BC Partners

BC Partners Advisors Holdings Limited
legal form	Limited
founding	1986
Seat	London , UK
management	Graeme John Dell, Nikolaos Stathopoulus
Number of employees	115
Branch	Private Equity
Website	www.bcpartners.com
As of December 31, 2018

BC Partners Limited is a European investment company with headquarters in London and additional offices in Hamburg, Paris, Milan, Geneva and New York. It specializes in buyouts and the financing of corporate takeovers with a focus on internationally active, market-leading companies. Since it was founded in 1986, BC Partners has made 71 acquisitions, with a combined enterprise value of EUR 66 billion (as of June 2010).

Since 2015, Stefan Beschke has been co- chairman of the company alongside Raymond Svider .

Investments currently held

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• Germany:
  • Aenova Group , contract manufacturer for the pharmaceutical industry, since 2012
  • Springer Science + Business Media , international science publisher, since 2013
  • Brenntag , chemical trading, since 2006 (IPO in March 2010)
  • SGB-SMIT , transformer manufacturer, since 2008
• Other:
  • Nille (Norway), Retail, since 2011
  • Office Depot , USA, since 2009
  • Migros (Turkey) , supermarket chain, Turkey, since 2008
  • Intelsat , Luxembourg, since 2007
  • Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing, Business Information Service, Belgium, since 2007
  • Foxtons , UK real estate agency and mortgage broker, since 2007
  • Médica , operator of care centers, France, since 2006 (IPO 2010)
  • Regency Entertainment SA, Casino Operator, Greece, since 2006
  • Fitness First , Health Club Operator, UK, since 2005
  • Amadeus , tourism booking system, Spain, since 2005 (IPO 2010)
  • Dometic , distributor of cooling and air conditioning systems for the leisure and hospitality industry, Sweden, since 2005
  • Picard , distributor of frozen foods, France, since 2004
  • Centro Médico Teknon, private clinic, Spain, since 2004
  • Baxi , manufacturer of boilers, boilers and heat pumps, since 2004; this also includes SenerTec , manufacturer of the Dachs combined heat and power plant
  • Seat Pagine Gialle , Yellow Pages supplier, Italy, since 2003
  • Dümmen Orange , Dutch breeding company, since 2015
  • Keter Plastic, Israeli plastic manufacturer, since 2016

Previous holdings (selection)

• Synlab , laboratory service provider , since 2009 to 2016
• Unitymedia , cable operator, 2003 to 2009 (sold to Liberty Global )
• Grohe , Germany, 1999 to 2004 (sold to a consortium made up of the Texas Pacific Group and Credit Suisse First Boston Private Equity )
• Techem , Germany, 1996 to 2000 (IPO)
• Galbani, Mozarella cheese producer, Italy, 2002 to 2006 (sold to Lactalis )
• Sanitec , sanitary engineering, Finland, 2001 to 2005
• KTM , motorcycle manufacturer, Austria, 1999 to 2004
• Elis , Workwear, Linen and Hygiene Service, France, 1997 to 2002
• General Healthcare Group (GHG), Great Britain, 2000 to 2006
• Polyconcept , promotional products distributor, France, 2000 to 2005
• C&C Group , Beverages, Ireland, 1999-2004
• Trader Media Group , Classified Ads, UK, (now part of the Guardian Media Group ), 1998-2003
• Aviagen , Poultry Genetics , Great Britain / USA (today part of the Erich Wesjohann Group ), 1998 to 2003
• Pubmaster , UK pub chain operator (now part of the Punch Taverns group), 1996-2000
• Elior , caterer, France, 1997 to 2000
• Mark IV Industries , automotive supplier, USA / Italy, 2000 to 2007
• Neopost , Franking and Inserting Systems, France, 1997 to 1999
• Hirslanden , Private Hospital Group , Switzerland, 2002 to 2007

Failed takeover attempts (selection)

• Techem , Germany, 2006

Web links

• BC Partners Germany website
• BC Partners International website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Group of companies' accounts made up to December 31, 2018 , accessed January 3, 2020
2. ↑ www.bcpartners.de
3. ↑ www.bcpartners.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ www.bcpartners.de
5. ↑ Zuske moves up at BC Partners. In: OnVista. June 20, 2014, accessed October 25, 2016 . 
6. ↑ 3.3 billion euros for the Berlin specialist publisher . In: Berliner Morgenpost from June 20, 2013, p. 15
7. ↑ http://www.ftd.de/finanzen/maerkte/marktberichte/:boersengang-brenntag-debuet-ervielreich/50094465.html ( Memento from April 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ online.wsj.com
9. ↑ www.trading-house.net  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ www.boerse-express.com
11. ↑ BC Partners to buy 80% Keter stake. In: GLOBES. July 20, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016 . 
12. ^ Robert Landgraf: BC Partners dares to make a big acquisition. In: handelsblatt.com. September 2, 2009, accessed December 16, 2014 . 
13. ↑ Cinven buys SynLab: Laboratory group goes to investor for 1.8 billion euros. In: www.wiwo.de. Retrieved August 30, 2016 . 
14. ↑ www.zdnet.de