Secondary buyout
Pragma Capital buys GSRI in MBO
GP buys a majority stake in the French infrastructure inspection engineering group
Qualium exits CMAI deal
ICG takes over from Qualium, the previous main shareholder in the maker of closets and sliding doors
DPE sells Elatec to Summit
DPE acquired its stake in Elatec in January 2016, drawing equity from the €575m fund DPE III
EQT sells CBR Fashion Group to Alteri
Deal ends a holding period of almost 11 years for EQT, after SBO from Apax and Cinven
Ardian backs SFAM in €1.7bn deal
GP acquires a €200m minority stake in the French broker of smartphone and multimedia insurance
Gimv buys France Thermes
GPs Normandie Capital, Initiative et Finance and Volney Développement exit the business
August sells Active Assistance to Montreux Capital
Divestment of the specialist healthcare provider follows an eight-year holding period
Mentha Capital exits Fri-Jado in SBO
Dutch manufacturer of food service equipment is sold to GP Torqx Capital Partners
Advent International to buy French telecoms business Circet
GP acquires the asset from majority backer CM-CIC Investissement, Omnes, founders and management
Demathieu & Bard in partial secondary buyout
Euro Capital, Eurefi, Alsace Croissance and Etoile ID are among the new investors
Investindustrial acquires Benvic Europe from OpenGate
Deal closes a four-year holding period under OpenGate, which acquired the firm in 2014
Céréa Partenaire buys Monviso from PM&Partners
French GP closes first Italian deal with bread and biscuit producer Monviso
HIG buys Beinbauer from Orlando
Management team, headed by Tobias Lührig and Patric Meeth, will continue to lead the group
Ekkio Capital invests in FX Solutions
GP backs the French shoulder arthroplasty implants manufacturer
Isai, Keensight sell Labelium to Qualium
GPs sell their minority stakes in the French marketing and digital strategy consulting agency
Waterland sells A-Rosa to Duke Street
Sale ends an almost nine-year holding period, following Waterland's April 2009 buyout
Main Capital sells Regas to BID Equity
Main Capital sells its majority stake in Dutch SaaS healthcare company Regas in an SBO
Ardian sells RGI to Corsair Capital
GP Corsair Capital wholly acquires the Italian insurance software business from Ardian and management
Canadian pension funds invest in Ardian-backed Fives
LBO sees PSP and CDPQ back French engineering firm Fives, with Ardian reinvesting
PAI buys Albéa from Sun European
Sale comes a year after the collapse of an auction led by strategic bidder RPC
Enterprise sells Netrisk.hu to MCI for €56.5m
Deal ends a seven-year holding period for the GP, which acquired an 80% stake in July 2010
Bowmark sells LBR to Levine Leichtman
Secondary buyout of the legal publishing company brings to an end a five-year holding period
Idea sells majority stake in La Piadineria to Permira
Deal is reportedly valued at more than €250m, two and a half years after Idea acquired it for €30m
KKR sells Afriflora to Sun European
Under the vendor's tenure, the business has acquired new land to expand its greenhouses and farms