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Explore major deals shaping the global legal market — from high-value mergers to landmark transactions across industries.
Explore major deals shaping the global legal market — from high-value mergers to landmark transactions across industries.
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- Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Ziff Davis, Inc. in its definitive agreement to sell its Connectivity division, including Ookla, to Accenture for $1.2 billion in cash, in a transaction announced on March 3, 2026. - The transaction is expected to close in the coming months, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions and receipt of required regulatory approvals, and Ziff Davis will continue to own and operate the Connectivity division until completion. - Ookla, headquartered in Seattle, is part of Ziff Davis’ Connectivity portfolio alongside Speedtest, Downdetector, Ekahau, and RootMetrics, and its products provide network intelligence, competitive benchmarking, and customer experience analytics across fixed broadband, mobile, Wi-Fi, and 5G networks.
Mar 03 2026
1.2B
M&A
- Gibson Dunn represented Gyre Therapeutics, Inc. in its definitive agreement to acquire Cullgen Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $300 million, announced on March 3, 2026. - Under the terms of the agreement, Cullgen will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Gyre, and the transaction is expected to close early in the second quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and necessary regulatory approvals in the United States. - The acquisition will combine Gyre’s commercial-stage fibrosis business with Cullgen’s targeted protein degradation and degrader-antibody conjugate platform, creating a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company with U.S.- and China-based capabilities across discovery, manufacturing, and commercialization.
Mar 03 2026
300M
M&A
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Ziff Davis, Inc. in its definitive agreement to sell its Connectivity division to Accenture in a $1.2 billion cash transaction announced on March 3, 2026. - The sale is subject to certain closing adjustments, required regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the coming months. - Ziff Davis’ Connectivity division includes brands such as Ookla, Speedtest, Ekahau, Downdetector, and RootMetrics, and generated $231 million in revenue in 2025.
Mar 03 2026
1.2B
M&A
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented the acquiring consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock, and the EQT Infrastructure VI fund, together with co-underwriters California Public Employees’ Retirement System and Qatar Investment Authority, in its definitive agreement to acquire AES for $15.00 per share in cash. The transaction values AES at a total equity value of $10.7 billion and an enterprise value of approximately $33.4 billion, including the assumption of existing debt. - The transaction was unanimously approved by AES’ board of directors and is expected to close in late 2026 or early 2027, subject to AES stockholder approval, the receipt of applicable federal, state and foreign regulatory approvals, and other customary closing conditions. - Through the acquisition, AES is expected to expand its leadership as a clean energy platform across the Americas. AES is the largest supplier of clean energy to corporations globally and has signed agreements for 11.8 GW of power supply to major technology firms.
Mar 02 2026
33.4B
- Sidley represented Precision NeuroMed Inc. in its strategic partnership with Brainlab SE under a Joint Development and Commercialization Agreement. This strategic partnership was entered into on 2026-02-27. - Under the agreement, the companies will collaborate to develop and commercialize a cloud-based, AI-enabled treatment planning platform for convection enhanced delivery to the brain, and Brainlab has also received an equity interest in Precision NeuroMed. - Precision NeuroMed is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing precision therapeutics for central nervous system diseases, and the platform is intended to support more precise and personalized drug delivery to brain tissue.
Feb 27 2026
500M
M&A
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP represented Paramount Skydance Corporation in its definitive merger agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. in a transaction announced on February 27, 2026 and valued at $110 billion. - Under the terms of the agreement, Paramount will pay $31.00 per share in cash for all outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, and the transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. - The transaction will combine Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a premier global media and entertainment company focused on expanding consumer choice and empowering creative talent worldwide.
Feb 27 2026
110B
M&A
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Alterra IOS in its strategic minority investment from Almanac, the private real estate arm of Neuberger, announced on February 27, 2026. - The passive minority investment is intended to support Alterra’s rapidly growing industrial outdoor storage platform and further institutionalize the industrial outdoor storage asset class. - Alterra IOS is a leading owner and manager in the industrial outdoor storage sector, having acquired more than 450 properties across 38 states as of the first quarter of 2026.
