Buyouts
Bridgepoint acquires Miller Homes from GSO in £655m deal
Under the vendor's tenure, the business disposed of its heavy construction and mining divisions
Ardian buys Imes-Icore
Fifth investment from Ardian Expansion Fund IV, which held a final close on €1bn in June 2016
Investcorp acquires Impero from Connection Capital for £27.5m
Connection Capital scores a 3.1x return after its three-year holding period
Sumeru acquires MDSL
Expenses management software provider will merge with US-based Telesoft following the deal
EQT VII buys BlueStep
GP acquires the asset from EMK Capital via its тЌ6.75bn EQT VII fund
NextStage to take majority stake in Dream Yacht Charter
NextStage is currently investing from €69m growth and buyout fund FCPR Nextstage PME Championnes II
Star Capital purchases Biochemical Systems stake
GP acquired a majority stake in the Italian diagnostic devices producer via its third vehicle
CVC sells Ista to Cheung Kong Property for €4.5bn EV
Cheung Kong Property is entering into a joint venture with CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited
Montagu acquires Oasis from Housatonic and Sverica
RIM business made numerous bolt-ons and expanded internationally under the vendors' tenure
One Equity Partners buys Lutech
GP recently held a $1.65bn final close for its One Equity Partners VI fund
Battery Ventures acquires AED-Sicad
Company CEO Thomas Englert was the majority shareholder of AED-Sicad prior to the transaction
Deal in Focus: Ambienta carves out Restiani from Total Erg
An in-depth look at a difficult carve-out in the energy production market segment
MBO Partenaires acquires Cellier, Orthofiga
MBO closed its fourth buyout fund, MBO Partenaires 4, on its €250m hard-cap last year
LBO France acquires Serapid
LBO France draws equity from its small-cap buyout vehicle Hexagone III, closed on €154m in 2010
Gilde backs MBO of Albelli
GP will draw capital from its €1.1bn fund V, which held a final close in November 2015
Carvest and Loire-Centre Capital back ATER MBO with €2m
Siparex and Sodero Gestion, which previously held a 37.5% stake, are fully exiting the company
Omnes carves out three Geoxia subsidiaries
LBO France became the majority shareholder of Geoxia in 2009 as part of a restructuring
LDC sells Antler to Endless
Luggage manufacturer and retailer will come under PE ownership for the fourth consecutive time
Accent Equity buys Oral Care
Accent Equity acquires Swedish dental provider Oral Care via its Accent Equity 2012 fund
Triton buys Unica
Management and the van Vliet family will hold 49% of the new company, while Triton will take 51%
LDC backs Amberon MBO
GP invests as part of ТЃ25m package to support the buyout of the provider of temporary traffic lights
Genui buys Acrolinx from Kennet
Former CEO of SAP, Bernd-Michael Rumpf, also invests alongside Genui and company management
IK acquires Bretèche Industrie from Equistone
IK is investing through the IK VIII Fund, closed on its €1.85bn hard-cap last year
KCP backs YorkTest MBO
YorkTest was a bolt-on for CBPE Capital's porftolio company Ingemino