France
Perceva to buy Fruit of the Loom lingerie division
French turnaround specialist aiming to revitalise brands portfolio
Ouest Croissance et al. in €10m second round for Qowisio
Company has plans for 70 hires within three years
PE-backed Spie valued at €2.5bn in IPO
Shares priced at upper end of range
Turnarounds still struggling to take off
Turnaround deals throughout Europe remain at low levels
Gri appointed to 21 Partners' supervisory board
Firm recently sold Vacalians to Permira in €400m SBO
Adents raises €8.5m from Naxicap et al.
Business has received nearly €15m in capital since inception
Industries & Finances exits L'Univers de L'Emballage
Firm’s first fund scored an average of 3x across seven exits
Gimv and Siparex in partial EasyVoyage exit
Divestment understood to be finalised within next 36 months
Apollo to buy Verallia from Saint Gobain for €2.9bn
Largest French buyout since financial crisis
Innov8 raises €24m from CM-CIC et al.
Capital to be used to support French technology start-ups
Capital Export backs Celec BIMBO
Deal is the seventh to be made by Capital Export FCPR vehicle
Apax France wraps up Fund VI with Albioma share distribution
GP distributes shares in listed business to Fund VI investors
Idinvest and Kurma in €3m seed round for BioSerenity
Maiden deal for Kurma Diagnostics after €33m first close
OpenAirlines raises €1m from Alter Equity
Alter Equity 3P closed on €33m last April
Apix raises first €3.7m round
Company will use funds to develop its petrochemical operations
Xerys in €10m second round for APR2
Firm has invested €60m since APR2 began operating in July 2014
Family office perspective: a new breed of PE emerges
A new breed of deal-by-deal managers appears to be meeting the needs of family offices
Spie back on IPO trail, aims to raise €700m
Company refinanced senior debt prior to second listing attempt
Family office perspective: turning away from traditional PE
A two-part, in-depth look at what family offices think of private equity
Market Insight: UK consumer sector refinancings
A detailed look at trends in the refinancing market
ActoMezz closes second fund on €210m
GP exceeds initial €200m target
BlackFin buys majority stake in AMfine
All-equity transaction includes capital increase
Silverfleet closes second fund on €870m hard-cap
Fund was officially launched in H2 2014
Naxicap picks up FIK Group from Perceva
Revenues up by 30% since Perceva-led recapitalisation in 2011