MPS–Mediobanca OPS: A Turning Point in Italian Banking?
By Edoardo Libero Ruffo and Tommaso Alocci
The Public Exchange Offer (OPS) by MPS
On January 24, 2025, Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) announced a...
Private Equity Consortium Acquires the Boston Celtics
By Riccardo Biscotto, Jacopo D’Angelo, and Davide Franchini
Introduction
The acquisition of the Boston Celtics by a private equity consortium i...
Private Equity in a Higher for Longer Era: Innovative Financial Engineering and The Belron Case
By Donatella Aggazio and Francesco Congedo
Introduction
Since the spring of 2022, most central banks in the developed world have hiked interest...
KKR to Acquire 25% Stake in Enilive
By Clara Carlhammar, Davide Franchini, Alessandro Bosco, and Nikolas Papadatos
Introduction
On 24 October 2024, the global investment firm KKR...
Permira Acquires 40% of K-Way to Fuel Global Expansion
By Luca Gribaudo, Alice Finardi, and Luca Casali
Introduction
Global investment firm Permira announced that it has completed a strategic acquis...
Thoma Bravo’s Acquisition of Darktrace: A Strategic Move in the Cybersecurity AI Market
By Abdullah El Haddad and Lorenzo Mazzotta
State of the private equity industry
Although tech valuations have experienced corrections, especial...
UniCredit’s Pursuit of Commerzbank: Implications of Potential Future European Banking Integration
By Bianca Proverbio and Marc Weigand
Introduction
Following the 2008 financial crisis, dealmaking among banks in different European countries c...
Ardian Acquires $2.1 Billion Private Equity Portfolio from CPP Investments
By Francesca Venir, Francesca Martino, Giovanni Di Girolamo
Introduction
In a significant development in the world of Private Equity, the globa...
Amazon’s Venture into Healthcare
Federico Holst and Luca Zirener
Introduction
In the dynamic landscape of today's business world, where technological innovation and market...
Knocking Out the Competition: Endeavor’s Move to Privatization
By Benedetta Visconti, Elias Emery, and Annacarla Bianco
Introduction
Private equity firm Silver Lake recently announced that it was workin...