Buyouts
Nordic buys Signicat
Viking Venture and the company's management team will both retain a minority stake
Carlyle sells Grupo Palacios to MCH, Ardian
LGT European Capital contributes to the equity and mezzanine tranches of the deal
Equinox buys Italian ICT specialist Quid
Company plans to use the fresh capital to consolidate its market position and expand its offering
PAI gets €885m offer for Wessanen agreed
Offer price of €11.50 per share values 100% of Wessanen's shares at approximately €885m
Horizon buys minority stake in Dobrobut
GP draws capital from its $200m Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, which closed in January
Mid Europa buys Mlinar
GP is currently investing from Mid Europa V, which held a final close on €500m in December
Waterland sells Infra Group to Andera
Andera backs Belgium-based infrastructure company via its €445m Winch Capital 4 vehicle
Odewald acquires AMT Schmid
Odewald KMU invests in companies founded less than 30 years ago that generate sales of up to €100m
Trimountain et al. in SBO of Red from KPAM
Driving school operator was taken out of administration by Kelso Place Asset Management in 2010
S-UBG acquires minority stake in Sato
S-UBG has acquired a third of the shares, while the remaining shares are owned by management
G Square buys Dental Care Group
First investment made by G Square Capital III, which launched in 2018 with a €450m target
Main Capital buys Hype Innovation in SBO
Main Capital is currently investing via Main Capital V, which closed on €236.5m in 2017
Lea Partners acquires Landwehr
Lea Partners expects to launch a buy-and-build strategy with the management team
Ardian backs Rivalis OBO
GP has acquired a minority stake in the business, investing alongside its management
Mérieux, ICG invest in Italian pharma company Doc Generici
Intermediate Capital Group invests via its Europe VII Fund, which closed on €4.5bn in 2018
Carlyle buys minority stake in Cepsa for $3.6bn
Carlyle acquires a stake of between 30-40% in a deal that values the company at around $12bn
KKR acquires Wiedemann & Berg Film
KKR also buys Germany-based media groups Tele München Gruppe, Universum Film and I&U TV
LDC invests £17.6m in Amberjack MBO
Deal for the recruitment software developer and consultancy includes capital for bolt-ons
BlackFin backs Consultim Group
GP will foster France-based Consultim's product development and external acquisitions
Capitem backs Slat in SBO
CEO and five managers of the France-based designer of power supply services retain a majority stake
GCP acquires minority stake in Infinity Works
Deal is the seventh transaction made by GCP's fourth fund, which makes investments of £5-30m
Ardian to acquire Sintetica
Sintetica recorded revenue of approximately €60m for 2018 and employs around 300 staff
VR Equitypartner acquires minority stake in Votronic
VR Equitypartner writes equity tickets of up to €20m and invests from an evergreen fund
Andera Partners et al. invest in Tournus Group
Andera, Unigrains and BPI France provide mezzanine and equity financing to support the business
