M&A Deal Summary

Terra Firma Capital Partners Acquires Welcome Hotels

On November 2, 2016, private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners acquired leisure company Welcome Hotels

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Terra Firma Capital Partners’ 3rd transaction in the Leisure sector.
  • This is Terra Firma Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-11-02
Target Welcome Hotels
Sector Leisure
Buyer(s) Terra Firma Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Welcome Hotels

Frankfurt, Germany
Welcome Hotels is a portfolio of 14 predominantly four-star hotels located in ‘B’ and ‘C’ cities in Germany. The portfolio includes a mixture of freehold and leasehold properties. Welcome Hotels was founded in 1998 and is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Buyer

Terra Firma Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 18.0B GBP
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Terra Firma Capital Partners is a private equity firm that primarily targets distressed 'asset rich' companies in need of management change or operational improvement. Terra Firma also invests in market leading businesses, or platform businesses capable of becoming market-leading businesses through add-on investments. Terra Firma generally looks to invest in businesses headquartered in Western Europe. Terra Firma was originally formed in 1994 and became an independent investment group in 2002. The Firm is based in London.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 39
Sector: Leisure M&A 3 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 30 of 32
Country: Germany M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-31 Infinis

Northampton, United Kingdom

Infinis is the UK's largest purely renewable energy company both in terms of number of sites and output. Infinis generated approximately 5% of the UK’s renewable power and was the only mid-sized player in the UK top ten of largest renewable generators which is dominated by large utilities. Infinis is based in Northampton, United Kingdom.

Sell £185M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-28 Shanks Group

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Shanks Group plc provides waste management solutions to the public and private sectors in the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

Sell -