LBO France
LBO France adds MD to operating team
Etienne Colas, LBO France
Bain to buy Maisons du Monde from Apax, LBO France
Bain Capital has agreed to acquire French home decorations and furniture retail business Maisons du Monde in a secondary buyout understood to be worth around €650m – close to 8x EBITDA.
LBO France to start fundraising after year-long delay
LBO France is seeking around €1bn for its White Knight IX fund, almost a year after it was expected to launch.
Bayside and LBO France inject fresh money into Consolis
Bayside Capital and owner LBO France have respectively injected €45m of new debt and an equal amount of fresh equity into the refinancing of Belgian concrete manufacturer Consolis.
LBO France's Médi-Partenaires hopes to raise €385m on high-yield market
Médi-Partenaires, a French chain of clinics backed by LBO France and Equistone, is understood to be aiming to raise €385m on the high-yield bond market.
Eurazeo PME buys Idéal Résidences from LBO France
Eurazeo PME has acquired French medical and social healthcare provider Idéal Résidences from LBO France.
Fondations Capital buys Mazarine from LBO France
Fondations Capital has acquired French communications agency Mazarine in a secondary buyout from LBO France and 123Venture.
Apax and LBO France to sell Maisons du Monde
Apax France- and LBO France-owned furniture stores chain Maisons du Monde is up for sale in a process run by investment banks Lazard and Messier Maris, according to reports.
LBO France hires new director
French private equity firm LBO France has appointed Vincent Briançon as a director.
LBO France buys Alvest off AXA PE and Equistone
LBO France has acquired French industrial group Alvest from AXA Private Equity and Equistone.
LBO France completes Diam SBO
LBO France has finalised the acquisition of French point-of-purchase display manufacturer Diam International from HIG Capital.
French fundraising: Out in the wild
French fundraising
LBO France delays fundraising effort
French mid-cap GP LBO France has pushed back the launch of its next €1.5bn White Knight IX vehicle - which was supposed to take place in Q1 - to Q3 2012, according to French publication Capital Finance.
GE overcomes hurdle in Converteam trade sale
General Electric (GE) has reached an agreement with the US Justice Department (DoJ) allowing it to acquire French engineering group Converteam from Barclays Private Equity and LBO France.
LBO France and LFPI Gestion close Eminence SBO
LBO France and LFPI Gestion have acquired men's underwear manufacturer Groupe Eminence from Orium and Pechel Industries Partenaires.
Barclays PE and LBO France exit Converteam in $3.2bn trade sale
Barclays Private Equity and LBO France have sold 90% of French power conversion and engineering company Converteam to General Electrics for $3.2bn - around 13x EBITDA.
Qualium sells Exxelia to LBO France
Qualium (formerly CDC Capital Investissement) has sold French electronics specialist Exxelia to LBO France for an undisclosed amount.
Activa sells Materne - Mont Blanc to LBO France
LBO France has acquired French desserts maker Materne - Mont Blanc from Activa Capital, a deal reportedly valued at €190m.
OFI-backed Gault & Frémont acquires BioFoodPack
OFI Private Equity portfolio company Gault & Frémont has acquired French food containers specialist BioFoodPack for an undisclosed amount.
Paluel-Marmont Capital acquires Finipar from LBO France
Paluel-Marmont has backed the management buyout of French cleaning products manufacturer Finipar from LBO France.
LBO France acquires Idéal Résidences
LBO France has acquired a majority stake in retirement homes operator Idéal Résidences from Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) and Alliance Entreprendre.
Qualium set to exit Exxelia
Qualium (formerly CDC Capital Investissement) is looking to sell electronics specialist Exxelia to LBO France.
LBO France to sell Medi-Partenaires
LBO France is planning to sell its stake in French clinic operator Medi-Partenaires, according to media reports.