M&A Critique https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html AI chipmaker Forge Nano to list via $1.6 billion SPAC deal SpaceX says it has option to acquire startup Cursor for $60 billion Fairfax likely to buy 10% more in IIFL Capital via preferential allotment Dhan parent Raise Financial acquires algo-trading startup Stratzy in cash-and-stock deal ReaRCo acquires KV Developers through the insolvency process Deutsche Telekom exploring merger with T-Mobile, Bloomberg News reports Belgium’s Kpler launches minority stake sale valuing firm at up to $5 billion, sources say AB Foods to spin off Primark in bid to unlock group’s value Enagas buys 31.5% stake in French grid operator Terega for 573 million euros Trump opposes United–American merger, signals support for Spirit Power startup Fermi rejects former CEO’s call for sale of company Horse racing-Churchill Downs to buy Preakness intellectual property for $85 mln QXO strikes $17 billion deal to acquire building products distributor and installer TopBuild SC asks NCLT to expedite call on Supertech oversight panel Bain Capital sole contender for Vitabiotics buy Omkara, Oaktree pay Rs 1,200 crore to buy GTL debt from Edelweiss JAL insolvency case: Lenders flag ‘leak’ that may have aided Vedanta bid Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman favors Pernod Ricard bid over Sazerac, source says Private equity firms submit offers for Schroders’ Benchmark unit, Sky News reports Blue Owl agrees to buy healthcare REIT Sila Realty Trust for $2.4 billion US private equity firm TA Associates in talks to buy UK’s Advanced Medical Solutions William Hill UK owner Evoke weighs $304 million takeover bid from Bally’s Intralot McKesson sells minority stake in surgical supplies unit to Apollo Funds for $1.25 billion Japan’s Nojima to buy Hitachi’s consumer appliances unit for more than $630 million, Nikkei reports Honeywell to sell productivity solutions unit to Brady for $1.4 billion Brazil’s Novonor signs deal to sell controlling stake in Braskem to IG4 M&A Deals, M&A News April 2026 Uber to acquire additional 4.5% stake in Delivery Hero: FT VIDYA strengthens global coffee presence with acquisition in Romania Vedanta was never declared highest bidder for Jaiprakash Associates: RP to NCLAT Kadimi Group expands global footprint DIPAM approves merger of NBCC and HSCC (India) American rejects merger talks with United Airlines Premier Energy to buy Macquarie’s Romanian power distribution network for $824 million John Cockerill’s Strategic shift: Consolidating global metals under the India-listed entity Lilly in advanced talks to acquire Kelonia Therapeutics for over $2 billion, WSJ says Singapore’s CapitaLand Trust to divest Asia Square Tower 2 in $1.95 billion deal India plans special NCLT bench for cross-border insolvency cases to speed up resolutions Mega deals less likely, but media M&A show to stay strong in 2026 Wipro Hydraulics to acquire majority stake in Italy’s Indeco Ind Spa Rubicon Research gains as acquire 85% stake in Arinna Lifesciences for Rs 176 crore Board of Moschip Technologies approves acquisition of 73% stake in Vayavya Labs Hogan Lovells, Cadwalader partners approve law firm merger Prince Al Waleed’s Kingdom Holding to acquire majority stake in Al Hilal Schroders shareholders approve $13.4 billion sale to Nuveen AmEx to buy Altman-backed Hyper in push for AI-powered expense tools UK’s Intertek rejects $11 billion buyout proposal from EQT UK retailer JD Sports sells entire Applied Nutrition stake for $66.5 million Botswana is in talks on stake in Angola’s Lobito refinery, officials say