Our multi-cultural investment team is one of the most experienced within the European middle market.  Our investment model has stood the test of economic cycles and has proved itself across geographical regions.  We have developed a flexible approach, borne out of extensive local market knowledge, which enables us to overcome disparate cultural, legal and regulatory environments.  While we consider proposals for all European service-sector companies, our expertise, interest and outstanding network of contacts are primarily focused within the following industries:

• media and communications
• financial services
• leisure and entertainment 
• business services
• information technology
• healthcare. 

Our €1.1 billion funds under management facilitate investments of between €10 million and €80 million.  In addition to development capital investments, we also invest in early stage businesses, recapitalisations, deleveraging transactions, turnarounds, and buyouts.

Whatever the transaction, we look for the following elements:

• management with both the experience and vision to implement their plan
• companies with the ability to attain or retain market leadership
• clearly demonstrable growth potential
• potential for operational scalability
• opportunity to expand outside existing markets
• undervalued assets.