Alvarez & Marsal
Emerging manager Px3 makes first acquisition with carve-out buyout
RhУДne Group spin-out makes inaugural acquisition with Celeros Flow Technologyтs filtration unit buyout
A&M Capital Europe to acquire majority stake in World of Sweets and Bobby's
Investment in UK-based wholesaler of confectionary products marks London-headquartered sponsorтs first investment in the food sector
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 16 September 2022
Unquoteтs selection of the latest add-ons with A&M's Ayesa, BC Partners' Valtech, Advent's IRCA, EQT's IVC Evidensia and more
A&M makes two transaction advisory hires in Germany
Hinrich Grunwaldt joins the Hamburg team from EY; Andreas Frisch joins in Frankfurt from Deloitte
21 Invest admits four to next round of Carton Pack sale
Sponsors still in the mix include White Bridge and Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity
Aurelius opens Milan office, hires Denza
Ludovico Denza joins Aurelius from Alvarez & Marsal's performance-improvement practice
Alvarez & Marsal hires Platinum's Lundqvist
Olle Lundqvist will lead the firm's Private Equity Performance Improvement Group in the Nordic region
Lonsdale backs Horseware Ireland
This is the ninth investment made by the GP via Lonsdale Capital Partners Fund I, which closed on ТЃ110m in 2016
Ambienta buys Collingwood from Baird
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Baird, which invested in the company via its $310m Baird Capital Global Fund I
Montagu buys IMV from Qualium
Sale ends a holding period of more than six years for Qualium, which acquired the company from Pragma Capital
Alvarez & Marsal appoints González as managing director
González will lead the firm's private equity performance improvement team in Spain
ECI takes minority stake in KBA
ECI Partners has taken a minority stake in corporate services provider KB Associates
Equistone acquires Omnicare
Lincoln International led a sales process for the wholesale anti-cancer pharmaceuticals distributor
A&M buys surveillance specialist La Patria in SBO
Sale ends an eight-year holding period for the GPs, which owned a combined majority in the company
HQ Equita acquires Ebertlang in SBO
Beyond Capital acquired Ebertlang in 2017 when it sold for 1.5-2x its €10m turnover
Lonsdale acquires majority stake in CC&A
Deal is the eighth to be made from Lonsdale's debut fund, which writes equity cheques of ТЃ10-15m
Caledonia buys Cooke Optics from GCP for £96.5m
Management team reinvests ТЃ7.8m of their sales proceeds to secure the remaining equity
ECI reaps 3.6x from Great Rail Journeys sale to Duke Street
Deal ends a five-year holding period of the luxury rail holiday provider for ECI
Sovereign scores largest ever exit with Linnaeus sale to Mars
Divestment of the UK veterinary group generated the firm's strongest ever gross return
IK buys Klingel from Halder
Deal marks the 11th acquisition from the IK VIII fund, which closed on €1.85bn in 2017
Tenzing makes third deal from debut fund with CitNow
Automotive video software company will pursue product development and international expansion
Catalyst acquires investment management consultancy Knadel
Five months after Livingbridge's investment, market consultancy Catalyst acquires Knadel
Lonsdale's Mobility Group bolts on Cassellie
Acquisition is part of the group's strategy to move beyond the specialist bathrooms market
Platinum acquires Wyndham Vacation Rentals for $1.3bn
Blackstone, Bain, Centerbridge, CVC and PAI also reportedly bid for the holiday home rental company