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CVC dribbles past Silver Lake, Oaktree, H&F to score Ligue 1 deal
Deal for 13% in French football league commercial arm will add to sponsor's collection of sports assets
General Atlantic appoints head of ESG from PAI
Cornelia Gomez joins with an aim to bolster the sponsorтs ESG efforts and will be based in London
Adelis launches majority stake sale of Knightec
GP is being guided by Carnegie in the exit from the Swedish technology consultancy
Reckitt Benckiser baby nutrition carve-out likely to attract sponsors
Goldman Sachs is advising on the process for the infant formula maker, which could be valued at GBP 6bn
NorthEdge appoints two new partners amid several senior promotions
UK GP bolsters teams in Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham with 80% of Fund III to invest and over 50% of its SME vehicle deployed
Polaris Investment Advisory makes board appointments
Eon's Dajana Brodmann, Axiom's Marc Lau and Omega Capital's Pablo López de Ayala bolster the board
The Bolt-Ons Digest – 1 April 2022
NorthEdge's Correla; LDC's Omniplex; QPE's Encore; Cinven's Barentz, Tenzing's Jeffreys Henry, and more
Pinova Capital promotes Hofbauer to partner
Jean-Marie Hofbauer joined the Munich-headquartered Mittelstand technology investor in 2015
AP Moller, Biogroup among final bidders for Waypoint's Affidea
Final offers for the pan-European outpatient group are expected in a couple of weeks
Soho Square explores Alpine Fire Engineers sale
Clearwater is advising on the upcoming auction for the Manchester-based provider of active fire sprinkling systems
Lightrock announces promotions, board appointments
Impact investor expects to turn its focus to new deals in 2022 and grew its team by 30% in 2021
FSN readies IT consultancy Nordlo for exit
Danske Bank is among advisers in the upcoming auction, which could see the Sweden-based asset marketed off EUR 25m-30m EBITDA
Hg eyes exit from software and services group IRIS
Company could be marketed off annual EBITDA of more than GBP 110m; unclear whether co-owner ICG would seek an exit
Glendower eyes new secondaries fund
London and New York-based secondaries firm was acquired by CVC Capital Partners in 2021
Ardian readies Dedalus for controlling stake sale
Morgan Stanley and UBS are preparing an auction for the Italy-based hospital software group
Pamplona to liquidate LetterOne-backed funds, to sell LP stakes in cut-off process
GP to begin formal wind down process on three funds after sanctions hit the LPтs Russian backers
Novum-backed MMC Studios up for sale amid content production boom
Novum Capital bought the Germany-based film and television production company in 2019
Trill Impact set for venture fund following Domin appointment
Alex Domin has joined the Stockholm-headquartered impact investor as co-head of ventures
Equistone considers moving Sicame to continuation fund
GP is also studying a potential refinancing of the French electricity distribution products and services provider
Mirabaud appoints Nouri as partner, plans new Lifestyle fund
GP plans to launch the second fund in its consumer-focused Lifestyle strategy later in 2022
Circularity Capital hires new investment director
Deanna Zhang joins the UK-based circular economy investor from L-Gam
CD&R appoints European portfolio procurement director
Marta Benedek joins Clayton, Dubilier & Rice following a 20-year stint at General Electric
EMK Capital gears up for third fund
European mid-market investor held a final close for its predecessor fund in 2020 on EUR 1.5bn
Aztec Group appoints new chair to board
Kathryn Purves to succeed Patrick Gale as new board chair from 1 April