Scott Grundei

Waste and Disposal Services

AcquisitionPublicMajorityMergerPrivate EquityDomestic

target

Advanced Disposal Services

bidder

Waste Management

£3,681m

92 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityPrivateDomestic

Publishing

target

Ancestry.com

bidder

Blackstone Group

£2,699m

77 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

target

Mycase

bidder

Apax Partners

£147m

34 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateDomesticMergerMajority

Food Products

target

Colorado Boxed Beef

bidder

Quirch Foods Co

value n/a

44 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionCross BorderMajorityPrivate Equity

Biotechnology

target

Advanced Instruments

bidder

Investor

£611m

37 dealmakers

Private EquityPublicMajorityDomesticAcquisitionMerger

Health Care Facilities

target

Change Healthcare

bidder

Unitedhealth Group

£9,442m

52 dealmakers

Asset Managers and Custodians

MinorityPrivateDomesticPrivate EquityAcquisition

target

Edelman Financial Engines

bidder

Warburg Pincus

value n/a

46 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPublicSpin OffDomestic

Security Equipment

target

Vmware

bidder

Institutional Investors

£7,057m

64 dealmakers

Business Process Outsourcing

PrivateCross BorderMajorityPrivate EquityAcquisition

target

Capitala Finance Corp (selected Assets)

bidder

Bc Partners

value n/a

17 dealmakers

MajorityCross BorderPrivate EquityAcquisitionPrivate

target

First Student

bidder

Eqt Partners

£3,300m

82 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateMinorityDomesticAcquisition

Household Furnishings

target

Walker Edison

bidder

Blackstone Tactical Opportunities

£213m

40 dealmakers

Netherlands

AcquisitionCross BorderPrivate EquityMinorityPrivate

target

Exact Group

bidder

Silver Lake Partners

value n/a

24 dealmakers

France

Private EquityAcquisitionCross BorderMinorityPrivate

target

Cegid Group

bidder

Kkr & Co

value n/a

28 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityPrivate EquityPrivateAcquisition

Publishing

target

International Data Group

bidder

Blackstone Group

£919m

29 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityPrivateDomestic

target

Ellucian

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

48 dealmakers

Private EquityMajorityPrivateAcquisitionDomestic

Real Estate Services

target

Chamberlain Group

bidder

Blackstone Group

£3,612m

38 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivate Equity

Specialty Retailers

target

Brooklyn Bedding

bidder

Cerberus Capital Management

value n/a

34 dealmakers

MajorityPrivateDomesticAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Water

target

Homeowner Services Group

bidder

Apax Partners

£926m

31 dealmakers

MinorityPrivate EquityAcquisitionDomesticPrivate

Health Care Services

target

Life Science Logistics

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

27 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityDomesticPrivate

Auto Technology

target

Power Line Systems

bidder

Bentley Systems

£520m

28 dealmakers

PrivateDomesticMajorityPrivate EquityAcquisition

target

Rinchem Company

bidder

STONEPEAK

value n/a

28 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionMajorityPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Apple Bus

bidder

First Student

value n/a

24 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityCross BorderPrivate

target

Total Transportation Corp

bidder

First Student

value n/a

31 dealmakers

Food Retailers and Wholesalers

AcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityCross BorderPrivate

target

The Fresh Market

bidder

CENCOSUD

£858m

36 dealmakers

PrivateDomesticPrivate EquityAcquisitionMajority

Health Care Services

target

Agile Occupational Medicine

bidder

Angeles Equity Partners

value n/a

17 dealmakers

PublicPrivate EquityAcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivatisation

Security Equipment

target

Vmware

bidder

Broadcom

£55,023m

114 dealmakers

Cross BorderMajorityAcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

Medical Services

target

ADVARRA

bidder

Blackstone Group

£4,035m

43 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomesticPrivate Equity

Medical Equipment

target

Perkinelmer (applied, Food And Enterprise Services Businesses)

bidder

New Mountain Capital

£2,009m

88 dealmakers

Argentina

Real Estate Holding and Development

MajorityPrivateDomesticMergerAcquisition

target

Irsa Propiedades Comerciales

bidder

Irsa Inversiones Y Representaciones

value n/a

7 dealmakers

MajorityMergerPublicAcquisitionDomestic

Mortgage Finance

target

First Eagle Alternative Capital Bdc

bidder

Crescent Capital Bdc

£129m

29 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateMajorityAcquisitionDomestic

target

First Transit

bidder

Transdev North America

value n/a

50 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateDomesticMajority

Food Products

target

Trü Frü

bidder

Mars

value n/a

26 dealmakers

Belgium

Test Inspection and Certification (TIC)

MajorityCross BorderAcquisitionPrivatePrivate Equity

target

International Gemological Institute

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

71 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityDomesticPrivate

Machinery: Specialty

target

Howden Roots

bidder

Ingersoll Rand

£238m

39 dealmakers

Private EquityPrivateMajorityAcquisitionDomestic

Storage Terminals

target

Ceres Terminals

bidder

CARRIX

value n/a

22 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateMajorityAcquisition

Food Products

target

Kevin's Natural Foods

bidder

Mars

£629m

24 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

Recreational Products

target

RBMEDIA

bidder

Hig Capital

value n/a

76 dealmakers

Renewable Energy Equipment

AcquisitionDomesticPrivatePrivate EquityMajority

target

Synthica Energy

bidder

Goldman Sachs Asset Management

value n/a

23 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPublicDomestic

target

Splunk

bidder

Cisco Systems

£24,243m

77 dealmakers

Canada

Specialty Chemicals

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateCross Border

target

Lucas Meyer Cosmetics

bidder

Clariant

£667m

42 dealmakers