Entertainment & Sports

• BlackRock in its launch of Easttree Media, an investment platform established to acquire income rights in iconic films and television shows
• Global asset manager in its acquisition of a video game publisher and developer.
• Private equity sponsor in its acquisition of video gaming publishers, developers and platforms.
• Sela, a PIF subsidiary, in its launch of Zuffa boxing with TKO Group (NYSE: TKO)
• Advised on the formation and launch of the Soccer Champions Tour, backed by Sixth Street, which is a new series of matches featuring Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Machester United, Arsenal, AC Milan and Juventus to be played across the United States
• Sixth Street in its acquisition of 25% of Futbol Club Barcelona's LaLiga TV rights
   

Consumer Goods & Retail

• BlackRock Long Term Private Capital and Javier Ferrán in their sale of Creed, a luxury fragrance brand, to global luxury group Kering
• BlackRock Long Term Private Capital in the acquisition by its portfolio company, Creed, of International Cosmetics & Perfume
• Global asset manager in its launch of a $100 million Kentucky bourbon barrel investment platform with InvestBev
• JS Global in its spin-off and NYSE listing of SharkNinja (NYSE: SN)
   

Business Services

• alterDomus in its acquisition of Cortland Capital Markets Services
• alterDomus in its acquisition of Investors Economic Assurance
• alterDomus in its acquisition of Solvas from Deloitte
• alterDomus in its acquisition of Strata Fund Solutions
• alterDomus in its acquisition of IPS Fund Services
• Capital Square Partners in the acquisition by its portfolio company, Movate, of TSD Global, a multi-national technology and business services company
• DWF Group (LSE: DWF) in its acquisition of Mindcrest
• Kartesia in the acquisition by its portfolio company, Sales Performance International, of The Richardson Company from ClearLight Partners
• Permira and the other shareholders of alterDomus in their strategic partnership with Cinven
   

Financial Services

• Apollo S3 in its series of acquisitions of limited partner interests by its credit secondaries platform
• DigitalBridge (NYSE: DBRG) in its sale of a substantial portion of its Other Equity and Debt portfolio of real estate assets and associated general partner interests and management rights to Fortress Investment Group
• KKR in its strategic partnership with Carlyle to acquire an approximately US$10.1 billion portfolio of prime student loans from Discover Financial Services 
• KKR in its acquisition of an equity stake in Harley-Davidson Financial Services and its strategic partnership with Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG) for the purchase of a back book and forward flow of loans
• Martello Re, backed by MassMutual, Barings Centerbridge and Brown Brothers Harriman in its US$1.3 billion capital raise
• Mercury Capital Advisors in its sale to a subsidiary of Investcorp
• Ready Capital (NYSE: RC) in its merger with Owens Realty Mortgage
   

Technology, Media & Telecommunications

• Cinven in its agreement to acquire Smart Communications
• Memfault in its sale to Nordic Semiconductor
• Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) in its merger of its UK subsidiary, O2, with Virgin Media, a subsidiary of Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA)
   

Healthcare & Life Sciences

• Ardian in the acquisition by its portfolio company, the Dedalus Group, of the healthcare software solutions business of DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC)
• Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) in its global spin-off and merger of its off-patent branded and generic established medicines business, Viatris (f/k/a Upjohn) (NASDAQ: VTRS), with Mylan (NASDAQ: MYL)
• Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) on worldwide restructuring in connection with its joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) to create a global consumer healthcare company
   

Industrials, Transport & Mobility

• Airbus in its sale of Metron Aviation, an air traffic management solutions provider, to Stratify
• Atlantia in its acquisition of Yunex Traffic from Siemens
• CVC Capital Partners in its sale of AOC, a leading global producer of specialty resins, to Lone Star Funds
• Marubeni and Mizuho Leasing, in their acquisition of the shares of Aircastle not already owned by Marubeni
• TotalCX in its sale to CallRevu, a portfolio company of Serent Capital
• TRU Simulation + Training, a subsidiary of Textron (NYSE: TXT), in its joint venture with FlightSafety International, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway