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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

25 Aug 2026

Sun Life Financial and Wilton Re form US$900 million reinsurance and asset-management partnership

Deal TypeOther

IndustryOther

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

ClientsSun Life Financial Inc., Wilton Re, Windsor Life Re, SLC Management
18 Aug 2026

Newmont to sell Northumberland Gold Project to StrikePoint Gold

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryMining

Transaction Value$ 165,559,488

ClientsNewmont Corporation, StrikePoint Gold Inc.
23 Mar 2026

Everest to sell Canadian retail insurance operations to Wawanesa

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

ClientsThe Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, Everest Group, Ltd.
27 Feb 2026

Paramount to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in US$110 billion deal

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction Value$ 110,400,000,000

ClientsParamount Skydance Corporation, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
18 Feb 2026

SCI Capital Partners and Reddy Ice acquire Arctic Glacier

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

ClientsReddy Ice, LLC, SCI Capital Partners, Arctic Glacier, LLC
3 Dec 2025

Manulife Financial Corporation issues US$1 billion senior notes due 2035

Deal TypePublic/Private Offering

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 1,391,693,612

ClientsManulife Financial Corporation, BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, DBS Bank Ltd., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., Standard Chartered Bank, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, ANZ Securities, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc.
12 Nov 2025

Manulife and Mahindra to launch 50:50 life insurance venture in India

Deal TypeJoint Venture

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

ClientsManulife Financial Corporation, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
30 Oct 2025

Onex and AIG acquire Convex Group for US$7 billion

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 9,570,000,000

ClientsOnex Partners, Onex Partners V, Convex Group Limited, American International Group, Inc.
20 Oct 2025

Wellington-Altus sells 25 percent stake to Kelso & Company for approximately $400 million

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction Value$ 400,000,000

ClientsWellington-Altus Financial Inc., Kelso & Company
21 Aug 2025

American Industrial Partners acquires International Paper’s Global Cellulose Fibers business

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction Value$ 2,094,540,000

ClientsInternational Paper, American Industrial Partners