Apax Partners France has acquired Dutch psychiatry group Mentaal Beter. Partner Marc Benatar tells HBI that the group is planning to export its protocolised, pure outpatient model elsewhere in Europe through M&A.
France-based pan-European Care group Korian has entered into a 15-year-partnership with BNP Paribas Cardif and EDF Invest, creating a real estate vehicle with Korian at the helm.
The Fertility Partnership (TFP) is looking to sell a minority stake, HBI exclusively hears. We speak to an operator and a banking source to find out more.
As predicted by HBI in the summer, Dutch dental chain Curaeos has now struck a deal with its creditors. We speak to a banking source to find out more, and hear why this could be a salutary warning for other operators.
Netherlands-based medicalised homecare provider and pharmaceutical distributor Mediq is for sale, with a potential €1.2bn price tag. With non-binding bids for the pan-European group due in the first week of November, HBI hears that a private equity buyer is almost certain with little interest from strategic parties.
Sources in the Netherlands say Dutch maternity has been struggling this year. HBI understands one group, for-profit Zorg in Nederland (ZIN), which employs 1,300 nurses, has received help from its insurers at this troubling time.
Following on from our exclusive story last month confirming Dutch mental health provider Mentaal Beter is for sale, HBI hears there has been considerable interest in the deal.
Unilabs has a new chief innovation officer who comes from recently acquired Dutch lab Saltro. Dr Esther Talboom-Kamp tells HBI about the consumer-facing and B2C platforms that she built there, but the pan-European lab group is coy about what it's now building in the space.
COVID's second wave looks either imminent, or is already starting to hit in many jurisdictions. Wave one saw lockdowns and closures - and not all closures were temporary. Will wave two be any different? HBI has been talking to operators across EMEA to see if forewarned is forearmed, how they predict the next few months will go, and what lessons have been learned.
HBI hears that PE-backed Dutch mental health provider Mentaal Beter is for sale, with both private equity and international sector operators interested. A local consultant tells us why this is an attractive buy.
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