Commentary

Peak Rock to test market for Berner Food & Beverage, sources say; IVEST and Cloverlay grew Care Bears through licensing before exit to Authentic Brands

Peak Rock Capital is in the pre-stages of launching a sale process for 2015 portfolio company Berner Food & Beverage; examining how IVEST Consumer Partners and Cloverlay grew entertainment franchise Care Bears before selling to Authentic Brands Group.

KKR, Ares, Tiger Infrastructure pursue ambulance deals; Faster product debuts pave way for ArchiMed’s $1.1bn take-private of Esperion

ArchiMed announced this week the closing of its $1.1 billion take-private of Esperion Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on bringing cardiometabolic and rare/orphan disease therapies to market.

CCMP sells BGIS to Veritas in companies-for-sale update; Building products companies attract PE buyers like CD&R and Truelink

The Wire also features insight from Daniel MacDonald, a director in BGL’s building products practice.

Ode with Anthropic launches as PE firms team up with AI specialists; Blackstone, Apollo and KKR provide $5.34bn to Williams projects

Also featured is GIP's agreement to acquire a majority and controlling interest in Summit Ridge Energy.