Craig McGlashan

After a dip, North American M&A activity gets a bump.

Wendel Group is in exclusive negotiations to buy Scalian Group for an enterprise value of €965 million.

Triton Partners has taken control of just shy of 24 percent of the outstanding shares in Caverion, a Finnish construction firm it is looking to take private.

KKR will make a growth investment in FGS Global, a global strategic advisory and communications consultancy.

Waterland Private Equity-backed mrge has acquired SourceKnowledge, an ad network for publishers.

Bain Capital opts to waive conditions on Caverion bid to keep tender offer open.

‘You're selling a very different story. You’ve got to burn a lot of capital to get there, but if you can do it, it's a huge value driver,’ said Long.

The deal involved traditional bank loans but might have struggled to get financing had it been a much larger size, said Markus.

Apollo Global Management has made a fifth – and final – offer for John Wood Group, a multinational engineering and consulting business.

Bridgepoint has made a strategic investment in DataExpert via Bridgepoint Development Capital IV (BDC IV).