Deals
VSS Capital Partners, a private investment firm investing in the healthcare, education, and business services industries, has completed a platform investment in private equity sector management consulting firm Treya Partners.
Blue Owl Capital is set to acquire IPI Partners, a digital infrastructure investment firm, for approximately $1bn as the firm looks to benefit from the growing demand for data centres driven by the rapid adoption of generative AI, according to a report by Reuters.
Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Butterfly Equity, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specialiSing in the food and beverage sector, is to acquire The Duckhorn Portfolio, a North American high-end wine company in an all-cash transaction that values the business at approximately $1.95bn.
Private equity firm Apollo Funds is to acquire aerospace components manufacturer Barnes Group in a take-private deal valued at approximately $3.6bn, with the company’s shares gaining by nearly 3% in premarket trading on the news, according to a report by Reuters.
Private investment firm Soho Square Capital has exited its investment in Assured Data Protection (Assured), a managed services provider (MSP) focused on backup, disaster recovery and cyber resiliency as a service, to pan-European private equity firm Oakley Capital.
Private equity firms Calveton and Breal Capital, the owners of high-end restaurants including Quaglino’s and Le Pont de la Tour, have agreed a deal with administrators to rescue 51 of TGI Friday’s 86 UK restaurants, safeguarding around 2,400 jobs.
ICE USA, a transportation-focused engineering and consulting services and solutions specialist, and a portfolio company of architecture, engineering, and consulting-focused private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management, has acquired Robert G Campbell & Associates (RGC&A).
UK private equity firm NorthEdge has agreed the sale of global healthcare business, Helios Global Group, to Telemos Capital, a European mid-market private equity firm, following a period of significant growth.
Private equity firm Ares Management and billionaire Joe Tsai are in advanced discussions with Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross over the acquisition of stakes in the NFL team and related assets in deals that would value the business at $8.1bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
