3TS Capital Partners Acquires Minority Share of Centrul Medical Unirea

In the largest transaction involving a Romanian health care provider, 3TS Capital Partners, the Central European adviser to London-based 3i Plc, has acquired a significant minority stake in Centrul Medical Unirea. The full details of the transaction have not been announced.

Centrul Medical Unirea (www.cmu.ro)
A German cardiologist, Dr. Wargha Enayati, established a small private clinic in Bucharest on November 30, 1995. This clinic grew into Centrul Medical Unirea (CMU) by 1999. The company now operates other clinics and operations across Romania. During the past few years, it has seen the construction of CMU Enescu, CMU Opera Center, CMU Women’s Clinic, CMU Surgery Hospital, CMU & Elia Maternity, CMU Iride and the CMU Polyclinics. The company has over 35,000 subscribers.

3TS Capital Partners (www.3tscapital.com)
Private Equity House 3TS Capital Partners focuses on Central and Eastern European investments. It advises the EUR 66 million TCEE Fund as well as the EUR 100 million 3TS Central European Fund II and the 3TS Cisco Growth Fund.

The focus of the company is to provide private equity and management support to companies in new European Union member countries, specializing in the telecommunications, technology, media, marketing and energy markets. The firm operates from offices in Bucharest, Budapest, Prague, Vienna and Warsaw.

Investors in the Funds include 3i, Sitra, EBRD and KfW among others.