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Analysis/Buyouts

EMEA Public to Private M&A
Change of mind: Sponsors take to de-listing their own assets

EQT and Cinven seen as bellweather for funds to reassess options for listed assets trading underwater

  • Investments
  • 04 September 2023
YTD European IPOs vs P2Ps
Sponsors drive record take-private activity as deployment pressure mounts

Discounted small- and mid-cap take privates expected to feed 2 pipelines amid M&A and IPO slowdown

  • Investments
  • 26 June 2023
Valentina Vitali of Limerston Capital
GP Profile: Limerston Capital anticipates higher volume but more complex M&A as market steadies

UK-based GP is seeing dealflow driven by carve-outs and buy-and-build in a market where organic multiple arbitrage is no longer a given

  • GPs
  • 07 June 2023
Auction houses and open sales processes
Lenders sway fate of auctions in volatile LBO market

Vendors increasingly sounding out lenders before bidders to navigate uncertain M&A landscape

  • Exits
  • 20 March 2023
German healthcare
German health minister’s 'locust sponsors' comments spook live healthcare deals

New entrants scared by remarks on limiting profits; existing investors expected to rush to complete bolt-ons

  • Buyouts
  • 25 January 2023
Sponsor exits in Europe hit decade low
Going, going, not gone: PE auctions bid for relevance amid risk-off environment

With a debt financing drought and macro woes denting exits, GPs are adapting the traditional M&A auction in favour of more flexible bilateral negotiations to get deals across the line

  • GPs
  • 18 January 2023
Liad Meidar of Gatemore Capital Management
Gatemore eyes larger stakes in listed SMEs as path to take-privates

With its first closed-end fund in the making, the activist investor will use larger stakes to drive value creation and direct small-cap targets towards PE sales

  • GPs
  • 11 January 2023
Europe-focused PE fundraising average no months to close by fund size
Final close: Sponsors fight through buyout fundraising drought

With EUR 100.5bn in commitments this year, European buyout fundraising is likely to be the lowest since 2018

  • Fundraising
  • 14 November 2022
PE buyouts in Europe 2020-2022
Private equity buyouts hit lowest point since COVID

Amid macro uncertainty, sponsors see EUR 44.6bn deployed across 211 buyouts, in the lowest mark since Q3 2020

  • Buyouts
  • 12 October 2022
Rome in Italy
Foreign GPs step up for large Italian deals – panel

Interest from international players is growing across a variety of sectors, but political uncertainty looms

  • Consumer
  • 05 August 2022
Supermaket chain Morrisons
Morrisons rival bidders may have little room to improve on Fortress bid

Both CD&R and Apollo are seen as viable threats to Fortress’s offer, one source says

  • UK / Ireland
  • 13 July 2021
Online shopping
European consumer M&A presents opportunities in Covid-19 chaos

Europe's consumer sector offers pockets of opportunity as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on M&A

  • Investments
  • 15 April 2020
Landfill and waste recycling plants
Viridor/KKR shows sponsor route to waste opportunities in Covid-19 market

Waste management, and particularly energy-from-waste, is fast becoming an area of heated dealflow

  • Buyouts
  • 20 March 2020
Michel Chabanel of Cerea Partenaire
GP Profile: Cerea Partenaire

Three-pronged food and agriculture investor is due to announce a first close for its second debt fund in March ahead of a final close on its €300m target

  • GPs
  • 15 February 2018
Tutoring services
Deal in Focus: IK buys Studienkreis from Aurelius

IK had considered previous opportunities in the education space, with the firm's partner Petersson saying the sector offers good opportunities for PE

  • Buyouts
  • 24 November 2017
Berlys is a bakery based in Spain
Deal in Focus: Ardian merges Spanish bakeries Berlys and Bellsolà

Ardian's investment in Berlys and Bellsolà forms part of a consolidation play in the European frozen food industry

  • Buyouts
  • 16 November 2017
Heating engineer at work
Deal in Focus: Ambienta carves out Restiani from Total Erg

An in-depth look at a difficult carve-out in the energy production market segment

  • Buyouts
  • 28 July 2017
Hydraulics systems
Deal in Focus: Ambienta bets on tighter market regulation with Safim

A look at the rationale behind the GP's 25th investment since the launch of its maiden fund in March 2008

  • Buyouts
  • 18 July 2017
NRW is a heavy construction and renovation company
Deal in Focus: Ufenau reaps 6x on NRW sale

Divestment of building refurbishment company follows a tenure of less than three years

  • DACH
  • 04 July 2017
Carambar produces caramel bars
Deal in Focus: Eurazeo buys Mondelēz confectionery arm for €157m

Following the deal, the company's international production will be relocated to France

  • Buyouts
  • 17 May 2017
Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals
Deal in Focus: Bain and Cinven to take Stada private

Acquisition of German pharmaceutical company would be the largest buyout ever recorded in the country

  • Investments
  • 13 April 2017
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Deal in Focus: Ardian to take majority stake in Prosol

French hypermarket group reportedly valued in the region of €1bn, with existing investors remaining as minority backers following completion

  • Exits
  • 28 March 2017
Tapi designs tops for bottles of alcohol
Deal in Focus: Wise backs Tapì’s SBO

Italy-based bottle cap producer will adapt its expansion strategy to account for geopolitical developments in Central and North America

  • Buyouts
  • 13 February 2017
Package delivery services and logistics firms
Deal in Focus: Cobalt makes 3.5x on TCS sale to Meeschaert

Vendor extended its holding period with LPs' blessing in order to fully implement its buy-and-build growth strategy

  • Buyouts
  • 06 February 2017
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