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ProjectiveGroup grows further with acquisition of Dutch Charco & Dique

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8/10/2022 – 09:00 | Portfolio

Projective Group, the international consulting firm, has today announced its acquisition of the Dutch specialists in legal, risk & compliance, Charco & Dique. With this acquisition, Projective Group expands its team to about 700 experts across Europe.

Since Projective Group and Gimv joined forces in 2021, Projective Group has already made several strategic acquisitions throughout Europe. With this acquisition of Charco & Dique, Projective Group strengthens its position on the Dutch market.

The expertise and experience in legal, risk & compliance of Charco & Dique as well as their initiatives such as the Ministry of Compliance or their application Ruler brings Projective Group one step closer to becoming the one-stop-shop financial services provider in Europe.

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Audax Private Equity Announces Acquisition of DISA Global Solutions

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Audax Private Equity (“Audax”) announced the acquisition of DISA Global Solutions, Inc. (“DISA” or the “Company”), a leading tech-enabled provider of employee screening, compliance, and workplace health & safety solutions, from Court Square Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas with operations across the U.S., DISA specializes in providing a comprehensive suite of employee testing, screening, and compliance management solutions to a diverse set of end markets. The Company differentiates itself through its proprietary consortium model, speed and quality of its full suite of testing and screening services, direct-lab network, and leading proprietary technology database & customer platforms. DISA remains focused on growing organically and through acquisition, and is seeking add-on acquisitions that help to expand its geographical footprint, enter into new end-markets, and strengthen its core existing service portfolio.

John Peterson, CEO of DISA, commented, “We are thrilled to be partnering with Audax as we enter an exciting new chapter in our history. This investment will help DISA accelerate growth and expand its employee screening, compliance, and workplace health & safety solutions offerings to customers. Partnering with Audax will enhance our ability to continue doing what we do best – providing trusted solutions to our clients.”

“We are excited to work with John and the management team at DISA. Under their leadership, the Company has differentiated itself in a large and highly fragmented market by establishing a broad portfolio of comprehensive and best in class solutions. These solutions are critical in helping DISA’s customers deliver a safer workplace for both their employees and the environment,” said Young Lee, Managing Director at Audax Private Equity. “We look forward to leveraging our prior experience and working with John and the rest of the management team’s leadership to drive growth both organically and through strategic M&A.”

Beau Thomas, Managing Director at Audax Private Equity, added, “DISA is a distinguished leader in the employee screening, compliance, and workplace health & safety solutions space. We look forward to supporting the Company through investments in technology, innovation, and talent to help accelerate the platform’s growth in both existing and new verticals and to continue to provide best in class solutions for its customers.”

Harris Williams served as financial advisor to Audax and Piper Sandler and Stifel served as financial advisors to the Company. Ropes & Gray served as legal counsel to Audax and Dechert served as legal counsel to the Company.

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Change of ownership for leading migration service provider: Serco Group Plc acquires ORS Group

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Funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe (“Equistone”) have sold their majority stake in ORS Group (“ORS”), a leading European provider of immigration services in the DACH region and Italy. The company has been acquired by Serco Group Plc (“Serco”), an international governmental service provider. Equistone acquired ORS in July 2013 and helped strengthen its international presence by entering the German and Italian markets.

ORS Group – short for Organisation for Refugee Services – was established in Zurich in 1992 and specialises in offering immigration services with a focus on public customers and governments in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy. The internationally recognised group, which enjoys a leading position in Europe, ensures that refugees receive professional care from their arrival and housing, through the care they receive during their asylum proceedings, to the assistance given to them with their professional and social integration. ORS Group currently has over 2,000 employees.

Equistone secured a majority stake in ORS in July 2013 and has worked in close collaboration with the management team since then to help the company expand its international presence. For example, the company successfully entered the German and Italian markets in recent years. With its sale to Serco, ORS is joining an experienced international service firm that specialises in providing migration-related services for national governments, in addition to other services.

Jürg Rötheli, CEO of ORS, states: “Demand from governments for support services in the area of migration has risen consistently in recent years. Thanks to the new partnership with Serco our customers will benefit from an even stronger global network. At the same time, we will also guarantee the same level of service and professionalism that customers have come to expect. Our new partner’s support and expertise will help us to keep developing ORS, while maintaining our commitment to quality services and high standards of care.”

