Merger & Acquisition News

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) announced it acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility and equity co-investment to support the acquisition of Mooring USA (“Mooring”) by private equity sponsor Crossplane Capital. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Fort Worth, TX, Mooring is a third-generation, family-owned company providing 24/7 end-to-end disaster restoration and commercial construction services. Specializing in fir...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Relation Insurance Services (“Relation”) announced today their acquisition of the assets of Joseph M. Wiedemann & Sons, Inc. (JMWS). The transaction went into effect on August 1, 2025; terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We proud to join a dynamic company like Relation,” said John Wiedemann, partner and president of JMWS. “In addition to the breadth of resources and in-house expertise that is now available to our team and customers, we’re excited to find...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airwallex, a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, today announced the acquisition of OpenPay, a San Francisco-based billing platform that offers subscription management, payment orchestration, and revenue analytics. The acquisition will bring OpenPay’s billing and analytics capabilities into Airwallex's global platform, strengthening Airwallex’s position against other players like Stripe Billing and Recurly, and empowering Airwallex customers...

NORTH BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chargebee, a leading billing and monetization platform for recurring revenue businesses, today announced its acquisition of Inai, a payments intelligence and analytics company. The acquisition reinforces Chargebee’s long-standing commitment to giving companies of all sizes more power and intelligence in managing their payments stack. “For over a decade, Chargebee has championed choice, transparency, and efficiency as core elements of our merchant-first paym...

PARIS & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iBASIS will acquire Telstra International's wholesale voice, mobile, and messaging assets with a long-term partnership to provide these services....

PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gold Reserve Ltd. (TSX.V: GRZ) (BSX: GRZ.BH) (OTCQX: GDRZF) (“Gold Reserve” or the “Company”) provides an update on three recent filings in the CITGO Sale Process being run by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”): 1. On September 2, 2025, the Company filed a Notice of Competing Objection and Disclosure of Bid Materials in which it confirmed that it is a Competing Objector, and therefore that it will present its Improved Bid to th...

NEW YORK & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ORIX Corporation USA (“ORIX USA”) and Hilco Global, a diversified global financial services firm headquartered outside of Chicago, IL, today announced the completion of ORIX USA’s acquisition of a majority equity ownership of Hilco Global. Hilco Global will operate as a subsidiary of ORIX USA. Together, both businesses have an enhanced ability to deliver diversified financial services capabilities and a broad range of investment capital solutions that create...

LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), the global leader in phakic IOLs with the EVO family of Implantable Collamer® Lenses (EVO ICL™) for vision correction, issued the following statement: “The merger with Alcon provides STAAR stockholders with compelling, premium cash value, including a 51% premium to the closing price of STAAR common stock on August 4, 2025 (the day prior to the agreement being announced) and a 59% premium to STAAR’s 90-day Volume Weight...

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings (NYSE: KNX), the nation’s largest full-truckload carrier, today announced its support for the proposed merger between Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Corporation. The company believes this historic rail merger – uniting the Western and Eastern rail networks into the first truly coast-to-coast railroad – will greatly benefit intermodal transportation by enabling seamless single-line service from coast to coast. The combin...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Generational Group, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisory firm for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the sale of Holley Steel, Inc. to an Individual Investor. The acquisition closed July 1, 2025. Based in Elmore, Alabama, Holley Steel, Inc. is a family-owned steel fabrication and erection company serving commercial and industrial clients across the Southeast and beyond. The company specializes in structural and miscellaneous steel services, includi...