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PE roll-up strategies face regulatory heat with focus on consumer industries
With longer holding periods facilitating more bolt-ons, regulators including the UK's CMA are intervening
CVC’s Amsterdam IPO move adds impetus to calls for LSE reform
CVC Capital Partners’ reported preference for Amsterdam as a potential home for its shares shows that London’s regulatory regime still needs to be far more flexible, several sources said.
Cinven sells Chryso to Saint-Gobain for €1bn
Sale ends a four-year holding period for Cinven, which acquired the company from LBO France via Cinven VI
CVC buys Ethniki Insurance in €505m deal
GP invests in the company via CVC Capital Partners VII, which closed on €15.5bn in June 2017
TA sells ITRS to Montagu
Montagu Private Equity acquires companies with enterprise values of €200m-1bn
EQT buys Idealista from Apax for €1.3bn
EQT acquires a majority stake, while the management team led by CEO Jesús Encinar retains a minority
EQT buys visual content specialist Freepik
GP invests via EQT Mid-Market Europe, which closed on its €1.6bn hard-cap in May 2017
One Equity Partners backs Nexion
GP intends to accelerate the company's organic growth and further boost its international expansion
Hg invests in Argus
Hg has invested in the commodities reporting company through its listed vehicle and its Saturn fund
Advent buys Industria Chimica Emiliana
GP intends to further strengthen the company's market position and boost its international expansion
Inflexion acquires Marley
Inflexion has acquired roofing materials manufacturer Marley from Belgium-based Etex
CVC to acquire Ontic for $1.365bn
BBA Aviation acquired Ontic in 2006 for $67m and has pursued an acquisitive growth strategy
BtoV-backed Foodspring sold to trade buyer
US-based trade buyer Mars has acquired a majority stake in the nutrition products manufacturer
DACH manufacturing slump puts strain on deal-doing
With confidence hitting a low point in DACH's manufacturing sector, PE investors have to navigate a winding road to find opportunities
Vista acquires Perform to merge with Stats
Transaction will create a sport data and media group in the European and North American markets
Xenon buys Emmeti, Sipac, Mectra, Logik to create EMS Group
Following the acquisition, the four companies will be merged in a new entity called EMS Group
Aurelius acquires Hellanor
Deal is the firm's third primary investment of 2018 and its fourth ever Nordic investment
DLA Piper hires Baker McKenzie's Schumann
Schumann will be responsible for advising private equity and corporate clients on M&A transactions
Sovereign scores largest ever exit with Linnaeus sale to Mars
Divestment of the UK veterinary group generated the firm's strongest ever gross return
Partners-led consortium buys Techem for €4.6bn
Deal ends a 10-year holding period for Macquarie, which took the firm private in 2008
NB Renaissance Partners et al. exit Esaote
Chinese consortium wholly acquires the Italian medical imaging company
Neuberger Berman and aPriori exit Guala
Guala will be acquired by special purpose acquisition company Space4 and listed on the Italian market
Aleph and Crestview exit Interoute in €1.9bn sale to GTT
Deal values the fibre network and data management provider at 11.5x adjusted EBITDA
Nordic Capital acquires dental group
New group includes three dentist chains and a dental technology laboratory operator