Daily Deal Sheet | Aug 14, 2025

Written By Allison Sabaroche

Captured from posts published in the 24-hour window ending Aug 13, 2025 (GMT).

Why it matters

  • A $2.5bn public-to-private in software (Advent → Sapiens) headlines a tape rich in energy and infrastructure themes, including an Indigenous-partnered take-private of MEG Energy.

  • UK healthcare and bank M&A (LDC → Panthera Biopartners; First Financial Bank → BankFinancial) add mid-market depth, while industrials stay busy with Hubbell’s pending DMC POWER buy and Allegion’s lockmaker roll-up.

📝 Deal & Investment Highlights

  • Advent → Sapiens — $2,500,000,000 public-to-private (software)
    • Sell-side IB: William Blair — Bhavan Suri; Sell-side Legal: Latham & Watkins, Meitar | Law Offices
    • Buy-side IB: Citi; Buy-side Legal: Kirkland & Ellis — Will Boothby, Y. Michael Chung; Investor team: Douglas Hallstrom

  • Cenovus Energy, Chipewyan Prairie First Nation, Heart Lake First Nation → MEG Energy Corp. — public-to-private (energy)

  • First Financial Bank → BankFinancial — $142,000,000 majority buyout (lending & credit)
    • Sell-side IB: KBW; Sell-side Legal: Squire Patton Boggs • Buy-side IB: Morgan Stanley; Buy-side Legal: Kirkland & Ellis, Luse Gorman, PC

  • Hubbell (Hubbell Incorporated) → DMC POWER — majority buyout (power connectors)
    • Sell-side IB: Harris Williams — Bob Baltimore;

  • LDC → Panthera Biopartners — majority buyout (clinical trials)
    • Sell-side IB: EY-Parthenon — Sylvester Oppong, Luca Costanzo, Priyesh Dhana, Matthew Halls; Buy-side Legal: DWF — Graham Tait, Siobhan McKenna

  • CVC DIF → American Student Transportation Partners (ASTP) — majority buyout (student transportation)

  • Allegion plc → Brisant-Secure — majority buyout (security hardware)
    • Sell-side IB: KPMG Corporate Finance — Giles Taylor, Surinderpal Matharu, Sam Storey, Yasmin Deen (+ team); Sell-side Legal: n/d
    • Buy-side IB: n/d; Buy-side Legal: n/d

  • Stonepeak → IFCO group — minority investment (packaging/logistics)
    • Buy-side IB: KPMG Deutschland — Elaine Gwilt, Fabian Boeser, James Boon

🧰 Advisory Role Snapshot

  • Sapiens → Advent — William Blair (sell-side IB: Bhavan Suri); Latham & Watkins, Meitar (sell-side legal); Citi (buy-side IB); Kirkland & Ellis — Will Boothby, Y. Michael Chung (buy-side legal).

  • Panthera Biopartners → LDC — EY-Parthenon (sell-side IB: Sylvester Oppong, Luca Costanzo, Priyesh Dhana, Matthew Halls + team). DWF (buy-side legal: Graham Tait, Siobhan McKenna). EY (debt advisory: Will Rix, Vijay Gupta).

  • Brisant-Secure → Allegion — KPMG Corporate Finance (sell-side IB: Giles Taylor, Surinderpal Matharu, Sam Storey, Yasmin Deen + team). KPMG (debt advisory: Tim Nicholson, Saran Lall + team).

  • DMC POWER → Hubbell — Harris Williams (sell-side IB: Bob Baltimore).

  • Pizza Pilgrims → L’Osteria — PwC (sell-side IB: Rick Jones, Phoebe Groves + team).

  • Kirstine Hardam → OneMed — Translink Corporate Finance (sell-side IB: Jens Borelli-Kjær, Henrik Schrøder, Anton Danielsson).

  • IFCO group → Stonepeak — KPMG Deutschland (buy-side FA/DD & tax: Elaine Gwilt, Fabian Boeser, James Boon, Andreas Heidenreich).

  • InsTech → Datos Insights — Burges Salmon LLP (buy-side legal: Dominic Davis, Tom Curnow).

  • Choose Leisure → SPV — DMH Stallard LLP (buy-side legal: Danos Athanasi, Chris Gleeson, Beth Obara).

  • Nederlandse Obesitas Kliniek → Vendis Capital — CORP. advocaten (buy-side legal: Paul van den Belt, Max Oosterom).

