Deal origination for firms doing majority-owned leveraged buy-outs or recapitalizations has its specificity to which our team has adjusted. We proceed in three steps with regard to sourcing platform investments:

• We work upstream in order to identify proprietary situations, thus avoiding auction situations.
• We develop an in-depth understanding of the particular industry in which the investment opportunity operates and of the existing strategies to add value to the investment.
• Most importantly we satisfy ourselves that there is a strong management team (or the availability of one) to carry out these strategies.

CANEC focuses in France and in Canada on those sectors for which these two countries offer competitive advantages.

We seek companies with an enterprise value in the US $30 to 300 million range, double the size of our range in M&A advisory services.

CANEC also reviews regularly the portfolio of its private equity clients in order to provide them with M&A services for transatlantic build-ups or exits: in this regard, we are particularly efficient in sourcing build-up or exit opportunities in our industries of focus such as automotive, plastics, packaging, food, medical or fluid handling, and in other manufacturing sectors where a global presence is a requirement (for more information, please refer to the section Operating Companies of this web site).