Will Pearce

PublicAcquisitionCross BorderMajority

FinTech

target

Fidessa Group

bidder

Ion Investment Group

£1,440m

84 dealmakers

Diversified Financials

PublicScheme

target

Worldpay

bidder

Vantiv

£9,249m

44 dealmakers

Specialty Contracting

PublicMboPrivate Equity

target

Apr Energy

bidder

Fairfax Financial Holdings

£389m

28 dealmakers

PublicSchemeMergerAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Insurance Brokers

target

Partnership Assurance Group

bidder

Permira Advisers

£668m

13 dealmakers

Containers and Packaging

PublicScheme

target

Rexam

bidder

Ball Corporation

£5,581m

24 dealmakers

FinTech

target

Vocalink Holdings

bidder

Mastercard

£646m

14 dealmakers

Radio and TV Broadcasters

PublicAcquisitionMajorityCross Border

target

Sky

bidder

Comcast Corporation

£23,666m

89 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateAcquisition

Entertainment

target

Miniclip Group

bidder

Tencent Holdings

value n/a

2 dealmakers

Netherlands

Auto Technology

PrivateAcquisitionDisposalPrivate Equity

target

Phillips Automotive Lightning Business

bidder

Go Scale Capital Investor Consortium

£1,779m

2 dealmakers

Sugar

target

Napier Brown Sugar

bidder

Tereos International

£34m

2 dealmakers

India

Integrated Oil and Gas

MergerPublicScheme

target

Cairn India

bidder

Vendata Resources

£1,906m

5 dealmakers

Building Materials: Other

PrivateAcquisitionDisposalPrivate Equity

target

Nuaire

bidder

Polypipe Group

value n/a

1 dealmaker

Oil Equipment and Services

PublicMerger

target

Fmc Technologies Inc.

bidder

Technip S.a.

value n/a

5 dealmakers

Brazil

Soft Drinks

PrivateDisposalMajority

target

Brasil Kirin Holdings

bidder

Heineken

£640m

14 dealmakers

Ireland

Medical Equipment

PublicAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

Innocoll Holdings

bidder

Gurnet Point Capital

value n/a

2 dealmakers

PrivateDisposalAcquisition

Transportation Services

target

Mersk Oil

bidder

TOTALENERGIES

value n/a

2 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivate EquityMajorityCross Border

target

Sequel Business Solutions Ltd.

bidder

Verisk Analytics

£250m

20 dealmakers

Commercial Vehicles and Parts

target

Alliance Automotive Group

bidder

Genuine Parts Company

£1,677m

4 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

target

Comodo Certificate Authoritiy Ltd.

bidder

Francisco Partners

value n/a

12 dealmakers

Egypt

Integrated Oil and Gas

PrivateAcquisitionDisposalDomesticMinority

target

Egyptian Drilling Company

bidder

Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation

£75m

3 dealmakers

LuxembourgLuxembourg

DisposalPrivatePrivate Equity

target

Igefi Group S.a.r.l.

bidder

Temenos Group

value n/a

1 dealmaker

DisposalPrivatePrivate Equity

Engineering Consulting

target

Wood Mackenzie

bidder

Verisk Analytics

value n/a

3 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivate EquityMajority

Plastics

target

Rpc Group

bidder

Berry Global

£4,830m

104 dealmakers

Offshore Drilling and Other Services

AcquisitionSpin OffPublicDemergerPrivate Equity

target

Maersk Drilling

bidder

Institutional Investors

£2,736m

36 dealmakers

Financial Data and Systems

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPublic

target

Safecharge International Group

bidder

Nuvei Corporation

£699m

42 dealmakers

PublicAcquisitionMajority

Casinos and Gambling

target

Stride Gaming

bidder

The Rank Group

£115m

23 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivate

target

Logical Glue

bidder

Temenos Group

£12m

6 dealmakers

Digital Services

target

Kony

bidder

Temenos Group

£456m

18 dealmakers

Real Estate Holding and Development

MergerAcquisitionPrivateMajorityPrivate Equity

target

Galliford Try Homes

bidder

Vistry Group (ex-bovis Homes Plc)

