Transactions - Consumer & retail

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.

Safil S.p.A and Gruppo Tessile Industriale, both Italian-based worsted yarn manufacturers, were sold to Südwolle Group, a global producer of worsted yarn for weaving, circular, and flat knitting in pure wool and wool blends.

The sausage manufacturer Sipas Group opened up its capital to two private equity funds, Siparex and Carvest. The transaction involved the purchase of a stake from historical shareholders and partially financed the acquisition of Clavière from Bongrain.

Autonetzer, the German market leader in private car-sharing, was sold to Drivy, a French community-based car rental service. Autonetzer is Germany’s market leader in peer-to-peer car sharing with the largest offering of cars and the highest number of registered members.

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.

Quincaillerie Féraud, a hardware store created in 1959, acquired Auto Fermeture AF, a hardware store specializing in locksmithery and accessories.

Windoware and Smart Home Products, Australia’s largest wholesalers of prepackaged and custom-made window coverings, were sold to a consortium of private investors.

Clairfield Benelux provided debt advisory services to the shareholders of Brouwerij Martens. Brouwerij Martens was founded in 1758 and is the second largest brewery in Belgium engaged in the development, production, distribution and sale of private label beer as well as their own beer brands.

Riverside sold the Spanish NJoy Baby S.L., a designer, developer, and marketer of strollers and related accessories, to Newell Rubbermaid, a global marketer of consumer and commercial products.

Encore Productions, one of France’s leading independent companies specializing in live entertainment, raised new capital from Fimalac.

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

Azulis Capital acquired a majority stake in Father & Sons, a ready-to-wear brand for men.

Weezevent, a French provider of online registration and ticketing services, was sold to Vente-Privee, the leading event sales site.

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,

Litorina, a Swedish private equity firm, sold Pelly, a leading provider of flexible storage solutions, to Fouriertransform, a state-funded venture capital company.

Lediberg, a leader in the paper and printing industry, was acquired by a pool of investors in a debt-restructuring procedure.

Womitex, founded in 1982, active in the sale and rental of linen in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, was sold to Blycolin Groep,
international specialist in linen services.

ITC Group is an international specialist in the field of fashion accessories. Clairfield in the Netherlands provided strategic advice to the shareholders of ITC Group. This led to the sale of ITC Sales Promotions (completion 2012) and to the restructuring of fashion accessories.

ITC Group, international specialist in the field of fashion accessories and sales promotions, sold its Sales Promotion activities to Gemaco Group, active in European sales promotion and promotional items market.