Buyouts
Bencis to back EMC Group SBO
Holland Capital will end its 10-year ownership in the Dutch medical staffing specialist
Synova returns to life sciences with Charnwood investment
Second investment for Synova's latest vehicle, following Preventx last October
Raise backs consultancy Efor
French GP invests €20m in the consultancy firm, while Capza provides a €35m unitranche
Accent Equity buys Global Attractions SPI
Playground equipment producer hopes to expand internationally and broaden its product portfolio
Abry Partners makes investment in Options Technology
This is the second round of investment for the firm, and substantially exceeds the first round of >$100m
Horizon Capital backs Sapphire Systems
Deal is the fourth from the Horizon Capital I fund, which closed on ТЃ200m in Q4 2018
UI Gestion backs Daco France SBO
Directors Alain and Michel Abitbol retain stakes in the France-based dried fruits company
Prudentia backs Metz-Amnéville zoological park
GP is investing via its maiden fund, France Industrie I, which closed on €100m in 2018
CBPE exits Allied Glass
Buyer for the glass manufacturer is a vehicle managed by Sun Capital and the Allied Glass management
CBPE backs Perspective Financial Group buyout
CBPE is partnering with management, who are all reinvesting in the business
Aurelius buys Distrelec and Nedis from Dätwyler
Carve-out process for the industrial supplier's electronic components business began in August 2019
Siparex, I&F et al. back Rondot SBO
GP Siparex first invested in the glass manufacturing equipment specialist in 2016
IK acquires majority stake in MDT
GP drew equity from IK VIII to back the heating and ventilation components specialist
Groupe LFPI eyes Document Store
ActoMezz backed the French printing equipment distributor between 2015 and 2018
Dubag buys Gesellschaft für Reisevertriebssysteme
Germany-based Thomas Cook call-centre subsidiary was sold as part of the company’s insolvency
EMK acquires majority stake in WAE
EMK will invest in the commercialisation of WAE's technology opportunities and long-term growth
Lone Star to buy BASF's chemicals division in €3.17bn deal
Germany-based construction chemicals business generated sales of around €2.5bn in 2018
The Carlyle Group backs Dept SBO
Waterland sells its majority stake in the Dutch digital marketing and advertisement agency
Nordic Capital to buy Consilium Marine & Safety
GP will acquire the company for an enterprise value of SEK 3bn
Hg buys P&I in €2bn deal
GP previously backed the German provider of cloud-based HR software from 2013 to 2016
Phoenix acquires Redington
Firm is currently investing from Phoenix Equity Partners 2016, which closed on ТЃ415m
Tikehau carves out biomass unit from Acek in €81m deal
GP deploys from Tikehau Capital Energy Transition Fund, which is dedicated to energy transition
Ardian buys Cérélia in c€810m deal
IK sells its majority stake in the France-based bakery business acquired in 2015
Bridgepoint invests in Oris Dental
Based in Trondheim and founded in 2016, Oris operates 25 dental clinics and four dental laboratories