Transactions - Business services

Cogepart, a provider of express shipping and delivery services for retail and business customers, received an investment from Omnes Capital and Finadvance in a leveraged buyout operation. Based in Marseille and founded in 1986, Cogepart is a leading player in the “last mile” logistics market.

DSG Bagdrop AS, a provider of complete bagdrop solutions, with cloud-based software applications and award-winning hardware products, was sold by the Bertel O. Steen Group to Materna Group, an information and communications firm.

diamond:dogs|group, an expert in online, mobile, and social integral solutions, was sold to Emakina Group, an independent European group of cutting edge communication agencies.

mPAY24, a company that provides payment services to e-commerce shops, was sold to Prepa Management Consulting GmbH.

Aktionsfinder GmbH, one of the leading Austrian online distribution platforms for leaflets in Austria, was acquired by Österreichische Post.

Eckelmann Group sold a 100% stake in Cleanpipe Polska, a sanitary services company, to its current management in exchange for cash. Eckelmann Group is a privately-held group of shipping-industry companies based in Hamburg, Germany. Eckelmann Group offers waterside transportation and freightage, mainly on the Upper and Lower Elbe and the German inland waterway network.

Intrinsic Equity worked alongside Seneca Partners to raise senior debt and asset based lending to acquire Homebuy and provide working capital facilities.

An MBO was completed for Macro Art, one of the UK’s leading wide-format digital printers focusing on the retail, event, and exhibition markets.

Governia sold Easy Km, Finland´s largest comercial vehicle leasing company, to ALD Automotive Finland.

Clairfield in the Netherlands advised TNO Companies, a subsidiary of TNO, the largest research institute in the Netherlands, in a strategic portfolio analysis.

East Coast Traffic Control, a provider of traffic control services, labor hire, and equipment to civil construction companies and government departments, was acquired by TeamInvest Private, the private equity arm of TeamInvest, an investment firm whose members own or control approximately AUD 1 billion in invested funds.

Thales Italia, fully controlled by the listed French group Thales, sold its SAP business unit to the Swiss group Amaris.

Intercept, a leading UK cloud-based provider of financial services and insurance, was sold to Alternative.

DMM sold its business in the transportation of ICT products to a company wholly owned by the courier company Sogetras. Sogegroup is active in the transportation of documents in Italy. The sale was conducted through a bankruptcy procedure.

Airport Teuge is one of the largest general aviation airports in The Netherlands. The shareholders, supervisory board and management team asked for strategic advice on the self-dependency of the airport.

Kiwa is a Dutch company active in inspection, testing, technology, training and data services. The secondary buyout was to NPM Capital and the management, and the selling shareholder was ABN AMRO Participaties.

Kiwa, active in the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) industry, acquired Prismant.

Since 2006 Kiwa, company active in the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) industry, performs a buy and build strategy and acquired several companies in Europe. In order to continue its growth, Kiwa attracted new credit facilities with its bank. Clairfield in the Netherlands acted as advisor to Kiwa.

ABN AMRO Participaties and management acquired the shares of Kiwa, company active in the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) industry, after a process during which the commercial activities in the certification business were separated.

Clairfield in the Netherlands advised Eurojob International B.V., one of the leading Dutch employment agencies in the field of Polish and other eastern Europe (seasonal) workers.