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Lion Capital

Remaining assets in maturing fund portfolios
Funds maturing in 2021: what is still in PE and infra portfolios

Unquote and Inframation delve into seven of the largest funds maturing around 2021 to highlight potential M&A and secondaries opportunities

  • Secondaries
  • 26 May 2021
Menghi is a designer of rubber shoes
Lion Capital buys Gruppo Menghi

GP will support the company's growth, both in Italy and internationally

  • Buyouts
  • 06 September 2019
The top 5 burger buyouts in the UK
Lion to list Loungers

GP bought stake in the UK-based chain of café-bars in a deal valued at £137m in 2016

  • Exits
  • 01 April 2019
Knitting and embroidery crafts
BluGem sells DMC Group to Lion Capital

Sale ends a three-year holding period for BlueGem, which bought the company via its €370m second fund

  • Buyouts
  • 14 February 2019
Hema store
Lion sells Hema

Sale ends a holding period of just over eight years for Lion, which first mulled a sale in 2010

  • Exits
  • 19 October 2018
Barbecues and garden furniture
Core Equity shelves Hema acquisition talks – reports

E-commerce platform of Hema is not deemed profitable enough, sources told the Dutch press

  • Buyouts
  • 06 June 2018
Lyndon Lea of Lion Capital
GP Profile: Lion Capital

Mid-market investor remains dedicated to its focus on consumer deals despite growing competition, though it may focus on fewer investments

  • GPs
  • 02 May 2017
Sports nutrition
Lion Capital snaps up protein bar maker Grenade

Deal is the second investment by Lion Capital's fourth fund

  • Buyouts
  • 06 March 2017
Money to be made by going gourmet
Lion Capital acquires Loungers in deal worth £137m

Existing investor Piper exits after four years at the helm

  • Buyouts
  • 20 December 2016
Opticians and optometrists
PE-backed Alan Afflelou aiming to list before year-end

Lion Capital led a secondary buyout for the optician in 2012, later syndicated to Apax and CDPQ

  • Exits
  • 19 October 2016
Hair dryers and other styling products
Lion Capital sells GHD to Coty for £420m

GP acquired the hairstyling appliance company in February 2013 in a £300m deal

  • Exits
  • 18 October 2016
Opticians and optometrists
Lion Capital-backed Afflelou to acquire Optimil

Bolt-on acquisition will enable French group to further develop Spanish activity

  • Portfolio management
  • 30 June 2016
Baring acquires Lion Capital’s 40% stake in Weetabix

Baring to buy Lion Capital's former stake

  • UK / Ireland
  • 01 September 2015
Lion Capital secures £500m Findus partial exit

GP rides into final furlong of Findus ownership with spin-off

  • Nordics
  • 13 August 2015
PE-backed Alain Afflelou bolts on Optical Discount

Add-on to lead to creation of low-cost optical retail network

  • France
  • 27 July 2015
PAI-backed AS Adventure bolts on Snow & Rock

Add-on comes three months after €400m acquisition of AS Adventure

  • Benelux
  • 01 June 2015
Benelux Q1 activity delivers increase in ‘pass-the-parcel’ deals

SBOs are creeping up in the region, but corporate spinoffs are also on the rise

  • Benelux
  • 30 April 2015
Lion Capital to fully exit Weetabix

Chinese group Bright Food to wholly acquire UK cereal business

  • Exits
  • 20 April 2015
Lion readies Picard exit with €2.25bn Aryzta deal

Aryzta secures option to buy remaining stake in three to five years

  • Exits
  • 31 March 2015
Towerbrook buys Ad Van Geloven in SBO

Lion had bought the business from Egeria in 2008

  • Buyouts
  • 24 March 2015
Lion reaps €600m in Picard recap

Lion Capital reportedly owns 99% stake in business

  • Restructuring
  • 19 February 2015
PAI buys AS Adventure from Lion

PAI acquires Belgian retailer in €400m deal with reported 50:50 debt-to-equity ratio

  • Buyouts
  • 04 February 2015
Lion Capital's Findus buys La Cocinera from Nestlé

Frozen food producer enters Spanish ready meals market

  • Southern Europe
  • 09 January 2015
Lion buys 21 Investimenti’s PittaRosso

21 Investimenti retains a minority stake

  • Buyouts
  • 05 December 2014
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