BC Partners is a prominent private equity investment firm which primarily invests in Europe by acquiring and developing European and multinational businesses. Established in 1986 the firm has EUR 12.6 billion of advised funds. BC Partners single team operates from its offices in London, Paris, Milan, Hamburg and New York.
BC Partners investors are Pension Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Fund of Funds, Bank / Insurance, Consultants and Endowment / Foundations / Other from North America, Europe and Asia / Middle East. BC Partners aims some investments per year on large, multi-country transactions. The firm has the capability to commit more than EUR 2 billion of equity per single transaction. Since its inception, BC Partners has closed 79 investments with total enterprise value of EUR 74 billion.
BC Partners currently invests in 16 companies with aggregate turnover of EUR 26 billion:
Com Hem (Sweden), Gruppo Coin (Italy), Phones 4U (UK), Nille (Norway), Multi Plan (USA), Spotless Group (Europe), Synlab (Europe), ATI Career Training (USA), Office Depot (USA), SGB (Germany), Migros Türk (Turkey), Intelsat (Luxembourg), Foxtons (UK), Brenntag (Germany), Regency Entertainment (Greece) and Fitness First (UK).
Exited investments:
Medica (France), Bureau Van Dijk (The Netherlands), Amadeus (Spain), Centro MEdico Teknon (Spain), Picard (France), Unity Media (Germany), Dometic (Scandinavia), Mark IV (Europe / USA), Hirslanden (Switzerland), Elis (France), General Healthcare Group (UK), Galbani (Italy), Polyconcept (France), Sanitec (Finland), KTM (Austria), Grohe (Germany), C&C Group Company (Ireland), Trader Media Group (UK), Aviagen (Europe / USA), Pubmaster (UK), Elior (France), Techem (Germany), Seat Pagine Gialle (Italy) and Neopost Group (France).
On February 21, 2012 BC Partners announced the closing of BC European Capital IX (BCEC IX) which successfully attained investor commitment of EUR 6.5 billion of capital. BCEC IX completed its first investment in September 2011 with the acquisition of Com Hem – a Sweden’s TV, broadband and telephony company.
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