David Zahnd and Stefan Maser led the transaction on behalf of Equistone. Equistone was advised by KPMG (M&A) and Vischer (Legal & Tax).

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CD&R to acquire Atalian and OCS to form a Global Facilities Management Platform

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Platform Forged with Two Leading Family-Owned Businesses

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) announced agreements under which CD&R Fund XI and affiliates will acquire the Facilities Services business of OCS Group (“OCS”) and have made a binding and irrevocable offer to acquire Atalian, approval of which is subject to the information and consultation requirements of its works councils. The transactions will create a global facilities management (“FM”) platform centered around two leading family-owned businesses.

The platform will be a global FM player with a leading presence in Europe and Asia-Pacific across cleaning, security, catering, and multi-technical services, among others.

“We are excited by the opportunities that the creation of this platform represents,” said Christian Rochat, CD&R Partner. “Both companies operate in established markets with steady long-term trends. They fit well together with similar values and customer-focused philosophies. We look forward to supporting the teams in developing a leading FM platform with an enhanced customer proposition, drive growth and operating excellence.”

The acquisitions are subject to the above-mentioned conditions and clearance from the relevant regulatory authorities. They are expected to be completed in the second half of 2022.

About Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Founded in 1978, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a private investment firm with a strategy predicated on building stronger, more profitable businesses. Since inception, CD&R has managed the investment of more than $40 billion in more than 100 companies with an aggregate transaction value of more than $175 billion. The Firm has offices in New York and London. For more information, please visit www.cdr-inc.com.

About Atalian
Atalian is one of the world leaders in Facility Management. An independent company established across four continents, Atalian supports organisations in the outsourcing of services for buildings. The company offers cleaning, catering, security, and other building services. Atalian operates in the most diverse business sectors and environments with a global and integrated range of services that meet the highest requirements. For more information, please visit atalian.com.

About OCS Facilities Services
OCS delivers critical and essential services to support more than 20,000 customers to keep their businesses running 24 hours a day. From offices and hospitals to stadiums and retail parks, to manufacturing plants, airports and courtrooms, OCS protects assets and people, delivering services to customers across multiple sectors in communities every day. 68,000 colleagues expertly deliver an essential and comprehensive range of facilities management services internationally, including in the UK, Ireland, Middle East, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Cambodia and Bangladesh. For more information, please visit www.ocs.com.

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RedBird Capital Partners to Acquire Talent Systems, The Industry’s Premier Tech-Driven Global Casting Marketplace

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LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RedBird Capital Partners (“RedBird”), along with private markets investment firm StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP), today announced a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Talent Systems, the preeminent casting software and talent marketplace for the entertainment industry. Talent Systems was formed by Co-CEOs Rafi Gordon and Alex Amin and in 2021 managed over 50,000 projects and more than 2 million auditions, facilitating the effective discovery, auditioning and hiring of talent across film, television, commercials, theater and digital productions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

With the deepest pool of professional talent and project roles, Talent Systems delivers valuable solutions to all constituents across the casting process, including performers, studios, networks, casting directors, and talent and creative agencies. Its platform is supported by its interconnected brands that include Casting Networks, Spotlight, Cast It Systems, Casting Frontier and the recently acquired eTribez Casting Platform and Staff Me Up.

Andy Gordon, Partner at RedBird, said, “With Talent Systems, Rafi and Alex have created a platform that offers efficiencies to a media and entertainment ecosystem managing a massive increase in supply and demand of content creation. Drawing on RedBird’s investment experience and relationships in the industry, together we have an opportunity to continue to scale their business when it is needed most. We are also pleased that Rafi and Alex, along with their leadership team and existing financial partner Caltius, will continue to have a significant equity stake going forward.”

Talent Systems Co-CEOs Rafi Gordon and Alex Amin added, “RedBird’s extensive track record of building long-term, successful businesses coupled with its deep expertise in the entertainment industry makes them the ideal partner to scale Talent Systems. We’re confident that the partnership and resources that RedBird brings will add to the company’s trajectory and our primary goal of delivering best-in-class technology capabilities to our customers across the talent, casting director, studio, and agency segments.”

