Secondary buyout
Providence et al. sell majority stake in M7 to Astorg
Providence will retain a minority stake
Summit picks up August’s Independent Vetcare
Company attracted interest from trade and private equity
Eurazeo takes majority stake in Colisée
Deal values retirement home operator at around €175m
Altor sells Lindorff to Nordic Capital in €2.3bn deal
Altor and co-owner Investor AB will retain a minority stake in Lindorff
Qualium to sell DGF to 21 Centrale Partners
21 Centrale set to take majority stake in secondary MBO
Ardian picks up Equistone’s stake in Spie Batignolles
Equistone first backed the company in 2003
Equistone reaps 2.9x on sale of PD&MS to Inflexion
GP invested a total of £20m over four-year holding period
Inflexion reaps 2.8x on £42m Phlexglobal sale to BDC
Sale comes after three-year holding period
Cinven’s PizzaExpress bought by Hony
Sale comes a month after unquote" reported on upcoming exit
Investcorp buys Bencis’s SPGPrints for €240m
Deal marks Investcorp's fifth acquisition in 12 months
HIG to take over Estro
Firm will relaunch 250 centres under Small Steps brand
Parcom sells Hobré to AAC
AAC acquires majority stake in business
Graphite sells London Square to Ares Management
GP injected £50m into business over two years
Ardian acquires Italmatch from Mandarin
Italmatch senior management retains 12% stake
PAI acquires Europe division of TDR’s VPS
Deal reportedly valued at £150m
CVC to take over 3i's Vedici
Firm enters exclusive negotiations for private hospital group
Astorg sells Staci to ICG
Staci's turnover almost doubles under Astorg's ownership
PAI acquires stake in Labeyrie
Deal reportedly worth around €500m
Ardian acquires Bio 7 stake from Chequers Capital
Company to continue with buy-and-build strategy
LGV sells Amber Taverns to MaxCap for £80m
Debt provided by BlueBay Asset Management
Ergon Capital Partners acquires Sausalitos from EQT
Deal comes after six-year holding period
Northleaf closes secondaries fund on $225m
Firm now manages $600m of capital aimed at secondaries
Mobeus set for ATG Media exit
ECI nears deal for antique auctions portal business
LBO France acquires Fine Sounds in SBO from Quadrivio
Italian audio equipment producer to expand international activity