M&A Deal Summary

EQT Acquires Constellation Cold Logistics

On June 24, 2024, private equity firm EQT acquired transportation company Constellation Cold Logistics from Arcus Infrastructure Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EQT’s 11th transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is EQT’s 17th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-06-24
Target Constellation Cold Logistics
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) EQT
Sellers(s) Arcus Infrastructure Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Constellation Cold Logistics

London, United Kingdom
Constellation Cold Logistics is a platform comprising market-leading cold storage and logistics businesses in Europe. Constellation Cold Logistics was founded in 2019 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EQT

Stockholm, Sweden

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 242.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

EQT is a global private equity group that purses a variety of investment strategies around the world. EQT is divided into several investment disciplines, including private capital, real assets, credit, and venture. The Firm's private capital group targets large, market-leading enterprises (investment size of €125 to €1.5 billion) across Europe and the US, as well as mid-market, growth companies (investment size of €40 to €125 million) across the US, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia. The Firm's real assets group seeks to identify control or co-control equity investments (investment size of €500 to €1 billion) in medium-sized infrastructure companies that provide an essential service to society, are recession resilient, and have secure cash flows. EQT's credit group provides flexible, long-term debt capital solutions to medium-sized European businesses, across a wide range of sectors. EQT was established in 1994 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 304 of 317
Sector (Transportation) 11 of 11
Type (Secondary Buyout) 91 of 97
Country (United Kingdom) 17 of 19
Year (2024) 9 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-06-12 CluePoints

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

CluePoints provides Risk-Based Study Execution (RBx) and Data Quality Oversight Software. The company's products utilize comprehensive statistical algorithms to determine the quality, accuracy, and integrity of clinical trial data both during and after the study conduct. CluePoints was established in 2012 and is based in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-06-28 idealista

Madrid, Spain

idealista is an online real estate marketplace that supports approximately 40,000 real estate agents and 38 million unique monthly visitors across Southern Europe, by providing an online real estate classifieds marketplace for home buyers and sellers. idealista was formed in 2000 and is based in Madrid, Spain.

Sell €2.9B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Arcus Infrastructure Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Infrastructure
Founded 2009
PE ASSETS 8.9B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Arcus Infrastructure Partners is an independent UK-based fund manager focused on acquiring and investing in European infrastructure assets. The Firm looks for opportunities in telecom, energy, and transport that will benefit from increased renewable energy production, demographic shifts in consumption, and increased data generation. Arcus Infrastructure Partners was established in 2009 and is headquartered in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 6
Sector (Transportation) 2 of 2
Type (Secondary Buyout) 4 of 4
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 2
Year (2024) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-06-20 EZE

Munchen, Germany

EZE is an independent charge point operator providing full-service charging infrastructure for electric cars in both large metropolitan regions and smaller communities. EZE was founded in 2019 and is based in Munchen, Germany.

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