Buyouts
Advent completes €2.42bn Safran acquisition
Advent merges the business with portfolio company Oberthur Technologies to form a €2.8bn group
Capital Grand Est and Agro Invest back MBI of TSA Inox
TSA's current CEO Eric Vinay will be replaced by Philippe Jeannot but retains a minority shareholding
FPE to merge newly acquired SGL and Masstech
New company will be run by Masstech's management and will be headquartered in the UK
EQT closes mid-market fund on €1.6bn hard-cap
Northern Europe-focused vehicle adds to the firm's AUM following the close of its infrastructure fund in February
Verdane buys Mustad and Sunkost from Ard Group
GP secures a controlling stake in Mustad and Sunkost through its Verdane Capital IX vehicle
Norvestor sells Abax to Investcorp after five-year holding
Deal is the third exit for Norvestor's sixth fund, which has made 11 mid-market investments
KKR Infrastructure acquires Q-Park for €2.95bn
Transaction, made from KKR's infrastructure funds, values the asset at 15x EBITDA
Primary acquires Metamark in £62m MBO
Deal for the sign vinyl and digital printing business is the fifth investment from the GP's fourth fund
Egeria takes 65% stake in Ilionx
Prior to the transaction, Ilionx was fully owned by its directors and management team
Active Capital takes majority stake in Arnold Suhr
Amsterdam-based GP recently closed its third buyout fund with €45m in commitments
Charme Capital buys Atop
Deal sees the GP purchase a controlling stake alongside listed industrial machinery producer IMA
Axcel begins investing from fifth fund with Nissens buyout
Axcel V is still fundraising and has so far raised тЌ440m against a hard-cap of тЌ600m
BlueGem takes 80% stake in Big Fernand
Deal should be sealed by June 2017, with BlueGem aquiring shares from the founders and family office SEP
Montefiore Investment buys QCNS Cruise from Duke Street
Duke Street acquired a majority stake in QCNS Cruise in 2011, with Kings Park Capital as co-investor
YFM invests in TEV management buyout
Deal for air conditioning business is the third investment made by the GP's maiden LP-backed fund
Capzanine backs Moving OBO
Previous investor Développement & Partenariat is exiting the group, while M Capital Partners stays on
Aurelius acquires majority stake in catamaran maker Privilège
Privilège will share production resources with Aurelius portfolio company HanseYachts
BC Partners buys DentalPro from Summit
Deal is the second transaction for the GP's 10th buyout vehicle, BC European Capital X
Sodero Gestion backs MBI of Mobil M
Sodero Gestion invests alongside new company head Mikaël Le Gall and takes a minority stake
CCI invests in pharmacy group Sam McCauley Chemists
Deal is the eighth investment made from Carlyle and Cardinal Capital's Ireland-focused vehicle
Apax acquires Safetykleen from Warburg Pincus
Deal could reportedly value the industrial cleaning business at up to 12x EBITDA
Castik Capital acquires Inet-logistics
Buyout firm secures a majority stake in the German transport management software company
Innova Capital buys controlling stake in Profim
GP aims to support the company's expansion across the western European market
Apax buys Ciprés Assurances from TA
Apax France closed its latest fund on its €1bn hard-cap in March