Sun European Partners
Sun acquires O&S Doors
Acquisition marks the GP's first European buyout of the year
Mixed bag for Dutch retail market
As the Dutch economy strengthens, how have private equity investments in local retailers performed?
Sun European's V&D goes under
Case is the latest to highlight ongoing controversy around Dutch portfolio companies
Corporate reshuffling: an origination opportunity?
As corporate M&A activity abounds, opportunities for PE are opening up
Sun acquires Flexitech
Eighth investment to be financed via GP’s $2.1bn sixth fund
Deal in Focus: Sun shines on Finlays flowers
Sun European's investment in Finlays' highlights growing appetite for flower assets
Sun European picks up Finlays Horticulture
Deal values the company at around ТЃ100m
Sun acquires Flabeg Deutschland
First acquisition for new Sun office
Advent hires Buerstedde from Sun Capital
Benjamin Buerstedde joins as a director in Frankfurt industrials team
Sun-backed Strauss Innovation bought out of insolvency
Mühleck Family Office will continue to run 1,200-strong company
Sun European sells DBA for €400m
Sale comes after eight years under Sun European's tenure
Mid-market players fear UK IPO disaster
Is the market approaching a bust?
Fundraises to flotations: a promising year for the UK
The UK market witnessed swathes of fund closes and a surprising number of IPOs last year. But will this positive trend continue in 2014? Alice Murray reports
Sun European Partners' Bonmarché valued at £100m in IPO
Womenтs clothing retailer BonmarchУЉ, owned by Sun European Partners, has listed on the AIM with a market cap of ТЃ100m.
OFT furniture probe embroils PE-backed retailers
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating six furniture retailers, two of which are understood to be Sun European-backed Dreams, and Advent-owned DFS.
Investec provides £110m debt package to Sun's Paragon
Investec Growth & Acquisition Finance has provided a ТЃ110m integrated debt facility to refinance the acquisition of Paragon Print & Packaging by Sun European Partners.
Sun European Partners in £23m Dreams debt pay-off
Sun European Partners is understood to have repaid ТЃ23m to creditors of Dreams, the UK-based bed retailer it acquired in a pre-pack deal in March.
Sun European halts sale of DBApparel
Sun European Partners has abandoned the attempted sale of DBApparel, the parent company of French underwear retailer Dim, due to a lack of sufficient offers for the business, according to French media.
Sun-backed Atmosphere goes into administration
Atmosphere Bars and Clubs, a UK-based portfolio company of Sun European Partners, has gone into administration.
Sun Capital merges five portfolio companies
Sun Capital has announced plans to combine five of its US and European plastic packaging businesses to create Luxembourg-based Exopack Holdings Sarl, the sixth largest company of its kind worldwide.
Sun European Partners buys Dreams
Sun European Partners has acquired UK-based bed retailer Dreams from administrator Ernst & Young.
Sun European Partners leads Dreams race
Sun European Partners looks close to acquiring UK-based beds retailer Dreams for around ТЃ35m.
Sun European Partners sells $72m Lee Cooper Jeans to Iconix
Sun European Partners has sold British apparel brand Lee Cooper Jeans to Iconix Brand Group for $72m.
Sun European Partners buys Paragon Print & Packaging
Sun European Partners has acquired a majority stake in British label maker Paragon Print and Packaging from Equistone, LDC and the management team.