M&A Deal Summary

Ardian Acquires Sintetica

On May 23, 2019, private equity firm Ardian acquired life science company Sintetica

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ardian’s 12th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 6th transaction in Switzerland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-05-23
Target Sintetica
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Ardian
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) PwC Corporate Finance LLC
Rothschild Global Advisory (Financial)
ADVANT Nctm
Ludovici Piccone & Partners (Legal)

Target

Sintetica

Mendrisio, Switzerland
Sintetica is a pharmaceutical company delivering injectable anaesthetics and analgesics to patients worldwide, through innovative science and excellence in development, production, and marketing. Sintetica was founded in 1921 and is based in Mendrisio, Switzerland.

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Buyer

Ardian

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 125.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

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 €150 million 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 345 of 418
Sector (Life Science) 12 of 16
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 101 of 108
Country (Switzerland) 6 of 9
Year (2019) 17 of 30
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-22 Eat

Wembley, United Kingdom

Eat Ltd. is a provider of specialist food and coffee ‘to go’ market. Eat Ltd. was founded in 1996 and is based in Wembley, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-05-31 Uptoo

Paris, France

Uptoo is an operator of recruiting platform for sales representatives and sales managers. Uptoo powered by an integrated and collaborative digital platform, provides evaluation, recruitment, and training for the best talent in the B2B sector. Uptoo was founded in 2005 and is based in Paris, France.

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