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A consortium led by Stephan Crétier and HPS Investment Partners, LLC, and including Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and One Investment Management, completed the acquisition of a majority stake in GardaWorld, a Canadian private security firm, from BC Partners, a global private equity firm, at a $9.7bn valuation, according to press releases.
GardaWorld was advised by Bank of America, Jefferies, UBS, Langlois Avocats (led by Pierre-Hubert Séguin), and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (led by Ryerson Symons). HPS was advised by Herbert Smith Freehills (led by Adam Charles), Latham & Watkins (led by Stelios Saffos), and Stikeman Elliott LLP (led by Jeffrey Hershenfield). BC Partners was advised by HPS Investment Partners, LLC, J.P. Morgan, TD Securities, Kirkland & Ellis (led by Matthew Dixon), Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (led by Shahir Guindi), and Kekst CNC (led by Oliver Mann), according to press releases and MergerLinks data.
Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd., a Japanese paint products manufacturing company, completed the acquisition of AOC, a multinational corporation and electronics company, from Lone Star Funds, a private equity firm that invests globally in real estate, equity, credit, and other financial assets, for $4.35bn, according to press releases.
AOC was advised by Jamieson Corporate Finance (led by Michael Sirkin) and Katzke & Morgenbesser LLP. Nippon Paint was advised by Bank of America (led by?Patrick Ramsey) and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (led by Ken Lebrun). Lone Star Fund was advised by Citi, Morgan Stanley (led by Lily Mahdavi and David B.), Gibson Dunn (led by Jonathan Whalen) and Joele Frank (led by Ed Trissel), according to press releases and MergerLinks data.
Ares, an American global alternative asset manager, completed the acquisition of GCP International LLC, a global alternative asset management firm, from GLP Capital Partners, a global alternative asset manager investing in logistics, infrastructure and renewable energy assets, for $3.7bn, according to press releases.
GCP International was advised by Citi, Deutsche Bank, Greenhill & Co., Morgan Stanley, UOB, Kirkland & Ellis (led by?Peter Vaglio). Ares was advised by Barclays (led by?Scott Schaevitz), Eastdil Secured, Goldman Sachs (led by?Dusty Philip), Wells Fargo, Latham & Watkins (led by?Alexandra Croswell Kelly) and Brunswick Group. GLP was advised by Gasthalter & Co. LP (led by?Jonathan Gasthalter), according to press releases and MergerLinks data.
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