Recent Transactions

07-Jun-21
Undisclosed
Target: 

Rights to General, Right Guard and Dry Idea brands

flag not available
Acquiror: 
N/A

Advised Henkel on its brand divestment program (including the sale of the General, Right Guard and Dry Idea brands)

01-May-24
Undisclosed
United States flag
Target: 

Functional Formularies

France flag
Acquiror: 
Danone

Advised Danone on its acquisition of Functional Formularies, a leading whole foods tube feeding business in the US, from Swander Pace Capital

03-Jun-21
Undisclosed
Singapore flag
Target: 

Le Petit Depot

Singapore flag
Acquiror: 
Phoon Huat

Advised Le Petit Depot, Singapore’s leading online platform specializing in the sale of European food products, on the sale of a controlling stake to, and strategic partnership with, Phoon Huat 

31-Jan-18
$NA
Brazil flag
Target: 

Reliance Group

Switzerland flag
Acquiror: 
Julius Bär Group Ltd.

Advised Julius Bär Group Ltd., a leading Swiss private banking group, on its 95% acquisition of Reliance Group, one of the largest independent Brazilian wealth management firms with client assets of approximately BRL 17 billion (USD 5.3 billion)

21-May-21
Undisclosed
United Kingdom flag
Target: 

AtlasEdge Joint Venture

United States flag
Acquiror: 
Liberty Global Inc., Digital Colony

Advised Liberty Global Inc., one of the world’s leading converged telecommunication companies with operations in seven European countries, on the creation of AtlasEdge, a pan-European Edge Data Centre Joint Venture with the digital infrastructure investor Digital Colony

02-Oct-13
$NA
United Kingdom flag
Target: 

Tesco PLC's Chinese retail operations

China flag
Acquiror: 
China Resources Enterprise

Advised Tesco PLC on the formation of a joint venture with China Resources Enterprise, a Hong Kong listed, Chinese retailer, to create the leading multi-format retailer in China

18-Dec-06
$NA
Belgium flag
Target: 

InBev SA

Germany flag
Acquiror: 
Mr. Wolfgang Dinkelacker

Advised InBev SA, the world's largest brewery, on the sale of German regional brewery Dinkelacker-Schwaben Bräu KG

08-Apr-14
$NA
United States flag
Target: 

ARTnews

Russia flag
Acquiror: 
Skate Capital Corp.

Advised ARTnews, the world's oldest and most widely circulated art magazine, on its sale to Skate Capital Corp., a private art and media industry investment vehicle

01-Jul-21
Undisclosed
Spain flag
Target: 

The Natural Fruit Company

Spain flag
Acquiror: 
Fremman Capital

Advised Fremman on the acquisition of The Natural Fruit Company, a leading European producer and distributor of citrus fruits (both conventional and organic) including oranges, lemons, tangerines, grapefruit and persimmon fruit

08-May-25
Undisclosed
United Kingdom flag
Target: 

German Doner Kebab ("GDK")

United Kingdom flag
Acquiror: 
True

Advised Hero Brands on the strategic investment in GDK by True. GDK is a leading Middle Eastern quick-service restaurant brand, with over 145 franchised locations in the UK and 170 globally, including the US, Canada, Sweden and the Middle East

09-Dec-13
$NA
ASEAN flag
Target: 

Lazada Group GmbH

United Kingdom flag
Acquiror: 
Tesco plc

Advised Tesco plc, a listed FTSE 100 retailer, on its acquisition of a significant minority shareholding in Lazada, the leading online general merchandise retailer in South East Asia

28-Jan-19
$NA
United States flag
Target: 

The Laundress Inc.

Netherlands, UK flags
Acquiror: 
Unilever plc

Advised The Laundress Inc., a laundry and home cleaning products brand, on its sale to Unilever, a British-Dutch consumer goods company

28-Jun-21
Pending
Undisclosed
Target: 

Portfolio of 16 European Consumer Healthcare brands from Sanofi

Germany flag
Acquiror: 
STADA Arzneimittel AG

Advising Sanofi, a leading global player in the Consumer Healthcare market, on the divestiture of a portfolio of 16 European Consumer Healthcare brands to STADA, a German pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare company owned by Bain Capital and Cinven

22-Dec-15
$NA
Brazil flag
Target: 

