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Montagu lands 3.5x return on airfield lighting businessThe UK-based firm has agreed to sell ADB Solutions to PAI Partners in a deal understood to be between €200m and €250m.
- PAI acquires Oaktree’s R&R Ice Cream
The French firm has bought Europe’s largest own-label ice cream maker for €850m, the latest deal by its 2008-vintage Fund V.
- Montagu doubles money on Danish logistics
Nordic Capital is paying approximately €400m to acquire Unifeeder - the first deal from its latest fund.
- PAI exits last Fund III investment
The last exit by the firm’s Fund III, which brings the overall performance of the 12-year old vehicle to 3.3x, comes as the French GP continues raising a €3bn fund.
- Electra makes 15x on Allflex
The binding offer by BC Partners values the animal tags business at more than $1.3bn, completing an auction process that had attracted interests from a long list of private equity firms.
- Clifford Chance names PE head replacement
Frankfurt partner Oliver Felsenstein will lead Clifford Chance's private equity team in the wake of David Walker's move to Latham & Watkins.
- Bain to acquire Maison du Monde
The US firm will buy the French furniture retailer from Apax, LBO France, and NiXEN, in a deal valued at between €650m and €700m.
- PAI chief to step down in 2015
The succession plans, laid out as PAI raises a €3bn fund, will see the firm’s investment head take on the top role halfway through the vehicle’s investment period.
- Montagu sells Hansen Protection to IK
Montagu has made its fourth exit this year by selling a Norwegian survival suit business to IK Investment Partners for approximately €150m to €160m.
- PAI’s Swissport to land fourth bolt-on
A former portfolio company of now-defunct Candover, Swissport is already the world’s largest provider of aviation ground services.