Press releases

19 November 2020

ECI Software Solutions to be acquired by Leonard Green & Partners; Funds advised by Apax Partners to retain minority stake

ECI Software Solutions, a leader in cloud-based business management software solutions for small and medium sized companies, today announced that Leonard Green & Partners will acquire a majority stake in the company from funds advised by Apax Partners and The Carlyle Group. Upon completion of the transaction, funds advised by Apax Partners, which acquired ECI in 2017, will retain a minority stake in ECI.

28 October 2020

Lexitas announces acquisition of Registered Agent Solutions Inc.

Lexitas, a leading provider of high-quality services to the legal market, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Registered Agent Solutions Inc., a leading U.S. provider of outsourced Registered Agent and corporate compliance services. 

27 October 2020

Genius Sports Group to go public through combination with NYSE-listed dMY Technology Group II

Genius Sports Group and dMY Technology Group, Inc. II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement pursuant to which GSG and dMY II will combine. As a result of the business combination, GSG and dMY II shareholders will exchange their shares for shares in a new combined company, which will be publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

22 September 2020

Funds advised by Apax Partners sell their controlling shareholding in Neuraxpharm

Funds advised by Apax Partners today announced that they have agreed to sell their controlling stake in Neuraxpharm, a leading European specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of central nervous system disorders, to funds advised by Permira.

17 September 2020

Max Stock starts trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Max Stock, Israel’s leading general discount retailer, has today begun trading on the Tel Aviv Stock exchange under the symbol MAXO. The IPO share price was NIS 12 per share, representing a market capitalization of approximately NIS 1.7 billion. The offering was 8 times oversubscribed.

10 September 2020

Funds advised by Apax Partners sell their stake in idealista

Funds advised by Apax Partners today announced that they have agreed to sell their stake in idealista, the leading online real estate platform in Spain, Italy and Portugal, to the EQT IX fund for a transaction value of €1.3 billion.