Daily Deal Sheet | Aug 29, 2025

Captured from posts published in the 24-hour window ending 28 Aug 2025 (GMT).

Why it matters

Value-led headlines returned in force: Sycamore’s $23.7B acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance closed, while KKR launched a £5B UK public-to-private of Spectris and Advent/BCI featured with a $6B Maxar entry. Energy, Technology and Healthcare stayed busy—from POET’s $210M biofuels divestiture to AI/cyber consolidation by Uniphore and CrowdStrike, plus care-home specialist Novicare moving to Gimv with a named sell-side bench.

📝 Deal & Investment Highlights

• Sycamore Partners → Walgreens Boots Alliance — $23,700,000,000 majority buyout (Retail)
  • Sell-side IB: Centerview Partners, Morgan Stanley — Alan Hartman, Cheri Mowrey; Sell-side Legal: Clifford Chance, Kirkland & Ellis, Ropes & Gray LLP, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates — Christian Vogel, Edward J. Lee, Adrianne Ortega
  • Buy-side IB: Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, UBS, Wells Fargo — Anthony Diamandakis, Nick Richitt; Buy-side Legal: Bass, Berry & Sims, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Hengeler Mueller — Michael Hess, Brian Wolfe

• KKR → Spectris — £5,000,000,000 public-to-private (Industrials)
  • Investor team: Philipp Freise, Joshua Weisenbeck

• Advent International, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation → Maxar Technologies — $6,000,000,000 majority buyout (Satellite Communications)

• Abu Dhabi Investment Authority → GLP — $1,500,000,000 minority investment (Asset Management/Real Estate)

• POET → Obion ethanol plant — $210,000,000 divestiture (Renewable Energy)
  • Sell-side IB: BMO Capital Markets, Moelis & Company; Sell-side Legal: Vinson & Elkins

• Uniphore → Orby AI — n/d majority buyout (Technology)
  • Buy-side Legal: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati — Rezwan Pavri, Michael Russell

• CrowdStrike → Onum — n/d majority buyout (Cybersecurity)
  • Buy-side Legal: Freshfields — Denny Kwon, Jeff Zhang

• Gimv → Novicare — n/d majority buyout (Healthcare)
  • Sell-side IB: ING Corporate Finance — Ivan Vander Stichele, Marco WM Gulpers

↪️ Plus 44 more transactions captured in today’s ledger in the full database.

👤 Notable People Moves

• Christin Zindrick — Managing Director | Lincoln International (Chicago)

• Miriam Karim — Investment Banking Associate | Lazard (New York)

• Ofer Harduf — JPMorgan Chase (ex-Fifth Wall)

• Daniel Mörk — Director, Infrastructure Leveraged Finance | Nordea

• Jack Kim — Principal | Arjun Infrastructure Partners

• Sam van Egmond — M&A Associate | Squarefield

🔍 Sector Snapshots

Energy & Infrastructure

• POET → Obion ethanol plant — $210,000,000 divestiture (Renewable Energy) — Sell-side IB: BMO Capital Markets, Moelis & Company; Sell-side Legal: Vinson & Elkins

• Wirelane → Ladegrün! — n/d majority buyout (Utilities/EV charging) — Sell-side IB: Saxenhammer — Martin J. Neumann, Fabian Probst, Luis Wiech; Sell-side Legal: Esche Schümann Commichau — Jan Kind, Dr. Sebastian Garbe, Dr. Lukas Eßers

• Abu Dhabi Investment Authority → GLP — $1,500,000,000 minority investment (Asset Management/Real Estate)

TMT & Software

• CrowdStrike → Onum — n/d majority buyout (Cybersecurity) — Buy-side Legal: Freshfields — Denny Kwon, Jeff Zhang

• Uniphore → Orby AI — n/d majority buyout — Buy-side Legal: WSGR — Rezwan Pavri, Michael Russell

• Uniphore → Autonom8 Inc. — n/d majority buyout — Buy-side Legal: WSGR — Rezwan Pavri, Michael Russell

• Lightrock, Partech → Makersite — n/d (Supply Chain Management Tech)

• Positive Group → NETSTAG — n/d divestiture — Sell-side Legal: McDermott Will & Schulte Deutschland — Dr. Felix Ganzer, Fatema Orjela, Dr. Florian Schiefer

• Wipro Limited → Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS) business unit — n/d divestiture (IT Consulting) — Sell-side IB: Deutsche Bank Investment Bank

Industrials & Business Services

• KKR → Spectris — £5,000,000,000 public-to-private (Industrials) — Investor team: Philipp Freise, Joshua Weisenbeck

• Regent → Original Equipment Solutions (OESL) business field — n/d divestiture — Buy-side Legal: Freshfields — Christoph H. Seibt, Dr. Arne Constantin-Krawinkel

• Amplex AB → APP Lifting Services — n/d majority buyout (Machinery) — Sell-side IB: Park Place — Ben Peacock, Danny Swanwick; Buy-side Legal: Clarion Solicitors — Susie Siddall, Hitesh Tailor, Jonathan Schneider

• Berk Partners → Ganzeboom Transmissies — n/d investment (Industrial Services) — Sell-side IB: Marktlink — Laurens Dekker, Fredrik Jonker, Koen Dollekamp, Mike Korenromp; Sell-side Legal: KienhuisHoving — Mark Huizenga, Ilse Ekkel

• SGD Pharma → Alphial — n/d majority buyout — Sell-side FA: Ethica Group; Sell-side Legal: PedersoliGattai

• → Kendrion Chinese operations — n/d divestiture (Industrial) — Sell-side IB: ING Corporate Finance

Consumer & Retail

• Sycamore Partners → Walgreens Boots Alliance — $23,700,000,000 majority buyout (Retail) — Sell-side IB: Centerview, Morgan Stanley — Alan Hartman, Cheri Mowrey; Buy-side IB: Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, UBS, Wells Fargo

• Caragh Nurseries → Earlswood Garden & Landscape Centre — n/d majority buyout (Retail) — Debt: Beechbrook Capital — Emilia O’Connell, Alan O' Dea, CFA

• Paramount Retail Group → DB Foods Limited — n/d (Food & Beverage) — Sell-side Legal: Hill Dickinson LLP — Lemi McAuley, Sandip Khroud, Tamanna Keir

• prado → Vervloet — n/d

• prado → ATELIER LUXUS — n/d

Healthcare

• Gimv → Novicare — n/d majority buyout — Sell-side IB: ING Corporate Finance — Ivan Vander Stichele, Marco WM Gulpers

• BlackPeak Capital → Affinity Life Care — n/d minority investment (Healthcare Services) — Sell-side Advisor: Deloitte Romania — Radu Cristian Dumitrescu, Vlad Balan

• EVERSANA → Waltz Health — n/d merger (Healthcare Services)

• Canary, Indicator Capital, Igah, BigBets, Zentynel → Axenya — $12,000,000 Series A (Healthcare/SaaS) — Legal: Demarest Advogados — Juliana Maluf, Beatriz Seixas, Ilson Maciel

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