CFI advised GPF Capital on its acquisition of Grupo Malasa

Madrid – CFI is pleased to announce it acted as the exclusive corporate finance advisor to Spanish mid-market private equity firm GPF Capital (‘GPF’) on its acquisition of Grupo Malasa from its founding family.

Headquartered in La Coruña and with over 50,000m2 of production and logistics facilities, Grupo Malasa designs, manufactures and installs furniture for shops, hotels and restaurants. One of the company’s clients is retail giant Inditex, owner of Zara, which is also headquartered in the La Coruña province. Grupo Malasa is capable of assembling its products anywhere in the world in just 20 days and has already exported to over 60 countries in five continents. in 2017, Grupo Malasa completed more than 900 projects, generating revenues of over €80m.

GPF is a Spanish mid-market private equity firm. The transaction with Grupo Malasa is the tenth deal completed by GPF since the firm was founded in 2015. It shortly follows another transaction CFI advised on: GPF’s acquisition of a majority stake in the automotive retail chain Tiendas Aurgi in 2017. Other current investments include leisure conglomerate Pachá, logistics and transport company Vicarli, and catering business group La Flauta.

The transaction was closed on 20 Fabruary 2018.