PAI Partners to Acquire The Looping Group

Looping Group Sold to Management in Partnership with Mubadala Capital

October 10, 2019

Restaurants & Hospitality

Ergon Capital and Bpifrance have agreed to sell Groupe Looping to its management team—led by founder Laurent Bruloy and CEO Stéphane Da Cunha—in partnership with Mubadala Capital. The deal hands control to the management partners and Mubadala, providing capital and a strategic partner to accelerate Looping’s pan‑European growth across its portfolio of regional leisure parks.

PAI Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in Infra Group

July 6, 2023

Infrastructure

PAI Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Infra Group, a Belgium-headquartered multi-disciplinary network infrastructure services provider. The investment will make PAI the largest shareholder alongside existing investors ICG, Andera Partners and the management team, and will support Infra Group's growth strategy to accelerate expansion organically and via complementary acquisitions.

PAI Partners Acquires European Camping Group

October 5, 2021

Consumer Products

PAI Partners has completed the acquisition of European Camping Group (ECG) from Carlyle, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Montefiore Investment. Headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France, ECG operates over 22,000 units across more than 310 premium campsites in Europe; PAI says it will support ECG’s next phase of organic growth and M&A to reinforce its leadership in outdoor accommodation.

PAI Partners to Acquire Areas from Elior Group

April 24, 2019

Food & Beverage

PAI Partners has submitted an irrevocable offer to acquire Areas, a global travel catering leader, from Elior Group in partnership with Areas’ current management team. The deal would support rapid growth plans, including organic expansion and acquisitions, with additional focus on new geographies such as North America.

PAI Partners Agrees to Acquire Majority Stake in ECF Group

June 14, 2023

Logistics & Distribution

PAI Partners has made a binding offer to acquire a majority stake in ECF Group from French private equity firm Naxicap Partners, with Naxicap remaining a minority investor alongside management. ECF is an omnichannel B2B distributor of equipment, consumables and hygiene products for hospitality and care professionals, headquartered in Grigny, France (~1,750 employees, ~€760m revenue); PAI intends to accelerate growth organically and via acquisitions to consolidate the fragmented market.

KKR Acquires Roompot Group from PAI Partners

June 18, 2020

Restaurants & Hospitality

Global investment firm KKR has agreed to acquire Roompot Group, a leading European holiday parks operator and the #1 operator in the Netherlands, from PAI Partners. The deal, subject to customary closing conditions, will support Roompot's further development into a pan-European operator and build on its recent growth under PAI's ownership; financial terms were not disclosed.