M&A Deal Summary

Lion Capital Acquires PittaRosso

On December 5, 2015, private equity firm Lion Capital acquired retailer PittaRosso for 270M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Lion Capital’s 6th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Lion Capital’s 8th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Lion Capital’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-12-05
Target PittaRosso
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Lion Capital
Deal Type Secondary Buyout
Deal Value 270M EUR

Target

PittaRosso

Milan, Italy
PittaRosso is a retailer in the Italian footwear market with a network of over 100 stores and a growing presence of approximately 20 stores across France, Croatia and Slovenia. PittaRosso was founded in 1972 and is based in Legnaro, Italy.

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Buyer

Lion Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 4.3B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Lion Capital LLP is a specialist private equity firm focused on consumer-oriented opportunities throughout Europe and North America. Specific areas of interest include apparel, accessories, luxury goods, food, and specialty retail. Lion Capital LLP was formed in 2004 and is based in London. The Firm has an additional office in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 42
Sector: Retail M&A 6 of 9
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 14 of 20
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 8 of 15
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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