Montagu Private Equity

Montagu is a mid-market private equity firm. The primary investment focus of Montagu is on management buyouts of performing businesses with enterprise values typically ranging from €200 million to €1 billion.^[2]

Montagu

Trade name	Montagu Private Equity LLP
Company type	Private
Industry	Private equity
Founded	1968
Headquarters	London Frankfurt Paris Warsaw Luxembourg New York
Products	Leveraged buyout, Management buyout
Total assets	€14 billion[1]
Number of employees	>150
Website	www.montagu.com

History

The firm was founded in 1968 as a division of Midland Bank after Midland's acquisition of Montagu Trust, owner of Samuel Montagu & Co.^[3] The business was renamed HSBC Private Equity after HSBC acquired Midland Bank in 1992 and the Montagu name was revived when Montagu's management team acquired 80.1% of Montagu shares from HSBC in 2003.^[4][5] In 2013, the team purchased the remaining 19.9% from HSBC.^[6]

In September 2016, Montagu acquired Berenberg Bank and Bankhaus Lampe's stakes in Universal Investment, thus gaining control of the German asset management firm.^[7]