M&A Deal Summary |
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| Date | 2020-12-18 |
| Target | AD Education |
| Sector | Education |
| Buyer(s) | Ardian |
| Sellers(s) | Cathay Capital Private Equity |
| Deal Type | Secondary Buyout |
| Advisor(s) | Lazard Alvarez & Marsal (Financial) Gowling WLG Arsene Taxand (Legal) |
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| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 127.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 392 of 465 |
| Sector: Education M&A | 5 of 6 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 123 of 155 |
| Country: France M&A | 178 of 207 |
| Year: 2020 M&A | 24 of 25 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-16 |
La Centrale
Paris, France La Centrale engages in auto, motorcycle, and boat content in the field of classified advertising and editorial. Groupe The company comprises four brands through which it covers the entire lifecycle of a vehicle: La Centrale, Promoneuve, Caradisiac, and MaVoitureCash. La Centrale Group was founded in 1969 and is based in Paris, France. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-24 |
PRGX Global
Atlanta, Georgia, United States PRGX Global is a provider of recovery audit services. PRGX helps companies reach wider, dig deeper, and act faster to get more value out of their source-to-pay data. PRGX Global was founded in 1990 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. |
Buy | $195M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| PE ASSETS | 5.0B EUR |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS is a French Chinese private equity firm focused on acquiring businesses in France, Hong Kong, and China. Cathay looks to help Western companies leverage opportunities in China and help Chinese companies leverage Western best practices and partnerships. The Firm looks to invest in businesses generating €5 to €150 million in revenues. Areas of interest include retail, consumer goods, electrical equipment, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, animal healthcare, translation, food, consumer services, and software. Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS was formed in 2007 and is based in Paris. The firm has additional offices in New York and Shanghai.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 15 of 31 |
| Sector: Education M&A | 1 of 2 |
| Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals | 7 of 15 |
| Country: France M&A | 10 of 21 |
| Year: 2020 M&A | 2 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-23 |
EasyVista
New York, New York, United States EasyVista is a service management platform that automates and personalizes service delivery for employees and other end users without a single line of code. The only solution on the market that is purpose-built as a mobile-first experience, EasyVista helps 1,000+ enterprises around the world radically improve the service experience, dramatically simplify and accelerate service creation and management and reduce and control the total cost of service delivery. EasyVista was formed in 1988 and is based in New York, New York. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-12 |
Juliette has a Gun
Paris, France Juliette has a Gun is an independent niche perfume brand, with gun products, among which its iconic Fragrance NOT A PERFUME, are distributed in 42 countries, through a network of more than 2.000 retailers and beauty-chains worldwide. Juliette has a Gun was founded in 2006 and is based in Paris, France. |
Buy | - |
