M&A Deal Summary

Recruit Holdings Acquires Chandler Macleod Group

On January 14, 2015, Recruit Holdings acquired staffing company Chandler Macleod Group for 309M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Recruit Holdings’ 7th transaction in the Staffing sector.
  • This is Recruit Holdings’ 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Recruit Holdings’ 3rd transaction in Australia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-01-14
Target Chandler Macleod Group
Sector Staffing
Buyer(s) Recruit Holdings
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 309M USD

Target

Chandler Macleod Group

Sydney, Australia
Chandler Macleod Group Ltd. is a provider of human resource outsourcing (HRO), recruitment, consulting, and managed services.

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Buyer

Recruit Holdings

Tokyo, Japan

Category Company
Founded 1960
Sector Business Services
Employees51,373
Revenue 3.42T JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Recruit Holdings is a global human resources and information services company. Recruit's HR services include temporary staffing, permanent placement, recruitment advertising, consulting, assessment and training. Recruit Holdings was formed in 1960 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 16
Sector (Staffing) 7 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 15
Country (Australia) 3 of 3
Year (2015) 3 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-14 Peoplebank Holdings Pty

North Sydney, Australia

Peoplebank Holdings Pty Ltd. is an Australian IT recruitment that conducts HR services business mainly in Australia

Buy AU$69M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-05 Quandoo

Berlin, Germany

Quandoo GmbH is an online restaurant reservation service provider operating mainly in Germany and other countries in the EU. Since its foundation in 2012, Quandoo has operated online restaurant reservation platforms that are rapidly growing mainly in Europe. This platform is currently adopted by more than 6,000 restaurants in 13 countries (as of February 28, 2015) from top-class restaurants to local diners. Through the most advanced reservation management system in the industry, operational productivity and service quality of member restaurants has been enhanced.

Buy €199M