Anthony Vernace

Online and Social Platforms

PublicAcquisition

target

Linkedin Corporation

bidder

Microsoft Corp

value n/a

12 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Restaurants and Bars

target

Zoe’s Kitchen

bidder

Cava Group Inc.

£235m

15 dealmakers

Waste and Disposal Services

AcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Waste Industries Usa

bidder

Gfl Environmental

value n/a

8 dealmakers

Third Party Logistics (3PL)

AcquisitionPrivate

target

Cargomatic

bidder

Genesee & Wyoming

value n/a

5 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajority

Food Products

target

Blue Buffalo Pet Products

bidder

General Mills

£5,746m

65 dealmakers

Environmental / Waste Management

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

Gfl Environmental

bidder

Bc Partners

value n/a

4 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajority

target

GITHUB

bidder

Microsoft Corp

£5,929m

68 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Navex Global

bidder

Bc Partners

value n/a

6 dealmakers

Business Process Outsourcing

AcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Taskus

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

5 dealmakers

Machinery: Specialty

AcquisitionPrivate

target

Atlas Hydraulics

bidder

Gates Corporation

value n/a

3 dealmakers

United StatesUnited States

Joint VenturePrivate

target

Cg Railway

bidder

Genesee & Wyoming

value n/a

4 dealmakers

Management Consulting

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityPrivate Equity

target

TENEO

bidder

Cvc Capital Partners

£275m

15 dealmakers

Food Products

PrivateAcquisition

target

CHEWY

bidder

PETSMART

value n/a

3 dealmakers

Outsourced HR and Staffing

AcquisitionMinorityPublicPrivate Equity

target

Trinet Group

bidder

Atairos Group

£358m

16 dealmakers

Health Care Services

MergerAcquisitionPublic

target

Ipc Healthcare

bidder

Teamhealth

£1,024m

4 dealmakers

Asset Managers and Custodians

Private EquityAcquisitionPrivate

target

First Eagle Investment Management

bidder

Blackstone Group

£2,559m

6 dealmakers

Private EquityPublicAcquisition

Health Care Services

target

Teamhealth

bidder

Blackstone Group

£5,001m

6 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivate EquityPublicPrivatisationMajority

target

Genesee & Wyoming

bidder

Brookfield Asset Management

£6,611m

53 dealmakers

AcquisitionPublic

target

Providence & Worcester Railroad Company

bidder

Genesee & Wyoming

£97m

2 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityDomestic

target

VUNGLE

bidder

Blackstone Group

£602m

25 dealmakers

AcquisitionMinorityPrivate EquityPrivatePrivate Equity

Security Services

target

Gardaworld Security Corporation

bidder

Rhone Capital

value n/a

2 dealmakers

PublicPrivate EquityAcquisition

Security Equipment

target

The Adt Corporation

bidder

Apollo Global Management

£10,418m

4 dealmakers

Private EquityAcquisitionPrivatePrivate EquityMajorityCross Border

Education Services

target

Ascend Learning

bidder

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

value n/a

4 dealmakers

United Kingdom

Online and Social Platforms

PrivateMajorityPrivate EquityAcquisition

target

MAGICLAB

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

58 dealmakers

MinorityPublicPrivate EquityAcquisition

Travel and Tourism

target

Liberty Tripadvisor

bidder

Certares

£264m

17 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionDomestic

Aerospace

target

Raytheon Technologies (space-based Precision Optics Business)

bidder

Amergint Technologies Holdings

£324m

34 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityPrivate EquityDomestic

Biotechnology

target

Chart Industries (mve Biological Products)

bidder

Blackstone Group

£244m

48 dealmakers

United StatesUnited States

Entertainment

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionDomesticPrivate Equity

target

Zenimax Media

bidder

Microsoft Corp

£5,804m

53 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateDomesticMajorityPrivate Equity

target

ALGOLIFT

bidder

VUNGLE

value n/a

6 dealmakers

PrivatePrivate EquityMajorityDomesticAcquisition

target

LIFTOFF

bidder

Blackstone Group

£299m

25 dealmakers

Private EquityPublicMinorityDomesticAcquisition

Security Equipment

target

Fireeye

bidder

CLEARSKY

£302m

34 dealmakers

Finland

Gaming

PrivateCross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

target

GAMEREFINERY

bidder

VUNGLE

value n/a

23 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPublicDomestic

target

Nuance Communications

bidder

Microsoft Corp

£14,367m

60 dealmakers

MinorityPrivate EquityAcquisitionCross BorderPrivate

Education Services

target

EAB

bidder

Vista Equity Partners

value n/a

22 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateMinorityAcquisitionDomestic

