Leonard Green & Partners £2.4 billion acquisition of CPA Global

Overview:

• Leonard Green & Partners has acquired CPA Global for £2.4 billion from Cinven. 
• Five years ago Cinven acquired CPA for £950 million.
• CPA provides legal and IP management and data and analytics assistance.
• The company has also developed services in China and South Korea.
• Leonard Green & Partners is a Los Angeles based buyout group.
• According to the Financial Times Permira, Hellman Friedman and Astorg also made bids for the company.

Katrin Kostadinova - Data analyst