ARES (Highlander Partners Portfolio Company) Acquires Cardiomed Cluj

Highlander Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Ares (Centrele de Excelență Ares)

July 2, 2019

Healthcare Services

Highlander Partners L.P. acquired a majority stake in Ares Group (Centrele de Excelență Ares), the leading private interventional cardiology provider in Romania. Highlander will partner with founders Oren Iancovici and Iulian Plescan to expand capacity and open new facilities across Romania to increase access to interventional cardiology and interventional radiology services.

ARES Group Acquires Cardiology Activities of Monza Hospital; Forms MONZA-ARES Group

December 14, 2023

Healthcare Services

ARES Group, a Highlander Partners portfolio company, has completed the acquisition of the cardiology activities of Monza Hospital in Bucharest from Policlinico di Monza and will operate the hospital's cardiovascular surgery and interventional cardiology departments. Concurrently, Brain Hospital will take over Monza's neurosurgery, ENT, orthopedics and other surgical departments, and the combined cardiology platform will operate under the newly formed MONZA-ARES Group to expand private cardiology services across Romania.

ARCHIMED Acquires Majority Stake in Cardioline

November 17, 2021

Medical Devices

Trans-Atlantic private equity firm ARCHIMED has acquired a majority stake in Cardioline, a Trento, Italy-based maker of cardiology devices and Europe's largest provider of cardiology-focused telemedicine. The investment, made through ARCHIMED's MED III Fund, will support Cardioline's product and software development, international expansion and potential add-on M&A while founders retain a significant minority stake and remain in management.

Corbel Capital Partners Makes Growth Investment in ARES Security Corporation

January 11, 2017

Cybersecurity

Corbel Capital Partners completed a structured non-control growth investment in ARES Security Corporation to support accelerated product development, operational expansion and international growth. ARES Security, a Vienna, Virginia-based provider of enterprise security risk management and simulation software (AVERT), will use the capital to expand its product portfolio and scale sales and delivery.

ARCHIMED (MED Platform I) Acquires Majority Stake in CARSO

December 16, 2021

Healthcare Services

Transatlantic healthcare private equity firm ARCHIMED, via its MED Platform I fund and in partnership with CAPZA Expansion and Siparex, has acquired a majority stake in Lyon-based CARSO, a leader in purity and analytical testing for pharma, healthcare, environmental and food sectors. The deal (debt provided by Tikehau Capital and several banks) will support CARSO's internationalization and service-range expansion as the group aims to more than double current annual revenues (above €200 million).

Hellman & Friedman Acquires Cordis from Cardinal Health

August 2, 2021

Medical Devices

Hellman & Friedman has completed the acquisition of Cardinal Health’s Cordis business for approximately $1 billion, with the buyer assuming certain liabilities and Cardinal Health retaining certain working capital accounts. Ajax Health and Zeus Health are partnering with H&F on the transaction; Cordis will operate as an independent medical device company headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida.