M&A news archive: page 34 of 36
Every deal story we have published, newest first, with value and status. Updated every morning.
- Stanley Electric agrees ¥70bn deal for Iwasaki ElectricThe automotive lamp specialist is buying its way into public infrastructure, factory and ultraviolet lighting from a Carlyle-controlled seller.
- BAM buys Dutch housebuilder Gebroeders BloklandThe acquisition lifts BAM's annual housing development potential by about a tenth and gives its timber-frame Flow concept new sites.
- Upstage agrees share-swap takeover of Daum operator AXZKakao steps out of the portal business it entered in 2014, while the AI start-up gains decades of Korean-language content for training its models.
- Carlyle's deal for Lukoil's foreign assets lapses without US approvalThe sanctioned Russian oil group had picked the US buyout firm for its international holding company, but OFAC never signed off.
- Stonepeak pays US$2.4bn for 25% of CMA CGM terminals ventureThe infrastructure investor backs a portfolio of gateway container terminals from Los Angeles to Vietnam, while the French carrier keeps control.
- Sword Health buys Munich's Kaia Health for $285mThe Portuguese-founded AI physiotherapy start-up uses its largest deal to enter Germany's digital-health reimbursement system.
- British Land agrees £150m deal for Life Science REITThe FTSE 100 landlord buys five Golden Triangle assets at a discount to book value as it targets science and technology occupiers.
- ANTA buys Pinault family's 29% Puma stake for €1.5bnThe Chinese sportswear group becomes Puma's largest shareholder at a 62% premium, but rules out a full takeover.
- Millicom wins auction for EPM's stake in Tigo ColombiaBuying out the Medellín municipal utility clears the way for Millicom to fold Tigo and Movistar Colombia into a single operator.
- Zijin Gold's C$5.5bn takeover of Allied Gold collapsesThe Chinese miner agreed a record-price cash bid for Allied's African mines in January, but walked away in July and settled for a 9.2% stake.
- Leidos agrees US$2.4bn deal for ENTRUST SolutionsThe defence and government IT contractor is doubling down on grid and gas engineering as utilities race to meet rising power demand.
- IonQ agrees US$1.8bn deal for chip foundry SkyWaterThe quantum computing company wants its own trusted US fab to speed up development of fault-tolerant machines.
- CVC agrees up-to-US$1.2bn deal for Marathon Asset ManagementThe Amsterdam-listed private-markets group pays mostly in its own equity to build scale in US private credit.
- Goldgroup agrees US$372m all-share deal for Gold ResourceAdding the Don David mine to Cerro Prieto gives the TSX Venture junior a two-mine, silver-heavy Mexican production base.
- Waaree Renewable buys 55% of Associated Power Structures for ₹1,225 croreThe solar contractor is moving into transmission towers as India races to build the grid lines needed to carry new renewable capacity.
- EFG International buys Zurich private bank Quilvest SwitzerlandThe Swiss wealth manager adds a Latin America-focused UHNW franchise from the Bemberg family in an all-cash deal.
- OVHcloud buys encryption specialist SealdThe French cloud group adds certified 'zero knowledge' encryption to its sovereign-cloud pitch.
- Senko launches ¥16.7bn tender offer for MaruwnThe logistics group buys into chemical and heavy-cargo transport, with JX Metals staying on as a minority partner.
- Nissha agrees to buy control of Vietnam's USM HealthcareThe Japanese manufacturer wanted a low-cost Asian base for medical-device contract manufacturing; four months after closing it decided to walk away.
- Chery agrees to buy Nissan's Rosslyn plant in South AfricaThe Chinese carmaker takes over a factory Nissan could no longer fill, while the Japanese group keeps selling cars in the country as an importer.
- Janus Henderson buys Richard Bernstein AdvisorsThe asset manager adds a $20bn macro and model-portfolio specialist, lifting it into North America's top ten model providers.
- Capital One agrees US$5.15bn deal for BrexThe card issuer buys an AI-driven spend-management platform to accelerate its push into business payments; the deal closed within three months.
- EQT agrees US$3.2bn all-share deal for Coller CapitalThe Swedish manager buys its way into private-markets secondaries, a segment that grew 41% in 2025.
- Clorox agrees US$2.25bn deal for Purell maker GOJOThe bleach and wipes group is adding the leading hand sanitiser brand and a large professional dispenser network to its health and wellness arm.
- OEP takes Kitwave private in £251m dealThe AIM-listed delivered wholesaler accepted a 33.5% premium, citing constraints on deal-making and leverage as a public company.
- PayPal agrees to buy Israeli commerce start-up CymbioThe payments group is buying the technology behind Store Sync, its tool for getting merchants' catalogues in front of shoppers using AI assistants.
- Deutsche Börse agrees €5.3bn takeover of AllfundsThe exchange operator will fold the Madrid-based fund platform into Clearstream's fund services arm, in its biggest deal to date.
- Energy Fuels agrees A$447m takeover of ASMThe Colorado group adds a working rare earth metals plant in South Korea and the Dubbo project to its Utah processing base.
- VertiGIS agrees £87m takeover of 1SpatialThe Battery Ventures-backed GIS group adds a location master-data platform and a foothold in the UK, France and Benelux.
- Next buys Russell & Bromley brand out of administrationThe retailer adds another heritage label to its stable of rescued brands, taking just three of the shoe chain's shops.
