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Antin Infrastructure Partners €750 million acquisition of majority stake in Amedes

10/7/2015
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€ 750 million

$ 815.4 million

Announced

10/7/2015

Overview:

  • Antin Infrastructure Partners acquired a 75% stake in Amedes from General Altantic for around €750 million.
  • Amedes is a Hamburg based medical diagnostic services company operating in Germany and Belgium.  
  • Antin and General Altlantic are both private equity funds; the former is based in France, the latter in the US.  
  • The acquirer financed the deal with a loan provided by Goldman Sachs, Crédit Agricole, and Nomura.
  • General Altlantic bought its stake in Amedes in 2007 and had been trying to exit the company since 2013. 

Ben Naylor - Regional Editor

Jurisdiction:

Germany

Deal type:

Private acquisition

Practice areas:

Private equity
M&A

Industry sectors:

Healthcare
Pharmaceuticals and life sciences

Firms:
A&O Shearman

Party: Goldman Sachs (Lender)

Party: Crédit Agricole (Lender)

Party: Nomura (Lender)

Lawyers: Knut Sauer, Walter Uebelhoer

Clifford Chance

Party: Antin Infrastructure Partners (Borrower)

Lawyer: Michael Bates

Cravath Swaine & Moore

Party: Goldman Sachs (Lender)

Party: Crédit Agricole (Lender)

Party: Nomura (Lender)

Dechert

Party: Amedes Holding (Management)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Party: General Atlantic (Seller)

Lawyers: Michael Josenhans, Stephan Waldhausen

Latham & Watkins

Party: Antin Infrastructure Partners (Acquirer)

Lawyers: Alexandra Hagelüken, Burc Hesse, Conrad Andersen, Dirk Kocher

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