About CVC Capital Partners Ltd.
CVC Capital Partners plc is a global private markets investment firm operating across seven complementary strategies: Europe/Americas private equity, Asia private equity, Strategic Opportunities, Growth, Catalyst, Secondaries, and Credit, alongside an infrastructure platform. The firm targets companies across building and construction, business services, chemicals, consumer and retail, energy and utilities, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, sports, media and entertainment, technology, and transport and infrastructure sectors, with transaction sizes ranging from €200 million to over €10 billion depending on strategy; its Strategic Opportunities strategy targets enterprise values of €1 billion to over €5 billion with longer six-to-fifteen-year holding periods, while its Growth and Catalyst strategies pursue smaller equity investments starting around €50 million to €75 million. Transaction types include leveraged and management buyouts, growth equity investments, structured minority and co-control transactions, secondaries (including strip sales and spinouts), infrastructure investments, and credit financings spanning senior secured loans, direct lending, and private credit, with the Europe/Americas strategy generally pursuing control or co-control positions and other strategies applying more flexible ownership structures. CVC applies a locally rooted, globally resourced investment approach across its network of approximately 29 to 30 offices, integrating sustainability frameworks throughout its investment process and serving institutional investors including pension funds. The firm manages assets under management of approximately €135 billion to €205 billion and listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange in April 2024. Founded in 1981 (originating as Citicorp Venture Capital before its 1993 spinoff to form an independent firm), the firm is headquartered in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, with additional offices across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, including London, New York, and Hong Kong.