“Talent Systems is committed to delivering value to its members across the entertainment ecosystem,” said Garrick Ahn, Managing Director at Caltius Equity Partners. “We are excited to have RedBird as the lead partner for Talent Systems’ next phase of growth and are pleased to continue as a minority investor going forward.”

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP served as legal advisor to RedBird. William Blair served as financial advisor to Talent Systems, and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP served as legal advisor to the company.

About Talent Systems

Talent Systems, LLC is the leading technology solution provider for casting and auditioning to the entertainment industry. Casting directors and agents worldwide use Talent Systems’ portfolio of products to source and manage talent across film, television, commercials, theater and digital projects, powering an unparalleled, global casting software ecosystem. Talent Systems is headquartered in Los Angeles and operates in the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Australia and India.

About RedBird Capital Partners

RedBird Capital Partners is a private investment firm focused on building high-growth companies alongside entrepreneurs in its four areas of domain expertise: sports, media, consumer and financial services. Founded by former Goldman Sachs Partner Gerry Cardinale in 2014, RedBird today manages over $6 billion of capital on behalf of a highly curated group of blue-chip global institutional and family office investors. RedBird’s network of entrepreneurs is central to its investment sourcing and company-building strategy that helps founders achieve their business objectives and long-term vision. Since inception, RedBird has invested in over 30 platform companies and 80 add on acquisitions with total enterprise value exceeding $30 billion. For more information, please go to www.redbirdcap.com.

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Textkernel expands value proposition for staffers through combination with Akyla

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Textkernel, an Amsterdam-based global leader in AI-driven recruitment and talent management technology, has made a strategic combination with best-of-breed staffing app and portal specialist Akyla.

Akyla marks the second step in the international buy-and-build strategy of Textkernel since its management teamed up with strategic software investor Main Capital Partners (“Main”) in October 2020. Last year, Textkernel successfully acquired U.S-based competitor Sovren to solidify the group’s position as a global market leader in AI-driven parsing and search-&-match technology.

Like Textkernel, Akyla is considered a true best-of-breed solutions provider in the HR software market. Akyla is a provider of flexible mid-office working platform solutions that enable automated recruitment, selection and efficient management of flex workers. The company offers two innovative solutions (e-UUR and Xplican) that assist customers with administrative processes involved in the management of flex workers, including onboarding, hourly registration, time interpretation, digital signing and vendor management.

The organizations foresee opportunities for a strong and unique combined product proposition that will competitively position the combination in the market. Notably, by gathering richer and more actionable data, the combination will improve the effectiveness of the search & match algorithms of Textkernel and empower staffing organizations to more effectively match candidates and jobs at the right time automatically. Candidates will enjoy a more tailored and suitable offering of potential jobs, which should lead to higher redeployment and placement rates for staffing agencies and a higher degree of job satisfaction and employee productivity for flex workers, while lowering the sourcing costs and efforts of staffing agencies.

Together, Akyla and Textkernel serve a combined customer base of more than 2,500 organizations, including staffing organizations, payrollers, corporates, job boards, HR solutions providers and other participants in the broader HR market.

Martin Schievink, CEO of Akyla, is excited to join forces with the internationally experienced Textkernel team and looking forward to the cooperation: “Textkernel is an excellent strategic match for Akyla. We share similar cultures and ambitions to help staffing organizations around the globe with our propositions.”

Gerard Mulder, CEO of Textkernel, foresees a fruitful strategic partnership with strong potential to offer a value-added proposition together with Akyla to staffing organizations and software partners across international markets: “While exploring the opportunity for cooperation the response to our ideas from customers and partners were nothing but extremely positive. That feedback, combined with our very similar cultures and go-to-market strategy and Akyla’s wish to become more internationally active, strengthened our belief that joining forces will accelerate the growth of both companies significantly.”

Main Capital has long been in contact with the leadership of Akyla and envisions a productive strategic combination that could bring sustainable competitive advantage, according to Pieter van Bodegraven, Partner at Main and Chair of the Supervisory Board of Textkernel: “We strongly believe in putting together driven and passionate entrepreneurs to accelerate innovation for the benefit of their clients. Over the past 20 years, this has been a key value creation driver in the successful organic and buy-and-build growth strategies we have executed together with our business partners. With Akyla and Textkernel, we combine two organizations that are both renowned for their skills and expertise within their respective adjacent domains of the HR ecosystem.”

