Baker Mckenzie Global Private Equity Deals List, 1 July 2016 - 30 June 2018
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Baker McKenzie Global Private Equity Deals List, 1 July 2016 - 30 June 2018 A summary of some of the recent key private equity deals on which we have advised. Party for which Baker McKenzie acted on the deal is in bold. Target Transaction Description Deal Size Geography Region Consumer Goods & Retail American & Efird Advised on the non-US aspects of Platinum Confidential UK, China, EMEA Equity’s acquisition of American & Efird. Germany, Mexico APIIT Education Advised Ekuiti Nasional Berhad on the sale of Confidential Malaysia Asia Pacific Group APIIT Education Group to KV Asia Capital and the management team. Bellsolà Advised Landon Investments on the sale of Confidential Spain EMEA Bellsolà to Ardian. Betterware de Advised Betterware de Mexico on its Small Mexico Americas Mexico corporate restructuring. Biletal İç ve Dış Advised the Abraaj Group on its acquisition of a Confidential Turkey EMEA Ticaret A.Ş. minority stake in of Biletal İç ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş. Brakes Group Advised Bain Capital and Brake Bros on the Large UK, US EMEA sale of the Brakes Group to Sysco Corporation. budgetplaces.com Advised Palamon Capital Partners on the sale Confidential Spain, UK EMEA of budgetplaces.com to Edreams Odigeo. Casual Beer & Advised Abac Solutions SICAR on the Confidential Spain EMEA Food, S.A.U. acquisition of Casual Beer & Food, S.A.U. by Eating Group Ventures. CC Friedrich Advised Monomoy Capital Partners on its Upper-mid Singapore, Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc. acquisition of CC Friedrich Holdings, Inc. Indonesia, Cayman Islands, US DeLille Cellars Advised Bacchus Capital Management on its Confidential US Americas investment in DeLille Cellars. Deal size Small = USD 50m or less Upper-mid = USD 250m - USD 500m Lower-mid = USD 50m - USD 250m Large = USD 500m + Insights 2018 83 Target Transaction Description Deal Size Geography Region Target Transaction Description Deal Size Geography Region Consumer Goods & Retail (continued) McDonald’s Advised McDonald’s corporation on its Confidential US, Sweden, EMEA divestment of operations in Sweden, Denmark, Denmark, DXN Holdings Advised KV Asia Capital on the acquisition of an Confidential Malaysia, Asia Pacific Finland and Norway to Guy Hands, the founder Finland and equity stake in DXN Holdings. Singapore of Terra Firma. Norway East Balt Bakeries Advised One Equity Partners on the sale of Large US, Mexico Americas OfficeMax Group Advised Platinum Equity on the acquisition of Confidential Australia, New Asia Pacific East Balt Bakeries to Grupo Bimbo. the OfficeMax Group. Zealand, US Eco-Stim Energy Advised Eco-Stim Energy Solutions on the Small US Americas Panther Creek Advised Bacchus Capital Management on its Confidential US Americas Solutions recapitalization of Fir Tree Partners, entering into Cellars investment in Panther Creek Cellars. a deal with Albright Capital Management LLC. Ritmos Cativantes Advised MEFIC Capital on the acquisition of Confidential Luxembourg, EMEA Gimborn Advised Hillhouse Capital Group on the Confidential Germany EMEA Ritmos Cativantes from Ritmos Partners Ltd. Portugal, acquisition of Gimborn from Czech private equity Spain firm Penta Investments. Rydells Advised Accent Equity Partners on the Small Sweden EMEA Guzmán Advised on Miura Private Equity’s divestiture Lower-mid South Africa, EMEA Försäljning AB acquisition of Rydells Försäljning AB and Gastronomía in Guzmán Gastronomía to Bidcorp. Spain and S-Blommor i S-Blommor i Stockholm AB. Stockholm AB haustierkost.de Advised Serendipity on the acquisition of a Confidential Germany, EMEA majority stake in Visionistas GmbH.” Sweden Selecta Group Advised Selecta Group on its sale of operations Small Estonia, Latvia, EMEA in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Baltcap. Lithuania, Ideal Standard Advised Ideal Standard on the refinancing and Confidential Pan-European EMEA Switzerland acquisition by Anchorage and CVC Credit Partners. Staples Australia Advised Platinum Equity on its agreement to Lower-mid Australia Asia Pacific Intertoys Advised Blokker Holding on the sale of Confidential Netherlands, EMEA and New Zealand acquire Staples Australia and New Zealand from Intertoys to Alteri Investors. UK their US parent, Staples Inc. INTI University Advised Affinity Equity Partners on its Lower-mid Malaysia Asia Pacific Taza Food Advised Ashmore on the acquisition of a Small Saudi Arabia EMEA and Colleges acquisition of INTI University and Colleges from Company majority stake in Taza Food Company. Laureate Education, Inc. Tekman Books Advised on Miura Private Equity’s acquisition Confidential Spain EMEA IPC Group Advised Tennant Company on the acquisition Large US, Brazil, Americas of a majority stake of the Spanish company of IPC Group from