Intercontinental Exchange in its acquisition of Black Knight, an NYSE-listed provider of software solutions, data and analytics to the U.S. mortgage and real estate markets, and concurrent divestitures of Black Knight’s Empower and Optimal Blue businesses to satisfy U.S. antitrust regulators
Dell in the sale of its consumer credit portfolio to a bank subsidiary of Bread Financial, and negotiation of a related long-term credit card program agreement
Presence Product Group, a full-stack product strategy and development firm, in its sale to WorkandCo International
Greenidge Generation, a vertically integrated power generator and bitcoin miner, in its going-public acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Support.com
Albemarle Corporation in its negotiation of joint venture arrangements with Mineral Resources Limited regarding lithium assets in Australia and China
Technology / FinTech
Bakkt, a cryptocurrency custody and trading solutions business, in its:
– going-public merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)
– acquisition of Digital Asset Custody Company
Goldman Sachs and Everstone Capital Partners in their joint investments in digital engineering services firms Infostretch and QMetry, and the negotiation of related equityholders agreements
Intercontinental Exchange in its:
– acquisition of Ellie Mae, a cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, from Thoma Bravo
– disposition of Trayport to the TMX Group
– acquisition of the TMX Group’s National Gas Exchange (NGX) and Shorcan Energy businesses
– sale of its Interactive Data Managed Solutions (IDMS) business to FactSet
Quantela, an urban digitization solutions provider, in its acquisition of CIMCON Lighting, a developer of smart lighting and smart city technologies
SpotCues, the maker of mobile communications platform Groupe.io, in its sale to UKG
SS&C Technologies in its acquisition of investment management software solutions provider Eze Software from TPG Capital
Thomson Reuters in its acquisition of trading technology firm REDI from a consortium of investment banks led by Goldman Sachs
Credit Cards / Payments
Citibank in its acquisition of L.L.Bean’s co-branded credit card portfolio from Barclays, and the negotiation of a credit card program agreement with L.L.Bean Inc.
Comenity Capital Bank in the sale of the PayPal consumer credit card accounts and related receivables and a participation interest to Synchrony Financial
Goldman Sachs’ Marcus in the purchase of the General Motors co-branded credit card portfolio from Capital One
Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals
CVS Health Corporation in its:
– acquisition of health insurer Aetna
– acquisition of the U.S. bioservices business of AmerisourceBergen
Sun Pharma in its acquisition of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories
Corning in its acquisition of a majority of the Discovery Labware unit of Becton, Dickinson and Company
Mining & Metals / Chemicals
Albemarle Corporation in its:
– negotiation of joint venture arrangements with Mineral Resources Limited regarding lithium assets in Australia and China
– sale of its Chemetall Surface Treatment business to BASF SE
– acquisition of NYSE-listed chemicals manufacturer Rockwood Holdings
Anglo American in its:
– sale of its Anglo American Norte copper business in Chile to an investor consortium led by Audley Capital
– sale to Mitsubishi Corporation of a minority interest in its Quellaveco copper project in Peru, and the negotiation of related partnership arrangements
– sales to Mitsubishi Corporation and Chilean national mining company Codelco of minority shareholdings in Anglo American Sur, and the negotiation of related partnership arrangements
