These are the top non-confidential M&A deals for the first quarter of 2021 as provided by Mergermarket.
| Date | Deal Value $USm | Target | Business Sector | Target Legal Advisors | Buyer | Bidder Advisors | Seller | Seller Advisors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-17 | 6, 804 | Enable Midstream Partners LP | Energy, Mining & Utilities | Wachtell, Lipton, Cleary Gottlieb (Goldman Sachs), Cravath, Swaine (Lazard), Gibson Dunn (Intrepid Partners), Jones Day, Vinson & Elkins, Baker Botts, Richards Layton & Finger | Energy Transfer LP | White & Case (RBC Capital Markets Inc), Latham & Watkins | ||
| 02-01 | 6, 573 | Fertitta Entertainment Inc. | Leisure | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (Jefferies), Latham & Watkins, Goodwin Procter (Jefferies) | FAST Acquisition Corp. | White & Case, Winston & Strawn | Tilman Fertitta (Private Investor) | |
| 02-22 | 4, 700 | Apex Clearing Corporation | Technology | Sidley Austin | Northern Star Investment Corp. II | Graubard Miller | ||
| 03-03 | 4, 420 | The Michaels Companies, Inc. | Consumer | Ropes & Gray | Apollo Global Management, | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison | Bain Capital | |
| 01-08 | 3, 060 | Stark Group A/S | Construction | POELLATH | CVC Capital Partners Limited | Schjodt, Roschier, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Bech-Bruun | Lone Star Funds | Weil Gotshal & Manges, Thommessen, Vinge, Kromann Reumert |
| 02-22 | 2, 660 | Forterra Inc. | Construction | Shearman & Sterling (Citi), Kirkland & Ellis, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | The Quikrete Companies, Inc. | King & Spalding, Troutman Pepper | Lone Star Funds | |
| 01-25 | 2, 451 | The Hillman Group, Inc. | Industrials & Chemicals | Ropes & Gray | Landcadia Holdings III, Inc. | White & Case | ||
| 02-01 | 2, 301 | Microvast Inc. | Industrials & Chemicals | Shearman & Sterling | Tuscan Holdings Corp. | Davis Polk & Wardwell (Morgan Stanley), Graubard Miller, Greenberg Traurig | ||
| 01-25 | 2, 270 | Cardtronics plc | Business Services | Weil Gotshal, Fried Frank (Goldman Sachs & Co) | NCR Corporation | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom | ||
| 03-04 | 2, 250 | DeepGreen Metals Inc. | Industrials & Chemicals | Fasken Martineau Dumoulin, Mintz Levin | Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp | Stikeman Elliott, Kirkland & Ellis | ||
| 01-19 | 2, 250 | Wrike, Inc. | Technology | Kirkland & Ellis | Citrix Systems, Inc. | Shearman & Sterling, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (JPMorgan Chase & Co), Debevoise & Plimpton (JPMorgan) | Vista Equity Partners Management, ; Bain Capital Ventures | Kinstellar |
| 02-10 | 2, 092 | NIC, Inc. | Business Services | Shearman & Sterling, Covington & Burling (Cowen Group, Inc) | Tyler Technologies, Inc. | Sullivan & Cromwell (Goldman Sachs & Co), Munck Wilson Mandala, | ||
| 02-25 | 1, 800 | DIRECTV (30% Stake) | Media | TPG Capital LP | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Ropes & Gray | AT&T Inc. | Sullivan & Cromwell | |
| 02-09 | 1, 725 | Hyperconnect Inc. | Technology | Sullivan & Cromwell, Lee & Ko | Match Group | Latham & Watkins, Kim & Chang | ||
| 03-29 | 1, 400 | TripleLift | Technology | Goodwin Procter, Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt | Vista Equity Partners Management, | Kirkland & Ellis | ||
| 03-02 | 1, 400 | Thycotic, Inc. | Technology | TPG Capital LP | Davis Polk & Wardwell | Insight Partners | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | |
| 01-13 | 1, 400 | Nuvia, Inc. | Technology | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | Qualcomm Incorporated | DLA Piper | Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd.; Mayfield Fund; BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation; Atlantic Bridge Capital; Capricorn Investment Group; Redline Capital Management; WRVI Global Capital Managers; Dell Technologies Capital | |
| 01-12 | 1, 315 | Technip Energies N.V. (50.1% Stake) | Construction | Davis Polk & Wardwell | TechnipFMC Plc (shareholders) | TechnipFMC Plc | Latham & Watkins, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | |
| 02-01 | 1, 000 | MB2 Dental Solutions, | Pharma, Medical & Biotech | Kirkland & Ellis, Nixon Peabody, Polsinelli PC | Charlesbank Capital Partners, | Goodwin Procter | Sentinel Capital Partners | |
| 03-26 | 1, 000 | AeroFarms | Agriculture | DLA Piper | Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. | Kirkland & Ellis | ||
| 02-24 | 1, 000 | Exxon Mobil Corporation (U.K. upstream Central and Northern North Sea assets) | Energy, Mining & Utilities | NEO Energy | Exxon Mobil Corporation | |||
| 02-16 | 975 | Li-Cycle Corp. | Industrials & Chemicals | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (INFOR Financial Inc), McCarthy Tetrault, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Peridot Acquisition Corp. | Stikeman Elliott, Kirkland & Ellis | ||
| 02-10 | 900 | Equinor (Bakken field interests) | Energy, Mining & Utilities | Grayson Mill Energy, | Vinson & Elkins | Equinor ASA | ||
| 01-24 | 880 | Ovintiv Inc (Eagle Ford assets) | Energy, Mining & Utilities | Validus Energy | Ovintiv Inc | |||
