Doughty Hanson has established a strong track record over more than 20 years of buying and developing market leading businesses in Europe. Since 1986, we have assisted many household name companies successfully transition from family businesses to international organisations with world class, professional management teams. Through our network of offices, we have developed close relationships with the owners of and advisers to family businesses and industrial companies across Europe.

Our particular focus is on mid-market businesses, with an enterprise value at the time of acquisition typically in the range €250 million to €1 billion. Many of the companies we have acquired are now listed on major international stock exchanges; others have been sold to become divisions of larger global companies.