Textkernel
Textkernel is an international leader in AI-driven solutions for parsing, data enrichment and matching people and jobs. Textkernel enables thousands of recruitment & staffing agencies, employers, job boards, HR software vendors and outplacement & redeployment agencies worldwide to work smarter and more effectively by creating efficiencies in the HR and recruitment process. Textkernel is headquartered in Amsterdam, with satellite offices in Dusseldorf, Paris and the United States. Including Akyla, the group employs ca. 175 people.

Akyla
Akyla is a provider of flexible mid-office working platform solutions that enable automated recruitment, selection and efficient management of flex workers. The company offers innovative solutions that assist customers with all administrative processes involved in the management of flex workers. Headed by its co-founders, Akyla’s ca. 30 employees serve a loyal customer base of more than 200 staffers, payrollers and HR services providers across the Benelux and Nordics regions.

Main Capital Partners
Main Capital Partners is a leading software investor in the Benelux, DACH and the Nordics. Main has almost 20 years of experience in strengthening software companies and works closely together with management teams of its portfolio companies as a strategic partner, in order to realize sustainable growth and build excellent software groups. Main counts over 50 employees and has offices in The Hague, Stockholm and Düsseldorf. As of October 2021, Main has over EUR 2.2 billion of assets under management. Main has invested in more than 130 software companies to date. These companies have created jobs for approximately 5,000 employees.

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Antares Partners with Hello Alice to Allocate $1M in Grants to Underrepresented Founders

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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Antares today announced the launch of REACH, a program designed to help level the playing field for entrepreneurs who are members of diverse and historically underrepresented groups including women, people of color, military-affiliated, persons with disabilities, or LGBTQ+. The initiative will allocate $1M of Antares’ own capital to a grant program in partnership with Hello Alice, a multichannel platform that helps businesses launch and grow.

“champion middle market growth so that its people, partners and communities achieve their full potential.”

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REACH aims to expand access to capital to historically underrepresented groups at their earliest foundational stages, which would otherwise be challenging to obtain due to a lack of personal or “Friends and Family” funds and a discrepancy in how venture capital dollars are disseminated. For example, in 2021, women-founded companies garnered less than 2 percent of capital invested in VC-backed startups in the US, and Black-owned startups received just over 1 percent.

“When we support entrepreneurs from historically underrepresented groups in their nascent stages, we’re helping to drive a more diverse pipeline of companies that will ultimately benefit from the support and capital that private equity provides,” said Timothy Lyne, CEO of Antares. “We are eager to partner with Hello Alice in an effort to accelerate the growth of these companies and drive sustainable diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the industry.”

REACH was designed and will be led by Antares’ Employee Impact Groups. It aligns to the firm’s business heritage and brings to life the company’s purpose which is to “champion middle market growth so that its people, partners and communities achieve their full potential.” The grant program, in partnership with Hello Alice, will award $20,000 grants to approximately 40 small businesses. To qualify, businesses must have a viable product or service with less than $5M in annual revenue and be operated by entrepreneurs of historically underrepresented groups. All recipients will be eligible to receive an additional $5,000 unrestricted grant after completing a post-grant report and will be given access to professional development opportunities through Hello Alice.

“Underrepresented founders continue to face hurdles when attempting to raise capital for their company, a discrepancy that only hinders their ability to grow and scale their businesses,” said Carolyn Rodz, Co-Founder and CEO of Hello Alice. “That’s why we are excited to partner with a company like Antares, a firm that is committed to leveraging its leadership and access to resources in the middle market to contribute to a meaningful and measurable impact for those who need it most.”

REACH is a key tenet of Antares’ We Build Community efforts, which also focuses on grassroots organizations that support historically underrepresented groups as well as giving back to the communities where Antares employees live and work. To learn more and apply, visit https://helloalice.com/grants/antares-capital/

About Hello Alice

Hello Alice is a free platform that provides small business owners the tools, resources and access to funding they need to grow their businesses. With a community of over 800,000 business owners in all 50 states, Hello Alice is building the largest community of small business owners in the country while tracking data and trends to increase the success rate for that group. Our partners include enterprise business services, government agencies, and institutions looking to serve small- and medium-business owners to ensure increased revenues and promote scale. A Latina owned company, founded by Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore, we believe in business for all by providing access to all small business owners including women, people of color, veterans, and everyone with an entrepreneurial spirit. To learn more, visit www.helloalice.com, as well as Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.

About Antares

With more than $50 billion of capital under management and administration as of December 31, 2021, Antares is a private debt credit manager and a leading provider of financing and investment solutions for middle-market private equity-backed borrowers and investors. Since its founding in 1996, Antares has built one of the industry’s largest and longest-tenured portfolios of middle market companies and has been recognized by industry organizations as a leading provider of middle market private debt. Through its Asset Management & Funding team, Antares offers investors the opportunity to invest in collateralized loan obligations, funds and separately managed accounts. Antares is committed to championing middle market growth throughout market cycles. Doing so allows its people, partners and communities to achieve their full potential. The company maintains offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto. Visit Antares at www.antares.com or follow the company on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/antares-capital-lp. Antares Capital is a subsidiary of Antares Holdings LP, (collectively, “Antares”).

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Bain Capital becomes new majority shareholder at House of HR

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Roeselare (Belgium), May 28, 2022 – House of HR (“the Company”), a European leader in HR services, announced today that Bain Capital Private Equity – one of the world’s leading private investment firms – has entered into a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of a 55% stake in the Company. House of HR Management, Naxicap and founder Conny Vandendriessche will hold the remaining equity. The new strategic partnership will maintain the Company’s entrepreneurial spirit, help House of HR scale its unique platform into new markets and increase digital investments.

Bain Capital becomes new majority shareholder at House of HR

European leader

As a leader in HR services, House of HR places over 57,000 people each month across small, medium and large companies. Started in 1995 with one Accent office in Roeselare, Belgium, House of HR has grown and blossomed into a European group with over 4300 internal employees, €2.2 billion sales in 2021, and offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Germany and recruitment agencies in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Spain, amongst others.

Sustained growth

House of HR has a multi-brand strategy stimulating local entrepreneurship to serve specialized markets allowing it to be one of the most growth-focussed and profitable platforms in the world.
House of HR continuously looks for new opportunities to invest in companies that can complement the House of HR offering, in terms of either industry specialization (e.g. healthcare, IT, public sector), candidate focus (e.g. engineering, legal, financial) or geographic spread.

House of HR’s focus on digital solutions for both candidates and customers helps meet workers’ increased demand for flexibility. House of HR is known for its market leading digital solutions, such as NOWJOBS (fully digital matching platform for students and flexworkers), SWOP, Gighouse and Book’u.

“With Bain Capital’s investment in House of HR, we start a new chapter in our incredible story,” says Rika Coppens, CEO of House of HR.  “We intend to continue our growth path, based on strong organic growth combined with targeted and specialized M&A in existing markets, DACH countries and the Nordics. All supported by continued focus on digitisation while maintaining a high standard when it comes to attention to people, both internal employees (our Happy Rebels) but also all our candidates.”

“It is rare to find such a unique platform with a vibrant, energetic ethos and outstanding management team as House of HR,” said Christophe Jacobs van Merlen, Managing Director, Bain Capital Private Equity.

“We have been impressed by HoHR’s specialized business model, underpinned by strong employee ownership which has generated sustained above-market growth for more than 10 years! This combined with a unique track record of successful M&A in this sector, which we look forward to accelerating. We’re pleased to be embarking on this partnership, with Naxicap and Conny Vandendriessche both keeping their wealth of expertise in the business,” said Matthias Boyer-Chammard, Managing Director, Bain Capital Private Equity.

“Since we first invested in 2012 in Accent Jobs (now House of HR), the Group has executed 37 acquisitions and has known two exceptional CEOs, instrumental in the success of House of HR. During this ten year journey, we have been surprised and often impressed by House of HR people. Their passion and warmness is contagious. We are proud to handover our position as a majority shareholder at House of HR, a Group that is stronger than ever, with a significant international footprint, generating ten times more profit than in 2012 and ready for a new growth path with a prominent shareholder like Bain Capital. Above all, I would like to thank all the people of House of HR and Conny Vandendriessche for this exceptional journey,” said Eric Aveillan, CEO, Naxicap Partners.

