Stake Purchase • Retail

Permira Invests In K-Way

On October 25, 2024, private equity firm Permira invested in retailer K-Way

Investment Context
  • This is Permira’s 11th transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Permira’s 9th transaction in France.

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Investment Summary

Date October 25, 2024
Target K-Way
Sector Retail
Investor(s) Permira
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target Company

K-Way

Paris, France
K-Way is a fashion retailer, offering a range of garments and accessories. The brand is the creator of the category-defining waterproof packable jacket, the “Claude”, with its distinctive colourful zip and logo inspired by the French flag. Renowned for its signature windbreakers, lifestyle fashion and sportswear products, K-Way has cultivated a loyal following that resonates with its iconic, timeless and universal appeal. K-Way was founded in 1965 and is based in Paris, France.
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Investor Overview 1

Investor

Permira

London, United Kingdom

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 80.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Permira is a mega-sized private equity firm that targets large company investments around the world. Permira invests to support acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, take-privates, turnarounds, and growth buyouts. Areas of interest include healthcare, financial services, chemicals, consumer products and services, industrial products and services, technology, media, and telecom. Permira will consider opportunities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Permira was formed in 1985 and has offices in Menlo Park, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, London, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo, Guernsey and New York City.


Deal Context for Investor #
Overall 167 of 171
Sector: Retail 11 of 11
Type: Stake Purchase 13 of 13
Country: France 9 of 9
Year: 2024 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-07-24 Exclusive Networks

Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Exclusive Networks is an independent value-added distributor (VAD) for the EMEA region, specialising in the marketing of solutions for businesses in the areas of cybersecurity, data centres and associated value-added services. Exclusive Networks was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Buy €2.2B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-01-02 Westbridge

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Westbridge is a energy and sustainability advisory firm for institutional real estate clients. Westbridge was founded in 2015 and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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