FranceEstablished 1985
Advent International has been investing in France since 1987 and opened its Paris office in 1997. Our local team has worked on over 25 investments in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland across a variety of sectors and deal types. We also support companies in our global portfolio in making acquisitions in France; a recent example is the purchase of French perfumery chain Nocibé by Douglas Holdings. We focus on buyouts and growth equity investments in Advent’s five core sectors: business and financial services, healthcare, industrial, retail, consumer and leisure, and technology.

Parfums de Marly & INITIO
France
Parfums de Marly & INITIO are leading luxury fragrance brands

Zentiva
Czech Republic
A leading European generics pharmaceutical company, offering generic medicines across all key therapeutic areas

Circet Groupe
France
France's leading telecommunications infrastructure services provider

Experienced team
Advent has one of the world's largest and most experienced private equity teams, with more than 170 investment professionals across four continents.
On average, our managing partners and managing directors have over 18 years of international investment experience.
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