Deals
HIG Capital has entered into a binding agreement to sell its portfolio company Xtera to a joint venture led by Prysmian and Fincantieri, marking an exit from the subsea telecommunications specialist it established in 2017.
German listed private equity holding company Mutares SE & Co KGaA has signed a binding agreement to sell its portfolio company Conexus SpA to ATS – Advance Technologies System, a wholly owned subsidiary of private equity group Maximum Return System.
US private equity giant KKR & Co has gained first negotiation rights to acquire Japanese herbal health tonic manufacturer Yomeishu Seizo Co, in a move that could see the company taken private in early 2026, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Private equity firms are increasingly turning to continuation vehicles as a core exit route, with sales of assets from older funds into newly raised vehicles on track to reach record levels in 2025, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Growth equity firm General Atlantic is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Mexican football, acquiring a significant minority stake in one of the country’s most successful clubs and its flagship stadium, ahead o the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Dentira, a procurement and spend management platform serving dental practices and multi-site healthcare operators, has secured a strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners (Vista), a specialist in enterprise software investments.
Sandbrook Capital Partners has agreed to acquire United Utility, a US-based power grid operator, in a deal valued at approximately $1bn, marking a major private equity bet on the energy infrastructure sector, according to a report by Bloomberg.
LDC, a private equity investment firm and part of the Lloyds Banking Group, has backed the management buyout of Taking Care, an Exeter-headquartered provider of technology-enabled care products and services, from AXA Health.
Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specialising in infrastructure and real assets, is to acquire a 65 per cent stake in BP’s Castrol lubricants business for approximately $6bn in a deal that values the unit at $10.1bn.
Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings has agreed to sell its real estate business to a private equity consortium led by KKR and PAG for approximately JPY477bn ($3.1bn), as the company accelerates efforts to streamline its portfolio and redeploy capital into core operations, according to a report by Reuters.
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
