Deals
Private equity firms including Advent International and Blackstone are approaching both banks and private lenders over debt packages of around €7.5bn ($8.16bn) to help finance a potential acquisition of Sanofi’s consumer health division, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firm Advent International is in advanced talks over a deal to acquire Nuvei, a Canadian payments technology company, according to a report by Reuters citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter.
KKR & Co is considering a sale of its controlling stake in Indian pre-school and early-learning provider EuroKids International for around $1bn, as well as other options for the business, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firm Platinum Equity has hired advisers from investment bank Goldman Sachs in exploring a sale of golf cart manufacturer Club Car that could value the company at more than $2bn, including debt, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed sources.
HIG Capital, a $60bn global alternative investment firm, has agreed a carve out deal for the thermal commercial vehicles division from France-based global automotive parts supplier Valeo.
Blackstone has partnered with Finland’s S-Bank to broaden access to its European private credit fund, with the latter creating a feeder fund that will invest its clients’ capital into the Blackstone European Private Credit Fund SICAV, according to a report by Alternative Credit Investor.
US middle market private equity firm Gemspring Capital has completed the sale of insurance services holding company Insurvia to an affiliate of private investment firm BharCap Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
French private investment firm Ardian has completed the acquisition of the entire share capital of Verne, a data centre platform headquartered in the UK and diversified across Northern Europe, from investment trust Digital 9 Infrastructure, in a deal worth up to £450m.
Renewable energy infrastructure investor Excelsior Energy Capital has sold a portfolio of 38 solar energy and solar plus storage projects from its Excelsior Renewable Energy Investment Fund I portfolio to BlackRock’s Evergreen Infrastructure Partners Fund.
Sagard, a global multi-strategy alternative investment fund with over $25bn in AUM across venture capital, private equity, private credit, real estate and royalties, is to acquire a 40% stake in US-based CLO manager HalseyPoint.
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