Private M&A: Experience

GENERAL

  • Aker Horizons AS on its $1bn acquisition of Mainstream Renewable Power
  • Ding.com on selling a majority stake to Pollen Street Capital
  • Tesco Ireland Limited on the acquisition of Patrick C. Joyce Supermarket (Headford) Unlimited Company
  • Davies Group on its acquisition of ProAdjust
  • ABC Fitness Solutions LLC, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, on their acquisition of Zappy Limited t/a Glofox
  • Neste, a Finnish listed company, in the purchase of a Walco Foods
  • AIB plc on its acquisition of the Goodbody Group for €138m
  • Bank of Ireland on the acquisition of most of Davy's business, including its wealth management, capital markets and asset management divisions
  • Glantus Limited on the acquisition of Technology Insight Corporation for a combined consideration of $9.3m
  • Ark Life Assurance Company DAC on its acquisition by Irish Life Group Limited for a cash consideration of €230m
  • Bidvest NOONAN on its acquisition of Lynch Interact (Interact), a leading Irish provider of mechanical, electrical and process engineering services for the built environment
  • Shareholders of E&I Engineering Ireland Limited on the sale of the company and its affiliate Powerbar Gulf LLC to Vertiv Holdings Co for $1.8bn

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS AND SELLERS

  • Ferrero Group on its acquisition of Fulfill Nutrition
  • Gallagher & Co on its acquisition of Innovu Insurance
  • IPS-Integrated Project Services LLC on its acquisition of the Linesight Group
  • GE Capital Aviation Services sale to Aercap for $30bn
  • Green Urban Logistics Bidco Ireland and Green Urban Logistics Midco II SARL on the acquisition of both Core Industrial Holdings Limited and Opalcore Limited
  • Pilgrim's Pride Corporation on its acquisition of the consumer foods, meats and meals business from Kerry Group plc for €819m
  • Natwest on its sale of Ulster Bank Ireland's performing loan book, certain of its branch network and the Lombard leasing business to Permanent TSB and the sale by Ulster Bank of its tracker mortgage business to AIB
  • Hackman Capital Partners on the acquisition of Ardmore and Troy studios.
  • PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG on the acquisition of parts of McKesson’s European business activities
  • bunq, one of the leading European challenger banks, on the Irish aspects of its acquisition of Capitalflow
  • Akamai Technologies, Inc. on its acquisition of Asavie Technologies, an Ireland-based developer of platform that automates and manages security, performance, and access policies for mobile and IoT devices
  • PicMonkey International Limited on its $110m asset sale to Shutterstock Ventures, LLC and Shutterstock Ireland Limited
  • Integer Holding Corporation on its €130m acquisition of Connemara Biomedical Holdings Teoranta
  • Perrigo Company plc on (i) the €1.8bn acquisition of HRA Pharma; (ii) $1.55bn sale of its Generic Rx Pharmaceuticals business to Altaris Capital Partners and (iii) the $98m sale of its Mexico and Brazil-based over-the-counter (OTC) businesses to Advent International