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Buyouts

One-Stop Buyouts

European Capital has the unique capability to provide one-stop buyouts, funding equity, mezzanine and senior debt.

Experience

European Capital's affiliate has sponsored more than 70 buyout transactions since inception. These include:

  • Corporate divestitures
  • Acquisitions of portfolio companies of private equity firms
  • Acquisitions of family-owned or closely held businesse
  • Going-private transactions
  • Ownership transitions

Stability

With a public company affiliate, we can invest with a long-term time horizon. This makes us a preferred partner relative to limited partnerships, which typically have a finite life and must sell investments in order to return capital to investors a few years after the buyout.

Certainty

Because we can invest up to €500 million and are prepared to provide the entire capital structure to close a transaction, both sellers and management teams can have a high degree of certainty that funds needed to close will be available.

Speed

We have a flat organizational structure and an effective review process. Although we are known for intensive and focused due diligence, we are also able to make investment decisions rapidly.