Merger & Acquisition News

HOUSTON & NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Bay Energy Capital (“Black Bay”) announced today the acquisition of Merichem Company’s technology business unit, comprised of Merichem Process Technologies and Merichem Catalyst Products, which will collectively be renamed “Merichem Technologies.” Merichem Company will maintain its caustic services business, which handles spent caustic for beneficial reuse. Black Bay is a private equity firm focused on the energy and specialty chemical sectors. Meri...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, two of Washington state’s most influential children and family support organizations combine resources and expertise under a new name, Akin, to innovate and improve social services for a lifetime of family well-being. The merger between Childhaven and Children’s Home Society of Washington (CHSW) represents a fresh and urgent approach to support crisis prevention, and help families remain together. The newly created entity exists to transform population level hea...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DLA Piper advised Alder Technology Inc. (Alder), a leading provider of sophisticated network engineering, network security and data management services and solutions supporting the national security mission, in its business combination with technology solutions company Acclaim Technical Services (ATS). Alder offers industry-leading mission IT services for Tier 1-3 networks, including software-defined networking, cloud adoption, network automation, advanced cybersecuri...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cabbacis purchased the www.iBlend.com domain to feature the iBlend™ brand of tobacco products being developed by the Company....

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The acquisition of StrategIQ is Waverly's largest transaction to date and increases the firm’s assets under management to approximately $9.8 Billion....

SAN ANTONIO & BASEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hera Biotech announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire the endometriosis diagnostic assets and associated IP of single-cell and AI-driven biomarker discovery company Scailyte, creating an important consolidation of the only two tissue-based diagnostic programs for endometriosis. Endometriosis is a highly prevalent and debilitating disease with severe health-economic impact that contributes to a large majority of female inferti...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Q4 Inc. (TSX:QFOR) (“Q4” or the “Company”), the leading capital markets access platform, today announced that it has filed and is in the process of mailing its management information circular (the “Circular”) and related materials for the special meeting (the “Meeting”) of the holders (the “Shareholders”) of the Company’s common shares (the “Common Shares”), to be held on January 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time), virtually via live audio webcast, at https://meetno...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Billups, a global Out-of-Home (OOH) managed services agency helping advertisers and agencies strengthen media performance through a patented analytics and measurement platform, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Outsight, an independent OOH agency headquartered in Brussels. This acquisition comes on the heels of Billups' acquisitions of TAC Media in September and OOH Labs in October. “Bringing Outsight into the fold marks a significant milestone in our journey...

NEW ORLEANS, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pan-American Life Insurance Company (“PALIC”) has completed the acquisition and merger of Encova Life Insurance Company (“Encova Life”). The transaction will add approximately $60 million in revenues, over $500 million in total assets, $35 million in insurance premiums and 79,000 covered lives to PALIC’s U.S. life insurance business, further enhancing PALIC’s U.S. scale, reach and investment portfolio. “We are very pleased to have closed this strategic transac...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cosette Pharmaceuticals Acquires Vyleesi® (Bremelanotide Injection) from Palatin Technologies Inc....