The move comes four years after its first local acquisition, private healthcare provider Regina Maria.
In all, Mid Europa Partners paid almost EUR00 million for the three companies it now owns in Romania – Regina Maria, retailer Profi and parcel delivery company Urgent Cargus.
The office in Bucharest is run by Turkish executive Berke Biricik, as principal. He has previously run the Istanbul office of Mid Europa Partners, ZF has found.
Mid Europa website does not show the firm having an office in Bucharest yet, only those in London, Budapest, Istanbul and Warsaw. The officials of the buyout investor had not returned ZF’s calls for comment by press time.
Mid Europa Partners has investments in 15 Central and Eastern European countries.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)