| 01-29 | 862 | Nerdy, Inc | Business Services | Goodwin Procter | TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp. | Vinson & Elkins | ||
| 02-22 | 830 | Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (25% Stake) | Energy, Mining & Utilities | King & Spalding | ArcLight Capital Partners, | Latham & Watkins | Kinder Morgan, Inc.; Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. | |
| 03-22 | 734 | Fyber N.V. | Technology | Digital Turbine, Inc | Tennor Holding B.V. | |||
| 03-16 | 630 | City Brewing Company, | Consumer | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | Oaktree Capital Management LP; Charlesbank Capital Partners, ; Blue Ribbon Partners | |||
| 02-08 | 600 | VPay, Inc. | Technology | Optum, Inc. | FTV Management Company, L.P. | |||
| 03-15 | 575 | RideNow Powersports Management | Consumer | RumbleOn, Inc. | Akerman | Mark Tkach (Private Investor); William Coulter (Private Investor) | Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A. | |
| 01-15 | 561 | ProSight Global, Inc. | Financial Services | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (Barclays), Sullivan & Cromwell, Ropes & Gray | TowerBrook Capital - Further Global Capital Consortium | Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin | TPG Capital LP; Goldman Sachs (private equity operations) | |
| 03-18 | 526 | Arbe Robotics Ltd. | Industrials & Chemicals | DLA Piper | Industrial Tech Acquisitions, Inc. | Ellenoff Grossman & Schole | ||
| 03-22 | 510 | Bobcat DevCo (64.7% Stake); Beartooth DevCo (30% Stake) | Energy, Mining & Utilities | Oasis Midstream Partners LP | Richards Layton & Finger, P.A. | Oasis Petroleum Inc. | Vinson & Elkins | |
| 01-20 | 510 | Cardiva Medical, Inc. | Pharma, Medical & Biotech | Cooley | Haemonetics Corporation | DLA Piper | Sycamore Ventures Pte Ltd; WI Harper Group Inc; Galen Partners ; EW Healthcare Partners ; PTV Healthcare Capital; Amkey Ventures ; Evidity Health Capital | |
| 03-15 | 500 | Title365, Inc. | Financial Services | Blend Labs, Inc. | Latham & Watkins | Mr. Cooper Group Inc. | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | |
| 03-05 | 494 | Noble Midstream Partners LP (37.55% Stake) | Energy, Mining & Utilities | Baker Botts | Chevron Corporation | Latham & Watkins | ||
| 01-25 | 465 | Bruin E&P Partners, | Energy, Mining & Utilities | Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Enerplus Corp. | Blake, Cassels & Graydon, Vinson & Elkins | ||
| 03-25 | 447 | Redwire, | Industrials & Chemicals | Kirkland & Ellis | Genesis Park Acquisition Corp. | Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton | AE Industrial Partners LP | |
| 02-22 | 444 | AutoLotto, Inc. | Technology | White & Case | Trident Acquisitions Corp. | Loeb & Loeb | ||
| 02-03 | 420 | Grenadier Energy Partners II, (oil and gas assets) | Energy, Mining & Utilities | Shandong Xinchao Energy Corporation Limited | Thompson & Knight | Grenadier Energy Partners II | ||
| 01-31 | 420 | Grenadier Energy Partners II (Leasehold interest and producing wells) | Energy, Mining & Utilities | Surge Energy | White & Case (Citi), Thompson & Knight | Grenadier Energy Partners II | Vinson & Elkins | |
| 03-24 | 400 | Sporta Technologies Private Limited | Technology | TPG Capital LP; Technology Crossover Ventures; ChrysCapital Management Company; Tiger Global Management, ; Steadview Capital Management ; Falcon Edge Capital LP; D1 Capital Partners L.P.; Footpath Ventures | AZB & Partners | Kalaari Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd.; Multiples Alternate Asset Management Private Ltd | Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | |
| 02-26 | 400 | AdColony Inc. | Media | Digital Turbine, Inc | Otello Corporation ASA | Hogan Lovells International, Schjodt | ||
| 02-18 | 400 | Humio Ltd. | Technology | Cooley, Horten Law Firm | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. | Davis Polk & Wardwell, Gorrissen Federspiel | Accel; Trifork A/S; Dell Technologies Capital; West Hill Capital | |
| 03-22 | 375 | StonePoint Materials | Construction | Arcosa, Inc. | Weil Gotshal & Manges | Sun Capital Partners, Inc. | Kirkland & Ellis | |
| 03-01 | 370 | BPL Plasma, Inc (25 plasma donation centers) | Pharma, Medical & Biotech | Grifols SA | Osborne Clarke | BPL Plasma, Inc | ||
| 02-03 | 363 | Gearbox Software, | Technology | Fenwick & West, Cirio Advokatbyra | Embracer Group AB | Baker McKenzie | Randy Pitchford (Private Investor) | |
| 01-14 | 360 | Innovation Specialists, | Technology | Balch & Bingham | Accolade, Inc. | Cooley, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison (Goldman Sachs & Co) | ||
| 03-09 | 325 | RD Gestao e Sistemas S.A. (92% Stake) | Technology | Derraik & Menezes | Totvs S.A. | Lefosse Advogados | TPG Capital LP; DGF Investimentos; Riverwood Capital, ; Redpoint e.ventures; Astella Investimentos; Endeavor Catalyst | Veirano Advogados; Ulhoa Canto, Rezende e Guerra - Advogados; Pinheiro Neto Advogados |
| 03-17 | 315 | Brainbees Solutions Private Limited | Technology | IndusLaw | TPG Capital LP; ChrysCapital Management Company; PremjiInvest | AZB & Partners, Veritas Legal | Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd.; MegaDelta Capital Advisors; Elevation Capital |