Transactions

Automotive company TOMATEX Otrokovice, a.s. was sold to holding company CIDEM Hranice, a.s.

expondo GmbH, a B2B e-commerce specialist for professional equipment, sold a minority stake to Crédit Mutuel Equity, a private equity firm.

Alliance Automation, an industrial automation and electrical engineering company acquired 100% of APC Integration, a provider of electrical and automation solutions.

The Palmesus festival – Scandinavia’s biggest beach party – was acquired by Superstruct Entertainment, a live entertainment consortium. Simultaneously, Nakatomi Enterprises, the owners of Palmesus AS, reinvested a significant amount into Superstruct Entertainment.

Locaweb, a leading company in operating web services, acquired Squid, an online management system for the e-commerce segment and SMEs.

Speechi, a French company specialized in the design and distribution of collaborative and interactive solutions, sold a majority stake to Siparex and Bpifrance through a primary LBO transaction.

Kiwa, active in the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) industry, was acquired by SHV, a family-owned company with a strong position in operational and selected investment activities, and management.

Fenicia Spa, the parent company of the well-known brand Camicissima, acquired Nara Camicie, a brand owned by Passaggio Obbligato SpA, in order to create a holding company of leading brands in the men’s and women’s shirts segment in Italy and abroad.

Blanchon Group, a French wood coatings specialist, accelerated its international expansion with the acquisition of Debal Finance (known by the brand name Ciranova).

Procuritas, a mid-market Nordic private equity investor, acquired 12 IT services businesses across Finland.

Bankmonitor, Hungary’s leading marketplace for retail banking products, sold a 45% stake to Hiventures, a state‐owned venture capital company and a member of the MFB Group.

The shareholders of Web Geo Services sold a majority stake to CAPZA Growth Tech fund with the aim of creating the leading international player in geolocation intelligence.

Clairfield Belgium successfully advised Belgian Mobile ID – itsme®, on a fundraising round of EUR 24.7 million to accelerate its international growth trajectory.

Erbud, a leading Polish construction group listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE:ERB), acquired Bilfinger Rohrleitungsbau (BRLB) from Bilfinger Group.

Ser.Nav Group, an Italian leader in customs brokerage, was acquired by the Dutch group Customs Support, a Castik Capital portfolio company.

Precision Mining, a Queensland-based mining technology company, was sold to Australian-based leading mining technology and software company MICROMINE.

The shareholders of German wireless communications specialist ELTEC Elektronik AG sold the company to Swedish electronics company Westermo Network Technologies AB.

A consortium of sellers including Kibo Capital Partners, an African private equity fund with USD 100 million of assets under management, and Terra Mauricia, sold their stake in Orange to Orange Madagascar.

Blue Wonder, market leader in the Netherlands in fully compliant disinfectant cleaning products, was sold to HG International, backed by investment company Cobepa.

Clairfield International acted as financial advisor to Coop/Transgourmet on its acquisition of 100% of GM Foods from Bright Food Group (72%), JIC Investment (18%), and Group Donghuatong (10%), all from China.