PAI partners is one of the oldest private equity firm in Europe. Based in France, PAI partners has offices in Paris, Copenhagen, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan and Munich.
PAI generally invests in leveraged buy-outs with average transaction value between EUR 300 million and EUR 1.2 billion. Average investment holding period is between 4 – 6 years. Since 1998, PAI has made EUR 34 billion of leveraged buy-outs transaction in 9 European countries.
PAI team includes 50 professionals from various background and expertise. The team is organized into 4 groups: 2 Sector Groups, an Investment Group and a Portfolio Performance Group. Investment Group is responsible for structuring and executing the transactions, while Portfolio Performance Group is in charge for the business performance optimization.
PAI partners focuses on investment in these 3 sectors:
- Services Sector. In this sector, PAI has strong expertise in these industries: Consumer Retail & Distribution, Building Materials, Construction & Utilities, Energy, Business Services and IT services.
- Capital Goods Sector. PAI focuses its investments in these industries: packaging (metal, plastic, glass bottling & board packaging), automotive, aerospace, equipment and advanced materials, electrical appliances, heating, security and specialty chemicals.
- Consumer Goods Sector. PAI has very strong expertise in this sector includes food & beverage, media, pharmaceuticals & healthcare, hospitality, financial services and real estate industries.
Some of PAI partners key investment portfolios: Global Closure Systems (Specialty and beverages closure systems, France), Cerba European Lab (Specialised biology laboratory, France), Kiloutou (Equipment rental services, France), FTE Automotive (Components for the automotive industry, Germany), Kaufman & Broad (Developer and builder of homes, France), Xella (Building Materials, Germany), Swissport (Ground Handling Services, Switzerland), Cortefiel (Apparel retailer, Spain), Atos (IT Services, France), The Nuance Group (Travel Retail & Duty Free, Switzerland), Chr. Hansen (Natural ingredients to the food industry, Denmark), Perstorp (Specialty chemicals, Sweden), UB (Biscuits and snacks, United Kingdom) and Hunkemöller (Lingerie, The Netherlands).
On July 4th, 2011, PAI announced the completion of Kwik Fit Group sale to ITOCHU Corporation.
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