Buyouts
Bridges acquires Magenta's Viva
Magenta to remain as minority shareholder
HgCapital acquires EidosMedia
EidosMedia was previously backed by Wise and Aksia Group
A Plus Finance et al. in Saint-Aubin MBI
Second French MBI to involve GP in recent weeks
Adelis in Puuilo SBO from Sentica
Acquisition was made through GP's тЌ410m first fund
Blackstone and Kirkbi buy Armacell from Charterhouse
Charterhouse exits after two years
Competitive 2016 ahead for booming Benelux
A look back on PE activity in Benelux reveals a competitive year ahead for the region
LBO France buys troubled Fram for Karavel merger
Resulting group to employ 1,100 and generate €700m sales
Arkéa invests €5m in Ingeliance buyout
Second takeover to be supported by French GP in a month
Charterhouse makes 3x on Webhelp exit to KKR
Charterhouse Capital Partners has made 3x money on the exit of French call centre operator Webhelp to KKR and the company's directors.
Initiative & Finance invests in Moustache Bikes
Final deal for GP’s €141.5m first fund
Ouest Croissance et al. in MBO for Bouvet Ladubay
Business to return to French owners after a decade
Cinven acquires Ergo Italia
Deal is GP's first investment in Italy since 2006
Carlyle Cardinal invests in Abtran
GP invests via its тЌ292m Carlyle Cardinal Ireland fund
Initiative & Finance acquires 40% stake in Adaming
Management team to keep all remaining shares
Mayfair buys Yo! Sushi from Quilvest
GP pays ТЃ82m for the asset
True Capital acquires Ribble Cycles
Deal comes as True Capital closes its first buyout fund
Eurazeo buys Fintrax from Exponent
Deal values the company at тЌ550m
Corporate reshuffling: an origination opportunity?
As corporate M&A activity abounds, opportunities for PE are opening up
Mid-market index draws close to all-time 2006 high – Argos Soditic
Trade buyers pay lower, GPs higher multiples
A Plus Finance backs MBI of Passage
New CEO Cyrille Lombardo to take over from corporate parent Eram
RCP buys Small Batch Coffee
RCP sourced the deal off-market
Invision acquires majority stake in Schneider Group
Deal marks Invision's first investment for 2015
August backs Wax Digital
August secured the deal off-market
Ardian to sell Novarc minority stake to BPI France et al.
Company’s CEO to remain as majority shareholder after SBO