JLL Partners Acquires Point Blank Enterprises

Franklin BSP Realty Trust Acquires NewPoint Holdings JV L.L.C.

July 1, 2025

Financial Services

Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (FBRT) has closed its acquisition of NewPoint Holdings JV L.L.C. (NewPoint) for $425 million. The deal expands FBRT's multifamily and agency lending capabilities, adding NewPoint's commercial real estate lending platform to FBRT's debt origination and servicing business.

JLL to Acquire Javelin Capital to Expand U.S. Clean Energy Investment Banking Capabilities

March 24, 2025

Financial Services

JLL announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Javelin Capital, a North America-based renewable energy investment banking firm. The deal is expected to close shortly, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, and is intended to expand JLL’s U.S. Energy & Infrastructure Capital Markets capabilities in the clean energy transition.

Balance Point Capital Announces Follow-On Investment in Blankfactor

November 20, 2023

Data & Analytics

Balance Point Capital, together with its affiliated fund Balance Point Capital Partners V, L.P., made a follow-on growth investment in Blankfactor (Blankfactor Holdings UK Limited) to support the company's expansion of digital transformation, data and AI services. The capital will be used to accelerate Blankfactor's service offerings and growth in the payments and financial services markets.

Point Blank Enterprises Acquires Safe, Inc.

May 22, 2023

Aerospace & Defense

Point Blank Enterprises has acquired Safe, Inc., a Tempe, Arizona-based engineering and product development firm specializing in crashworthy pilot and crew seating and safety systems. The acquisition expands Point Blank’s aerospace protection capabilities, adding Safe’s crashworthiness engineering, prototyping and testing resources to support DoD, NASA and other government and defense contractors.

JLL Partners Acquires Jonathan Engineered Solutions from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

January 4, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

JLL Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has acquired Jonathan Engineered Solutions (JES), a designer and manufacturer of ruggedized enclosures, slides, and vibration isolators used in defense, aerospace and specialty industrial applications. JES is headquartered in Irvine, California with approximately 900 employees; JLL plans to use JES as the base of a new aerospace and defense manufacturing platform and to invest in capacity, technology and strategic acquisitions. Levine Leichtman Capital Partners sold its portfolio company to JLL Partners.

Francisco Partners to Acquire Forcepoint from Raytheon Technologies

October 26, 2020

Cybersecurity

Francisco Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Forcepoint from Raytheon Technologies in a carve-out transaction. The private equity firm said it will partner with Forcepoint management to invest in the company's cloud-native security portfolio and operate Forcepoint as an independent company; the deal is financed in part by debt from Credit Suisse and remains subject to regulatory review.