Craig McGlashan

Archimed buys another diagnostics business; EQT names private capital co-heads; HIG Capital in action

HIG Capital has acquired a majority stake in Protos.

Ardian scoops Small-Cap Europe Deal of the Year Award; Tikehau’s Roberto Quagliuolo on Italy’s PE pull

Ardian agreed in July to sell Nutripure to PAI for an EV between €100m and €150m.

Private equity welcomes potential Italian M&A rule change

‘Reducing bureaucratic hurdles in M&A would improve deal certainty and support greater market activity,’ says Roberto Quagliuolo, co-head of Italy at Tikehau Capital.

OEP picks up PE Hub’s Mid-Cap Europe Deal of the Year Award for Walki exit; Italy mulls M&A rule tweak

Walki offers consumer and industrial packaging for food and specialty consumer products, as well as engineered materials.

Permira wins PE Hub’s European Large-Cap Deal of the Year 2024; Verdane drops Team Internet pursuit

Team Internet is a UK-based internet services multinational.

Permira earns PE Hub’s Deal of the Year: Large-Cap Europe for the sale of Alter Domus, with an EV of €4.9bn, to Cinven

As well as entering the US market through M&A, the seven-year hold let Permira cash in on the rapid growth of the alternatives industry.

Bain & Co: Dealmaking has ‘turned the corner,’ despite slow January

The consulting company has just released its Global Private Equity Report 2025.

Eurazeo to buy Mapal as private equity sees gap in hospitality back office tech

PSG Equity is selling a majority stake it bought in 2019.

Montagu plans M&A across value chain for Multifonds; LP pressure for distributions and exits to ramp up

Multifonds specializes in fund accounting and transfer agency software, catering to tier 1 and 2 financial institutions, asset managers, asset owners and third-party administrators.

Brookfield in $1.7bn deal for National Grid’s US onshore renewables biz; Heitman to buy self-storage operator

National Grid Renewables develops, constructs, owns and operates utility-size solar, onshore wind and battery storage assets in the US.