Blackstone on various transactions, including:
- the $4.73 billion recommended take private of Signature Aviation, the world’s largest fixed base operation network for business & general aviation travellers
- the debt financing into Dream Games
- the acquisition of a majority stake in VFS Global, a global leader in visa outsourcing services
- its strategic partnership with Winthrop Technologies
- on its acquisition of the business and assets of Murka
Brookfield:
- and Altera Infrastructure on the sale of Altera Shuttle Tankers to the Angelicoussis Group
- on the acquisition of Everise
Advent International:
- on its investment in the Hermes Group businesses in the UK and Germany
- and its portfolio company V.Group, a leading marine services provider, on V.Group's successful debt and equity restructuring
ABRY Partners:
- on investment in the $350 million capital raise by ERS Insurance
- on acquisition of Options Technology from Bregal Sagemount and subsequent acquisition of Fixnetix from DTC Technology Company
TDR Capital:
- on the c. £563 million recommended offer for Arrow Global Group plc
- and I Squared on the £2.322 billion recommended cash acquisition of Aggreko
- and its portfolio company, Stonegate Pub Company, on the £1.27 billion recommended cash offer for Ei Group
GIC:
- on its $3.9 billion additional joint ventures with Equinix to expand the xScale™ data centre programme
- on its joint venture with Melcombe Partners to acquire and develop urban logistics properties in Europe
Apollo on the acquisition of a stake in bp Pipelines TAP
Antin Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of Wildstone
Apex Group on the acquisition of Pacific Fund Systems
CPPIB on its minority investments in Visma
Francisco Partners on its capital raise and minority stake sale in the EG Group
Hudson Pacific Properties, alongside Blackstone, on the plan to create a major new centre for film, TV and digital production in the UK
Oakley Capital on the sale of WebPros to CVC
Trintech on the acquisition of Fiserv’s reconciliation business