M&A radar: major private equity deals in logistics? Don’t hold your breath

One side of the “private equity story + logistics appetite” is here, in a well-written post published last week by The Loadstar – and headed: “Why private equity is into logistics, and here to stay“.
Another less conventional angle, however, in what isn’t a formal rebuttal of the much-appreciated coverage by a special guest from the private equity (PE) world is rather that private equity occasionally flirts with logistics, and when the …

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Ligentia brings in equity partner to ‘turbo-charge’ growth strategy

Ligentia has sold a significant stake to Equistone Partners Europe – a bid to “turbo-charge” the business as it looks at logistics and technology acquisitions.
Equistone, which holds stakes in Wallenborn and European Cargo Services, has made a “significant investment” in the £300m-revenue business, it said, adding that its strategy is to invest between “€25m and €200m or more of equity in businesses with enterprise values of between €50m and €500m”.
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