  • Northvolt remaining assets → Lyten — Advokatfirman Lindahl (buy-side legal: Jan Byström, Ahmed Al-Rahma).

  • LAVA Therapeutics N.V. → XOMA Royalty Corporation — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (buy-side legal: Ryan Murr, Branden Berns, Evan Shepherd; tax: Pamela Lawrence Endreny, Betsy Johnson; exec benefits: Sean Feller).

👤 Notable People Moves

  • Devin Wilde — Managing Director | Morgan Stanley (ex-Goldman Sachs, New York)

  • Harrison Davis — Managing Director | H.I.G. Capital

  • Angelo Acconcia — President | ArcLight Capital Partners (promotion)

  • Thomas Levato — Partner | DLA Piper (Capital Markets & Public Company Advisory, New York)

  • Philip Jensen — Principal | Silver Lake

  • Charlie Whitehead — Associate | Sun European Partners

  • Aldo Brambilla — Private Equity Associate | Silver Lake

  • Emma Cassidy — Investor | BGF

  • Tim Windfelder — Associate | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (Munich)

  • Vincent Danielsson — Investment Manager | Yanno Capital

  • Anna Widemar — Investor | Monterro (Stockholm)

  • Jacob Fellman — Investor | Monterro (Helsinki)

🔍 Sector Snapshots
Energy & Infrastructure

  • Cenovus, Chipewyan Prairie First Nation, Heart Lake First Nation → MEG Energy — public-to-private (n/d)

  • Highland Fuels → Carnegie Fuels — majority buyout • Sell-side IB: HNH Partners — Harry Linklater, Peter Willis, Mark G., William Lawrence

  • CVC DIF → ASTP — majority buyout (n/d)

  • Stonepeak → IFCO group — minority investment • Buy-side IB: KPMG Deutschland — Elaine Gwilt, Fabian Boeser, James Boon

TMT & Software

  • Advent → Sapiens — $2,500,000,000 public-to-private • Sell-side IB: William Blair — Bhavan Suri; Buy-side Legal: Kirkland & Ellis — Will Boothby, Y. Michael Chung

  • Bain Capital → HSO — majority buyout (n/d)

  • Yorktel → Kinly — merger • Sell-side IB: Lincoln International — Chris Brooks

  • Datos Insights → InsTech — majority buyout • Buy-side Legal: Burges Salmon LLP — Dominic Davis, Tom Curnow

Industrials & Manufacturing

  • Hubbell → DMC POWER — majority buyout • Sell-side IB: Harris Williams — Bob Baltimore

  • Allegion → Brisant-Secure — majority buyout • Sell-side IB: KPMG Corporate Finance — Giles Taylor, Surinderpal Matharu, Sam Storey, Yasmin Deen

  • Apollo funds → Kelvion — majority buyout (n/d)

  • Inteplast Group → con-pearl GmbH — divestiture (n/d)

Consumer & Retail

  • Novus Foods → noosa — majority buyout • Debt: CVC Credit

  • L’Osteria → Pizza Pilgrims — majority buyout • Sell-side IB: PwC — Rick Jones, Phoebe Groves

  • SPV (Williams, Canning, Joiner) → Choose Leisure — majority buyout • Buy-side Legal: DMH Stallard LLP — Danos Athanasi, Chris Gleeson

  • Maxis PE, Mada Family Office → Nishane — minority investment • Buy-side Legal: Pekin Bayar Mizrahi — Selin Bayar, Sertac Kokenek

Healthcare

  • LDC → Panthera Biopartners — majority buyout • Sell-side IB: EY-Parthenon — Sylvester Oppong, Luca Costanzo, Priyesh Dhana, Matthew Halls; Buy-side Legal: DWF — Graham Tait, Siobhan McKenna

  • Vendis Capital → Nederlandse Obesitas Kliniek — majority buyout • Buy-side Legal: CORP. advocaten — Paul van den Belt, Max Oosterom

  • XOMA Royalty Corporation → LAVA Therapeutics N.V. — majority buyout • Buy-side Legal: Gibson Dunn — Ryan Murr, Branden Berns

  • OneMed → Kirstine Hardam — majority buyout • Sell-side IB: Translink Corporate Finance — Jens Borelli-Kjær, Henrik Schrøder

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