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Tempur Sealy International , a bedding provider, completed the acquisition of Mattress Firm , an American mattress store chain, for $5bn, according to press releases.
Mattress Firm was advised by Barclays , 高盛 (led by Ben Frost ), Jefferies , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (led by Philip Dublin and Ira Dizengoff ), 富而德律师事务所 (led by Edward Cole , Michael Levitt and Simon Johnson ), Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (led by Jonathan Corsico , Roxane Reardon and Marisa Stavenas ) and Joele Frank (led by Jed Repko and Michael Freitag ). Tempur Sealy was advised by J.P. 摩根 , Beck Redden LLP , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and FGS Global (led by Paul Scarpetta and Bob Rendine ), according to?press releases and MergerLinks data.
GHO Capital Partners LLP , a private equity firm, and Ampersand Capital Partners , a life sciences and healthcare-focused private equity firm, completed the acquisition of Avid Bioservices , a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization, for $1.1bn, according to press releases.
GHO was?advised by William Blair (led by Brian Doyle ), Alvarez & Marsal , Ropes & Gray LLP (led by Tim Castelli and Neill Jakobe ), ICR (led by Amber Fennell ) and ClearView Healthcare Partners . Ampersand was advised by Alvarez & Marsal , ClearView Healthcare Partners ,? William Blair and Ropes & Gray LLP .?Avid Bioservices was advised by Moelis & Company (led by Michael Klem ), Cooley LLP (led by David Silverman , Phil Mitchell and William Sorabella ), Joele Frank (led by Aaron Palash ) and Vida Strategic Partners (led by Stephanie Diaz ). Moelis & Co was advised by Gibson Dunn (led by Andrew Kaplan ), according to press releases and?MergerLinks data.
Purolator Inc. , an integrated freight, parcel and logistics solutions provider, completed the acquisition of Livingston International , an international trade services firm which specializes in customs brokerage, global freight forwarding, and trade consulting, from Platinum Equity , a private equity company, according to press releases. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Livingston International was advised by 摩根士丹利 , RBC Capital Markets , Stikeman Elliott LLP and Latham & Watkins . Purolator was advised by BMO Capital Markets , RBC Capital Markets , Scotiabank and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP , according to press releases.
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