EQT Private Equity and Goldman Sachs Asset Management Acquire Parexel from Pamplona Capital Management
July 2, 2021
EQT Private Equity (EQT IX) and Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Private Equity business have agreed to acquire Parexel from Pamplona Capital Management for an enterprise value of USD 8.5 billion. Parexel, a global clinical research organization co-headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and Newton, Massachusetts, employs more than 17,000 people and provides outsourced clinical development, regulatory, market access and consulting services to the pharma and biotech industry.
- Targets
- Parexel
- Sellers
- Pamplona Capital Management
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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