Transactions

Two minority shareholders of Geizhals, a leading Austrian and German price-comparison site, sold 16% of the company to majority shareholder Heise Gruppe. Geizhals was founded in 1996 and today is a leading price-comparison portal in the DACH region

Progress Care, a leading specialist education and care provider, was sold to Priory Group, a leading provider of behavioral care in the UK. Progress provides care for children and young adults with high acuity learning disabilities, challenging behaviour, and autism.

FineFrance UK Limited, an importer and distributor of premium food products sourced from across Europe, was sold to Vestey Holdings Limited. FineFrance supplies over 400 restaurants as well as wholesale markets.

Extreme Digital, a leading online consumer electronics player in Central and Eastern Europe, was sold to Steinhoff International, an international furniture and household goods retailer chain.

Te Creemos, a specialized financial institution that provides comprehensive financial services to the unbanked Mexican population and to small and micro enterprises, acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Finclusión, a large regional microfinance institution with presence in 13 states of Mexico.

Ammeraal Beltech, major global player in the market for process and transport belts, was acquired in a SBO by American private equity firm Advent International.

Stuart Turner, leading UK supplier of shower pumps for both the domestic and commercial markets, acquired Allan Aqua Systems.

Indicia Production, a provider of industrial production services to life sciences companies, sold a stake to Amundi PEF, an investment fund.

BMA Ergonomics, one of the most important producers of ergonomic office chairs in the Benelux, was sold to Scandinavian Business Seating (SBS), owned by Triton Private Equity, leading producer of office chairs in Scandinavia, headquartered in Oslo.

AgroVision, supplier of specialized software for the international agricultural sector, was sold to AgroSoft, a Danish company focused on IT-solutions for the pig industry.

Zoomin.TV, online video content publisher, was sold to Modern Times Group (MTG), a listed Swedish media company

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.

Lift & Engineering Services Limited, one of the leading independent lift service providers in the UK, was acquired by ThyssenKrupp.

Jungle Minds, a leading Dutch company in the field of digital innovation, strategy, concept, from creation to optimisation. Clairfield advised the management resulting in the successful buyout.

Niaga, a technology company with an initial focus on the carpet industry, created a joint venture with DSM, a health, nutrition & bioscience company.

The Bidvest Group Limited acquired a majority stake of DAC Group S.p.A.

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.

Zoku is a re-invented apartment hotel brand facilitating global living and working. Clairfield in the Netherlands advised the board and shareholders of Zoku on financial structuring,