About PAI Partners
PAI partners is one of the oldest and most experienced private equity firms in Europe with its origins dating back to Paribas Affaires Industrielles, the historical principal investment activity of Paribas, the pan-European merchant bank which merged with BNP in 1999.
Investments are typically made in companies with the following characteristics:
medium to large size public or private companies, headquartered in Europe, belonging to one of our core industry sectors (Consumer, Retail, Business Services, General Industrials and Healthcare), leadership position in their market, outstanding management team.
PAI partners has offices in Paris, Copenhagen, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich. The Europe-wide team is composed of 50 professionals with diverse backgrounds and sectorial expertise.
PAI partners makes controlling equity investments in Leveraged Buy-Outs (LBO) with transaction values generally between €500 million and several billions euros.
PAI is a long-term investor with a holding period of its investments generally between 4 and 6 years.
