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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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- IonQ is one of the world’s leading quantum company - The integration of Skyloom’s optical networking systems into IonQ’s broader infrastructure platform will boost data throughput by up to 500% and reduce latency for critical applications from many hours to under one hour. - The deal will also strengthen IonQ’s ability to offer fully integrated quantum networking and distributed quantum entanglement capabilities across space and ground infrastructure.
Nov 17 2025
2B
M&A
- Simpson Thacher is representing Francisco Partners in its agreed all-cash acquisition of Jamf at $13.05 per share (about $2.2bn). - The deal is expected to close in Q1 2026, subject to customary conditions including Jamf stockholder and regulatory approvals; Vista Equity Partners (~34% as of Oct 24, 2025) will vote in favour. - Jamf provides management and security for Apple-first enterprise environments, aiming to keep deployments enterprise-secure while remaining simple for end users and privacy-protective.
Oct 29 2025
2.2B
Private Equity
- Fifth security-sector investment, building a full-stack platform. SimpliSafe is GTCR's fifth alarm/monitoring bet, alongside prior investments in SecurityLink, Protection1, HSM and Everon (the ADT commercial spinout). With Everon simultaneously acquiring ADT's multifamily business, GTCR is assembling a portfolio that spans residential DIY, multifamily, and commercial monitoring — a coordinated consolidation play across the full security stack rather than a one-off sector deal. - Classic GTCR "Leaders Strategy" execution. The firm is retaining CEO Christian Cerda and keeping founders Chad and Eleanor Laurans as substantial investors and board members — textbook GTCR playbook of backing incumbent management in a category-leading asset (SimpliSafe is the #3 US residential security provider with a US/UK footprint) and funding organic growth plus bolt-ons from there. Expected close is Q4 2025, subject to regulatory approval. - Kirkland fielded an all-Chicago, GTCR-relationship team. Corporate was led by Ted Frankel, Dan Guerin, Kyle McHugh and Matt Dixon (with associates Sean Nuernberger and Taylor Petersen); Tom Dobleman and Patrick Loughery ran debt finance (relevant given the reported $1.2bn HPS/Blue Owl unitranche); Polina Liberman on tax. The staffing reflects Kirkland's deep, long-running GTCR sponsor relationship out of Chicago — useful context if you're mapping partner-client pairings for any BD work on the GTCR side.
Sep 18 2025
- Paul, Weiss advised QXO, Inc. on its all-cash acquisition of Beacon Roofing Supply at $124.35 per share, valuing Beacon at about $11bn and making QXO the largest publicly traded U.S. distributor of roofing/waterproofing and related building products. - Paul, Weiss also advised on the acquisition financing: a $2.25bn private offering of 6.75% senior secured notes due 2032, a $2.25bn senior secured term loan, and a $2.0bn asset-based revolver. - The deal was handled by a multi-practice Paul, Weiss team spanning corporate, executive comp, tax, IP, litigation, real estate, antitrust and environmental.
Mar 20 2025
11B
M&A
2.5B
Private Equity