Secondary buyout
Cornerstone, Oaktree buy Poland's ProService from Highlander
Deal sees the US-based investor team up with local GP Cornerstone Partners for the Polish SBO
Secondary buyouts reach new heights
Europe sees new record for SBOs, with 40% of European buyouts sourced from other GPs in 2015
Azulis leads Destia MBO
BNP Paribas Développement, Societe Generale Capital Partenaires and management co-invested
Ardian completes tertiary buyout of d&b Audiotechnik
German audio equipment company finds a fourth private equity owner in Ardian
Motion Equity Partners buys Altaïr Group
Azulis Capital and Gimv exit after five-year ownership of cleaning products maker
Seafort acquires Avedo from Auctus
Seafort buys majority stake in Avedo, while Onics reduces its stake and Auctus fully exits
Carlyle Group acquires Spain's Digitex in SBO
Deal marks an exit for Altra Investment after a five-year holding period
Stirling Square in SBO of Mettis from Saints Chamonix
Stirling's acquisition comes a decade after Chamonix carved out Mettis from its 3i-owned parent
Astorg kickstarts sixth fund with HRA Pharma SBO
Vehicle "likely" to close on €2bn hard-cap before year-end, according to unquote" source
Alpha in €400m deal for Qualium's Cofidim
GP drew equity from its €700m sixth fund in a deal reported to value asset at €400m
UI Gestion and Sofipaca sell Villas Prisme to Amundi et al.
GPs acquired respective 52% and 8% stakes in residential constructor through 2008 OBO
BDC exits Unifaun to Vitruvian
Sale of Unifaun, formerly Memnon Networks, completed four years after BDC backed company
Baird sells Alpha FMC to Dunedin
Baird acquired a minority stake in Alpha in October 2013 in a transaction worth ТЃ28m
Eurazeo in exclusive talks for Rothschild's nursery LPCR
Listed GP to acquire the nursery operator from Rothschild’s FAPI alongside CEO
Synova scores 16x on Kinapse sale
Synova first backed the company in 2012, with sales growing since from ТЃ6.5m to ТЃ27.5m
Chequers Capital acquires Phoenix Group from Opera
Chequers Capital buys controlling stake in Italian Phoenix Group
PE-backed Oceanet merges with NBS
Capital Croissance steps in as new investor via its €75m, 40%-invested Cairn Capital I fund
Rubicon and Grovepoint pick up EnServe from Cinven
Following an aggressive sell-off programme, the remaining business of EnServe has been sold by Cinven
Argos Soditic supports SBO of Talentia from Fondations et al.
Fondations Capital and Women Equity Partners backed the company's MBO in 2011
Priveq sells Office Management to Inter Ikea Investments
Exit comes three-and-a-half years after Priveq took a 65% stake in the Swedish office supplier
Nordic Capital buys Cint from Cipio, Creandum and Prime Ventures
The acquisition was made through the GPтs Nordic Capital Fund VII, providing an exit for previous backers
Gimv acquires minority stake in Legallais
Ironmongery distributor Legallais reported a turnover of €225m for 2015
Equistone exits Sogetrel to Quilvest and BPI France
Quilvest and BPI France to become company's respective majority and minority owners
GPF acquires Acuntia from Corpfin
GPF Capital secures a majority stake in the ICT solutions provider