Antin Infrastructure Partners

Antin Infrastructure Partners is a private equity firm focused on infrastructure investment, with offices in Paris, London and Luxembourg.[1]

Antin Infrastructure Partners
TypePrivate Ownership
IndustryPrivate Equity
Founded2007
Websiteantin-ip.com

History

Antin was founded in Paris in 2007.[2][3] Initially sponsored by BNP Paribas, the firm bought out the bank's 40% stake in 2012. Led by ex-banker Alain Rauscher, in 2014 the firm owned a third of all trains running in the UK.[4] As of September 2018, Antin had 13 partners and over 80 professional staff.[5]

Antin sponsors a research chair in private equity and infrastructure at HEC Paris, which in 2019 was held by Denis Gromb, Professor, Finance Department.[6]

Investments

In September 2014 it was announced that the Israeli conglomerate Delek Group was selling UK motorway services company Roadchef to Antin for £153 million.[7]

Between 2014 and 2015, Antin acquired a 99% stake in Central Area Transmission System, a natural gas transportation and processing system, from BG Group.[8]

In July 2018, Antin announced that it was seeking to raise €5 billion for its fourth fund, having raised €3.6 billion for its third in 2016.[1][9] In April 2019, more than €2.5 billion had been committed.[10]

In September 2018, Antin was reported as having raised €8 billion, and to have invested in 22 companies.[5] In August 2019, Antin was reported by Bloomberg as "exploring" the sale of Eurofiber, a Dutch fiber-optic network owner for about Euro 1.5 billion, having bought the company for Euro 875 million in 2015.[11]

References
  1. Tan, Gillian; Syed, Sarah (24 July 2018). "Antin Infrastructure Is Seeking $5.8 Billion for Its Fourth Fund". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. Mkandawire, Vinjeru (4 May 2019). "Infrastructure giant Antin lining up $1bn sale of pipeline between the North Sea and Teeside". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. "Antin Infrastructure Partners". infrapppworld. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. Chassany, Anne-Sylvaine (9 June 2014). "Antin raises €2bn fund to buy European infrastructure". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  5. Berge, Aslak (3 September 2018). "Antin Infrastructure Partners to acquire Sølvtrans from Oaktree". Salmon Business. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. "Private Equity and Infrastructure Antin IP Research Chairs". HEC Paris. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  7. "Delek Group to sell Britain's Roadchef for $250 million". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. Denina, Clara; Nasralla, Shadia (4 September 2019). "RPT-Antin Infrastructure hires banks to sell UK gas pipeline". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  9. Espinoza, Javier (12 December 2016). "Antin raises €3.6bn fund for European infrastructure assets". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  10. Bentley, Zak (18 April 2019). "Antin halfway to fund IV target with first close". Infrastructure Investor. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  11. Balezou, Myriam; Nair, Dinesh (30 August 2019). "Antin Explores Sale of Dutch Network Owner Eurofiber". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 15 January 2020.


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