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Montefiore prepares sale of European Digital Group via Lazard
Expected for later this year, auction of B2B digital services platform will mostly target PEs
Bregal Milestone to launch Anywhere365 sale in Q1 2023
Lazard to advise on auction for Dutch cloud-based contact centre and dialogue-management platform
Naxicap explores ECF Group sale advised by Lazard
Auction of French distributor of catering consumables expected to launch new year
Equistone chooses continuation fund route for Sicame
GP had considered ownership options for the electricity distribution products and services provider
IFF carve-out of Frutarom Savory likely to attract large sponsors
JPMorgan and Lazard will lead on the auction of Austrian food ingredients subsidiary, which could launch as early as June
Chequers weighs sale of textile chemicals maker Bozzetto
Sponsor will be advised by Lazard on the upcoming auction for the Italian producer of polymers and resins
Ligue 1 to collect second round bids for media arm in April
CVC, H&F, Silver Lake, Oaktree among shortlisted bidders for Ligue de Football Professionnel's asset
TA Associates prepares Odealim for H2 exit
Lazard is likely to be mandated for the sale of the French insurance brokerage firm
IK hires Lazard to advise on Linxis sale
IK acquired Linxis Group (then Breteche) from Cerea Partenaire, Capza and Equistone in July 2015
Ambienta picks Lazard for upcoming Nactarome sale
Auction of the Italian producer of natural flavours and ingredients is expected to launch in early 2022
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
KPS buys aluminium specialist Metra
GP invests in the business via KPS Special Situations Mid-Cap Fund, which closed on $1bn in October 2019
Capiton heads for summer final close for sixth fund
Capiton VI has a €550m target; Capiton V held a final close in January 2015 on €440m
Toscafund, Penta to acquire TalkTalk for £1.1bn
Consortium offered 97 pence per share, a premium of 16.4% on the unaffected share price of 83.3 pence
DACH deal pipeline: live, expected and pulled sale processes
A round-up of sale processes ongoing or expected to launch in the coming months in DACH, courtesy of Unquote sister publication Mergermarket
Oxy Capital exits Prio Energy to trade
Sale ends a seven-year holding period for Oxy Capital, which acquired the company from Martifer
Williams Grand Prix to sell WGPE to Dorilton for €152m
New York-based Dorilton Capital invests in companies with EBITDA of $4-25m
G Square looking to exit ISPS - report
G Square acquired the healthcare training business from Montefiore in 2016
Ardian buys Finaxy from Equistone
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Equistone, which owned a stake of around 80% in the company
Investindustrial to buy minority stake in Guala for €91m
Offers is made via Special packaging solutions investments, which is controlled by Investindustrial VII
Investindustrial closes seventh buyout fund on €3.75bn
Fund targets European companies operating in the consumer, industrial and healthcare services sectors
FSI buys minority stake in biopharma company Kedrion
GP invests via its FSI I fund, which held a final close on €1.4bn in March 2019
Thoma Bravo acquires Sophos in $3.9bn deal
Apax Partners, which holds a 10.15% stake in the cybersecurity firm, will sell its holding
Inflexion acquires Marley
Inflexion has acquired roofing materials manufacturer Marley from Belgium-based Etex