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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

11 Mar 2025

Knight Therapeutics acquires Paladin

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryHealthcare

Transaction Value$ 120,000,000

ClientsKnight Therapeutics Inc., Paladin Pharma Inc., Endo Operations Limited
24 Feb 2025

Prosus completes acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryTech/Computer/IT

Transaction Value$ 12,500,000,000

ClientsProsus, Just Eat Takeaway.com
20 Dec 2024

Elliott acquires majority stake in American Greetings

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

ClientsElliott Investment Management LP, American Greetings Corporation
16 Dec 2024

VersaBank completes US$75 million common shares offering

Deal TypePublic/Private Offering

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 106,830,000

ClientsVersaBank, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Roth Capital Partners, LLC, Roth Canada, Inc.
25 Nov 2024

Quikrete acquires Summit Materials in US$11.5 billion deal

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryInfrastructure

Transaction Value$ 15,900,000,000

ClientsSummit Materials, Inc., Quikrete Holdings, Inc.
20 Nov 2024

Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal’s cable networks into SpinCo

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

ClientsComcast Corporation, SpinCo
4 Nov 2024

Stonepeak acquires Air Transport Services Group

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryTransportation

Transaction Value$ 3,100,000,000

ClientsStonepeak, Air Transport Services Group, Inc.
9 Oct 2024

Rio Tinto acquires Arcadium Lithium for US$6.7 billion in all-cash deal

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryMining

Transaction Value$ 9,200,000,000

ClientsRio Tinto, Arcadium Lithium plc
16 Sep 2024

Canadian National Railway Company issues US$750 million in 4.375% notes due 2034

Deal TypePublic/Private Offering

IndustryTransportation

Transaction Value$ 1,020,000,000

ClientsCanadian National Railway Company, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
5 Aug 2024

Emera sells New Mexico Gas Company to Bernhard Capital Partners for US$1.252 billion

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryEnergy

Transaction Value$ 1,670,000,000

ClientsEmera Inc., Bernhard Capital Partners