Financial services

The transaction is expected to close in mid-2026.

Also, the firm has hired John Duffy as vice president of business development and Olivia Harris as associate.

Affinia will combine with the Brighton, London and Nottingham offices of UHY Hacker Young.

Bridgepoint will sell its stake in Flexitallic, a global provider of sealing and joint integrity products, to tire manufacturing giant Michelin.

This step strengthens Genesis Capital’s activities investing in high-quality companies with strong growth potential headquartered in the Czech Republic and surrounding markets.

On the firm’s growth and finance and firm operations teams, Aeri Miller was promoted to vice president, finance; Ania Frankel to senior director, internal operations; Immad Baig to director, accounting; and Rachel Byrne to senior talent manager.

In this newly created joint role, Donohoe will oversee Vista’s global fundraising, capital markets, investor engagement and marketing strategies across its entire investment platform.

Raj joined ATL in 2022, Wu came on board in 2023 and DiBartolomeo joined ATL in 2015.

Highlighting factors heard from many dealmakers that are contributing to the growing PE appetite in the legal sector; Littlejohn & Co acquires 80/20 from MPE Partners; AEA Investors makes majority investment in Magna5.