Craig McGlashan

Arlington Capital buys secure collaboration and risk management service provider from Thoma Bravo; Silver Oak leads recapitalization of quality assurance provider; Heartwood Partners deal in the nutraceutical sector; and a look at differences between running take-private deals in the US vs. Europe.

We’re taking an in-depth look at this year’s take-private deals, including why so many companies that only listed in the last couple of years are now listening to private equity offers. Contributors include Magnus Tornling of EQT, Nathalie von Niederhaeusern of BlackRock Private Equity Partners and Daniel Simons of Hogan Lovells. Next, we have some […]

The public market’s strong lead on ESG is drawing attention the other way, according to Hogan Lovells’ Daniel Simons.

Comparison site merger.

Wise Equity to exit printer business.

BW Forsyth acquires retail brokerage firm WalkerHughes.

Livingbridge sells media agency to Falfurrias; CVC insurance play.

The tie-up between Markerstudy and Atlanta Group values the latter at £1.2bn.

Investcorp and Cinven exit stakes.

We are seeing more and more signs that things are picking up for private equity dealmaking. We’ve got a couple of private equity-backed businesses looking to launch IPOs – Triton and L Catterton are the owners there – while we also report on the latest take-private bid in the UK, this time by HIG Capital. […]