Brussels, 7 April 2025
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of Bridewell Group Holdings Limited (‘Bridewell’) of the UK, by Oakley Sotogrande Luxco S.à r.l. (‘Oakley Capital’) of Luxembourg and Eurazeo Global Investor SAS (‘Eurazeo’) of France.
The transaction relates primarily to IT cybersecurity services.
The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given the companies’ limited combined market position resulting from the proposed transaction. The notified transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.
More information is available on the Commission’s competition website, in the public case register under the case number M.11928.