Dealmaking

EQT's Alex Darden: 'Water is critical for our survival'

EQT announced earlier in May that it has agreed to acquire Seven Seas Water Group from Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners.

PSG, Verdane see cross-border potential in European cybersecurity; Post-Brexit reset provides stability for private equity, says Calista

TA Associates, PSG Equity and Verdane agreed to sell Hornetsecurity Group, a global provider of AI-powered M365 security, data protection, compliance and security awareness services, to Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint in May.

PSG, Verdane see European cybersecurity with scale attracting premium valuations

PSG, Verdane and TA agreed to sell Hornetsecurity to Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint in May.

TPG aims to build software portfolio with AvidXchange and Sabre Hospitality; Lindsay Goldberg-backed Liquid Tech Solutions said to field second-round offers

Catching up with Tim Millikin, partner at TPG, about the firm's recent deals in the software sector; several infrastructure funds are in the second round of a sale process to acquire Lindsay Goldberg-backed diesel refueling station company Liquid Tech Solutions; Brookfield Asset Management and CDPQ have acquired Antylia Scientific for about $1.34 billion from GTCR.

TPG looks to leverage tech inflection points with AvidXchange and Sabre Hospitality deals

'We look to invest in companies that have strong underlying franchises where we think TPG can bring a growth-oriented transformational thesis to support them,' says partner Tim Millikin.

Infra funds line up for Lindsay Goldberg-backed Liquid Tech Solutions, sources say

Harris Williams is advising on a potential sale of the truck refueling service provider valued at $1.4bn, sources tell PE Hub.

HGGC wins major shareholder backing for Inspired take-private; KKR drops out of GlobalData race; Eurazeo plans cross-border M&A for 3P

GlobalData is a data, insights and analytics platform listed in London.

Littlejohn buys RailPros from Court Square as infra services heat up; how PE healthcare investors are handling tougher M&A regs in some states

An exclusive that Littlejohn & Co acquired RailPros, a Irving, Texas-based rail infrastructure service provider, from Court Square Capital Partners; some fresh insights into how dealmakers are navigating different regulatory terrains both at the federal and state level in healthcare M&A.

How PE healthcare investors are navigating M&A regulations state by state

Reed Smith's Brian Bewley is concerned that 'that this patchwork of state laws restricting or eliminating PE investments in healthcare will have a serious impact on innovation.'

Exclusive: Littlejohn & Co to acquire railroad engineering company RailPros from Court Square

Sources told PE Hub that Court Square was expecting to receive a double-digit EBITDA premium for the $50m EBITDA company.