Dealmaking

SEC staff underlines SPAC requirements

Regulators last week issued the second warning of the year on the booming SPAC market. Democrats are skeptical of them and regulation may be coming.

Private Equity Jobs of the Week: BlackRock, Apollo and Carlyle are hiring

This week’s positions include a director at BlackRock and associates at Apollo and Carlyle.

Oval-backed New Charter structures deals distinctively for rapid growth

As the MSP space consolidates at an alarming rate, New Charter is differentiating itself in order to acquire more MSPs in a shorter time frame.

Bain, J.H. Whitney-backed Aveanna files for IPO, Altaris-backed Senior Helpers commands around $180m in sale

Bain and J.H. Whitney-backed Aveanna files to go public.

Advocate Aurora Health snags Altaris's Senior Helpers for around $180m

Advocate Aurora Enterprises, prevailing over sponsors in the Cain Brothers auction, represents the first strategic buyer of a home care franchisor in over a decade.

Atlantic Streets' Lab Logistics preps for sale, Cambridge Associates' Andrea Auerbach on how and why GPs are holding assets longer

Atlantic Street Capital’s Lab Logistics gets ready to go on the block.

Palladium appoints Mitchell as chief administrative officer

Previously, Mitchell worked O'Melveny & Myers LLP where she was a partner.

Atlantic Street Capital readies Lab Logistics for potential sale

The upcoming process for the medical industry transport provider comes as pressured healthcare organizations remain eager to drive cost savings across the supply chain.

Deal of the Year: Thoma Bravo with Ellie Mae, WCAS-backed SpringStone seeks $1bn-plus in sale

Thoma Bravo’s sale of Ellie Mae is Deal of the Year and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe is exploring a sale of SpringStone.

PE investments under the UK’s new national security screening regime

The regime will have significant implications for fund managers and institutional investors, write lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills.