Transactions

Technology One, Australia’s largest enterprise SaaS company, acquired leading higher education software provider Scientia.

Fusion Sport sold Smartspeed to Vald, an Australia-based company specializing in the development of human measurement technologies and products.

Coxons Group Australia, a company that provides service and maintenance of cooling-system components, acquired its leading competitor MRC Australia.

Alcatraz IT, an alternative B2B telecom operator based in southern France, sold a minority stake to Siparex.

Clairfield International is pleased to have acted as exclusive advisor to listed company Norsk Hydro (NHY.OL) on the sale of the Belgian Precision Tubing Lichtervelde to the German Aurelius Group.

Aurora Group, a provider of forensic intelligence & data analysis services, sold 100% of its share capital to CY4Gate, an Italian-listed provider of cybersecurity & cyber intelligence services.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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).

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

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.