H2 Equity Partners

The tie-up between the European electronic component distributors is a ‘unique opportunity,’ Astorg’s Adrien Celdran tells PE Hub in an exclusive English language interview.

William Hackett is a global provider of safety-critical lifting equipment and specialist chains.

BC Partners is to buy a majority stake in Dümmen Orange, a Dutch breeder of potted plants and flowers, from H2 Equity Partners and the Dümmen family.

The Amsterdam-headquartered firm received interest from a number of international private equity firms but sold Sator Holdings to trade buyer LKQ Corporation for $268m.

H2 Equity Partners has acquired Eurocell Ltd. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in the UK, Eurocell is a producer and provider of PVC-u profiles and roofline products.

Belgian chemicals manufacturer Tessenderlo Group said on Thursday it had sold its British profiles activities to private investment firm H2 Equity Partners, completing the sale of all its profiles businesses, Reuters reported.

LKQ Corporation has agreed to acquire Sator Beheer, a distributor of auto parts, tools and equipment headquartered in Schiedam, the Netherlands, for approximately $268 million. Baird acted as the sole financial advisor to LKQ on the deal, which is still subject to customary closing conditions. The sellers were H2 Equity Partners, a private equity firm, and Sator management.

The Amsterdam-headquartered firm has bought cash-and-carry business Hancocks, the fifth deal from its €300m H2 Equity Fund IV.

The firm has sent a PPM to investors for its latest vehicle.

European private equity firm BC Partners is to buy a majority stake in Dutch flower breeder Dummen Orange, the companies said on Friday.

The sale of the UK healthcare business is LDC’s eleventh exit in 2014

TPG, Headland and Exponent are among the firms to have successfully illustrated their value creation skills

Private equity in the Netherlands slowed down noticeably in 2012 – and while there’s been no sign of a rebound so far this year, there is some cautious optimism about the second half

The firm, which spun out from NIBC Bank in 2011, has been backed by LPs like Adveq, Access Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs and Macquarie Group.

An investment banker at Robert W. Baird & Co. expects more merger and acquisition activity in Europe’s automotive parts space from buyout shops on both sides of the Atlantic after his firm advised Chicago-based LKQ Corp.’s $268 million purchase of distributor Sator Beheer BV from Dutch-based H2 Equity Partners.

Jurgen Leijdekker has joined Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe as an operating executive. He previously was president of Paul Winston Group.