M&A Deal Summary

Australis Partners Acquires Galenica

On December 29, 2020, private equity firm Australis Partners acquired distribution company Galenica

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Australis Partners’ 1st transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Australis Partners’ 2nd transaction in Chile.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-12-29
Target Galenica
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Australis Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Galenica

Santiago, Chile
Galenica specializes in the vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry in Chile, focusing on the Clinical Laboratory, Molecular Biology, Quality Control, Blood Banking, Biotechnology, Medicine, and Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) segments. Galenica was founded in 1985 and is based in Santiago, Chile.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Australis Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2014
PE ASSETS 1.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Australis Partners is a private equity firm that seeks investment opportunities throughout Latin America, with an emphasis on investing in companies throughout Mexico, Columbia, Peru, and Chile. The Firm looks for businesses that benefit from increasing consumer demand, improved educations, and as well as enhanced and expanded local infrastructure. Australis Partners was formed in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 6
Sector: Distribution M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: Chile M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-06 Alianza

Bogota, Colombia

Alianza is a diversified financial services platform. Alianza provides asset management services to institutional, corporate and individual clients. The company has an open architecture and its own portfolio of mutual funds and a voluntary pension fund as well third-party international funds managed by global recognized assets managers. Alianza was founded in 1986 and is based in Bogota, Colombia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-11 Sekura

Mexico, Mexico

Sekura operates 3 major business lines: insurance and risk advisory, sureties and affinity, loyalty and assistance programs. Sekura provides services to over 2 million people every year through a variety of innovative programs and platforms, such as flexible employee benefits platforms, wellness programs, covering a large number of industries, including financial services, construction, energy and retail. Sekura was founded in 1951 and is based in Mexico.

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