Category: M&A

The deal is scheduled to complete between early December this year and early January 2022. Stock Spirits has a portfolio of more than 70 brands across a range of spirits in Europe Alamy Stock Spirits has added its name to the growing list of private equity-backed takeovers of UK companies after CVC Capital Partners-affiliated funds […]

Private equity firm KKR has agreed to buy a minority stake in French software and computing services company Cegid in a deal that the companies said gives Cegid an enterprise value of $6.7billion. Investment firm Silver Lake will remain Cegid’s majority shareholder. Cegid, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Lyon, registered turnover of €498m in […]

  Vectura Group, a British pharmaceutical company focused on inhaled medicines, garnered a $1.36bn  takeover by global investment firm The Carlyle Group. Shareholders will receive 136 pence in cash plus a dividend of 19 pence for each share under the terms of the offer, representing a 32% premium on the ex-dividend closing price of the […]

InvestCloud, a specialist in cloud-based financial digital solutions, has acquired Vista-backed Advicent, a cash flow, trust and tax financial planning provider. Advicent, a Vista Equity Partners portfolio company, provides financial planning technology for over 140,000 financial professionals across nearly 3,000 firms worldwide. Through its NaviPlan platform, Advicent creates scalable financial planning software through industry-leading APIs […]

Carlyle Group has agreed to buy a majority stake in life sciences company Unchained Labs for $435 million, the private equity firm disclosed . The move underscores growing private equity interest in life sciences businesses, including biopharmaceutical companies and contract research organisations, that support drug development. Founded in 2015, Unchained Labs provides laboratory tools used […]