£1,075m

61 dealmakers

AcquisitionPublicMajorityPrivate Equity

Full Line Insurance

target

Charles Taylor

bidder

Lovell Minnick Partners

£285m

51 dealmakers

Online and Social Platforms

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

target

MAGICLAB

bidder

Blackstone Group

value n/a

58 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityPrivate

Cosmetics

target

Charlotte Tilbury

bidder

Bdt Capital Partners

value n/a

61 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionCross BorderPrivate

Food Products

target

Eat Natural

bidder

Ferrero International

£35m

21 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityPrivateAcquisition

target

HUMIO

bidder

Crowdstrike Holdings

£285m

34 dealmakers

AcquisitionCross BorderMajorityPrivate

Management Consulting

target

Iron Mountain (intellectual Property Management Business)

bidder

Ncc Group

£156m

25 dealmakers

Cross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityPrivate

Food Products

target

Burton's Biscuit Co

bidder

Ferrero International

value n/a

28 dealmakers

Financial Data and Systems

Private EquityCross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

Wren Sterling

bidder

Lightyear Capital

value n/a

17 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityCross BorderJoint Venture

Entertainment

target

SKYSHOWTIME

bidder

Comcast Corporation

value n/a

21 dealmakers

Ireland

Mobile

Cross BorderMajorityPrivate EquityPrivateAcquisition

target

DING

bidder

Pollen Street Capital

value n/a

17 dealmakers

Cross BorderMajorityPublicAcquisition

target

Blue Prism Group

bidder

Ss&c Technologies Holdings

£1,224m

53 dealmakers

Offshore Drilling and Other Services

MajorityAcquisitionPublicDomesticMerger

target

Maersk Drilling

bidder

Noble Corp

£2,514m

46 dealmakers

Cross BorderAcquisitionPrivateMajority

Investment Banking

target

Hubwise Holdings

bidder

Ss&c Technologies Holdings

value n/a

13 dealmakers

Greece

FinTech

PrivateCross BorderMinorityAcquisition

target

Viva Wallet

bidder

Jp Morgan Chase & Co

£584m

47 dealmakers

Information / Data Services

PublicPrivate EquityAcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivatisation

target

Nielsen Holdings

bidder

Evergreen Coast Capital

£12,259m

69 dealmakers

Virgin Islands (British)

Media Agencies

Private EquityCross BorderMajorityPublicAcquisition

target

Ocean Outdoor

bidder

Atairos Group

£287m

55 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateDomestic

target

Mycom Osi

bidder

AMDOCS

£149m

15 dealmakers

Cross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivatePrivate Equity

Biotechnology

target

MIROBIO

bidder

Gilead Sciences

£333m

42 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityMergerPublic

Biotechnology

target

Chr. Hansen

bidder

Novozymes As

£10,037m

74 dealmakers

Ireland

Cross BorderMajorityPrivateAcquisition

target

Cubic Telecom

bidder

Softbank Group Corp

£405m

34 dealmakers

Private EquityMinorityCross BorderPrivateAcquisition

Diversified Retailers

target

V Sports Scs

bidder

Atairos Group

value n/a

39 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivate

Medical Equipment

target

Lumiradx (point Of Care Technology Platform)

bidder

Roche Holdings

£273m

12 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionDomesticPublic

Construction Services

target

Redrow

bidder

Barratt Developments

£2,524m

131 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMinorityCross Border

Aerospace

target

Aalto Haps

bidder

Ntt Docomo

value n/a

16 dealmakers

AcquisitionCross BorderMinorityPrivate

Entertainment

target

Leeds United Fc

bidder

Red Bull

value n/a

10 dealmakers