Published October 15, 2026
In one week, October 8-14, 2026, Vest tracked 33 verified US M&A deals with more than $17.3 billion in disclosed value. The largest: Crescent Energy's agreement to buy Devon Energy's Eagle Ford assets for $4.2 billion in cash. Kirkland & Ellis led the counsel scoreboard, appearing on 4 deals.
This edition's discussion on LinkedIn →Published, verified appearances across the 33 deals; buy-side and sell-side counted separately.
| Law firm | Deals | Clients this edition |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkland & Ellis | 4 | Devon Energy, Ithaca Holdings, BlueMatrix, Argano |
| Ropes & Gray | 3 | WCAS, Galderma, Audax |
| 2 each | Ashurst Perkins Coie; Cooley; Foley & Lardner; Gibson Dunn; Latham & Watkins; Orrick; Paul, Weiss |
Not counted: Fried Frank as counsel to Humana, the joint venture partner on CenterWell; Wachtell Lipton for Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd and Simpson Thacher for Blackstone, both as shareholder counsel on Bumble; and Morrison Foerster's government-contracts role on GCubed's purchase of RightDirection, a deal that is not in the count.
Of the 33 US M&A deals in this edition (October 8-14, 2026), 13 have at least one side's legal counsel not yet publicly announced.
Deals with neither a stated amount nor named counsel are not included. On 2 of the 13, neither side's counsel has been announced. The 7 largest deals with a disclosed value all named counsel on both sides. Of the previous edition's 13 deals with no counsel on either side, 3 now have a named firm. Tracked weekly on this page.
Crescent Energy agreed to acquire Devon Energy's Eagle Ford assets; Devon puts the total consideration at $4.2 billion in cash, and Crescent gives an estimated net purchase price of about $3.85 billion. Source: SEC filing (Devon Energy)
Funds managed by HPS, part of BlackRock, agreed to acquire WCAS's equity stake in the joint ventures that own nearly 150 CenterWell Senior Primary Care clinics, valued at about $2.8 billion; the new joint venture will be majority owned by BlackRock and minority owned by Humana's CenterWell, which keeps running the clinics. Source: SEC filing (Humana)
STERIS agreed to acquire Xodus Medical for $2.1 billion at closing, about $1.8 billion net of expected tax benefits; a possible earn-out of up to $150 million is not counted. Source: STERIS
Viatris agreed to acquire Pacira BioSciences through a tender offer at $36.50 per share in cash, an aggregate equity value of $1.65 billion. Source: SEC filing (Viatris)
Galderma agreed to acquire 100% of Irvine, California-based ZO Skin Health from Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and the Obagi family in an all-cash deal at an enterprise value of $1.5 billion. Source: Galderma
Ithaca Holdings agreed to take Austin-based Bumble private for $6.05 per share in an all-cash deal valuing the company at $1.3 billion. Source: SEC filing (Bumble)
IonQ agreed to acquire cybersecurity company Elisity in an all-stock deal valued at up to $1.3 billion; the $1.15 billion counted here leaves out up to $150 million in earn-out. Source: SEC filing (IonQ)
Grafine Partners and Atlantic Ridge Capital agreed to acquire Paragon Films from Rhône in a transaction valued at about $900 million. Source: Grafine Partners and Atlantic Ridge Capital
OMRON agreed to acquire 100% of Interlogic, the parent of South Burlington, Vermont-based OnLogic, at an enterprise value of $675 million. Source: OMRON
Denver-based SSR Mining agreed to acquire Roxmore Resources, owner of the Converse project in Nevada, for C$6.75 per share in cash, an enterprise value of $392 million. Source: SEC filing (SSR Mining)
Cardinal Infrastructure Group agreed to acquire Central Florida-based Hughes Brothers Construction for $357.5 million; up to $97.5 million in additional earn-out is not counted. Source: Cardinal Infrastructure Group
Agilent agreed to acquire digital pathology company Proscia for $240 million in cash at closing; up to $30 million in milestone payments is not counted. Source: Agilent
Israel-based PCB Technologies, listed in Tel Aviv, agreed to acquire Silicon Valley circuit board maker Gorilla Circuits at an enterprise value of $120 million; closing needs CFIUS approval. Source: PCB Technologies
Porch Group and the Porch Insurance Reciprocal Exchange agreed to acquire Louisiana insurer Allied Trust's managing general agency and insurance carrier; the release gives two base prices ($95 million, and $55 million plus $50 million deferred) and no single total, so no value is counted. Source: SEC filing (Porch Group)
Houston-based Drilling Tools International agreed to acquire Aberdeen, Scotland-based Saltire Energy and Foxley Energy for about $80 million in cash and 17.4 million DTI shares; no total value was stated. Source: SEC filing (DTI)
