The deal is set to be one of the largest in Europe so far this year, and the largest whole-portfolio transaction in the region.
'We as Europeans clearly are well served if we all put emphasis on local supply of high-quality pharmaceutical products, including infection prevention and treatment,' says EQT’s Matthias Wittkowski.
Ara Partners, EQT and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners are some of the firms finding deals in this sector.
'Lot of industries continue to use brown power, and they remain competitive, because they’re not being penalised sufficiently by CO2 pricing,' says Korpanec.
'People will go to an NFL game if they can’t go on vacation or buy a second car.'
MiddleGround’s European office recently bought F1 transmission supplier Xtrac from Inflexion.
For many private company owners, 'covid took the wind out of their sails and the fun out of running their businesses. They are ready to move on.'
Apollo, Blue Point and A&M are a few of the firms capitalizing on increased pet ownership and care.
Warburg Pincus and Centerbridge Partners are investing $400m in the merger of regional banks Banc of California and PacWest.
3i Infrastructure and its co-investors – funds managed by DWS and 3i Investments – intend to sell their stakes in waste management platform Attero to Ardian.