Mergers & Acquisitions

• Blackstone (NYSE: BX), a leading global investment business investing capital on behalf of pension funds, large institutions and individuals, in its US $1.4 billion acquisition of Sphera, a leading provider of Environmental, Social and Governance software, data, and consulting services.
• Avantor, Inc. (NYSE: AVTR), a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences and advanced technologies & applied materials industries, in its $2.9 billion acquisition of the Masterflex bioprocessing business and related assets of Antylia Scientific, a privately held, portfolio company of investment firms GTCR and Golden Gate Capital.
• ION Acquisition Corp 1 Ltd. (NYSE: IACA), a special purpose acquisition corporation, in its US$2.6 billion business combination with Taboola.com Ltd., a global leader in powering recommendations for the open web.
• Integrum Holdings, an investment firm focused on partnering with technology-enabled services companies, in its acquisition of Merchant eSolutions, Inc., an end-to-end payment platform offering flexible and secure payment processing.
• Dorman Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: DORM), a leading supplier in the automotive aftermarket industry, in its US$338 million strategic acquisition of Dayton Parts, a producer of high-quality suspension and steering components for heavy duty trucks.
• Goldman Sachs Asset Management, one of the world’s leading investment managers, in its strategic investment in Visual Comfort & Co, a leading provider of preeminent branded resources for decorative and architectural lighting and ceiling fans, partnering with AEA Investors, and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.
• FS Development Corp. (NASDAQ: FSDC), a special purpose acquisition corporation, in its US$216 million business combination with Gemini Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage precision medicine company developing treatments for genetically defined age-related macular degeneration.
• Alberta Investment Management Corporation, one of Canada’s largest and most diversified institutional fund managers, in its joint venture with The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), a Fortune 500 company that generates and distributes electrical power, to merge the sPower development platform, a leading independent solar developer in the United States, with AES' US-based clean energy development business.
• Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNTH), a leader in the development, manufacture and commercialization of innovative diagnostic imaging agents and products, in its US$500 million acquisition of Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PGNX), a pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative drugs to improve the lives of prostate cancer patients.
• Anthem, Inc. (NYSE: ANTM), the largest for-profit managed health care company in the United States, in its acquisition of Beacon Health Options, the largest independently held behavioral health organization in the United States.
• Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), an American multinational health care company, in its US$350 million acquisition of the Seprafilm adhesion barrier device and related assets from Sanofi S.A. (NASDAQ: SNY), a French multinational pharmaceutical company.
• Advanz Pharma Corp. Limited (TXS: ADVZ), a multi-national pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, in its US$76 million merger with Correvio Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CORV) (TSX: CORV), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on providing innovative, high-quality brands that meet the needs of acute care physicians.