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    Co-Investment

    Questel

    France

    Technology, Media and Telecom
    Technology, Media and Telecom

    Founded in 1978, Questel is a global leader in intellectual property (IP) software and tech-enabled solutions. Headquartered in Paris and employer of more than 900 FTEs globally, Questel offers a comprehensive suite of software and complementary tech-enabled solutions to cover the needs of corporates’ R&D and legal departments, law firms and universities in terms of IP. The company has also been able to enlarge its product offering, evolving towards a one-stop-shop offer covering the full lifecycle of an IP.

The Ardian team brought a deep sector knowledge, which I think allowed them not only to do a terrific job in that due diligence period, but also meant they could work very efficiently within our deal time frame.

Doug Brody KKR Capital Market

Ardian and Arsenal both want our investments to benefit society and by working together in this case we’ve reduced the time it takes to set up a clinical trial by many months, which means new drugs come to market as quickly and safely as possible.

Steve McLean Partner of Arsenal Capital

During the due diligence phase, we identified Ardian as a future shareholder capable of making a significant contribution to Emera's development. As soon as the transaction closed, we were able to define and launch value-creating initiatives with Naxicap and Ardian, particularly in terms of group structuring, external growth, digital transformation and real estate strategy, in France but also in Spain and other European countries.

Eric Baugas CEO of EMERA