“I am really very happy that House of HR has found a new majority shareholder, that, like Naxicap did in the last 10 years, really understands the entrepreneurial and human centric DNA of the company. It has been a dream come true for me to see that House of HR turned into an international group that was born from 1 Accent office in Roeselare. That is also why I want to remain as a minority shareholder and board member so I can continue to show my support for all the great Happy Rebels that work for House of HR,” according to Conny Vandendriessche, founder of House of HR and board member.

The closing of the transaction remains subject to customary regulatory approvals in particular.

A group of financial institutions has committed to provide a debt financing package in support of Bain Capital’s acquisition of a majority stake in House of HR. The company’s existing Term Loan B, Senior Secured Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes are expected to be refinanced with private, including 2nd lien TLB facilities, and/or public debt financing on terms customary for similar acquisition financings at closing of the acquisition, which is expected to occur by the end of Q3, subject to customary regulatory approvals.

About House of HR

House of HR is a leading services group active in the world of HR. Headquartered in Roeselare (Belgium), the group consists of 10 companies (PowerHouses) that together represent over 40 brands (Boutiques), all focusing on ‘Engineering&Consulting’ and ‘Specialized Talent Solutions’. Within ‘Engineering&Consulting’ medium to highly skilled candidates such as engineers, technicians and other business consultants are active in projects at clients in a wide range of market segments. ‘Specialized Talent Solutions’ provides temporary workers with an emphasis on ‘temp to perm’, digital and international recruitment and permanent placements for clients in need of people with specific profiles. The group also launched a couple of successful digital solutions such as NOWJOBS, Book’u, SWOP and Gighouse.

For more info, visit www.houseofhr.com  

About Bain Capital Private Equity

Bain Capital Private Equity (www.baincapitalprivateequity.com) has partnered closely with management teams to provide the strategic resources that build great companies and help them thrive since its founding in 1984. Bain Capital Private Equity’s global team of approximately 600 professionals create value for its portfolio companies through its global platform and depth of expertise in key vertical industries including healthcare, consumer/retail, financial and business services, industrials, and technology, media and telecommunications. Bain Capital has offices in Boston, Chicago, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Dublin, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Munich, Guangzhou, Melbourne, Mumbai, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo. The firm has made primary or add-on investments in more than 1,000 companies since its inception. In addition to private equity, Bain Capital invests across asset classes including credit, real estate, public equity and venture capital, managing more than €150 billion in total and leveraging the firm’s shared platform to capture opportunities in strategic areas of focus.
For more information, visit www.baincapitalprivateequity.com

About Naxicap Partners

As one of the top private equity firms in France, Naxicap Partners – an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers – has €6 billion in assets under management. As a committed, responsible investor, Naxicap Partners builds solid, constructive partnerships with entrepreneurs so that their projects can succeed. The firm has 58 investment professionals spread across five offices in Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Nantes and Frankfurt.

For more information, visit www.naxicap.fr/en

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The Specialist Group to be sold to Oaktree and TSG Management

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The Specialist Group (“TSG”), Parcom and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”) today announced that TSG founder Francois Claeijs and Parcom have reached an agreement to sell their stake in TSG to Oaktree and TSG management.

Headquartered in Moerdijk, Netherlands, TSG is a leading staffing provider of technical engineering specialists for attractive, structurally growing end markets such as power, chemicals, infrastructure, renewables and life sciences. TSG also serves as a key partner to its clients and asset owners, supporting them on their energy transition agenda, a segment underpinned by persistent tailwinds. Parcom acquired STAR Group, TSG’s flagship label, in 2011, and has supported the company’s expansion strategy through the acquisitions of Sentijn in 2018 and Or-Quest in 2020.

The proposed transaction will support TSG as it accelerates its next phase of growth. As an Oaktree portfolio company, TSG will benefit from Oaktree’s expertise in energy transition and from the exposure to the wider portfolio of Brookfield, one of the world’s largest infrastructure and renewable asset owners and developers.

