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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

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 to acquire International Paper’s Global Cellulose Fibers business

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction Value$ 2,094,540,000

ClientsInternational Paper, American Industrial Partners
18 Jun 2025

Morgan Stanley Capital Partners acquires Canada-based Thermogenics

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryOther

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

ClientsMorgan Stanley Capital Partners, Thermogenics, Inc., Audax Private Equity
10 Apr 2025

Ontario Teachers, Ethos, BCI, and White Mountains invest in BroadStreet Partners

Deal TypeMerger & Acquisition

IndustryBanking/Finance

Transaction ValueUndisclosed/Confidential

ClientsBroadStreet Partners, Ethos Capital, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.