M&A Deal Summary

Silver Lake Acquires Meilleurtaux

On July 22, 2020, private equity firm Silver Lake acquired financial services company Meilleurtaux for 700M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Silver Lake’s 10th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 23rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Silver Lake’s 4th transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2020-07-22
Target Meilleurtaux
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Silver Lake
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Deal Value 700M GBP

Target

Meilleurtaux

Paris, France
Meilleurtaux is a financial services provider with a broad and diversified range of financial services including loan insurance and mortgage brokerage, debt consolidation solutions, savings & investment products as well as P&C and health insurance distribution and brokerage offerings, available both online and through France’s largest network of 340 brokerage branches. Meilleurtaux was founded in 1999 and is based in Paris, France.

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Buyer

Silver Lake

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 104.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 110 of 136
Sector: Financial Services M&A 10 of 11
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 10 of 11
Country: France M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2020 M&A 5 of 9
Size (of disclosed) 23 of 30
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Lehi, Utah, United States

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