DC Advisory acts as exclusive financial advisor to Ailesbury Services on its sale to Samsic Group

Background

  • Ailesbury Services is a leading provider of cleaning, security, and support services to clients across Ireland in both the private and public sectors
  • Established 35 years ago and headquartered in Dublin, Ailesbury Services has three offices across the country, employs c.750 people and serves c.300 customers across various sectors
  • Founded in 1986 and headquartered in France, Samsic Group is a European provider of facilities management and human resources services. Its extensive service portfolio includes cleaning, security, maintenance, recruitment, and training. The company employs c.136,000 people across 27 countries

Process

  • DC Advisory was engaged by Ailesbury Services to act as the exclusive financial advisor for the complete sale of the business to Samsic Group
  • DC Advisory supported with negotiations of the key commercial terms of the transaction, leveraging its deep sector expertise

Outcome

  • Samsic Group acquired Ailesbury Services in March 2025
  • Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed
  • This transaction further illustrates DC Advisory’s expertise in the Business Services sector

“We were delighted to advise the shareholder of Ailesbury Services on its sale to Samsic. DC Advisory has considerable sell-side business services experience and by utilising this, we were able to identify a buyer and conclude a transaction that fully satisfied our clients objectives.”

Raymond Donegan, Managing Director, DC Advisory
Date
Sectors
  • Business & Tech-Enabled Services
Deal type
  • M&A Advisory
Deal locations
Ireland
France
Deal team
Managing Director, DC Advisory Ireland
Manager, DC Advisory Ireland

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