixth fund, which hit its €7bn hard-cap in June 2016
HSH Nordbank attracts PE bids
PE firms Apollo, Cerberus and JC Flowers in the running to acquire the bank from federal owners
Chequers Capital acquires Emvia Living
Ardian provided unitranche and an additional committed debt facility to finance the deal
CVC acquires TMF Group from DH Private Equity
Deal marks the first investment made by the GP's buyout fund VII, which closed in June 2017
WestBridge, Octopus divest Vista to LDC in £29.4m SBO
LDC invested ТЃ14m in the deal, which generated a 4x return and 80% IRR for WestBridge
ADM Capital buys Olivos Naturales
Acquisition is the second transaction for the GP's food-dedicated vehicle, Cibus Fund
Argos sells BMF to Rantum, Cedarlake
Bartholet family will retain a minority stake and Roland Bartholet will remain chairman
Quadrivio purchases 60% of TFM Automotive & Industry
GP draws down capital from its €250m Quadrivio Private Equity 3 vehicle
NPM Capital invests in Ultimaker
NPM will become a majority shareholder as the three founders remain as shareholders
Gimv, UI Gestion sell Almaviva Santé to Antin
Gimv and UI Gestion sell the French private hospitals group to Antin Infrastructure Partners
HgCapital buys 69% Dada stake for €46m
Following the acquisition, the GP aims to launch an offer on the remaining shares
PAI teams up with BCIMC for fresh Refresco offer
Consortium offers €20 per share, valuing the business at €3.3bn, with financing already in place
BC Partners acquires MCS
GP acquires a 90% stake in the French bank loans portfolio management company
Innova Capital acquires Inelo and OCRK
GP intends to growth the firms' expertise and technology domestically and globally
Premium Equity Partners acquires IC! Berlin
Co-founders Ralph Anderl and Jörg Reinhold retain a minority stake in the company
BPI France and UI Gestion acquire Theradial in MBO
GPs jointly acquire a majority stake in the French medical equipment distributor
Portobello nears deal for gym chain Supera
Four private equity and infrastructure fund managers are reported to be competing for the asset
Charme set to buy Fiocchi Munizioni
GP receives green light from the Italian government to acquire the asset "in the national interest"
Altor acquires stake in RevolutionRace
GP buys the shares from the founders, who remain majority owners of the company
Maven reaps 4.7x on Crawford Scientific sale to Limerston
Sale of the stake leads to a 70% IRR after a three-year holding period for Maven
Isatis Capital invests €4m in Web100T
MBO of the medical administration software developer is supported by senior debt from LCL