BC Partners is a private equity firm specializing in buyouts and acquisitions financing in Europe. The firm invests across all industries. It typically invests in companies based in Western Europe, including global businesses managed from Europe. BC Partners was founded in 1986 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Paris, France; New York City; Milan; Hamburg and Geneva.[1]
BC Partners is majority shareholder of Intelsat. [2].
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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.[3] 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 eighth private equity fund, BC European Capital VIII, which closed in 2005 with €5.9 billion.
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