BPE buys Robinia from LDC

Barclays Private Equity, the pan-European mid-market private equity house, today acquired Robinia, one of the specialists in the provision of intensive support services for adults and young people with learning difficulties, in a secondary management buyout from Bridgepoint for £80m taking a majority stake in the business. LDC, the mid-market private equity provider, is expected to co-invest alongside Barclays Private Equity.