M&A Deal Summary

Ardian Acquires Unison Infrastructure

On January 1, 2022, private equity firm Ardian acquired infrastructure company Unison Infrastructure

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ardian’s 10th transaction in the Infrastructure sector.
  • This is Ardian’s 60th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ardian’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-01-01
Target Unison Infrastructure
Sector Infrastructure
Buyer(s) Ardian
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Unison Infrastructure

Hamilton, Massachusetts, United States
Unison Infrastructure is engaged in purchasing of disaggregated tower cell site ground leases, orphaned macro communication sites on rooftops and fiber-based site leases in the US, and more recently in Italy, Germany, France, Spain with planned expansion to additional markets in the coming years. Unison Infrastructure was founded in 2003 and is based in Hamilton, Massachusetts.

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Buyer

Ardian

Paris, France

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1996
PE ASSETS 127.0B 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 €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 421 of 464
Sector: Infrastructure M&A 10 of 12
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 113 of 123
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 60 of 70
Year: 2022 M&A 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-01 Norstella

Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States

Norstella is a global pharma intelligence solutions provider. Norstella helps life sciences clients navigate complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle, from pipeline to patient. Norstella was founded in 1994 and is based in Yardley, Pennsylvania.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-17 Biofarma

Mereto di Tomba, Italy

Biofarma is involved in the development, manufacturing, and packaging of food supplements, medical devices, probiotic-based products, and cosmetics. The Group is the result of a path of aggregation of 6 complementary nutraceuticals companies (Nutrilinea, Pharcoterm, Apharm, Claire, Biofarma, and the ‘Health Science’ division of Giellepi). It offers clients an integrated offer, from research and development, to manufacturing and packaging of finished dosage form products, including regulatory support. Biofarma was founded in 1987 and is based in Mereto di Tomba, Italy.

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