Secondary buyout
Sagard picks up Alvest in tertiary buyout
LBO France had bought business from Ardian in late 2012
CVC in £1.3bn Virgin Active exit to Brait
Deal sees CVC Captial Partners reap more than 2x money
Ardian secures minority stake in Serma
SBO sees management co-invest to secure 57% stake
Advent sells Partner in Pet Food to Pamplona for €315m
Exit comes four years after Advent's £188m acquisition of PPF
Towerbrook buys Ad Van Geloven in SBO
Lion had bought the business from Egeria in 2008
Deal in Focus: Greenbriar swoops in on WFCI
Greenbriar's purchase of WFCI marks a rare foray for an overseas PE investor in the French lower mid-market
Axcel exits LGT Logistics to Litorina
Litorina buys back company it sold to Axcel in 2009
3i et al. exit WFCI in SBO
US fund Greenbriar takes over
Gimv acquires United Dutch Breweries
Former owner Egeria had held the company since 2011
FSN buys EET Europarts from Alipes for DKK 1.2bn
Norwegian GP reportedly outbid Segulah and EQT in auction
ECI buys Tusker from Smedvig
Secondary buyout sees Smedvig exit after 14 years
ECI reaps 6.1x on Wireless Logic sale to CVC
Deal marks CVC Growth fund's first investment
PAI buys AS Adventure from Lion
PAI acquires Belgian retailer in €400m deal with reported 50:50 debt-to-equity ratio
Mid Europa acquires Danube Foods Group
Food group rumoured to also have been circled by KKR
Siparex, BPI invest €3m in Duralex
Initiative & Finance sells majority shareholding in the company
Equistone buys Polo from Paragon
Company went bankrupt in 2011 and was rescued by Paragon et al.
Bridgepoint buys eFront in €300m SBO
Francisco Partners exits after four years
Idinvest, Siparex exit Julhiet-Sterwen
CM-CIC, BNP Paribas Développement take stake
Deal in Focus: Sagard et al. back Safic-Alcan MBO
Private equity backers secure minority stake in deal valued at around €250m
Riverside exits Rameder
Findos Investor acquires car accessories owner in SBO
Warburg Pincus sells Survitec for £450m
Transaction has a roughly 50-50 debt-to-equity split
Verdane sells CRF Health to Vitruvian
Exit comes two years after company was acquired in direct secondary
Segulah sells S:t Eriks to Accent Equity
Accent will acquire the company from Segulah and co-owner Peab
Bain acquires Wittur in SBO
Third private equity owner for elevator component supplier