Buyouts
H2 Equity acquires Vion’s Oerlemans Foods
Transaction expected to be completed in Q2 2014
RCapital acquires Shopacheck
Credit business will be merged with RCapital’s MCL
Magnum Capital buys Geriátricos del Principado
Deal leverages the GP's experience in the retirement home sector
France struggles to play down SBO typecast
Early signs however hint at primary revival in 2014
ECI backs £57m Avantia buyout
Home insurer trades under the HomeProtect brand
HIG Capital aiming for Nürburgring acquisition
Deal expected to be valued at €60-70m
Montagu acquires Arkopharma
Pythotherapy business generates €200m turnover
TCR buys Locabri from Ekkio
Siparex and Carvest to co-invest in SBO
Charterhouse buys Nuova Castelli
Deal is believed to be valued at more than €300m
Deal in focus: Riverside scoops Mec3
Riverside's acquisition of gelato ingredients maker Mec3 proves the unshakable allure of "made in Italy" brands. Amy King reports
HgCapital acquires Ullink
GP's fifth European software investment in a year
Corpfin Capital buys FCC logistics division for €32m
Business to be renamed Logisters
Exponent backs Loch Lomond
Exponent Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in The Loch Lomond Distillery Company.
Emeram acquires HgCapital’s Americana
German private equity house Emeram Capital Partners has acquired Americana International, the owner of fashion brand Bench, from HgCapital.
GCP backs Chaucer MBO
Growth Capital Partners (GCP) has supported the management buyout of management consultancy Chaucer Group.
Riverside buys Mec3
Riverside has acquired Mec3, an Italian manufacturer of ingredients for gelato, pastry and other foods.
CataCap acquires Lyngsoe Systems
CataCap has acquired a majority stake in Lyngsoe Systems, a Danish IT company.
Herkules acquires Elektroimportøren
Herkules has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Elektroimportøren, a Norwegian wholesaler and retailer of electrical equipment.
Argos Soditic sells Alkan to TCR, IDI
Argos Soditic has sold Groupe Alkan, a French manufacturer of equipment for the aeronautical defence industry, to TCR Capital and IDI.
Percipient Capital backs Elucigene MBO
Percipient Capital has supported the management buyout of Elucigene Diagnostics, the UK-based arm of Hologic, a US-based healthcare diagnostics firm.
Cinven, EQT target new geographies
European buyout houses Cinven and EQT have been looking further afield for healthcare investments, this week buying US-based CRO business Medpace and Australian radiology specialist I-Med, respectively.
Deal in Focus: Ardian backs €1.96bn Vinci Park buyout
France had not been home to a private equity transaction worth more than €1bn since the summer of 2011 – a dry spell broken in February, when Ardian entered exclusive talks with construction and concessions firm Vinci to back the buyout of its Vinci...
Montagu acquires Dorc from Rabo Capital
Montagu Private Equity has acquired Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (Dorc) from Rabo Capital, the private equity division of Rabo Bank.