Deals in brief

Court Square sells Kodiak Building Products for $2.25bn

The buyer was QXO, a distributor of building products in North America.

Brighstar taps Eric Epstein as partner and co-chair

His appointment becomes effective May 1, 2026.

ACP completes $405m continuation fund for legal tech firm Proceed

ACP acquired Counsel Press in October 2023 and rebranded the company as Proceed last year after completing twelve add-on acquisitions.

Monument-backed EarthWay Products merges with lawn and garden products firm Border Concepts

Based in Bristol, Indiana, EarthWay is a manufacturer and designer of engineered precision lawn and garden products.

Mutares completes sale of Kalzip to Tremco

Kalzip provides aluminum roofing and facade systems.

Mutares completes carve-out of Hamberger Industriewerke's flooring business

The business is a manufacturer of parquet and other hard floor coverings.

Cordillera Investment Partners invests in Northridge Law

Northridge is an independent law firm that focuses on sport.

Partners Group appoints Pete Zippelius as co-head of private equity Health and life

Zippelius will be responsible for new investments and value creation initiatives across the firm’s health and life portfolio.

Mérieux Equity Partners appoints Quentin de Labarre to partner

The firm has made several promotions across its buyout, innovation and operations teams.

26North to acquire tech company Intermedia Intelligent Communications

The seller is Madison Dearborn Partners.