Tel Aviv-listed Stark Power agreed to acquire the Cottage Grove energy campus in Minnesota, a 262-megawatt operating power plant and a battery storage project, from Ultra Capital and Panamint Capital; terms were not disclosed. Source: Stark Power
AEA Investors and BCI acquired Aurora, Illinois-based Rensa Filtration from Audax Private Equity; terms were not disclosed. Source: AEA Investors and BCI
Freshworks signed a definitive agreement to acquire Torii, extending its Freshservice product into software spend governance; terms were not disclosed. Source: Freshworks
Microchip Technology acquired privately held VORAGO Technologies of Austin, Texas; terms were not disclosed. Source: Microchip Technology
Harness acquired select Augment Code assets, including Cosmos, the Auggie CLI and the Code Context Engine; terms were not disclosed. Source: Harness
ATL Partners launched its Precise Aerospace & Defense platform by acquiring Phoenix-based Precise Metal Products from affiliates of Staple Street Capital; terms were not disclosed. Source: ATL Partners
Alaunos Therapeutics acquired Velaris Therapeutics in a reverse merger signed and closed on October 13, with a private placement of about $350 million alongside; the combined company will take the Velaris name. Source: SEC filing (Alaunos)
Workday signed a definitive agreement to acquire C1.ai, an agentic identity platform; terms were not disclosed. Source: SEC filing (Workday)
Thoma Bravo-backed BlueMatrix agreed to acquire Aiera; financial terms were not disclosed. Source: BlueMatrix
Argano acquired Oktana Corporation to add Salesforce and AI capabilities; terms were not disclosed. Source: Argano
Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company ORS Nasco acquired Techniweld & PowerWeld and the Boardwalk, GEN and Windsoft brands from Essendant; terms were not disclosed. Source: ORS Nasco
The Badlands Security Company acquired Cosmic Fischer, a New York City commercial security integrator founded 58 years ago; terms were not disclosed. Source: The Badlands Security Company
Novacap portfolio company Lewis & Ellis announced on October 14 that it had acquired Alan Gray from Premia and Kelso; the deal closed on August 31 and terms were not disclosed. Source: Lewis & Ellis
Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy acquired GreenAmerica Biofuels Ord, a subsidiary of Pilot Travel Centers; the deal closed October 9 and terms were not disclosed. Source: Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy
Terminus Capital Partners made a majority investment in specialty agriculture software company PickTrace; terms were not disclosed. Source: Terminus Capital Partners
Kinderhook Industries portfolio company Eagle Leasing acquired Mobile Storage, Inc.; terms were not disclosed. Source: Eagle Leasing
Dallas-based Guide Architecture, a healthcare-focused architecture and design firm, acquired MAIA Consulting; terms were not disclosed. Source: Guide Architecture (Business Wire)
Certerra acquired Universal Testing & Inspection Services, a New York-based testing and inspection provider; terms were not disclosed. Source: Certerra (Business Wire)
Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Loops, which Globes describes as an Israeli AI company; terms were not disclosed. Source: Salesforce
Rocket Software acquired Geniez AI, which CTech describes as an Israeli startup; terms were not disclosed. Source: Rocket Software
The two deals above are not in the 33-deal count: neither states an amount or names counsel. Three counted deals have an Israel link: Tel Aviv-listed PCB Technologies is buying Gorilla Circuits, Tel Aviv-listed Stark Power is buying the Cottage Grove energy campus, and Freshworks is buying Torii, which CTech describes as an Israeli software company.
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This edition covers October 8-14, 2026. A deal counts if it has a US target or a US buyer, the buyer takes control, and the deal states an amount or names counsel for at least one side; 76 additional deals with neither a stated amount nor named counsel were left out. Recapitalizations and mergers that did not state who takes control, a spectrum licence sale, a related-party sale, a 50/50 joint venture, deals where only the seller is American, blank-check mergers with non-US targets and real estate were also left out. Each date and value comes from the company's own release or SEC filing; a law firm's later announcement or a closing does not move a deal into the week. A firm is credited only where a release, the deal agreement or the firm's own page names it as counsel for one side. The $17.3 billion total adds the headline value each company states, using enterprise value where one is given, and leaves out earn-outs, milestone and deferred payments, and press-reported figures.
Verified US M&A deals and the counsel scoreboard.
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