Buyouts
MML acquires Energy Medical Services
GP plans on following buy-and-build strategy
Next Wave reaps 150% IRR in £50m Fox International deal
Mayfair Equity Partners secures majority stake in second deal
Deal in Focus: Polaris's Mols-Linien deal clears stormy weather
Polaris has had to navigate choppy water with Mols-Linien, but calmer waters await
Carlyle buys PA Consulting in $1bn deal
GP secured 51% shareholding in business
Main buys majority stake in Ymor
GP recently closed €85m fourth fund
Sun acquires Flabeg Deutschland
First acquisition for new Sun office
Maj Invest acquires 85% of Svendsen Sport
Deal includes German sister company DAM Manufaktur
Paragon to acquire Balda's operating business for €62.9m
Paragon has offered to acquire the operating business of cleanroom injection molding producer Balda in a take-private, paying €2 per share.
Parquest et al. buy Creadev's Homeperf
Creadev had acquired business from minority owner 3i in 2009
21 Partners backs MBO for Impact
Closing investment for GP’s €380m fourth fund
Hannover Finanz acquires Frey&Winkler
GP hopes for good returns from medical engineerer
Bridgepoint acquires Balt
Second French foray for GP’s €4bn fifth buyout fund
Opinion: Is security software becoming more attractive to private equity?
As the security software market matures, will it attract more buyout attention?
MBO Partenaires picks up MBM
First MBO for GP in France since March, according to unquote" data
UK private equity: small is beautiful
Two reports find that UK SMEs are confident on growth and open to external financing
Siparex et al. to sell DSO Interactive
Exit expected to go through by 30 September, according to unquote” sources
Siparex in MBO for Exsto
Business understood to be valued in €10-40m range
Navigating privatisation opportunities in Belgium
Privatisation opportunities could shake up this quiet market
Enterprise Investors in €36.1m BLStream bolt-on
GP carves out SMT Software Services from Polish parent
LDC backs Aqualisa MBO
Deal provides an exit for company lenders Sankaty and RBS
Beyond Capital buys LDBS Lichtdienst
First acquisition for newly founded GP
BlackFin acquires Sagard's Santiane
SBO is financed via GP’s €350m second fund
Pragma backs MBO for NACC
Second deal for the GP’s third fund
MMC scores 11x return on TotalMobile exit to Lyceum
MMC first backed the business in 2001