M&A Deal Summary

PharmaLex Acquires Arbour Group

On February 10, 2020, PharmaLex acquired information technology company Arbour Group from Keystone Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is PharmaLex’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is PharmaLex’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is PharmaLex’s 2nd transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-02-10
Target Arbour Group
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) PharmaLex
Sellers(s) Keystone Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Fairmount Partners (Financial)

Target

Arbour Group

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, United States
Arbour Group LLC is a provider of regulatory compliance services for the global life sciences industry. Arbour specializes in the areas of software validation, packaged compliance solutions, and software testing/auditing to ensure client compliance with applicable global regulatory bodies such as the U.S. FDA and the EU EMA (European Medicines Agency). Arbour partners with name-brand clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device fields both domestically and internationally.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

PharmaLex

Frankfurt, Germany
Category Company
Sector Life Science
DESCRIPTION

PharmaLex is a provider of solutions for drug development, regulatory affairs, and pharmacovigilance. The company features a multidisciplinary team from more than 40 nationalities with knowledge that spans the whole spectrum of life sciences, including biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, engineering, food chemistry, medicine, nutritional science, pharmacy science, toxicology, and veterinary medicine. PharmaLex is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 13
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 10
State (Illinois) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 4
Year (2020) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-06-01 Complya Consulting Group

Woburn, Massachusetts, United States

Complya Consulting Group LLC is a provider of consulting services on a contract or fee basis.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-06-30 Regulis Consulting

Tring, United Kingdom

Regulis Consulting is a prominent consultancy company with vast experience of working mainly with companies specializing in pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, and cosmetics. Their team of expert pharmaceutical consultants assist in the European and Global arenas and have a strong reputation for obtaining fast, high-quality regulatory approvals, as well as providing highly dependable pharmacovigilance, vigilance, and GMP/GDP client solutions. Regulis Consulting was formed in 2001 and is based in Tring, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Keystone Capital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 420M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Keystone Capital is a private equity firm focused on acquiring family businesses, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and special situations. Keystone prefers lower middle-market, US-based businesses with EBITDA of $3 to $15 million. Target sectors include specialty manufacturing, business services/outsourcing, food processing and ingredients, publishing, instrumentation, optical components, and healthcare products/services. Keystone will not invest in start-ups, turnarounds, commodities, defense/government contractors, retail stores, or restaurants. Keystone Capital was formed in 1994 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 24
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 13
State (Illinois) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 18 of 24
Year (2020) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-01 Foundation Dental Partners

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Foundation Dental Partners is a dental support organization that was founded with the goal of providing doctor owners with a unique, dentist-friendly partnership alternative. Foundation provides a range of administrative and support services that allow dentists to focus on patient care.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-07-01 KFT

Montvale, New Jersey, United States

KFT designs, installs and services live fire training simulators and related technologies. The Company provides critical fire training technologies to fire academies, municipalities, governments, and industrial customers on a global basis.

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