Blackstone:
- on the acquisition of a majority stake in VFS Global, a global leader in visa outsourcing services
- 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
Crystal Almond Holdings Limited on the sale of Greek telecoms operator Wind Hellas to United Group
NortonLifeLock on its c. $25 billion combination with Avast
Pamplona Capital Management:
- on the acquisition of Pelsis, a global manufacturer and distributor of pest control products
- on the acquisition of Signature Foods, a chilled food company, from IK Investment Partners
- on the financing of its acquisition of Loparex
- on the sale of Partner in Pet Food
- on the €315 million acquisition of Partner in Pet Food
Thoma Bravo:
- on the strategic investment in Condeco
- on the £3.1 billion recommended cash offer for Sophos
SK Capital:
- on the formation of a consortium with Heubach Group and the subsequent acquisition of Clariant's Pigments business
- on its agreement to acquire Ipackchem
- on its further investment in, and the $1.03bn senior secured and second lien refinancing of Archroma
E2Open on the $1.7 billion acquisition of BluJay Solutions, a leading international cloud-based, logistics execution platform
Cineworld Group PLC in obtaining $450 million in additional financing, providing liquidity in response to the impact of COVID-19 on the company and the cinema industry
The Ardonagh Group, majority owned by Madison Dearborn Partners and HPS Investment Partners, in connection with the largest-ever unitranche financing transaction globally
Madison Dearborn on the acquisition of Arachas Corporate Brokers, a commercial insurance brokerage based in Ireland
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners:
- on the acquisition of SK Aerosafety Group
- and its portfolio company, Law Business Research, on the acquisition of Globe Business Media Group
Partners Group:
- on the financing of its acquisition of process and conveyor belt businesses Ammeraal Beltech and Megadyne
- on the financing aspects of their acquisition of German energy services provider Techem from Macquarie
- on the acquisition of Civica
- and PSP’s acquisition of Cerba HealthCare
EG Group (Euro Garage), a portfolio company of TDR Capital:
- on the financing aspects of their acquisitions of Woolworths Group’s petrol division in Australia
- on the financings for the acquisitions of Cumberland Farms, Woolworth’s Group petrol division in Australia, 762 forecourt convenience sites in the U.S. from The Kroger Group and Esso Deutschland GmbH (1000 Esso Service Stations in Germany) from Exxon Mobil Corporation
Apax on the acquisition of a majority stake in matchesfashion.com
Goldman Sachs, Park Square and NGA Human Resources on the sale of NGA’s UK mid-market and small and medium business divisions
Advent International’s €2.1 billion refinancing of Oberthur Technologies and acquisition of Morpho
CapVest/IBA Molecular on the carve-out acquisition from Mallinckrodt Plc of its global nuclear imaging radiopharmaceuticals division
Mydentist’s offering of £425 million of senior secured bonds and private placement of £130 million of second lien bonds
Park Square and PIA’s restructuring and acquisition of Northgate
Travelodge’s £390m senior secured notes bond refinancing and subsequent notes issuances
Sycamore Partners’ acquisition of EMP Merchandising
Labco’s offering of €100 million 8 1/2% Senior Secured Notes due 2018
Greenbriar Equity Group’s acquisition of World Freight Company
Vitruvian Partners’ acquisitions of Fotona Group, EasyPark, CRF Health, Accountor, Unifaun and CFC Underwriting, and Vitruvian’s refinancing of Benify
