Crescent European Specialty Lending Announces Unitranche Financing For Bluewater’S Acquisition Of Imserv
Sep 16, 2021•about 4 years ago
Acquiring Company
Crescent Lending LLC
Acquired Company
IMServ
Description
Crescent Capital Group LP, a leading alternative credit investment firm, announced today that its European Specialty Lending strategy has provided unitranche financing to support the acquisition of IMServ, a pioneer of metering and data services for the electricity, gas and water sectors in the U.K., by Bluewater, the specialist international private equity firm focused on the middle market energy sector. Crescent has also provided a committed acquisition facility for IMServ to further accelerate growth through strategic M&A. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
FundzWatch™ Score
63
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