Silver Lake in exclusivity to acquire Meilleurtaux from Goldman Sachs

The deal is expected to close in Q4 2020 and remains subject to works council and competition authority approval.

Meilleurtaux's management plans to reinvest in the business alongside Silver Lake, according to a statement.

The GP plans to invest in Meilleurtaux's product range and partnership network.

Silver Lake is currently deploying equity from Silver Lake Partners V, which held a final close in April 2017 on $15bn.

The deal is valued at €700m, according to sources close to the situation cited by the Financial Times.

Meilleurtaux will be the GP's second deal of 2020 in Europe, having acquired France-based HR software Silae in July 2020 for a reported EV of €500m.

Goldman Sachs acquired Meilleurtaux from Equistone in February 2017 in a deal that valued the company at €260m. Goldman Sachs invested via West Street Capital Partners VII, which held a final close on $7.24bn in August 2018. The fund was 55% deployed as of December 2019. In 2016, Meilleurtaux reported revenues of €140m and EBITDA of more than €20m.

Company
Meilleurtaux is a digital financial service that focuses on products including mortgage loan comparison and brokerage, as well as insurance. It manages the websites Meilleurtaux.com, Lecomparateurassurance.com, Meilleurplacement.com and financial information website MoneyVox. The company is based in Paris and was founded in 1999.

People
Silver Lake – Christian Lucas (co-head of Silver Lake EMEA).
Groupe Meilleurtaux – Hervé Hatt (chairman); Guillaume Autier (CEO).
Goldman Sachs – Michele Titi-Cappelli (managing director); Alexandre Flavier (executive director).

Advisers
Equity – Skadden (legal).

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