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Equistone Partners Europe, formerly known as Barclays Private Equity Ltd., is a private equity firm specializing in middle market and change of ownership transactions. It invests in management buyout, management buy-in, institutional buyout, equity release, expansion capital, and going private transactions of lower middle market companies. The firm also provides equity funding to privately financed infrastructure projects. It seeks to invest in support services, specialist engineering, financial services, consumer and travel, and other sectors. Within the support services sector, investments are sought in staffing- recruitment of temporary or permanent staff; BPO/FM– outsourcing, facilities ...

Equistone Partners Europe, formerly known as Barclays Private Equity Ltd., is a private equity firm specializing in middle market and change of ownership transactions. It invests in management buyout, management buy-in, institutional buyout, equity release, expansion capital, and going private transactions of lower middle market companies. The firm also provides equity funding to privately financed infrastructure projects. It seeks to invest in support services, specialist engineering, financial services, consumer and travel, and other sectors. Within the support services sector, investments are sought in staffing- recruitment of temporary or permanent staff; BPO/FM– outsourcing, facilities management, and property services; asset rental and leasing- vehicle or equipment; logistics- supply chain management, freight forwarding, contract logistics, distribution, and haulage; professional and IT services; and other miscellaneous support services companies which includes energy, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas. In the specialist engineering sector, the firm focuses on aerospace and defence; electrical and electronic engineering; industrial process and materials handling equipment; instrumentation, detection, and testing equipment; medical devices and technology; and power generation, transmission, and distribution equipment. In healthcare, investments are made in ownership of infrastructure; acute care; specialist care; diagnostics; medical devices; medical consumables; medical equipment and technology; health insurance; health IT; pharmaceuticals and biotechnology; and provision of outsourced services. It invests in insurance- non life origination and underwriting, life manufacturing, life and non-life run off, and broking; consumer finance- mortgage origination and lending, store and credit card lending, debt collection and purchase, and other consumer finance; commercial finance- leasing and invoice discounting; distribution of financial products; asset management; and outsourced services within the financial services sector. Within the consumer and travel sector, investments are sought in household, and luxury; household goods- furniture, fixtures and fittings, soft furnishings and giftware, and electrical products; apparel- clothing, footwear, and jewelry and accessories; leisure goods and services- sports equipment, toys, games and hobby products, bars, pubs, restaurants, cinemas, gaming, and health and fitness; and travel goods and services- packaged holidays, airlines, accommodation, car rental, and branded food beverages. Additionally, the firm also invests in the chemicals, communications and media, food and drink, manufacturing, oil and gas, packaging, personal care and household products, and the transport and logistics sectors. While investing in infrastructure projects, it seeks to invest in healthcare, NHS local improvement finance trusts; education; student accommodation; ministry of defense; transport; local authority; SPV management; and building schools for the future. The firm prefers to invest in companies based in Europe including United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and France. The infrastructure investments are made in companies based across Europe. It typically invests between €25 million ($33.46 million) and €125 million ($167.3 million) of equity in businesses with enterprise values between $21.1 million and $709.1 million. It can underwrite larger equity investments up to €350 million ($468.45 million) along with co-investors. The firm seeks board representation on its portfolio companies and also appoints a non-executive chairman to every new UK investment. Equistone Partners Europe was formed in 1979 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Birmingham, United Kingdom; Paris, France; Zürich, Switzerland; and München, Germany.

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