YFM Equity Partners win deal of the year

YFM Equity Partners have won the ‘Deal of the Year’ Award at Insider Sheffield Dealmakers Awards for their exit of President Engineering Group to US-based Parker Hannefin Corporation.
The deal was an exit for management and private equity investor YFM Equity Partners to £9bn turnover US group Parker Hannifin. The company was sold for £37m, with part of the business achieving a multiple of 20 times for its market-leading cryogenic valves. Advisers were KPMG, DLA Piper, YFM Equity Partners and Eversheds.