HBI understands that a majority stake is being sold by a fast-growing UK-based dental chain to a European PE fund. We name the group, buyer, price and multiple, and speak to a market expert about the deal.
KKR has bought a majority stake in Spain's biggest dental chain Dentix, eight months after founder Angel Lorenzo Muriel mandated Rothschild to explore a minority sale.
Buyout specialist Bridgepoint Development Capital is to acquire a majority shareholding in Oris Dental, a Norwegian group with 25 dental clinics and 4 dental laboratories.
Consumer healthcare M&A in the UK has seen a five year high this year clocking up 26 transactions in total according to a new report. Activity has been focused in dentistry, cosmetics, dermatology and fertility.
A fast-growing UK dental chain has started a sales process with first bids expected before Christmas, multiple sources tell HBI. A source with knowledge of the sale says the group is looking for minority investment for growth, but there is speculation that for the right price, a majority stake could be on the table too.
Retail healthcare investors who have seen the European veterinary space undergo an eight-year period of rapid practice consolidation by private-equity backed groups are beginning to look at dentistry. Will yesterday's investors in vets tomorrow invest in dentists? HBI chats to Mansfield Advisors to find out more about how dentistry could be at a price tipping point that will favour big consolidators.
In 2017, EQT reportedly paid a high price for pan-European dental group Curaeos. Two years on, and the group is underperforming. We speak to an operator familiar with the business to find out more.
From psychiatric provider Priory Group, to nursing home group Four Seasons and PE-backed homecare company City & County Healthcare, HBI hears UK deals are off the cards until political certainty can be restored. We speak to advisers and enquire on the status of deals that could go ahead in the new year.
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