Feb 27 2026
100M
Private Equity
- Sidley represented The Brink’s Company in its acquisition of NCR Atleos Corporation in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion, announced on February 26, 2026. - Under the terms of the deal, Brink’s will acquire each outstanding share of NCR Atleos for $30.00 in cash and 0.1574 shares of Brink’s common stock, and the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and shareholder approvals. - The transaction combines two financial technology infrastructure providers, bringing together Brink’s cash management and route-based infrastructure with NCR Atleos’ ATM management, ATM network, and ATM-as-a-Service outsourcing capabilities.
Feb 26 2026
6.6B
M&A
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP represented Peoria Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of JAPEX (U.S.) Corp., in its approximately $1.26 billion acquisition of the entire operated oil and gas business of Verdad Resources Holdings LLC, completed on February 26, 2026. - Willkie also advised Peoria on a reserve-based debt facility financing in connection with the acquisition. - The acquired portfolio comprises approximately 101,000 net acres across Colorado and Wyoming in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, focused on horizontal Niobrara and Codell formation development.
Feb 26 2026
1.3B
M&A
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP represented Victory Capital in its acquisition of Janus Henderson in a transaction announced on February 26, 2026 and valued at $16 billion. - The transaction combines two asset management businesses and positions Victory Capital to expand its scale and capabilities in the sector. - Victory Capital is an independent investment management firm headquartered in San Antonio.
Feb 26 2026
16B
M&A
- Freshfields represented Asahi Kasei Corp., through its subsidiary Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in its approximately €780 million ($920 million) acquisition of AiCuris Anti-infective Cures AG, announced on February 26, 2026. - The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and will expand Asahi Kasei’s specialty pharmaceutical platform further into severe infectious diseases, an area strategically adjacent to its transplant and nephrology businesses. - AiCuris is a biopharmaceutical company focused on therapies for severe and potentially life-threatening infectious diseases in immunocompromised patients, and the acquisition adds assets including Prevymis royalties, pritelivir, and AIC468 to Asahi Kasei’s portfolio.
Feb 26 2026
920M
M&A
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Braemont Capital, as special counsel, in the $500 million non-control growth equity investment in VFN Holdings, Inc. (Vero Networks), announced on February 23, 2026 and led by Braemont Capital, Hamilton Lane, and Delta-v Capital. - The investment is intended to support Vero’s next phase of growth, including the expansion of its fiber-to-the-premise and wholesale fiber networks, as well as continued strategic M&A across new and existing U.S. markets. - Vero Networks is a fiber infrastructure business and broadband internet provider based in Boulder, Colorado, serving retail consumers, schools, government entities, enterprises, carriers, and hyperscale and cloud providers across the United States.
Feb 25 2026
500M
Private Equity
- Gibson Dunn represented Arcosa, Inc. in its definitive agreement to sell Arcosa Marine Products, Inc. to Wynnchurch Capital, L.P. for $450 million, announced on February 25, 2026. - The transaction represents a corporate carve-out of Arcosa’s marine products business and will establish Arcosa Marine as an independent standalone platform under Wynnchurch ownership, subject to customary closing conditions and applicable regulatory approvals. - Headquartered in Covington, Louisiana, Arcosa Marine manufactures hopper barges, tank barges, fiberglass covers, and marine components for the inland waterway transportation market and operates six manufacturing facilities across the inland waterway system.
Feb 25 2026
450M
M&A
- Freshfields represented Mercuria Energy Group in its entry into a joint venture with Tata International Limited to expand their global trading businesses across multiple commodities, announced on February 24, 2026. - The joint venture will enable the trade of a diversified basket of commodities in international markets, including energy, metals, agricultural products, oil and gas, and environmental products, and is expected to become operational following receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals. - The partnership combines Tata International’s global footprint and market relationships with Mercuria’s scale, trading platforms, risk management tools, and commodity expertise, and is expected to support the development of Mercuria’s trading activities in India and internationally.
Feb 24 2026
100M
M&A
Private Equity