Sil Hoeve, Chief Executive Officer at The Specialist Group: “In Oaktree we found a partner that can help us accelerate our strategy, adding scale, diversification and complementary offerings to the existing platform of TSG. We are grateful for the support and opportunities that Parcom has provided to TSG over the past years and we look forward to working with Francesco and the Oaktree team in the years to come. ”

Anouar Noudari, Board Member at The Specialist Group: “Throughout our ownership period, TSG has been on a steady growth trajectory. Sil and the TSG team have done an outstanding job leading the transition from a world class niche staffing business in the Oil & Gas industry to a highly scalable, multi brand specialist staffing platform for engineers driving the energy transition.”

Francesco Giuliani, Managing Director in Oaktree’s Power Opportunities Group: “Building on TSG’s established platform and track-record of successful acquisitions, we see a clear path to take TSG to the next phase of growth both organically and through additional acquisitions with a focus on energy transition. Working closely with Sil and the broader team, our goal is to create a European leader in white collar technical engineering recruitment services with a focus on enabling the energy transition for key companies across various target industries.”

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in Q3 2022.

About The Specialist Group
Group is a platform that deploys technical specialists on a secondment and project basis. TSG serves >350 clients across technical end-markets such as power, chemicals, infrastructure, renewables and life sciences with a focus on enabling the energy transition. The Company operates via five labels (STAR Group, Sentijn, Or-Quest, Fellow and ECC Solutions) and provides regional coverage across the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, focussing on both young professionals and experienced candidates. More information: https://www.thespecialistgroup.com/.

About Oaktree
among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with $164 billion in assets under management as of 31 March 2022. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. The firm has over 1,000 employees and offices in 20 cities worldwide. More information: http://www.oaktreecapital.com/.

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Bain Capital Completes Acquisition of VXI Global Solutions

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BOSTON and HONG KONG, May 25, 2022 – Bain Capital Private Equity (“Bain Capital”), a leading global, value-added investor, announced that it has completed its acquisition of VXI Global Solutions, a leading provider of Business Process Outsourcing (“BPO”) services to businesses around the world, from The Carlyle Group. Financial terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.

Bain Capital Completes Acquisition of VXI Global Solutions

Founded in Los Angeles in 1998, VXI Global Solutions provides innovative contact center and BPO services, omnichannel and multilingual support, software development, customer experience innovation, quality assurance and infrastructure outsourcing. VXI has more than 35,000 employees operating in 42 locations in North America, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean and plays a key role in partnering with multinational businesses as they expand their reach around the world.

Bain Capital previously invested in VXI from 2012 – 2016. During this period, VXI further penetrated the Chinese and Central American markets. Also fueling the company’s growth was the acquisition of Symbio, a leading IT outsourcing provider, which expanded VXI’s global services offering and enhanced its competitive position in China.
David Zhou, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of VXI, said: “On behalf of my Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Eva Wang and the entire VXI team, I’m extremely grateful for the close and strategic relationship we’ve fostered with The Carlyle Group over the last five years. Their continued support and confidence allowed us to grow into the leading global Customer Experience (CX) firm we are today. Reuniting once again with Bain Capital will accelerate our obsessive pursuit of creating legendary and transformational experiences for our employees, our clients and their customers as we enter the next chapter of CX and CX Advisory services. We couldn’t have a better partner than Bain Capital as we continue to disrupt the CX space by enabling challenging perspectives, developing innovative tools and investing deeply in people to unlock the art of the possible.”

Jonathan Zhu, a Managing Director at Bain Capital Private Equity, said: “This investment is testament to Bain Capital’s advantage in founder partnership deals and the result of more than 10 years of relationship building. Over the past three years, VXI has demonstrated robust organic growth, and we are confident in David and his team’s ability to accelerate this trajectory.“

BofA Securities served as the exclusive financial advisor to Bain Capital Private Equity.

About Bain Capital Private Equity

Bain Capital Private Equity has partnered closely with management teams to provide the strategic resources that build great companies and help them thrive since its founding in 1984. Bain Capital Private Equity’s global team of more than 250 investment professionals creates value for its portfolio companies through its global platform and depth of expertise in key vertical industries including healthcare, consumer/retail, financial and business services, industrials, and technology, media and telecommunications. Bain Capital has 23 offices on four continents. The firm has made primary or add-on investments in more than 1,000 companies since its inception. In addition to private equity, Bain Capital invests across asset classes including credit, public equity, venture capital and real estate, managing approximately $160 billion in total and leveraging the firm’s shared platform to capture opportunities in strategic areas of focus.

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