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Eurazeo, investment firm, relies on Abernathy MacGregor as it sells its majority stake in NEST New York, marketer of fragrance lifestyle brands, to North Castle Partners in a deal worth about $200M.
Laura Slatkin, who founded NEST in 2008, said the partnership with Eurazeo enabled the business to flourish and deliver impressive growth over the past five years.
She looks forward to working with North Castle as NEST embarks on its next chapter of growth.
Hemanshu Patel, partner at NCP, said NEST fits nicely into NCP’s family of health and wellness brands that are leaders in their respective categories.
He also noted that Rich Gersten, NCP’s beauty industry advisor, has worked with Slatkin and her team in the past.
Will Braun and Emma Prenn-Vasilakis are working the account at AbMac, which is part of Havas’ H/Advisors network of financial firms.
Prosek Partners handles New York’s Tilray Brands, craft beer & cannabis operation, as it acquires BrewDog, a leading British independent beer producer in the UK, for $45M.
Brunswick Group handles Zurich Insurance as it agrees to buy UK-based Beazley specialty insurer in a deal valued at $11B.
FGS Global represents Brink’s as it agrees to acquire NCR Atleos, which relies on Collected Strategies, in a $6.6B cash & stock deal to create a leading fintech infrastructure company. (Updated)
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C Street Advisory Group is working the Chapter 11 filing of Axip Energy Services as it unloads its nearly all of its assets to deal with a heavy debt load.
