Merger & Acquisition News

LOS ANGELES & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, today announced two strategic transactions that further strengthen its European platform and expand its capabilities across its global Corporate Finance business. The firm has signed an agreement to secure a controlling interest in Audere Partners, a prominent French corporate finance firm currently operating under the Natixis Partners brand. This transaction significantly enhances Houlihan Lokey...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR), a leading investment bank, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of MENA Growth Partners, a merchant bank based in Abu Dhabi that will serve as its strategic investment banking hub in the GCC region. Nabeel Siddiqui, currently a managing director in the Piper Sandler London office, will relocate to the Abu Dhabi office to lead Piper Sandler’s investment banking in the region in addition to maintaining responsibi...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SouthWorth Capital Management, a Memphis-based family office specializing in lower middle market investments, today announced the acquisition of American Furniture Manufacturing (AFM) and its family of companies. The transaction pairs SouthWorth’s operational expertise with AFM’s more than 45 years of experience manufacturing upholstered residential furniture for the American consumer. Headquartered in Ecru, Mississippi, AFM is a vertically integrated manufactur...

ADDISON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Concentra®, the nation’s leader in occupational medicine, today announced the acquisition of the assets of Reliant Immediate Care in California. Reliant Immediate Care was an MBI Industrial Medicine company. Reliant LAX Airport at 5901 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045, is now Concentra Century Airport. Reliant Downtown LA at 814 Francisco Street, Los Angeles, California 90017, is now Concentra Downtown LA. Reliant Montebello at 2300 West Bev...

LONDON & CAIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alta Semper Signs Definitive Agreements to Acquire Majority Stake in Nature’s Rule, a MENA-Focused Leader in Dietary Supplements and Sports Nutrition...

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ), a premier global protection company that safeguards and services connected devices, homes, and automobiles in partnership with the world’s leading brands, today announced its acquisition of RL Circular Operations and related subsidiaries, a reverse logistics division of TIC Group widely recognised as the leading post-purchase workflow and reverse logistics service provider for retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers in Australia...

MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAI) (“New Era” or the “Company”), a developer and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure and integrated power assets in the Permian Basin, today announced that it completed its acquisition of Sharon AI’s (OTC: SHAZ) 50% ownership interest in Texas Critical Data Centers LLC (“TCDC”), previously announced on Dec. 23, 2025 (read here.) Sharon AI will have no continuing ownership interest, governance rights,...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Repare Therapeutics Inc. (“Repare” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: RPTX), a clinical-stage precision oncology company, today announced that its Shareholders (as defined below) have approved the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares” and the holders of the Common Shares, the “Shareholders”) by XenoTherapeutics, Inc. and Xeno Acquisition Corp. (jointly “Xeno”) a non-profit biotechnology company, b...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET) announced that The Astro Technology Company team, the creators of the Astro web framework, will be joining Cloudflare....

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (the “Company” or “Sinclair”) today filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) the full text of letters exchanged between the Company and The E.W. Scripps Company (Nasdaq: SSP) (“Scripps”). Sinclair issued the following statement: “Over the last few weeks, Sinclair has continued to reinforce to Scripps its willingness to engage on a proposed Sinclair-Scripps combination. Scripps has refused the invitations to speak with it...