sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message bc partners type private limited company industry private equity predecessor baring capital investors founded 1986 founder otto van der wyck headquarters london global new york city milan paris hamburg key people raymond svider new york francesco loredan europe products private equity funds leveraged buyout total assets 17 billion usd 1 number of employees 50 website www.bcpartners.com bc partners is a private equity firm specialising in buyouts and acquisitions financing in europe and the united states . the firm invests across all industries . bc partners was founded in 1986 and is based in london with additional offices in paris ; new york city ; milan and hamburg . 2 the firm competes for buyouts and investment opportunities with other large cap private equity firms including blackstone group cvc capital partners advent international and the carlyle group . 3 4 the firm raised its eighth fund in 2005 which at the time made it the largest european buyout fund . raised in less than five months the fund was heavily oversubscribed . investors in previous funds supplied 90 % of the capital . 5 bc partners is majority shareholder of intelsat the global satellite services provider valued at 16.6 billion usd in its leveraged buyout in 2007 one of the largest private equity buyouts of all time . in 2008 bc partners replaced intelsat s chairman with raymond svider bc s new york based co chairman . 6 contents 1 history 2 significant transactions 3 references 4 external links history edit the firm originally founded in 1986 as baring capital investors ltd. by otto van der wyck who was also a co founder of cvc capital partners . originally bc was formed by barings to advise funds providing development capital in particular for management buyouts . the principals of baring capital investors completed a spinout of what would become bc partners following the collapse of barings in 1995 . 7 van der wyck left the firm in 2001 and has held senior roles with firms including coller capital climate change capital and alpinvest partners . bc is currently investing from its 9th private equity fund . raised announced fund vintage year fund size usd bc partners ix 2012 8.6 billion 8 bc partners viii 2005 8.4 billion bc partners vii 2001 5.4 billion bc partners vi 1997 1.1 billion bc partners v 1994 1.1 billion in june 2013 bc partners agreed to buy german publisher springer science business media for about 3.3 billion euros . 9 bc partners revealed in january 2015 that it would sell its 40.25 percent stake in its supermarket chain migros to the turkish conglomerate anadolu endustri holding as for around 2.74 billion . 10 significant transactions edit washington d.c. headquarters of bc partners owned satellite operator intelsat one of bc partners owned migros t rk retail stores . the company is turkey s leading supermarket chain . bc partners portfolio includes 17 companies with aggregate sales revenue of us 35 billion 28 billion . bc partners can commit over 2.75 billion 2.0 billion of equity to any single transaction . the firm s most successful and profitable realised investments include general healthcare leading acute care hospital provider and independent provider of psychiatric care c & c group plc leading seller of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages galbani market leading cheese company and phones 4u leading mobile phone provider in the uk until its bankruptcy in september 2014 year company name description of bc partners transaction 11 2014 petsmart 8.7 billion acquisition of pet services and products vendor 12 2012 sullair milton roy sundyne 3.4 billion lbo of industrial business engaged in the design manufacture and supply of specialist pumps and compressors 13 2012 suddenlink 6.5 billion lbo of 7th largest cable communications system operator in the us ; 14 sale of 70 % interest in suddenlink held by bc and canada pension plan investment board for 9.1 bn announced in may 2015 15 2011 phones 4u bought for 700 million ; entered into administration on 15 september 2014 16 17 2011 com hem largest lbo in europe in 2011 2010 multiplan 3.1 billion lbo of leading provider of health care cost management services 2009 office depot leading global provider of office products and services 2008 migros t rk turkey s leading supermarket chain 2008 intelsat 16.6 billion acquisition of world s leading fixed satellite service provider 2007 foxtons uk estate agency bought at the top of the property market in may 2007 for 370 million 18 in december 2009 bc partners lost control of foxtons less than three years after buying it after creditors reorganized the real estate broker s debt . 19 2006 brenntag second largest lbo in germany to date 2006 regency entertainment largest public to private lbo in greece to date 2005 amadeus it group largest lbo in spain to date 2004 picard largest lbo in france that year 2003 seat pg largest lbo in europe at the time 2002 hirslanden largest lbo in switzerland that year 2001 sanitec largest public to private lbo in finland to date 2000 mark iv largest lbo in the usa by a european sponsor at the time references edit prnewswire home bc partners . blackstone bc partners cvc mull bids for kabel deutschland . retrieved 2010 01 27 . pe hub reuters cvc capital bc partners ready bid for elior . pe hub . bc partners ramping up for next fundraising . intelsat chairman resigns ; succeeded by bc partners exec . bn . retrieved 2008 05 03 . partners share bc success . efinancialnews november 9 1998 bc partners raises 8.6 billion fund ny times dealbook alexander huebner ; claire ruckin ; ludwig burger ; christoph steitz 19 june 2013 . bc partners to buy springer science for 3.3 billion euros . reuters . bc partners to sell half of its stake in migros to turkey s anadolu . reuters 31 december 2014 bc partners current investments bc partners to acquire petsmart for 8.7 billion press release . reuters . 14 december 2014 . pe hub bc partners carlyle complete hamilton sundstrand deal . pe hub . group led by bc partners to buy u.s. cable operator for 6.6 billion scott mark and emily steel altice s deal to buy suddenlink may be prelude to pursuit of time warner cable new york times may 20 2015 . retrieved 2015 05 21 . retailer phones 4u forced into administration . sky news . phones4u closure . evernote . blackhurst chris 15 september 2012 . what foxtons founder jon hunt did next ... . evening standard . hunt ... sold the estate agencies chain for 370 million just weeks before the credit crunch hit and the property market slumped ... his timing was brilliant . foxtons taken over by banks . the daily telegraph . london . 2010 01 08 . retrieved 14 june 2015 . external links edit official website bc partners to start raising 8.4 billion this year v t e largest private equity investment firms 3i group aac capital partners advent international alpinvest partners american capital apax partners apollo global management ares management bain capital bc partners berkshire partners the blackstone group bridgepoint capital candover the carlyle group ccmp capital cerberus capital management charterhouse capital partners cinven clayton dubilier & rice cvc capital partners doughty hanson & co encap investments eqt partners first reserve corporation fortress investment group general atlantic goldman sachs capital partners gtcr hellman & friedman h.i.g. capital jrk property holdings kkr trilantic capital partners leonard green & partners madison dearborn partners nordic capital oak investment partners oaktree capital management onex teachers private capital pacific equity partners pai partners permira providence equity partners sentinel capital partners silver lake partners summit partners sun capital partners ta associates terra firma capital partners thomas h. lee partners tpg capital warburg pincus welsh carson anderson & stowe private equity private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged buyout history history of private equity and venture capital early history of private equity private equity in the 1980s private equity in the 1990s private equity in the 2000s investors angel investor corporate venture capital commercial bank crowdfunding institutional investor insurance company investment bank endowment family office fund of funds high net worth individual merchant bank pension fund sovereign wealth fund private equity firms venture capital firms portfolio companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bc partners & oldid 727113139 categories private equity firms of the united kingdomcompanies established in 19861986 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from may 2012all articles lacking reliable referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 26 june 2016 at 19 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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