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SCANDINAVIA - PRIVATE EQUITY HOUSE OF THE YEAR, PROCURITAS PARTNERS AB Procuritas Procuritas is a private equity house specialized in initiating, structuring and financing management buyouts in Scandinavia. The company was founded in 1986 and it has remained true to the mid-market segment, active ownership and a strategy of creating value in all stages of an investment. With its long history, Procuritas has gained experience from a large variety of transactions under widely varying market conditions. Since inception, Procuritas has successfully invested in 32 Nordic companies in a broad range of industries - the current portfolio consists of 11 companies. Procuritas investment team consists of individuals complementary backgrounds (industrial, financial and consulting) from top-tier global firms and with +60 years of industrial experience. In addition to the investment team, Procuritas has over the years developed
an advisory network with +100 senior executives with backgrounds across most industries. The advisory network is typically heavily involved in the transaction phase and sometimes also appointed to the board. The key investment focus lies on pro-active and proprietary sourcing where Procuritas has specialized – more than 50% of the companies screened and acquired come from proprietary sources. The acquisition candidates are typically niche market leaders with potentially for accelerated growth and operational improvements. Procuritas has demonstrated a very strong track record of investing throughout business cycles, delivering one of the highest returns in the European PE market (according to Preqin) from the past four funds. The company has received several awards for its outstanding performance and track record.
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FINLAND - CORPORATE FINANCE ADVISORY FIRM OF THE YEAR - PROMAN OY ProMan Oy, founded in 1988, is a Finnish partner owned company focusing on implementing M&A transactions. ProMan is also one of the oldest and one of the leading M&A advisors focusing on mid-market transactions in Finland. In 2012 the company made most transactions of all the M&A advisors in Finland. ProMan’s core competence is in the management and implementation of the M&A transaction process in Finnish and international sell and buy mandates of companies. With the negotiation and implementation experience of over 120 transactions the firm can assure the best results for its clients. The firm’s client base consists of owners of companies, entrepreneurs, owner families and midsized stock exchange companies and international companies, who wants to acquire a platform for their business in Finland. ProMan serves both Finnish and international companies. In every fourth of ProMan’s transactions there has been a foreign buyer or seller. The head office of ProMan is in Helsinki with a regional office in Salo. In addition to the firm’s seven full time M&A specialists, the firm also has experienced advisory
board members and globally 500 IMAP partners and their resources and experience to fall back upon. Mr. Wikholm commented on the trends he has observed within the M&A industry: “Nowadays, even in midmarket transactions there are more and more cross border deals. That is why ProMan has been a member of IMAP since 2002, with over 45 partner companies in more than 30 countries. The partnership in IMAP enables us to find potential foreign buyers to Finnish companies and to offer foreign companies for sale by our partners to Finnish companies. As evidence of the successful Nordic IMAP cooperation that we have, together with our Nordic IMAP colleagues, we made the most transactions of all the Nordic M&A advisors in five consecutive years from 2007 to 2011.” ProMan Oy continues to offer independent advisory services in implementing M&A transactions. Being independent from the finance providers guarantees an objective advisory service and the membership in the efficient IMAP network enables finding globally foreign buyers and sellers for its customers.
Lars Wikholm Managing Director, Partner ProMan Oy Korkeavuorenkatu 30 A, 3 .Floor 00130 Helsinki, Finland T +358 (0)9 6120 2610 E lars.wikholm@proman.fi www.proman.fi
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