Mergers & Acquisitions

Sila Realty Trust: $23.5 Million Acquisition Of Dover Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 18, 2025

Sila Realty Trust, a net lease real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing in the growing and resilient healthcare sector, announced the $23.5 million acquisition of an inpatient rehabilitation facility located in Dover, Delaware.

Men’s Grooming Company Boardroom Buying Finley’s Barbershop

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Boardroom, a leader in the grooming industry, announced the acquisition of Finley's Barbershop. This deal expands the salon chain's presence in Texas. The strategic partnership aims to transform the customer experience with a shared commitment to exceptional service and community engagement.

GXS Bank Acquiring Validus Group’s Singapore Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

GXS Bank announced that it has received regulatory approval to acquire Validus Capital, the Singapore subsidiary of Validus Investment Holdings. This is a first-of-a-kind acquisition of a local fintech company by a homegrown digital bank in Singapore.

TransPerfect Buying MPC And The Mill Studios

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

TransPerfect, one of the largest providers of language and AI solutions for global businesses, announced it has acquired two France-based Technicolor Group studios: MPC and The Mill. The financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

BayPine To Buy Clinical Trial Site Network Company CenExel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

BayPine - a private investment firm that drives digital transformation in market-leading businesses- announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CenExel Clinical Research, a leading clinical trial site network focused on complex therapeutic areas.

Lowe’s Buying Artisan Design Group In $1.325 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Lowe's Companies announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Artisan Design Group (ADG) for $1.325 billion.

Falx Capital: Acquisition Of Pyramid Time Systems Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Pyramid Time Systems (a leader in time and attendance solutions and synchronized time systems) announced it has been acquired by a private investment group led by Falx Capital.

FIS And Global Payments Sign $20+ Billion In Concurrent Deals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

FIS and Global Payments announced a couple of major concurrent deals. FIS entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Global Payments' Issuer Solutions business for an enterprise value of $13.5 billion, or a net purchase price of $12 billion including $1.5 billion of anticipated net present value of tax assets. And FIS entered into a definitive agreement to sell its stake in Worldpay to Global Payments for $6.6 billion in pre-tax value.

Achilles Buying Contractor Management Company InfoControl

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Achilles, a leader in supply chain risk and performance management, announced the acquisition of InfoControl, a specialist AI and contractor management company based in Latin America.

Infinite Reality To Buy Touchcast For $500 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Infinite Reality (iR), a company powering the next generation of digital media and e-commerce through extended reality (XR), AI, and other immersive technologies, announced the company has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Touchcast, a pioneering agentic AI company for $500 million in a combination of cash and stock. This deal is Infinite Reality’s largest yet and it values the company at $15.5 billion.

S&P And CME Selling OSTTRA To KKR For $3.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

S&P Global and CME Group announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell OSTTRA, a provider of post-trade solutions for the global OTC market, to investment funds managed by KKR. The terms of the deal for OSTTRA equaled total enterprise value at $3.1 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. This amount will be divided evenly between S&P Global and CME Group pursuant to their 50/50 joint venture.

StoneX To Buy Futures Brokerage R.J. O’Brien

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

R.J. O'Brien & Associates (RJO), which is the oldest futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced that its parent company has reached a definitive agreement with StoneX Group to merge all of RJO's global businesses into StoneX, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

MajorKey Technologies Buying Identity Specialist Company Oxford Computer Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

MajorKey Technologies, a leading identity security company backed by The Acacia Group, announced it has acquired Oxford Computer Group, a differentiated identity specialist with deep expertise in the Microsoft and Saviynt ecosystems.

AAB Acquiring Magus Wealth, Bringing AUA To £1.8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

AAB’s chartered financial planning team AAB Wealth announced it continues to implement its strategic growth plan with the acquisition of prominent London-based financial planning firm Magus Wealth. And this deal boosts their Assets under Advice (AuA) to £1.8 billion, an uplift of £650 million.

Allurity Buying Intelligent Security Company Onevinn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Allurity (a leading European provider of cybersecurity services) announced the acquisition of Onevinn (a Swedish company specializing in intelligent security and managed services) from Haven Cyber Technologies.

Ageas Acquring Esure In €1.510 Billion Deal With Bain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Ageas announces that it has agreed with Bain Capital to buy esure, a leading digital personal lines insurer with strong positioning on price comparison websites (PCW) in the UK. The proposed deal is aligned with Ageas’ strategic priorities for M&A in Europe under Elevate27.

GRC Advisor Company ACA Group Buying Global Trading Analytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

ACA Group (ACA), a leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services, announced it has acquired Global Trading Analytics (GTA), an independent provider of transaction cost analysis (TCA) services. This deal reinforces ACA’s commitment to enhancing its regulatory technology capabilities and addressing the evolving compliance needs of its global client base.

HireRight Completes Acquisition Of ClearChecks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

HireRight, a leading provider of global background screening services and workforce solutions, announced it has acquired ClearChecks, a background screening provider focused on the small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) market.

Relation Buys True-Course Aviation Insurance Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Relation Insurance Services announced it has acquired the assets of True-Course Aviation Insurance Services. The deal went into effect on March 31, 2025. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.

ECI Software Solutions Buys Business Management Software Company Davisware

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

ECI Software Solutions (ECI), a global provider of cloud-based business management software and services, announced the acquisition of Davisware, a provider of all-in-one business management solutions built for field service organizations. The financial details of the deal were undisclosed.

Phelps Buying Gallagher’s Canadian Executive Search Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Phelps announced the acquisition of Gallagher's Canadian Executive Search Practice. This strategic move strengthens the company's national presence and expands operations in Calgary, Edmonton, and Montreal, enhancing its reach across Western and Eastern Canada. Adding this team brings a legacy of executive search excellence, client relationships, and deep regional insights.