Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (“LLCP”) has acquired NMi
Amsterdam – Corporate Finance International (“CFI”) is pleased to announce that it acted as the exclusive corporate finance advisor to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, LLC (“LLCP”) in its transaction with NMi Certin B.V. (“NMi”). In LLCP, NMi has found a new investor that supports the ambition and growth strategy of the company. First Dutch Innovations B.V. (“FDI”), a joint venture between the internationally renowned research institute TNO Tech Transfer Holding B.V. (“TNO”) and entrepreneur Peter Goedvolk, have sold their shares in NMi.
With its origin in the Dutch government since 1937, NMi (“het Nederlands Meetinstituut”) is the leading independent specialist for legal metrology testing and inspection services in Europe and a trusted brand globally. NMi specializes in type approval & certification, verification & calibration and consultancy services covering a broad range of advice on complex regulations and accreditations. NMi is headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands and has cultivated the industry’s most experienced and knowledgeable workforce. The company will, with the backing of LLCP, further pursue its international growth ambitions.
LLCP, founded in 1984, is a global investment management firm providing investment capital to leading entrepreneurs. The firm has managed approximately $11.0 billion of institutional capital to companies focusing on consumer, healthcare, education and business services.
CFI assisted as its exclusive corporate finance advisor with the process, that ultimately resulted in a successful transaction closed on 20 October 2020.
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Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has acquired NMi, a Netherlands-based independent specialist for legal metrology testing and inspection services in Europe, from First Dutch Innovations, a Dutch valorisation platform
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