Quilter & Co. Ltd (‘Quilter’), the specialist private client wealth management group, has been acquired by European private equity firm Bridgepoint from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
European private equity firm Bridgepoint has appointed Mr Henry WK Chow to its European Advisory Board.
Wiggle, the leading online cycling and tri-sports retailer, has been acquired by European private equity firm Bridgepoint in a transaction totalling £180 million.
Paris, France / Zug, Switzerland, 2 September 2011 – European private equity firm Bridgepoint has reached an agreement to acquire Infront Sports & Media AG, one of the world’s most respected and leading international sports marketing companies based in Zug, Switzerland, taking 100 per cent of Infront’s shares from Jacobs Holding AG, the Junkermann Group and Dr Martin Steinmeyer for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities.
Bridgepoint Development Capital (‘BDC’) is to acquire four businesses within Hampson Industries’ Aerospace Components & Structures division in a transaction totalling $84 million.
<Funds advised by Bridgepoint have agreed to acquire a portfolio of wind energy assets from listed Spanish construction conglomerate Auxiliar de Construcción y Servicios (ACS) in a transaction that values the assets at €596.5million.
La Gardenia, the No 2 player in the Italian perfumery market, has been acquired by Bridgepoint from its current owners L Capital and Ergon Capital for an undisclosed sum.
Bridgepoint Development Capital (‘BDC’) is to acquire with management Mezzo di Pasta, the leading pasta fast food chain in France, for an undisclosed sum.
SPP Process Technology Systems (SPTS), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Precision Products („SPP‟) and leading manufacturer of etch, deposition, and thermal processing equipment for the semiconductor industry announced today that Bridgepoint, a European private equity firm is backing a management acquisition of SPTS from SPP.
Environmental Resources Management (ERM), the world's leading environmental consultancy, announces that Charterhouse Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the company as part of a management buy-out from Bridgepoint. Under the transaction, which values ERM at US$950m (approx £585m), Charterhouse will acquire a stake of approximately 65 per cent. The remainder of the shares will be held by ERM Partners whose approval is required for this transaction.