Dealmaking

FTV among PE firms betting on legal tech; Advent, Sullivan Street in UK carve-out deals; A week in add-ons

Sullivan Street Partners has agreed to buy the aerostructures business of Senior.

7 PE-backed deals: Legal sector's race toward digital readiness

FTV, Oakley and Thoma Bravo are among the PE firms making deals in the legal tech sector.

KKR’s Henry McVey: ‘Investors must make their own luck;’ PCI Pharma, Eagle Fire find buyers in companies-for-sale update

Weekly companies-for-sale update, featuring two newly announced deals in fire safety and drug development; KKR announces strategic investment in HVAC equipment e-commerce site SupplyHouse; and sticking with KKR: talking points from Henry McVey’s 2025 Mid-Year Macro Global Outlook.

How EQT, Verdane and Hg actively manage exits  

Optimising exits in an environment where liquidity is challenging has become a mainstay in some managers’ playbooks.

Large-cap firms set for ‘significant’ interest in EMEA mid-cap deals; Global IPOs rise but Europe drops; Inflexion and Keensight sign deals

Inflexion portfolio company DSS has acquired Proaction International.

Permira bets on ‘hungry’ biopharma patient services market with Valeris; Watchtower eyes founder-owned add-ons with new fencing platform

Catching up with Jon Maschmeyer, partner at Permira, to learn more about the growth strategy for Valeris, which formed from the Permira portfolio company PharmaCord and Odyssey Investment Partners-backed Mercalis; Watchtower Capital Partners launched a new fencing service provider platform, which merges Fence Builders of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Green Hill Fencing of Greenville, South Carolina; a look at PE’s interest in digital marketing.

Permira's Jon Maschmeyer: 'The future of patient services in biopharma is really being driven by innovation'

'Integrated, tech-forward platforms are going to define the next chapter of healthcare commercialization, and this merger puts Valeris right at the forefront of that shift.'

Exclusive: Watchtower launches residential and commercial fencing platform

Founded in 2023 by former Sun Capital dealmakers, Watchtower is combining two fencing service providers to form the platform, which is seeking add-ons.

Baird’s Gordon Pan sees ‘ample capital’ for exits; Apheon acquires Spanish in-vitro equipment provider; GenNx360 aviation MRO portco buys Scottish business

Baird Capital’s Gordon Pan: ‘Risk-on’ outlook for H2 of 2025

‘The market is starting to unwind, with more opportunities coming to market,’ Pan says.