M&A Deal Summary

Trilantic Europe and JRJ Group Acquire Marex

On December 14, 2009, private equity firm Trilantic Europe and growth capital firm JRJ Group acquired financial services company Marex

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Trilantic Europe’s 1st and JRJ Group’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Trilantic Europe’s 2nd and JRJ Group’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Marex went public in 2024.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-12-14
Target Marex
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Trilantic Europe
JRJ Group
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Marex

London, United Kingdom
Marex is a commodity broker offering a breadth of commodity market coverage across Metals, Agricultural and Energy products, with extensive services, diversified client base, platform scalability, and proprietary technology, data and analytics offerings. Marex was founded in 2005 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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DESCRIPTION

Trilantic Europe is a private equity firm focused on buyouts and consolidation opportunities of mid-market companies across Western Europe. The Firm focuses on control or co-control situations where it can act as a hands-on investor pursuing growth opportunities and strategies. Sectors of interest include consumer, leisure, industrials, technology, media, communications, business services, and healthcare. The Firm is associated with Trilantic North America and originated from Lehman Brother's merchant banking division in 2009. Trilantic Europe is headquartered in London, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 26
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 6 of 12
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-01 Istanbul Doors Restaurant Group

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul Doors Restaurant Group is a leading operator of six high-end restaurants and a chain of mid-market casual dining restaurants (“Kitchenette”) in Turkey.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-27 MW Brands

Paris, France

MW Brands is a vertically integrated manufacturer and distributor of ambient seafood, principally canned tuna. It operates the leading French and UK brands: Petit Navire and John West as well as four production facilities located in Seychelles, Ghana, Portugal and France.

Sell €680M
DESCRIPTION

JRJ?Group is a growth-oriented private equity investment firm looking to partner with entrepreneurs, primarily in the financial services sector. The Firm will consider opportunities throughout Europe and North America, and in addition to providing capital, JRJ offers operational expertise and strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale. JRJ?Group was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in London, United?Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 3
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 1 of 2
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2009 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-04 Demica

London, United Kingdom

Demica provides innovative, bespoke working capital solutions to a wide range of major financial institutions, corporates and boutique clients. Demica is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy -