Antin Infrastructure Partners


Antin Infrastructure Partners is a private equity firm focused on infrastructure investment, with offices in Paris, London and Luxembourg.

History

Antin was founded in Paris in 2007. Initially sponsored by BNP Paribas, the firm bought out the bank's 40% stake in 2012. Led by ex-banker Alain Rauscher, in 2014 the firm owned a third of all trains running in the UK. As of September 2018, Antin had 13 partners and over 80 professional staff.
Antin sponsors a research chair in private equity and infrastructure at HEC Paris, which in 2019 was held by Denis Gromb, Professor, Finance Department.

Investments

In September 2014 it was announced that the Israeli conglomerate Delek Group was selling UK motorway services company Roadchef to Antin for £153 million.
Between 2014 and 2015, Antin acquired a 99% stake in Central Area Transmission System, a natural gas transportation and processing system, from BG Group.
In July 2018, Antin announced that it was seeking to raise €5 billion for its fourth fund, having raised €3.6 billion for its third in 2016. In April 2019, more than €2.5 billion had been committed.
In September 2018, Antin was reported as having raised €8 billion, and to have invested in 22 companies. In August 2019, Antin was reported by Bloomberg as "exploring" the sale of Eurofiber, a Dutch fiber-optic network owner for about Euro 1.5 billion, having bought the company for Euro 875 million in 2015.