Nick Westlake - MergerLinks

United KingdomUnited Kingdom

PublicAcquisition

target

Wireless Group

bidder

News Corporation

£220m

14 dealmakers

Media

PublicMboSchemePrivate Equity

target

Tla Worldwide

bidder

Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp

£110m

5 dealmakers

United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Containers and Packaging

PublicPrivate Equity

target

Api Group

bidder

Steel Partners Holdings

£35m

13 dealmakers

Customer Relationship Management

Customer Relationship Management

target

Mining Indaba

bidder

Ite Group

£30m

12 dealmakers

Russian Federation

target

Ite Expo

bidder

Shtab-expo

£8m

5 dealmakers

target

Navience Healthcare Solutions

bidder

Huntsworth

£14m

7 dealmakers

Digital Services

target

Watershed Systems

bidder

Learning Technologies Group

value n/a

13 dealmakers

Digital Services

AcquisitionPrivate

target

Ebiquity

bidder

Nielsen Holdings

£26m

11 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMinority

target

Blue 449

bidder

Publicis Groupe

£24m

9 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajority

Publishing

AcquisitionPrivate

target

Mona Mobile Nations

bidder

Future

£45m

7 dealmakers

IrelandLuxembourg

Health Care Services

target

Kyne Communications

bidder

Huntsworth

£27m

13 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajority

Publishing

target

Smartbrief

bidder

Future

£36m

9 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

Publishing

target

Ti Media

bidder

Future

£140m

24 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajority

Digital Services

target

Spire Digital

bidder

Kin + Carta

£11m

10 dealmakers

United StatesUnited States

E-commerce

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionCross Border

target

GROCERYSHOP

bidder

Hyve Group

£110m

18 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

Education Services

target

Open Lms

bidder

Learning Technologies Group

£24m

13 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateCross BorderMajorityPrivate Equity

Venture Capital

target

MACH49

bidder

Next Fifteen Communications

value n/a

6 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPublic

IT Services: Other

target

Goco Group

bidder

Future

£594m

76 dealmakers

Information / Data Services

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivate

target

Cascade Data Labs

bidder

Kin + Carta

£22m

8 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

Software

target

REFLEKTIVE

bidder

Learning Technologies Group

£10m

12 dealmakers

Outsourced HR and Staffing

MajorityAcquisitionDomesticPrivate

target

Pdt Global

bidder

Learning Technologies Group

£13m

12 dealmakers

Online and Social Platforms

AcquisitionCross BorderPrivateMajority

target

Getbridge

bidder

Learning Technologies Group

£36m

16 dealmakers

AcquisitionCross BorderPrivateMajorityPrivate Equity

Consumer Services: Other

target

LIVEAUCTIONEERS

bidder

Auction Technology Group

£372m

36 dealmakers

PublicMajorityAcquisitionDomestic

target

M&c Saatchi

bidder

Next Fifteen Communications

£310m

55 dealmakers

Bulgaria

Payments / Commerce

Cross BorderAcquisitionPrivateMajority

target

Melon Ad

bidder

Kin + Carta

£46m

17 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivate

Management Consulting

target

Tsl Research Group

bidder

GLOBALDATA

value n/a

12 dealmakers

Business Process Outsourcing

PublicAcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityCross Border

target

Hyve Group

bidder

Providence Equity Partners

£524m

72 dealmakers

Germany

Information / Data Services

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionCross Border

target

Gfk (consumer Panel Business)

bidder

YOUGOV

£269m

54 dealmakers

Cross BorderMajorityPrivateAcquisition

Engineering Consulting

target

Lorien Engineering Solutions

bidder

NIRAS

£16m

13 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPublicPrivate Equity

Management Consulting

target

Kin And Carta

bidder

Bc Partners

£239m

81 dealmakers