Dealmaking

Permira wins PE Hub’s European Large-Cap Deal of the Year 2024; Verdane drops Team Internet pursuit

Team Internet is a UK-based internet services multinational.

Leonard Green & Partners takes top honors in PE Hub’s Deal of the Year Awards; Permira, Atlas Holdings, One Equity Partners, Montage Partners and Ardian also win

Leonard Green's sale of SRS Distribution to Home Depot for $18.25 billion wins PE Hub's Deal of the Year top honor.

Leonard Green & Partners wins PE Hub’s Overall Deal of the Year Award for $18.25bn sale of SRS to The Home Depot

LGP, which shared proceeds of the deal with SRS employees, also wins PE Hub's Large-Cap North America Deal of the Year Award.

Permira earns PE Hub’s Deal of the Year: Large-Cap Europe for the sale of Alter Domus, with an EV of €4.9bn, to Cinven

As well as entering the US market through M&A, the seven-year hold let Permira cash in on the rapid growth of the alternatives industry.

Atlas Holdings wins PE Hub’s Mid-Cap North America Deal of the Year Award for Iconex exit

Atlas saw a ripe opportunity to exit an eight-year hold of a printer labels manufacturing business sold in two pieces in late 2024.

One Equity Partners wins PE Hub’s Mid-Cap Europe Deal of the Year Award for the sale of Walki to Oji

Supply chain disruption during the covid-19 pandemic and a drop in customer inventory levels late in the hold period didn't stop Walki, a packaging materials manufacturer, growing its EBITDA multiple.

Montage Partners wins PE Hub's Small-Cap North America Deal of the Year Award for $115m sale of SWDP to Nucor

SWDP's revenue grew 5x and EBITDA 7x through Montage's hold, thanks to initiatives like the creation of an installation division and the backdrop of the data center boom.

Ardian wins PE Hub’s Deal of the Year: Small-Cap Europe for the sale of Nutripure to PAI

The Paris Olympics in 2024 proved good timing for Nutripure, as the company created a dedicated communication strategy around the event.

Bain & Co’s Schmitz expects plenty of dealmaking opportunities; Blackstone, Permira-backed Adevinta sells Austrian digital marketplace

PAI Partners has agreed to become a majority owner in a German economy design hotel chain.

Bain & Co: Dealmaking has ‘turned the corner,’ despite slow January

The consulting company has just released its Global Private Equity Report 2025.