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Investors flock to Wendel’s €1bn float of consultancyWendel, the French investment company, has partially floated industry standards consultancy Bureau Veritas, although it retains a majority stake. The float was ten times oversubscribed.
- Cognetas and Sagard win €670m Desjonquères race
Buyout firms Cognetas and Sagard have triumphed in the race to buy Desjonquères, the bottle-making division of French group Saint-Gobain.
- Competitive tensions
There is no shortage of players in the French buyout market, which has been a popular destination for institutional investors in recent years.With corporates starting to re-emerge as potential bid rivals to private equity firms, auctions are getting crowded. Andy Thomson took the Eurostar to Paris
- EQT sells Dahl to Saint-Gobain
Nordic private equity firm EQT has agreed to sell Swedish heating and sanitation wholesaler Dahl to French glass and building materials group Saint-Gobain.
- Eurazeo, Carlyle link for Terreal deal
French buyout firm Eurazeo has joined forces with Carlyle Group to back the E515m buyout of Terreal, the French tiles and bricks manufacturing unit of Saint-Gobain.
- Eurazeo continues to evolve
Former Lazard MD Patrick Sayer has now been appointed chief executive of the French private equity group.