• Atlético de Madrid’s main shareholders have agreed to sell a majority stake to Apollo Sports Capital, Apollo Global Management, Inc.’s dedicated sports investment platform. CEO Miguel Ángel Gil and President Enrique Cerezo remain significant shareholders and retain management control, ensuring continuity.
• Finsolutia, a tech-enabled credit and real estate servicer backed by Pollen Street Capital, has signed binding agreements to acquire Hipoges, a Southern European real estate and loan management platform previously backed by KKR.
• MAYRIT Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in González Hermanos Grupo Alimentario, parent of Spanish cooked and cured meats producer Embutidos Carchelejo, for an undisclosed amount. Based in Carchelejo (Jaén) and founded over 50 years ago, Embutidos Carchelejo offers more than 30 SKUs, including pork, turkey and Halal-certified products, and generated EUR 21.7m of revenue in 2024.
• Grupo Tekpolio, a Basque family office, has acquired Astucrian company CRISTAL NORTE SL. Cristal Norte is a leading glass specialist in northern Spain, focused on aesthetic solutions such as railings, sliding doors and terrace enclosures, and generated €10m revenue and €2m EBITDA in 2023.
• Safe Life, the leading Automated External Defibrillator distribution and services platform has completed four bolt-on acquisitions in Spain, France and the US. The acquired businesses specialise in sales, rental and maintenance of defibrillators, adding around SEK 250m of annual revenue, equivalent to roughly 10% of Safe Life’s current pro forma turnover.
• Grupo Lusiaves, the Portuguese poultry group, has acquired 100% of Spanish food distributor Avícola Segoviana via its recently acquired Spanish subsidiary Grupo Oblanca. The Madrid-based company, with around 40 years of activity, employs more than 60 people and generates annual revenues of about EUR 9.5m.
• RMS – Your Best Partner, a leading European producer and distributor of accessories and spare parts for bicycles, motorcycles and scooters, has acquired 100% of Spanish motorcycle-seat manufacturer Manufacturas GES S.A. from the founding families.
• ILUNION has acquired Innovación Global de Seguridad S.A (Ingloba). The transaction expands its advanced security services portfolio and strengthens technological capabilities, particularly at its Prometeo centre, which integrates alarm monitoring, security operations, video surveillance and intelligence.
