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Deutsche Bahn starts sale of €20bn Schenker logistics unit.
Merchant bank BDT & MSD raises $3.2bn for latest real estate credit fund.
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Clearlake Capital Group , a private equity firm, and Insight Partners , a venture capital and private equity firm, agreed to acquire Alteryx , a computer software company, for $4.4bn.
"We're pleased to announce our agreement with Clearlake and Insight. In addition to delivering significant and certain cash value to our stockholders, this transaction will provide increased working capital and industry expertise, and the flexibility as a private company. Together, we will make investments that matter most to our customers and accelerate our mission of harnessing the power of analytics to enable customers all over the world to transform data into a breakthrough," Mark Anderson , Alteryx CEO.
Alteryx is advised by Qatalyst Partners (led by George Boutros ?and Jeff Chang ), Fenwick & West (led by Michael Brown , Ran Ben-Tzur , David Michaels , and Michael Pilo ) and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati . Clearlake Capital is advised by 高盛 , Houlihan Lokey , J.P. 摩根 , 摩根士丹利 , Sidley Austin LLP and Lambert (led by Jennifer Hurson ). Insight Partners is advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP ?(led by Erin Kinney and Matthew Guercio ).?
Bayanat Smart Solutions , an end-to-end, customised geospatial data products and services provider, agreed to merge with Yahsat Space Services , a global satellite operator, in a $4bn deal.
“This merger will unite two leading home-grown companies to create the MENA region’s first AI-powered space technology company. Leveraging our complementary assets, capabilities and ambitions will allow us to expand across the space value chain and offer an unparalleled service to our combined customer base. Together, we will leverage our key synergies to reinforce our position as a key engine of growth and strategic solutions provider to the UAE government and its agencies, while expanding our reach to global customers," H.E. Tareq Al Hosani, Bayanat Chairman.
Yahsat is advised by FGS Global (led by Sophie McNulty ).
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欧尚 , a retail group, and Groupement Mousquetaires , which holds the Intermarche brand, agreed to acquire hypermarkets and supermarkets from Groupe Casino ,?a French mass-market retail group, for €1.35bn ($1.48bn).
The sale of the hypermarkets and supermarkets is key for Casino to avoid collapse, its soon-to-be-shareholders said in a meeting with unions this month,?Bloomberg?reported.
Groupement Les Mousquetaires is advised by Groupe Crédit Agricole . Casino Group is advised by Image 7 .
Deutsche Bahn starts sale of €20bn Schenker logistics unit.
Deutsche Bahn started the sales process for its 德铁信可 logistics unit, which could be valued at as much as €20bn ($21.3bn), to a financial investor or rival logistics company, Bloomberg reported.
“DB Schenker has contributed very positively to the DB Group’s economic growth over the years. However, the DB subsidiary will need more capital and flexibility for its own growth,”?Deutsche Bahn.?
Merchant bank BDT & MSD raises $3.2bn for latest real estate credit fund. (FS)
BDT & MSD Partners , the merchant bank created by the merger of firms backed by Byron Trott and Michael Dell, raised $3.2bn for a new real estate credit fund that’s providing capital to US borrowers at a time when many traditional lenders have retreated.
The firm’s employees and Dell committed $600m to MSD Real Estate Credit Opportunity Fund II, Bloomberg reported.
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