M&A Deal Summary

Dubai Aerospace Acquires StandardAero

On August 1, 2007, Dubai Aerospace acquired aerospace company StandardAero from The Carlyle Group for 1.9B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dubai Aerospace’s 2nd transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is Dubai Aerospace’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Dubai Aerospace’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dubai Aerospace’s 1st transaction in Arizona.
Investment Fate
  • StandardAero was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2015 for 2.1B USD.
  • StandardAero was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2018.
  • StandardAero went public in 2024.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-08-01
Target StandardAero
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) Dubai Aerospace
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.9B USD

Target

StandardAero

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
StandardAero is an independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider. The Company offers extensive MRO services and custom solutions for business aviation, commercial aviation, military, and industrial power customers. StandardAero is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Dubai Aerospace

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Category Company
Sector Aerospace
DESCRIPTION

Dubai Aerospace is a global aviation services company with leasing and engineering divisions that serve over 170 customers around the world from seven offices in Dubai, Dublin, Amman, Singapore, New York, Miami, and Seattle. Dubai Aerospace is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Aerospace) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 4
State (Arizona) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2007) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-09-07 SR Technics Switzerland AG

Zurich, Switzerland

SR Technics is a world leading independent provider of technical services to commercial airlines with a turnover of €1 billion, serving leading lag carriers and low cost airlines around the world.

Buy €1.0B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-02 Landmark FBO

Houston, Texas, United States

Landmark FBO, LLC (“Landmark”) is a provider of fueling and ground support services to the general and commercial aviation markets through its network of fixed base operations (“FBOs”). Landmark is the 3rd largest network of FBOs in North America with a presence at high volume airports such as Washington Dulles and Los Angeles International. In addition to FBOs, the company provides MRO services, aircraft charter and management, aircraft fueling and information technology support services to the U.S. military through long-term contracts.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 101 of 482
Sector (Aerospace) 6 of 15
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 51 of 198
State (Arizona) 2 of 6
Country (United States) 68 of 259
Year (2007) 15 of 24
Size (of disclosed) 21 of 136
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-01 Carefx

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Carefx, Corp. is a provider of healthcare interoperability solutions including identity and access management and enterprise portals for hospitals, Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) and Health Information Exchanges (HIEs).

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-08-12 Cameca SAS

Courbevoie, France

Cameca SAS designs, manufactures and services ion and electron probes for academic institutions, governmental institutions and corporations.

Sell €82M