Buyouts
EQT buys Maltese telecommunication specialist Melita in SBO
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Apax Partners, which bought Melita alongside Fortino Capital
Egeria acquires majority stake in MAAS Aviation
Aircraft painting business is growing due to the continuing global growth in demand for air travel
Charterhouse agrees £668m Tarsus take-private
Deal values shares in the Irish media and events business at 17x its average EBITDA in 2017 and 2018
Stirling Square buys Logent from Adelis
Second platform investment from Stirling Square Capital Partners IV, which is targeting €800m
Ardian acquires Sintetica
In 2018, Sintetica reported revenues of CHF 75m, up from approximately CHF 60m in 2017
Palatine supports MBO of Lucion Services
Testing, inspection and certification business will undertake an acquisitive growth strategy
ArchiMed carves out Diesse from PZ Cormay
Diesse was acquired from Orphée, the Swiss subsidiary of Warsaw-listed diagnostics group PZ Cormay
LDC sells Away Resorts to Bregal Freshstream
Deal is the 10th investment made by Freshstream's debut fund, which writes cheques of €30-100m
Assietta backs cosmetics specialist Effegilab
GP invests in the company by deploying capital from its APE III fund, closed on €48m in 2015
123 IM, Sigma Gestion back L'Usine
GPs acquire a majority stake, investing €4m in the France-based high-end gym operator, L'Usine
DMH acquires WT Systems
WT Systems filed for insolvency in February 2019 and Scultze & Braun was appointed administrator
Montagu sells Covidence to EMK
Sale ends a four-year holding for the GP, which acquired the company using capital from Montagu V
Anacap buys SundhedsGruppen
Anacap will acquire a majority stake via its €900m fund, Anacap Financial Partners III
PAI's sale of B&B Hotels to Goldman Sachs nears €2bn
Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs to buy a majority in the French budget hotel chain
Black Toro in talks for clothing brand Trucco
GP is currently investing via its second fund, which held a final close on €235m in February 2017
Mosaic acquires minority stake in SkinnyBrands
GP acquires a 37.5% stake in the low-calorie drinks brand and typically writes cheques of up to £10m
Auctus buys QuinScape with new fund
QuinScape plans to implement a buy-and-build strategy and will geographically expand
Andera, Omnes buy majority stake in Spherea
Company management and existing shareholders Ace and Irdi-Soridec Gestion reinvest in the business
Capvis acquires Xovis from Emeram
Emeram and the management team invested in Xovis in 2016, with Emeram taking a majority stake
NVM reaps 2.7x on £37.5m sale of MSQ Partners to LDC
UK-based marketing communications firm will pursue international expansion under its new owners
EQT, ADIA to acquire Nestlé Skin Health in CHF 10.2bn deal
Auction process saw KKR, a consortium of Advent International and Cinven, and Unilever as bidders
H&F, Blackstone's offer for Scout24 rejected by shareholders
Scout24's management and supervisory boards supported the consortium's offer of €46 per share
Oakley buys Videotel and Seagull, Herkules exits
Transaction, following which both businesses will merge, values Videotel at $90m
Dunedin acquires Acquis in MBO
Dunedin is currently investing from its Dunedin Buyout Fund III, which closed on £300m in 2013