M&A

 Mergers & Acquisitions News (M&A)

• Industrials giant Eaton agreed to merge its mobility business with automotive supplier Dana in a $5.1B deal, including debt Yahoo.Finance

• KKR will acquire a majority stake in accounting firm Crowe in a $3B deal Chicago Business

• Activist Elliott ‌joined bidders including JD.com in takeover talks for UK online retailer The Very Group, which could fetch a $2.7B valuation Reuters

• Blackstone is in talks to acquire $2B-listed Canadian commercial REIT H&R REIT Bloomberg

• Blockchain-based lender Figure agreed to acquire residential transition loan lender Kiavi in a $717M deal Globenewswire

• Dubai luxury developer AHS Properties acquired Dubai's Shangri-La five-star hotel for $300M Wall Street Journal

• Yacht maker Ferretti is weighing an offer to acquire all or part of struggling rival The Italian Sea Group Bloomberg

• OpenAI agreed to acquire Ona, a startup offering cloud services to support AI agents Bloomberg

• Czech energy billionaire Daniel Křetínský is considering a deal to become the largest shareholder in UK soccer club West Ham United by acquiring shares from heiress Vanessa Gold The Guardian

• UK PE firm Permira acquired a majority stake in corporate environmental transparency non-profit Carbon Disclosure Project Financial Times