Daily Deal Sheet | Sept 2, 2025

Captured from posts published in the 24-hour window ending 1 Sept 2025 (GMT).

Why it matters

• The tape skewed toward platform buys and strategic carve-outs across telecom, pharma, and education, with Europe firmly in focus.

• Notable crossover themes: fiber roll-ups (Telia/Bredband2), pharma platforming (CapVest/STADA), and care/education capacity (Hartford/Cognita).

• Ticket sizes ranged from £55.6m (Genuit/Monodraught) down to single-digit-million digital health checks, signaling active mid-market breadth.

📝 Deal & Investment Highlights

• CapVest → STADA Group — Majority buyout (Pharma; sellers: Cinven, Bain Capital)
  • Sell-side IB: Rothschild & Co — Ralph Miller, Ashley Southcott, Kuba Maziarz, Franziska Mohr; Investor team: Kate Briant, Matt Fargie

• Bain Capital → Jensten — Majority buyout (Insurance)
  • Sell-side IB: Continuum Advisory Partners — Andrew Gould, Simon Barrass; Buy-side IB: Macquarie Capital — Jonny Allison, Siong C., Harry Gao; Investor team: Matthew Cannan, Rachel Yap

• Telia → Bredband2 i Skandinavien AB — Public-to-Private (Fiber & Broadband)
  • Buy-side IB: Avanza Corporate Finance

• Speed Fibre Group → BT Irish wholesale & enterprise unit — Divestiture (Telecom Carriers)
  • Sell-side Legal: Simmons & Simmons — Alexander Brown, Izzy Tennyson, Fergus N.

• Genuit Group → Monodraught Ltd — £55,600,000 majority buyout (Industrials/Construction)
  • Sell-side IB: KPMG; Sell-side Legal: Mills & Reeve

• SMG Capital → Fabergé — $50,000,000 majority buyout (Consumer/Luxury)
  • Sell-side IB: Panmure Liberum, Dyens & Co., Investec — Scott Mathieson; Sell-side Legal: DWF; Buy-side Legal: DLA Piper

• Foreman Capital → Protection Group Denmark (PGD) — Majority buyout (Aerospace & Defense)
  • Sell-side IB: EY-Parthenon Corporate Finance — Anders Børsting, Peter Vejlgaard, Thore Forsberg Haastrup, Jesper Knudsen

• Cognita Schools Limited → EduReach’s Qatar operations — Majority buyout (K-12, Qatar)
  • Buy-side Legal: GLA & Company — Dean Jaloudi, Jehan Saleh

• LDC → Bespoke Kitchen Foods — Majority buyout (n/d). Sell-side IB: Cooper Parry — Tom Summers, Katie Cash.

↪️ Plus 35 more transactions captured in today’s ledger in the full database.

👤 Notable People Moves

• Mike Francies — Partner | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (ex–Weil London MP) — London

• Tarak Mehta — Co-Head, Goods & Products PE Vertical | Partners Group (ex–CEO, The Timken Company) — Switzerland

• Folarin Oyeleye — Head of EMEA Lending | JPMorgan

• Marcel Gleichmann — MD & Head of Global Advisory Sweden | Rothschild & Co

• Miro Hemanus — Director | Rothschild & Co — Helsinki (office launch)

• Andreas Bäckman — Director (Infrastructure) | InfraVia Capital Partners — Paris

• Will Oxley — UK Market Senior Partner (Leeds) | PwC

• James Holden — Partner | Eversheds Sutherland LLP — London (rejoining)

• Martijn Poppelaars — Executive Director, Benelux Investment Banking | J.P. Morgan

• Jess Bartos — Partner | Notion Capital (ex–Salesforce Ventures)

• Olaf van Tuijl — Partner | IMAP Netherlands — Amsterdam/Rotterdam (ex–Deutsche Bank Benelux IB head)

• Enni Rautio — Investment Director, Industrial Investments | Tesi (FII)

↪️ Plus 200+ more people moves, promotions, and deal team credits captured in today’s ledger in the full database.

🔍 Sector Snapshots
Energy & Infrastructure

• Speed Fibre Group → BT Irish wholesale & enterprise unit — Divestiture (n/d). Sell-side Legal: Simmons & Simmons — Alexander Brown, Izzy Tennyson.

• Greenchoice → Statkraft’s NL portfolio — Divestiture (n/d). Buy-side IB: Rabobank.

• Three Hills Impact → Sinewave — Minority investment (n/d). Sell-side IB: KPMG — John Levis, Giles Taylor.

TMT & Software

• Telia → Bredband2 — Public-to-Private (n/d). Buy-side IB: Avanza Corporate Finance.

• Aeon Digital Group → Mikrocop — Majority buyout (n/d). Investor team: Andrej Fajfar, Grega Bernard.

• Kraken → Capitalise.ai — Majority buyout (FinTech; n/d).

Industrials & Business Services

• Genuit Group → Monodraught — £55,600,000 majority buyout. Sell-side IB: KPMG.

• Gateley → Groom Wilkes & Wright LLP — Majority buyout (Legal Services; n/d).

• Jifmar Group → Seacontractors workboat fleet (≤50t) — Divestiture (n/d). Sell-side IB: JBR — Rick ter Maat.

Consumer & Healthcare

• CapVest → STADA Group — Majority buyout (n/d). Sell-side IB: Rothschild & Co.

• SMG Capital → Fabergé — $50,000,000 majority buyout (Luxury).

• Foresight Group → MyWay Digital Health — £3,000,000 minority investment (HealthTech). Sell-side IB: Henderson Loggie; Buy-side Legal: Shoosmiths — Grant Edwards, Julide Cevher.

Financial Services

• Bain Capital → Jensten — Majority buyout (n/d). Sell-side IB: Continuum Advisory Partners — Andrew Gould.

• Borgo → Hypoteket’s platform — Divestiture (n/d). Sell-side IB: EY-Parthenon Investment Banking — Alexander Lindblad.

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