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Platinum Equity

Tin cans
Buyout groups circle Trivium Packaging auction

Owners OTPP and Ardagh requested non-binding offers last week after distributing sale materials in March

  • Exits
  • 19 April 2022
Architecture plans and renovation services
Bowmark sells Leaders Romans to Platinum Equity

Bowmark formed the property services group via the merger of Leaders and Romans in 2016

  • Exits
  • 25 January 2022
Recycling centres
Platinum Equity buys Urbaser for €3.5bn

GP intends to support the company in accelerating its expansion both organically and through targeted M&A

  • Buyouts
  • 07 June 2021
social-network-web
Platinum-backed Cision buys Brandwatch for $450m

Brandwatch raised around $65m over three funding rounds from VCs including Partech and Nauta

  • Exits
  • 01 March 2021
Biscuits and confectionery
Platinum buys Biscuit International from Qualium

Sale ends a six-year holding period for Qualium, which acquired the company from LBO France

  • Buyouts
  • 18 February 2020
Fundraising in dollars
Platinum closes fifth fund on $10bn hard-cap

Platinum Equity Capital Partners V draws $10bn in commitments from more than 250 LPs in 30 countries

  • Funds
  • 09 January 2020
Catering for cruises and other marine vessels
Platinum buys De Wave from Xenon

Deal ends a four-year holding period for Xenon, which bought the company via Xenon Private Equity VI

  • Buyouts
  • 31 October 2019
Hake and other fish products
Platinum Equity buys Iberconsa in SBO

Portobello Capital and Iberconsa's management team reinvest in the business alongside Platinum Equity

  • Buyouts
  • 07 March 2019
The Statue of Liberty in New York
NYC comptroller hires new PE head

David Enriquez has served as interim co-head of private equity since July 2018, before being promoted to head of PE

  • LPs
  • 06 December 2018
Foundations and construction
Nazca Capital buys Terratest from Platinum Equity

Company plans to use the fresh capital to further expand internationally, especially in the US

  • Buyouts
  • 06 December 2018
Fundraising in US dollars
LA pension backs latest Loan Star fund

Lone Star Fund XI, which has a $6bn target, held a first close on $2.9bn in October 2018

  • LPs
  • 15 November 2018
Fundraising in dollars
Hamilton Lane reaches $452bn in AUM&A

Firm announces a 12% increase for the second semester of 2018/19 compared with last year

  • LPs
  • 07 November 2018
Eterion Media is an advertisement placement service
Platinum sells Exterion to Global for £400m

Sale of the billboard company comes 16 months after the vendor reportedly aborted a previous auction

  • Exits
  • 16 October 2018
Jonas Nyquist of Skandia
LP Profile: Skandia Insurance Company

Head of private equity and infrastructure Jonas Nyquist talks to Unquote about the LP's investment programme

  • Nordics
  • 10 October 2018
Aerospace parts and long distance logistics
Cerberus buys WFS in €1.2bn SBO

Sale ends a three-year holding period for Platinum Equity, which bought the company from LBO France

  • Buyouts
  • 22 June 2018
Portfolio reorganisations
Large-cap deals drive strong start to 2018 for European PE

GPs deploy an extra €7bn in aggregate value across European buyouts in the first two months of the year compared to 2017

  • Investments
  • 28 February 2018
Wood cabins and country lodges
Platinum acquires Wyndham Vacation Rentals for $1.3bn

Blackstone, Bain, Centerbridge, CVC and PAI also reportedly bid for the holiday home rental company

  • Buyouts
  • 19 February 2018
Prices might soar amid Nordic flight to quality
Aerospace investments taking off for PE

As evidenced by the recent VistaJet and Pattonair deals, PE is increasingly looking at the aviation and aerospace sectors for opportunities

  • Industrials
  • 23 August 2017
LBO France exits WFS to Platinum

Sale values cargo-handling company at €300-350m

  • France
  • 27 April 2015
Platinum acquires Ten Cate Enbi

GP is carving print roller division out of Royal Ten Cate

  • Benelux
  • 07 January 2015
Platinum Equity acquires Terratest

Spanish ground engineering firm to undertake acquisitive growth strategy

  • Southern Europe
  • 29 October 2014
Platinum sells Contego to FIL International

Platinum Equity has sold packaging manufacturer Contego Healthcare Ltd to FIL International Ltd for around £160m.

  • UK / Ireland
  • 21 March 2013
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