A British-based private equity consortium is preparing a €3.5bn bid for French catering company Elior in what would be the biggest buyout in continental Europe since Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008.
CVC Capital Partners and BC Partners have teamed up to launch a buyout of Elior, underlining how confidence is returning to Europe’s private equity sector.
Their bid would be for the whole of Elior, valuing the company including its net debt at €3.5bn – not just the €2bn catering unit its private equity owner Charterhouse had initially planned to offload, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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