Ambienta. Italy, UK Tekman Books. IQI Advised Egeria on the acquisition of IQI. Confidential Netherlands EMEA Tenby Education Advised Ekuiti Nasional Berhad on the sale Confidential Malaysia Asia Pacific Klaussner Advised Monomoy Capital Partners on the Confidential US Americas Group of its Tenby Education Group to International Furniture acquisition of Klaussner Home Furnishings. Schools Partnership. Industries Tigerlily Advised ASX-listed Billabong International Small Australia Asia Pacific Kofola Advised KSM Investment S.A. on its acquisition Confidential Czech EMEA Limited on the sale of Tigerlily to Crescent ČeskoSlovensko of minority shareholding in Kofola ČeskoSlovensko Republic Capital. a.s. a.s. from Enterprise Investors. Turkent Gıda ve Advised Yum! Restaurants International Confidential Turkey EMEA Leen Bakker Advised Blokker Holding on the sale of Leen Confidential Netherlands EMEA Turizm Sanayi ve Management LLC on the sale of Turkent Gıda Bakker to Gilde Equity Management. Ticaret Anonim ve Turizm Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi to the Şirketi Abraaj Group. Madrigal Family Advised Bacchus Capital Management on its Confidential US Americas Winery investment in Madrigal Family Winery. Twister Holding AB Advised Diversey, a portfolio company of Confidential Sweden EMEA Bain Capital, on the acquisition of the Swedish Mavi Giyim Ticaret Advised Turkven Private Equity on the sale of Confidential Turkey EMEA company Twister Holding AB from Polaris Private ve Sanayi A.Ş. its shares in Mavi Giyim Ticaret ve Sanayi A.Ş. Equity. 84 Baker McKenzie Global Private Equity Insights 2018 85 Target Transaction Description Deal Size Geography Region Target Transaction Description Deal Size Geography Region Consumer Goods & Retail (continued) Konsortium Advised Employees Provident Fund on its Upper-mid Malaysia Asia Pacific Lebuhraya Utara- acquisition of Konsortium Lebuhraya Utara-Timur United Bakeries Advised Moulins de Kleinbettingen S.A. in Confidential Czech EMEA Timur (KL) Sdn. (KL) Sdn. Bhd. from Nuzen Corporation Sdn. Bhd. connection with the takeover of United Bakeries. Republic, Bhd. Luxembourg Natgas Querétaro Advised Natgas Querétaro on an investment Small Mexico Americas Vestiaire Collective Advised Vitruvian on its fundraising for Vestiaire Lower-mid France EMEA by Northgate Capital through its Mexico fund Collective. (CKD). VinaCapital & Advised VinaCapital on its hospitality joint Upper-mid Vietnam Asia Pacific National Grid Advised Macquarie on its acquisition, of a 61% Large UK EMEA Warburg Pincus venture project with Warburg Pincus. stake in the National Grid’s gas arm. Joint Venture Tesar S.r.l. and Advised R&S Group on the acquisition of Tesar Confidential Italy, Poland EMEA Zenith Hygiene Advised Bain Capital on its acquisition of Lower-mid UK EMEA Elettrostandard S.r.l. and Elettrostandard Polska Sp. z oo. Group plc Zenith Hygiene Group plc through its portfolio Polska Sp. z oo. company Diversey. Thames Water Advised Macquarie on the sale of its stake in Confidential UK, Kuwait EMEA Thames Water to OMERS. Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Various targets Advised American Capital Ltd on its acquisition Confidential Indonesia, Asia Pacific of an Indonesian company developing mini-hydro Singapore A wind farm Advised Commerz Real Confidential Germany EMEA electricity projects in Indonesia. of a project Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft on its development acquisition of a wind farm the BVT Group. Ventos de São Advised Casa dos Ventos on the sale of two Confidential Brazil Americas company of the Clemente and Brazilian wind farms to Actis through its wind BVT Group Ventos de Tianguá subsidiary Echoenergia. Buriram Energy Advised the Buriram Sugar Group Power Lower-mid Thailand Asia Pacific Co.,Ltd Plant Infrastructure Fund on the sale of biomass power plants from Buriram Energy Financial Institutions Co.,Ltd and Buriram Power Co.,Ltd. Abacus Gaw Advised Gaw Capital Partners on the Lower-mid Australia, Asia Pacific Contenur Advised both Demeter Partners and Miura Lower-mid Spain, US EMEA Investment Trust formation of Abacus Gaw Investment Trust, a Cayman Private Equity on the sale of Contenur to joint venture platform with Abacus Property Islands, Hong Acon Investments. Group. Kong Enovos Advised RWE and E.ON on their joint sale of Confidential Germany, EMEA Afcarme Assisted First Merchant Bank Limited on Small Zimbabwe, EMEA their minority stakes in Enovos. Luxembourg with FMB Capital Holdings Limited’s acquisition of Malawi, UK, Barclays Bank PLC’s interest in Afcarme. Mauritius Gas Natural Advised Brookfield Infrastructure Group Large Colombia Americas S.A.E.S.P. on the acquisition of a 59.1% stake in Gas Natural Alpha Data Centre Advised the Canada Pension Plan Upper-mid Hong Kong, Asia Pacific S.A.E.S.P. Fund Investment Board (CPPIB) on its investment Singapore, in Alpha