Daily Deal Sheet | Aug 26, 2025

Captured from posts published in the 24-hour window ending 25 Aug 2025 (GMT).

Why it matters

• A blockbuster Consumer move (Keurig Dr Pepper’s €15.7B recommended offer for JDE Peet’s) anchors the tape as software and med-tech stay hot with Thoma Bravo’s $2.0B Verint take-private and Terumo’s $1.5B OrganOx acquisition.

• Energy consolidation (Crescent–Vital, $3.1B) and sponsor-to-strategic trades across Financials and Consumer underscore active cross-border, carve-out, and platform dynamics.

📝 Deal & Investment Highlights

• Keurig Dr Pepper → JDE Peet’s — €15,700,000,000 majority buyout (Consumer)
  • Sell-side IB: Bank of America; Sell-side Legal: A&O Shearman — Tim Stevens, Olivier Valk, Jeroen Allebrandi
  • Buy-side IB: Lazard, Morgan Stanley — Bruce Williams; Buy-side Legal: Paul, Weiss; Stibbe — James Langston, Chelsea Darnell

• Crescent Energy → Vital Energy — $3,100,000,000 merger (Energy, E&P)
  • Buy-side IB: Evercore — Daniel Mendelow

• Thoma Bravo → Verint Systems, Inc. — $2,000,000,000 public-to-private (Technology, SaaS)
  • Buy-side IB: Perella Weinberg — Jackie Chan; Buy-side Legal: Kirkland & Ellis — Corey Fox, Brad Reed; Investor team: Mike Hoffmann

• Terumo Medical Corporation → OrganOx — $1,500,000,000 majority buyout (Healthcare, Medical Devices)
  • Sell-side IB: Perella Weinberg Partners; Piper Sandler; Buy-side Legal: Latham & Watkins; Investor team: Pauline Ritter (Lauxera Capital Partners)

• Advent → PatientPoint — n/d majority buyout (Healthcare Services)
  • Sell-side IB: Citi; Jefferies; Buy-side IB: Solomon Partners; Buy-side Legal: Ropes & Gray LLP

• VL Mineração → Mosaic Potássio — n/d majority buyout (Agriculture, Fertilizer)
  • Sell-side Legal: Mello Torres Advogados — Clovis Torres, Alexandre Simões Pinto, Diego Lopes de Oliveira; Buy-side Legal: TozziniFreire Advogados — Carlos Mello, Oswaldo Noce Dalla Torre

• Novo Banco → Unicre consumer credit business (Unibanco) — n/d majority buyout (Financial Services)
  • Buy-side Legal: Linklaters — Rui Camacho Palma, Diogo Plantier Santos

• Lantmännen → Leipurin — n/d majority buyout (Consumer, F&B)
  • Buy-side Legal: Castrén & Snellman — Benjamin Bade, Maiju Mäkinen

↪️ Plus 27 more transactions captured in today’s ledger in the full database.

👤 Notable People Moves

• Ira Schacter — Partner; Head of Financial Services vertical | McDermott Will & Schulte (New Hire, New York)

• Isadora Schwartzmann — Partner | CQT Advogados (New Partner)

• Hugo Harrod — Board Member | ProVerum (Board Appointment; Partner, MVM Partners)

• Ben Wilson — Vice President | The Riverside Company (Starting a New Position)

• Cristian Ponte — Debt Capital Markets – Investment Banking | HSBC (Starting a New Position)

🔍 Sector Snapshots
Energy & Infrastructure

• Crescent Energy → Vital Energy — $3.1B merger. • Buy-side IB: Evercore — Daniel Mendelow

• Inside Capital Partners → RDG Africa — minority investment (Renewables).

• BESTSELLER A/S → matterr GmbH — minority investment (Carbon & Environmental). • Sell-side IB: Saxenhammer — Carina Kueffen, Martin J. Neumann

• GLIL, Equitix, STRABAG → HARP — debt financing (Public Infrastructure).

TMT & Software

• Thoma Bravo → Verint — $2.0B P2P (SaaS). • Buy-side IB: Perella Weinberg — Jackie Chan; Buy-side Legal: Kirkland & Ellis — Corey Fox, Brad Reed

• group.one → MiniCRM — n/d MBO (SaaS). • Buy-side Legal: DLA Piper — Piotr Miller, Anna Chrabota-Bajson

• Agridence → Farmer Connect — n/d (data/traceability). • Legal: Baker McKenzie — Jingjin (Jimmy) Guo, Manoé Ruchat

• General Atlantic → Starian — minority investment (SaaS).

Industrials & Business Services

• Kessler + Co → Timoney Dynamic Solutions — n/d MBO (Machinery).

• MTS Euro Products → Holland Papier Groep — n/d MBO (Personal Care). • Sell-side IB: Marktlink — Michel Hietbrink, Joep van den Enk, Lars Verbeek, Krijn Keukens

• Bencis → Leading Aesthetics Group (6 clinics) — merger (Healthcare Services). • Sell-side IB: Lindenaar & Co

• Hawk Infinity → e-file — n/d MBO (Poland). • Sell-side IB: Grant Thornton Poland — Mateusz Biegajło, Mateusz Grzelak, Oskar Majka

Consumer & Healthcare

• Lantmännen → Leipurin — n/d MBO (F&B). • Buy-side Legal: Castrén & Snellman — Benjamin Bade, Maiju Mäkinen

• Advent → PatientPoint — n/d MBO (Healthcare Services). • Sell-side IB: Citi; Jefferies; Buy-side IB: Solomon Partners

• Terumo → OrganOx — $1.5B MBO (Medical Devices). • Sell-side IB: Perella Weinberg Partners; Piper Sandler

Financial Services & Real Estate

• Novo Banco → Unicre (Unibanco) — n/d MBO (Lending & Credit). • Buy-side Legal: Linklaters — Rui Camacho Palma, Diogo Plantier Santos

• BPI Imofomento → Edifício Mutual — n/d MBO (Commercial Real Estate). • Buy-side Legal: TELLES — Pedro Almeida e Sousa, Joana Telles de Abreu

• 360 ONE Asset → Bluegrass Business Park (50%) — minority investment (Commercial Real Estate).

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