PPPs have facilitated a growing international presence of European and other global PPP companies in the UK construction sector (mainly by acquiring mid-sized UK construction companies). For example, ten construction companies were involved in 34 equity transactions in 89 PPP projects between 2001-2012 - see Table 15.
Table 15: Sale of UK PPP equity by EU/global construction companies
| Company | No of transactions | No of PPP projects |
| Lend Lease (Australia) | 7 | 31 |
| BAM (Netherlands) | 3 | 12 |
| Kajima (Japan) | 5 | 10 |
| Bouygues (France) | 3 | 5 |
| Bilfinger Berger (Germany) | 3 | 12 |
| Skanska (Sweden) | 3 | 3 |
| Macquarie (Australia) | 2 | 2 |
| Societe Generale (France) | 2 | 2 |
| Impregilo (Italy) | 2 | 2 |
| Bechtel (USA) | 1 | 3 |
| Hochtief (Germany) | 1 | 5 |
| Vinci (France) | 2 | 2 |
Source: European Services Strategy Unit PPP Equity Database 2012