Household Furnishings

target

Walker Edison

bidder

Blackstone Tactical Opportunities

£213m

40 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivate

Publishing

target

International Data Group

bidder

Blackstone Group

£919m

29 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivate EquityPrivate

Medical Equipment

target

Medline Industries

bidder

Hellman & Friedman

£24,007m

133 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticPrivate EquityAcquisitionPublic

Data Centers and Hosting

target

Qts Realty Trust

bidder

Blackstone Group

£7,060m

71 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Media Agencies

target

JETFUEL

bidder

VUNGLE

value n/a

16 dealmakers

PrivateDomesticMinorityVenture CapitalPrivate EquityAcquisition

FinTech

target

Chainalysis

bidder

Sequoia Capital

£71m

20 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionDomesticPrivate EquityMinority

Internet

target

Simplifi Holdings

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

28 dealmakers

Renewable Energy Equipment

MinorityPrivate EquityPublicDomesticAcquisition

target

Array Technologies

bidder

Blackstone Group

£361m

21 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityDomesticMergerPrivate Equity

target

VUNGLE

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

21 dealmakers

Private EquityMajorityPrivateDomesticAcquisition

Real Estate Services

target

Chamberlain Group

bidder

Blackstone Group

£3,612m

38 dealmakers

Private EquityAcquisitionMinorityDomesticPrivate

Health Care Services

target

Life Science Logistics

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

27 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPublicCross Border

Medical Equipment

target

Apria

bidder

Owens & Minor

£1,066m

47 dealmakers

PublicMajorityAcquisitionDomestic

Gaming

target

Activision Blizzard

bidder

Microsoft Corp

£50,263m

59 dealmakers

Telecommunications Equipment

PrivatePrivate EquityMinorityDomesticAcquisition

target

Phoenix Tower International

bidder

Blackstone Infrastructure Partners

value n/a

19 dealmakers

Private EquityDomesticVenture CapitalMinorityAcquisitionPrivate

target

CLARI

bidder

Northgate Capital

£165m

17 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomesticVenture Capital

target

PENSANDO

bidder

Advanced Micro Devices (amd)

£1,449m

82 dealmakers

Online and Social Platforms

PublicMajorityDomesticPrivatisationAcquisition

target

X Corp (ex-twitter)

bidder

Elon Musk

£34,502m

152 dealmakers

DomesticMinorityPublicPrivate EquityAcquisition

Electrical Components

target

Azz

bidder

Blackstone Group

£189m

30 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPrivatePrivate EquityCross Border

Medical Services

target

ADVARRA

bidder

Blackstone Group

£4,035m

43 dealmakers

Chile

Telecommunications infrastructure

PrivateCross BorderMajorityInfrastructurePrivate EquityAcquisition

target

Wom (tower Portfolio In Chile)

bidder

Blackstone Group

£767m

22 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomestic

target

SEQUENCE

bidder

Weightwatchers International

£88m

26 dealmakers

MajorityPublicAcquisitionDomestic

target

Splunk

bidder

Cisco Systems

£24,243m

77 dealmakers

Test Inspection and Certification (TIC)

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivate Equity

target

Amspec Group

bidder

Tpg Rise Climate

value n/a

30 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityPrivateAcquisitionJoint VenturePrivate Equity

Data Centers and Hosting

target

Digital Realty / Blackstone Joint Venture

bidder

Digital Realty

£696m

27 dealmakers

AcquisitionMinorityPrivateCross Border

target

Cg Railway

bidder

Grupo Mexico Transportes

value n/a

9 dealmakers

Private EquityAcquisitionDomesticMinorityPrivate

Restaurants and Bars

target

7 Brew Coffee

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

30 dealmakers

Telecommunications Equipment

AcquisitionMinorityPrivatePrivate EquityDomestic

target

Phoenix Tower International

bidder

Grain Management

value n/a

30 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionPrivate EquityMinorityPrivate

target

Buyers Edge Platform

bidder

General Atlantic

£336m

59 dealmakers

United Arab Emirates

AcquisitionMinorityPrivateCross Border

target

G42

bidder

Microsoft Corp

£1,203m

32 dealmakers

Private EquityAcquisitionMinorityDomesticPrivate

Construction Services

target

Air Control Concepts (ex-hobbs & Associates)

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

33 dealmakers

MajorityDomesticPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

M-files Corporation

bidder

Haveli Investments

value n/a

43 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionCross BorderMajorityPrivate Equity

Media Agencies

target

Trader Corporation

bidder

AUTOSCOUT24

value n/a

56 dealmakers

Australia

Data Centers and Hosting

Cross BorderMajorityPrivateAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

AIRTRUNK

bidder

Blackstone Group

£12,320m

48 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivatePrivate Equity

Auto Parts

target

MIRATECH

bidder

Tpg Rise Climate

value n/a

28 dealmakers