Starwood Capital Group on its strategic investment in Echelon Data Centres
Trive Capital Partners on the recommended cash offer for Ten Entertainment Group
QuadReal on its investment in, and joint venture with, Precede Capital Partners
EQT led consortium on the £4.5 billion recommended cash offer of Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC
Coller Capital on the strategic minority investment from Hunter Point Capital
K1 Investment Management on the UK aspects of the take-private of Australia-based Elmo Software for AUD$500 million
Oaktree on the $150 million strategic partnership with Draslovka
TPG Real Estate on its strategic joint venture with Gatehouse Bank
Smarsh Inc. on the $375 million acquisition of Digital Safe from Micro Focus
Blackstone and the consortium consisting of Scape Living and iQSA on the £969 million recommended cash offer for GCP Student Living plc
Blackstone on the c. £1.2 billion recommended cash offer for St Modwen Properties plc
TDR Capital on the c. £563 million recommended offer for Arrow Global Group plc
Blackstone and Brown Bidco Limited on the $4.73 billion recommended take private of Signature Aviation, the world’s largest fixed base operation network for business & general aviation travellers
MRI Software on the recommended cash acquisition of Castleton Technology PLC
Tokio Marine HCC on its acquisition of GCube
Blackstone on the £4.66 billion acquisition of iQ Student Accommodation
TDR Capital and its portfolio company, Stonegate Pub Company, on the £1.27 billion recommended cash offer for Ei Group
TPG on its c. €300 million acquisition of Spanish Real Estate Investment Trust, Témpore Properties
TPG on the joint venture acquisition with Round Hill Capital of a student and residential housing platform in Lisbon, Portugal
Blackstone on the recommended £4.77 billion cash offer for Merlin Entertainments, a global leader in location-based, family entertainment
Summit Partners on the sale of approximately 52.5 million shares in cyber security company Avast plc
Rowan Companies plc in its $12 billion combination with Ensco plc in an all-stock transaction
Acciona Energia on the UK law aspects of the EUR962m acquisition of its assets by Contour Global
EMR Capital in relation to its consortium arrangements with PT Adaro Energy Tbk and the consortium’s acquisition of Rio Tinto’s 80% interest in the Kestrel coking coal mine for total cash consideration of US$2.25 billion
Blackstone on its successful public takeover bid of Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios SOCIMI SA (Hispania), a Spanish property company listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange, in a deal that values the company at over €3 billion, and the prior stake-building acquisition of 16.56% of Hispania from Soros Fund Management
Blackstone on its €260m recommended cash acquisition of Taliesin Property Fund Limited to be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement, the first acquisition by Blackstone’s newly formed pan-European Core+ unit
Apax Partners and its subsidiary Pentagon Lock on the sale of approximately 51 million shares in cyber security company Sophos Group plc
Bain Capital Private Equity in respect of the initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange of its portfolio company, TI Fluid Systems plc
Accel-KKR on its acquisition of Smart Communications
Summit Partners LLP on its co-investment, alongside Bridgepoint SAS, in Calypso Technology, Inc.
Great Hill Partners on its acquisition of Reward Gateway
HGGC on its sale of Serena Software
S C Johnson & Son Inc. on its acquisition of DEB Group