Hortifruti

Switzerland flag
Acquiror: 
Partners Group

Advised Hortifruti, Brazil's number one premium retailer of healthy food, on the sale of a significant minority stake to Partners Group, a global private markets investment manager  

21-Apr-15
$NA
United Kingdom flag
Target: 

Tate & Lyle plc

United States flag
Acquiror: 
Archer Daniels Midland Company

Advised Tate & Lyle plc, a leading provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries, on the re-alignment of Eaststarch C.V., its 50:50 corn wet milling joint venture in Europe with Archer Daniels Midland Company

27-Jul-21
Undisclosed
United Kingdom flag
Target: 

Pulsant Limited

France flag
Acquiror: 
Antin Infrastructure Partners

Advised Antin Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of Pulsant from Oak Hill and Scottish Equity Partners. Pulsant is a hybrid cloud specialist, with a nationwide network of 10 data centres across the UK delivering secure, scalable and resilient cloud, colocation and networking services

28-Jun-19
$NA
Brazil flag
Target: 

Flormel

Brazil flag
Acquiror: 
Unbox Capital

Advised the shareholders of Flormel, a leader in healthy snacks and indulgences in Brazil, manufacturing snacks, snack bars, candies, chocolates, and other premium packaged food products, on the sale of a minority stake to Unbox Capital, the investment arm of the controlling shareholders of Magazine Luiza, one of the largest retailers in Brazil

01-Oct-14
$NA
Australia flag
Target: 

Modern Star Pty Ltd

Malaysia flag
Acquiror: 
Navis Capital

Advised Modern Star, Australia and New Zealand’s #1 supplier of education resources and educational toys, on the sale of 90% of its shares to Navis Capital, a leading private equity group focused on investments in South and Southeast Asia

02-Jan-08
$NA
Germany flag
Target: 

E. Brost & J. Funke GmbH & Co. KG (BFK KG) and its 25% stake in Otto Group

Germany flag
Acquiror: 
Otto AG für Beteiligungen (investment vehicle of Otto family)

Advised the shareholders of BFK KG, comprising the families who also own German publisher WAZ Media Group, on the sale of their 25% holding in German retailing and services group Otto to the Otto family, which thereby regained full ownership of the business

07-Jun-19
$NA
Spain flag
Target: 

Grupo Electro Stocks

Germany flag
Acquiror: 
Würth Group

Advised Apax Partners, a global investment firm, on the sale of Grupo Electro Stocks, a leading Spanish distributor of electrical materials, to the Electrical Wholesale business unit within the Würth Group, a global leader in the distribution of assembling and fastening materials

11-Sep-21
Pending
Undisclosed
United States flag
Target: 

California-based Property and Casualty insurance subsidiary of Covéa

United States flag
Acquiror: 
Porch Group

Advising Covéa, a leading French mutual insurance company, on the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, CSE Insurance group, to Porch Group

19-Jul-19
$NA
Brazil flag
Target: 

Ourinvest DTVM

Brazil flag
Acquiror: 
BTG Pactual

Advised the shareholders of Ourinvest DTVM, a leading Brazilian securities broker focused on providing high net-worth individuals custody, distribution and trading services, on the sale of an 80% stake to BTG Pactual, one of Brazil’s largest independent investment banking firms

09-Apr-24
Undisclosed
United States flag
Target: 

Tegra’s Operating Entities in Honduras, El Salvador, and the U.S.

Korea flag
Acquiror: 
SAE-A Trading

Advising Tegra, a premier and leading near and onshore apparel manufacturer for sport, team, and performance apparel, on the sale of its operating entities in Honduras, El Salvador, and the U.S. to SAE-A Trading, a vertically integrated textile and apparel garment manufacturer

02-Jul-08
$NA
United Kingdom flag
Target: 

NewSmith Capital

Italy flag
Acquiror: 
UniCredit SpA

Advised NewSmith Capital, an independent investment management group, on a strategic agreement with UniCredit whereby UniCredit will acquire NewSmith’s Financial Products credit advisory business, assume a 5% stake in NewSmith Capital and become an investor in NewSmith funds

14-Dec-15
$NA
Switzerland flag
Target: 

Specialized Anodized Extrusion Holding Switzerland AG (Spandex)

France flag
Acquiror: 
Chequers Capital

Advised Gilde Buy Out Partners on the sale of Spandex, a specialized B2B distributor of graphic media and equipment to the signage and visual communications industry, to Chequers Capital

Pages

show all