Houlihan Lokey Advises BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that funds advised by BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital (BU) have agreed to acquire a majority stake in A. Eberle GmbH & Co. KG (A. Eberle), a leading provider of measurement, control, and regulation technology for applications in the field of electrical energy infrastructure. The transaction is expected to be completed in Q2 2026, pending regulatory approval. The financial terms were not disclosed.

BU is a leading investment firm with offices in Zug, Munich, Amsterdam, Milan, and London. With more than €7 billion in assets under management, BU is the largest mid-cap investor headquartered in the DACH region. The funds advised by BU focus on investments in medium-sized companies in the DACH region and neighbouring economies. With the mission to be the partner of choice for entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses, BU seeks to partner with market leaders and “hidden champions” with strong management teams and breakout potential. Since its founding in 2015, the funds advised by BU have invested in more than 160 companies, thereby creating more than 11,000 jobs for a total of nearly 32,000 employees. As a strategic partner, BU helps entrepreneurs and families develop, internationalise, and digitise their businesses, while generating sustainable value on a responsible basis with the next generation in mind.

A. Eberle was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Nuremberg. The company is a leading provider of measurement and control technology for energy supply networks and develops specialised hardware and software solutions for monitoring, controlling, and optimising grid quality. The portfolio includes solutions in the areas of voltage regulation, earth-fault regulation and compensation, and power quality monitoring, and makes a significant contribution to the stability, efficiency, and integration of renewable energies into power grids. Customers primarily include transmission and distribution system operators as well as medium-sized and large industrial companies, predominantly in Europe. A.Eberle is characterised by high technical expertise, strong engineering capabilities, and customer-specific solutions and is an established partner with an international presence.

The market for grid technology benefits from structural growth drivers such as the expansion and digitalisation of power grids, the increasing integration of renewable energies, and rising electricity demand, among others, driven by electromobility and data centres. In this environment, A.Eberle is very well positioned as an innovative technology provider with long-standing customer relationships.

BU will support A. Eberle as a long-term partner in accelerating international growth, further advancing product development, and continuing to expand the company’s position as a technologically leading provider in the field of grid stability and power quality. As part of the transaction, the management team of A. Eberle will reinvest in the company and, together with BU, drive the long-term growth strategy.

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial buyside advisor to BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital.

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