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Hogan Lovells hires Linklaters’ Livesey in London office
John Livesey takes up new partner role after a 14-year stint advising PE clients at competitor
Sponsors brave the storm amid drop in financial services M&A
GP buyouts in the financial services space reached a two-year high in H1 2022 as rising financing costs and a brewing recession cloud the sector's M&A outlook
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.
Hg sells EidosMedia to Capza
Sale ends a six-year holding period for Hg, which acquired a majority stake in Eidosmedia firms Wise and Aksia
Averna acquires ClimateCare
Debt was provided by Bridgepoint Credit, which recently successfully acquired EQT's credit business
Hg increases stake in Visma, valued at $12.2bn
New investors Warburg Pincus and TPG will invest in the business for the first time, acquiring minority stakes
Goldman Sachs et al. back $27m round for H4
Barclays Ventures, JP Morgan and Linklaters also invest in the digital documentation firm
Pillarstone Italy launches €600m turnaround fund
Responsible & Sustainable Corporate Turnaround Fund intends to support the recovery of Italian companies
ProA Capital buys Solitium
Third deal made by ProA Capital Iberian Buyout Fund III, which closed on €475m in February 2019
M80 acquires Spantech
M80 Capital I looks to provide equity tickets of €10-40m to companies in Benelux and France
PAI sells Albea's dispensers business for $900m
GP continues to manage the remaining business of Albea as a portfolio company of PAI Europe VI
Carlyle-backed Logoplaste buys Masterchem
With this add-on, Logoplaste expects to expand its product offering and accelerate its growth
Artá carves out Nuadi from Nucap Industries
As part of the transaction, Nuadi will also acquire Nucap's Chinese subsidiary based in Shanghai
EQT confirms IPO plans, aims to raise €500m
Largest shareholder Investor AB and more than 70 partners in the firm will sell shares as part of the listing
ProA acquires Pastas Gallo in €200m deal
Auction saw Ventura Equity, Towerbrook Capital Partners and Idilia Foods in the final round
Mayfair's Yo! acquires US-based SnowFox
Deal is backed by the GP and reportedly values the target company at more than $100m
Clessidra buys Italian interior lighting specialist L&S
GP invests from its Clessidra Capital Partners III fund, which closed on €607m in December 2016
Ardian sells Indigo to Mirova and Meag
Mirova and Meag and Crédit Agricole Assurances intend to help the group develop in China
Naxicap-backed BVA bolts on Doxa
BVA expects to become one of the main market research groups in Europe and reach revenues of €200m
LDC exits Prism Medical UK in SBO
Sale ends a four-year holding period for LDC, which acquired Prism from Toronto-based Prism Medical
Southern Europe heats up with record levels of mega-deals
Volume and value of €1bn+ buyouts in the region reached their all-time peaks in the first nine months of 2018
BC Partners acquires VetPartners from August and Ares
Deal reportedly values the UK-based veterinary group at £700m, with BC investing from its 10th fund
Cerberus buys WFS in €1.2bn SBO
Sale ends a three-year holding period for Platinum Equity, which bought the company from LBO France
Hg sells Intelliflo to Invesco
Sale of the financial software company brings the gross realised fund multiple of Mercury 1 to 3.4x