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Acquisitions

ClearCourse acquires e-commerce software provider EKM

ClearCourse Partnership (ClearCourse), a group of technology companies providing useful, integrated software solutions, is to acquire EKM, a leading provider of e-commerce and online retail software.  The acquisition strengthens ClearCourse’s e-commerce and online retail capabilities and sees the Company join the Group’s Business Services division.   Founded in 2002, EKM

KKR to acquire Probe CX

KKR is to acquire a majority stake in Probe CX alongside existing management from Quadrant Private Equity, Five V Capital, Rodney Kagan and other shareholders of the company. The investment will be used to further fuel Probe’s robust growth and strengthen its digital capabilities to enhance its service offering to

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Ropes & Gray represents Acceleron in USD11.5bn sale

Ropes & Gray has advised Acceleron in its USD11.5 billion sale to Merck & Co. This is one of Merck’s biggest acquisitions and diversifies the pharmaceutical company’s pipeline by adding Acceleron’s drugs to target rare diseases. The transaction was announced on 30 September.

Bernhard Capital Partners to acquire RailWorks Corp from Wind Point Partners

Bernhard Capital Partners Management, a services and infrastructure-focused private equity management firm, is to acquire RailWorks Corp (RailWorks), a North American rail infrastructure solutions provider, from Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm.  The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing

finnCap Cavendish advises on sale of Sentenial/Nuapay

finnCap Cavendish (Cavendish), part of financial advisory firm finnCap Group, has advised on the sale of Sentenial Group and its open banking brand Nuapay, an end-to-end payments platform specialised in account-to-account transactions, to EML Payments, an Australian-listed payments technology company for EUR108 million. Through its regulated subsidiary Nuapay, Sentenial operates

BlueVoyant acquires Concanon

Cybersecurity specialist BlueVoyant has acquired global professional services and big data solutions consultancy, Concanon, to provide the services and solutions to further empower Splunk customers worldwide and to maximise their investments in Splunk Cloud Platform. With this acquisition, Concanon becomes a standalone but wholly-owned subsidiary of BlueVoyant. Concanon will coordinate

O’Melveny advises DL Chemical on USD1.6bn acquisition of Kraton Corporation

O’Melveny has advised DL Chemical Co, a subsidiary of DL Holdings Co (formerly Daelim Industrial Co), on its merger agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Kraton Corporation (NYSE: KRA), a global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value bio-based products, in an all-cash transaction with an equity value of

Inflexion acquires Detectortesters

Inflexion has made a majority investment in Detectortesters, a global manufacturer of fire detector testing equipment. The investment is being made by Inflexion Buyout Fund V. Founded in 1965, Detectortesters designs and produces solutions that enable testing of smoke, heat and carbon monoxide fire detectors. With a worldwide customer base,

Affiliates of Peak Rock Capital acquire SAM Companies

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock), a middle-market private investment firm, has completed an acquisition of SAM Companies (SAM), a provider of geospatial services to utility, transportation, and broader infrastructure clients.  The SAM management team, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, will maintain a meaningful ownership position in

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