Swedish investment giant EQT AB said Monday that it has formed a new consortium to acquire international school operator Nord Anglia Education for $14.5 billion in a deal guided by Latham & Watkins LLP, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP.
Swedish investment giant EQT AB said Monday that it has formed a new consortium to acquire international school operator Nord Anglia Education for $14.5 billion in a deal guided by Latham & Watkins LLP, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP.
German conglomerate JAB Holding Co. said Monday it has agreed to increase its stake in global caffeinated-beverage giant JDE Peet's NV with the purchase of 86 million shares for €2.16 billion ($2.34 billion).
DNB Bank ASA said Monday it has inked a deal to snap up investment bank Carnegie for 12 billion Swedish kronor ($1.14 billion) in cash, advised by Swedish law firm Mannheimer Swartling.
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA said Monday that it will sell a controlling stake in Opella to U.S. private equity shop Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC and France's public investment bank, in a deal valuing its consumer healthcare business at €16 billion ($17 billion).
Bermuda investment holding company Ocean Wilsons said Monday its subsidiary has agreed to sell its majority stake in a maritime logistics company to a unit of container shipper giant MSC for 4.352 billion Brazilian real ($760 million).
UBS Switzerland AG on Monday said American Express has agreed to take over its 50% stake in credit card provider Swisscard, getting control of the former Credit Suisse joint venture as the credit card giant looks to expand its business in Switzerland.
Britain's antitrust regulator said Monday that it is investigating printing chemicals maker XSYS Germany GmbH's approximately $325 million proposed acquisition of MacDermid Graphics Solutions from U.S. specialty chemicals production company Element Solutions Inc.
Catalent CEO Alessandro Maselli told the medical company's customers Monday that Catalent will continue to support them following its planned $16.5 billion sale to Novo Holdings, seeking to assure clientele after Sen. Elizabeth Warren and advocacy groups pressured the Federal Trade Commission to scrutinize and potentially block the deal.
An Irish venture capitalist has accused a unit of a major private equity firm of stopping him from forcing it out of its stake in a major management software company to make him buy them out at a premium, in documents disclosed at a London court hearing.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is continuing the build-out of its structured finance and private credit practice, announcing on Saturday the lateral hiring of two partners in New York and London.
Mayer Brown LLP has hired an insurance expert as a partner at its London practice as the U.S.-based firm looks to boost its U.K. presence in the complex life insurance sector.
