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Morgan Stanley closes deal to exit Brazos Delaware II for $1.6bn

The purchase price of $1.6 billion represents an 8x EBITDA multiple based on projected 2027 EBITDA

Littlejohn-backed Ardurra scoops up Kelly Engineers

The add-on builds upon Ardurra’s recent expansion into the Northeast

Baird, Harvest, Olympus said to line up business services companies for sale; Littlejohn-backed Total Safety sells industrial business to Mill Point

A look at three business services companies being lined up for sale by private equity owners; highlighting Littlejohn & Co’s sale of the industrials business of Total Safety US to Mill Point.

From HVAC to garage doors, more industrial service providers on the block

Audax, Harvest, MSouth, Olympus and Snowdon are among the PE firms expecting to test the market.

AI's impact on deal sourcing, value creation, exits and returns explored at PEI Group’s Women in Private Markets Summit; Wynnchurch exits Labrie to Finnish strategic for $1.4bn

AI was everything everywhere all at once this week at PEI Group’s fourth annual Women in Private Markets Summit: North America; weekly update on companies for sale, featuring Wynnchurch’s exit of a garbage truck company.

DigitalBridge to acquire energy PE firm ArcLight for $1.05bn; KKR sells Circor’s aircraft parts group to strategic for $2.55bn

Power and infrastructure PE investor ArcLight Capital announces plans to be acquired by data center company DigitalBridge for $1.05 billion; some background intel about KKR’s sale of Circor’s aircraft fluid control, actuation and landing gear parts group to Parker-Hannafin for $2.6 billion.

On the block: Hydraulics, wire cable and sustainable building products makers

Onex, Frontenac and the Sterling Group are expected to test the market for their portfolio compainies, while OEP has put one sale process on hold, sources say.

Houlihan Lokey’s JP Hanson flags $30bn of oil and gas assets coming to market; GenNx360 exits Precision Aviation to VSE for $2bn

Insight on the Iran War’s impact on upstream energy M&A deals, with talking points from Houlihan Lokey’s global head of oil and gas JP Hanson.; highlighting the top three PE-backed deals of 2026 in the oil and gas market; the weekly companies-for-sale update, which touches on GenNx360 Capital’s sale of an aviation MRO business to a strategic for above $2 billion deal value.

Audax, Baird, Copley and MSouth said to be shopping business services companies; Capstone highlights challenged industrials deal market

Excerpts from four stories about business service companies coming to market, gleaned from the ACG DealMax 2026 conference; insight from Capstone Partners from their annual Industrials Middle Market Deal Activity and Outlook.

Exclusive: MSouth to test buyout market for USA Hometown Experts, sources say

The HVAC and plumbing service provider could sell for $480m or more, based on peers selling for around 16x EBITDA.