Vauban Infrastructure Partners Acquires Boreal Holding AS from China Everbright

IK Investment Partners Acquires Majority Stake in ALBA Baving Group

November 6, 2020

Environmental Services

IK Investment Partners' IK Small Cap II Fund has agreed to acquire a majority stake in ALBA Baving Group from the founding Baving family. ALBA is a German provider of municipal infrastructure cleaning and maintenance services (street sweeping, sink-box cleaning, highway maintenance, winter and greenspace services); IK will support management to accelerate organic growth and expand the company's service offering. Financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction remains subject to regulatory approval.

AURELIUS Growth Investments Acquires BVN Group, Regional Catering Provider

July 13, 2023

Food & Beverage

AURELIUS Wachstumskapital (AURELIUS Growth Investments) has acquired the BVN group, a Norderstedt-based provider of meals for senior citizens and school catering that comprises four operating companies and more than 400 employees. The acquisition is positioned as a buy-and-build platform to drive regional growth in institutional catering; shareholders Kirsten and Stefan Brauer will exit as part of a succession solution while management (Keyan and Ramin Forouhideh) remain involved.

TowerBrook Capital Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in Bruneau from Equistone

July 28, 2021

E-Commerce

TowerBrook Capital Partners has signed a binding agreement to acquire a majority stake in Bruneau from Equistone Partners Europe, subject to regulatory approval and employee consultations. Bruneau is a leading European online distributor of office furniture and supplies (active in six countries with ~930 employees), and TowerBrook intends to support the group's organic growth, product offering expansion and digital customer acquisition.

Jernbro Acquires Veolia's Swedish Industrial Maintenance Business

September 23, 2019

Industrial Services

Jernbro Industrial Services AB has agreed to acquire Veolia Environnement S.A.'s industrial maintenance business in Sweden, taking over operations in Kiruna, Avesta, Sandviken, Norrköping and Gothenburg effective 1 October 2019. The acquired business has over 300 employees and annual sales of about SEK 400 million; the deal increases Jernbro's turnover to SEK 1.4 billion and its headcount to roughly 950.

EQT Infrastructure Acquires Molslinjen A/S

December 10, 2020

Transportation

EQT Infrastructure has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Molslinjen A/S, Denmark's largest passenger ferry operator, from a group of shareholders led by Polaris. EQT intends to support Molslinjen's decarbonization and electrification agenda, invest in fleet and service improvements, and pursue further organic and inorganic growth; the deal was expected to close in early 2021.

Ardian-led Consortium Acquires Vulcain Engineering (LBO)

December 22, 2023

Engineering Services

Ardian is leading a consortium including Tikehau Capital, EMZ, Bpifrance, Amundi and the Fonds France Nucléaire (managed by Siparex) in a leveraged buyout of Vulcain Engineering. The transaction effects the exit of existing shareholders Equistone Partners Europe and Sagard while co-CEOs Frédéric Grard and Alban Guilloteau and more than 350 employee-shareholders strengthen their positions. The new financing will provide resources to accelerate Vulcain's international expansion, digitisation of engineering processes and continued external growth via acquisitions.