M&A

• Sixth Street Partners and businessman Dean Metropoulos agreed to acquire an 8% stake in NFL's New England Patriots from billionaire Robert Kraft at a $9B valuation  Bloomberg

  
  

• Blackstone, Warburg Pincus, Nordic Capital, Hellman & Friedman, and TPG are weighing an investment or acquisition of Canada's La Caisse and CVC-backed French diagnostics provider Sebia, which could be valued at $5.8B  Bloomberg

  
  

• The eldest son of Malaysia's billionaire king Ismail Ibrahim is seeking to sell a Singapore plot for $2.7B in potentially the city's largest real estate deal ever  Bloomberg 

  
  

• Activist hedge fund Irenic Capital Management is encouraging PE firms to take-private $2.3B-listed UK food outlet operator SSP Group  Reuters

  
  

• Investor Mark Ein acquired a minority stake in the MLB's Baltimore Orioles; the Orioles were last valued at $1.7B in 2024  Bloomberg

  
  

• Blackstone is weighing a sale or IPO of genealogy company Ancestry.com  Reuters