#M&A
articles
Minster Law Acquires ARAG’s Personal Injury Caseload as Legal Insurance Market Consolidates
Brokers distributing ARAG legal expenses insurance must note that personal injury claims now sit with Minster Law, refle...
Apollo to Acquire EasyJet for £5.7bn After Rival Bidder Drops Out
US investment firm Apollo Global has agreed to buy British low-cost airline EasyJet for £5.7bn in cash, ending a takeove...
Oil Majors Post Record H1 Profits as European Giants Abandon Green Pivot for Capital Discipline
Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, and Chevron led a windfall half, while Shell's $16.4bn ARC acquisition and BP's planned solar ...
Peru Q2 M&A value up 11% as fewer but bigger deals reshape market
Peruvian M&A deal value rose to $760m in Q2 2026 despite a sharp fall in deal count, as headline transactions in armoure...
Skift Research Debuts Free Quarterly Report on Travel Capital Flows
The new Capital Allocation Brief tracks M&A, venture funding and shifting demand geography across travel, with insights ...
Kervansaray Holding's Majority Owner in Talks to Sell 62% Stake to Dubai Firm
Zeynep Tümer, who holds 62% of Kervansaray Yatırım Holding, has initiated negotiations with Dubai-based Oasis Prime to o...
Promendo Investimentos Seizes Majority Control of GirodMédias Portugal, French Parent Exits
Portuguese holding Promendo Investimentos has bought out the 49% stake held by French parent GirodMédias SAS, becoming t...
Thales acquires French drone-maker Exail for €3.9 billion after Safran bid rejected
Defence giant Thales strikes a last-minute deal to buy underwater-drone and navigation specialist Exail, strengthening i...
AI Strategy Can Destroy Startup Exit Value, M&A Adviser Warns
Strategic adviser Itay Sagie argues that rushed AI adoption can read as vendor dependency and integration risk to acquir...
Dow Hits Record as Wall Street Rallies on Iran De-escalation Hopes
US stocks closed sharply higher Monday after President Trump said he would hold off on strikes against Iran, sending oil...
Dassault Systèmes to Buy Life Sciences Software Firm ArisGlobal for $1.8B
The French software group is acquiring AI-native compliance platform provider ArisGlobal for about $1.8 billion in cash,...
Allianz Buys UOB Asset Management for €376 Million in Fresh Singapore Push
Allianz's fund arm is buying Singapore's UOB Asset Management, doubling its local business weeks after the insurer agree...
Newmark Buys Altus Group's Development Advisory Arm as Altus Pivots to Pure-Play Tech
Altus Group sells its global development advisory business to Newmark, its second disposal this year, as the Argus maker...
Big Tech's Q2 Ad Dominance and the Private Equity Push Into Ad Tech
Meta and Amazon outgrew Google in Q2 advertising; Wall Street frowned on AI capex, and private equity is circling under-...
InfraRed Capital Partners Takes Majority Stake in Intermodal Terminal Operator Rail Modal Group
InfraRed's value-added fund has acquired a majority stake in Albany-based Rail Modal Group, an inland intermodal termina...
InfraRed Capital Partners Takes Majority Stake in Intermodal Firm Rail Modal Group
London-based InfraRed Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Rail Modal Group, the New York operator of inland in...
Shell Sells European Solar and Wind Arm to TotalEnergies in Renewables Retreat
Shell is selling its European onshore renewables business — solar, battery and wind projects totalling 500 MW — to Total...
Tianzhihang's 'Snake-Swallows-Elephant' Deal: Investors Wary of Shanghai MicroPort Orthopedics' Debt and Losses
Tianzhihang plans to buy 62% of Shanghai MicroPort Orthopedics, a firm with an 86% debt ratio and mounting losses, raisi...
Emirates NBD to Acquire HSBC Egypt's Retail Banking Business
Emirates NBD Egypt has signed final agreements to buy HSBC Egypt's retail banking operations, including branches, ATMs, ...
Retail Roundup: eBay Closes on Depop, King Kullen Gets a Buyer, Sentiment Creeps Up
A busy retail week brings eBay's $1.4B close on Depop, new ownership for King Kullen, expansion plans from Strong Pilate...
Circle K Owner Couche-Tard to Buy Polish Chain Zabka for $8.7 Billion
The Canadian convenience-store giant expands into Central and Eastern Europe with its largest-ever acquisition, adding 1...
Santander Offers €1.9 Billion to Buy Out Minority Stake in Brazilian Unit
Santander has launched a €1.9bn share-swap offer for the 10% it does not already own of Santander Brasil, offering a 15%...
Canada's Couche-Tard to Buy Żabka for 32 Billion PLN After 7-Eleven Pulls Out
Alimentation Couche-Tard, owner of Circle K, launches a tender offer for all shares of Żabka at 32 PLN each, valuing the...
PFL Merges with Jake Paul's MVP to Challenge UFC's Dominance
The Professional Fighters League and Most Valuable Promotions have merged, backed by 885 Capital and Knighthead, to crea...
CBIZ Insurance Brokerage to Be Spun Out as New Mountain-Backed Standalone After $5B Grant Thornton Takeover
Grant Thornton’s US arm will pay $5 billion for CBIZ, then split off its fast-growing benefits and insurance business as...
Gallagher's Revenue Soars 24% as New Business and AssuredPartners Offset Property Market Reset
Arthur J. Gallagher posted $3.96 billion in second-quarter revenue on 6% organic growth and the integration of AssuredPa...
Air France-KLM Posts €61m Loss as Fuel Costs Soar, Makes Formal Bid for TAP
The Franco-Dutch group swung to a first-half loss, hit by a €804m fuel cost increase from the Hormuz crisis, but passed ...
Amper Buys German Energy Tech Firm Freqcon for €1.7M, Bolstering Defence Push
Spanish defence and technology group Amper acquires German energy conversion company Freqcon from insolvency, adding dua...
Persistent Systems' $1.3B Nagarro Bet: AI Tailwind Meets Integration Headwinds
Persistent Systems aims to transform its European footprint with the proposed Nagarro acquisition, but the real test wil...
Verisk Buys Geospatial Intelligence Firm MIS to Bolster Real-Time Catastrophe Response
Verisk adds real-time event analysis to its catastrophe-risk portfolio by acquiring McKenzie Intelligence Services, stre...