Montagu Private Equity

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Montagu is a mid-market private equity firm. Montagu operates in the mid-market, with a specialism in carve-out transactions and other first-time buyout investments. Montagu partners with companies with enterprise values between €200 million and €1 billion and has €10bn assets under management.

Headquartered in London, Montagu also has offices in Paris, Frankfurt, Warsaw and Luxembourg.

History[]

The firm was founded in 1968 as a division of Midland Bank after Midland's acquisition of Montagu Trust, owner of Samuel Montagu & Co..^[1] The business was renamed HSBC Private Equity after HSBC acquired Midland Bank in 1992 and the Montagu name was revived when Montagu's management team acquired 80.1% of Montagu shares from HSBC in 2003.^[2][3] In 2013, the team purchased the remaining 19.9% from HSBC.^[4]

Investments[]

The primary investment focus of Montagu is on management buyouts of performing businesses with enterprise values typically ranging from €200 million to €1 billion.

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