PAI Partners Acquires European Camping Group

PAI-backed European Camping Group to acquire Vacanceselect from Permira

July 29, 2022

Restaurants & Hospitality

PAI Partners-backed European Camping Group (ECG) has reached an agreement to acquire Vacanceselect from funds advised by Permira and minority shareholders including The Ganivenq Family and Batipart. The combination brings Vacanceselect's large campsite and mobile-home operations together with ECG’s Homair/Eurocamp/Roan platform to create a leading pan‑European outdoor accommodation group and accelerate growth across key holiday markets. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, employee consultations and antitrust approvals.

PAI Partners Agrees to Acquire Majority Stake in ECF Group

June 14, 2023

Logistics & Distribution

PAI Partners has made a binding offer to acquire a majority stake in ECF Group from French private equity firm Naxicap Partners, with Naxicap remaining a minority investor alongside management. ECF is an omnichannel B2B distributor of equipment, consumables and hygiene products for hospitality and care professionals, headquartered in Grigny, France (~1,750 employees, ~€760m revenue); PAI intends to accelerate growth organically and via acquisitions to consolidate the fragmented market.

PAI Partners to Acquire The Looping Group

May 9, 2023

Media & Entertainment

PAI Partners has made a binding offer to acquire The Looping Group from Mubadala Capital’s Private Equity business and Bpifrance. The Paris-headquartered operator runs 18 regional leisure parks across eight European countries and will partner with Looping’s management team to drive further organic growth and add to the group’s portfolio.

KKR Acquires Roompot Group from PAI Partners

June 18, 2020

Restaurants & Hospitality

Global investment firm KKR has agreed to acquire Roompot Group, a leading European holiday parks operator and the #1 operator in the Netherlands, from PAI Partners. The deal, subject to customary closing conditions, will support Roompot's further development into a pan-European operator and build on its recent growth under PAI's ownership; financial terms were not disclosed.

PAI Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in Infra Group

July 6, 2023

Infrastructure

PAI Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Infra Group, a Belgium-headquartered multi-disciplinary network infrastructure services provider. The investment will make PAI the largest shareholder alongside existing investors ICG, Andera Partners and the management team, and will support Infra Group's growth strategy to accelerate expansion organically and via complementary acquisitions.

Carlyle to Acquire Mediterranean E&P Asset Portfolio from Energean

June 20, 2024

Oil & Gas

The Carlyle Group, through its Carlyle International Energy Partners fund, has agreed to acquire a portfolio of gas-weighted exploration and production (E&P) assets in Italy, Egypt and Croatia from Energean plc. The assets — which include interests in the Cassiopea field (Italy) and the Abu Qir hub (Egypt) — will form the basis of a standalone Mediterranean E&P platform subject to regulatory approvals.