Private Equity Firm Financial Services

Elliott Advisors

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Global alternative investment firm and asset manager making private equity and credit investments (with an affiliate relationship to Elliott Investment Management L.P.).

Focus Areas
Alternative asset management, Credit investments, Private equity
Website
elliottmgmt.com

Tracked deals

8

8 tracked deals across 2022-2026.

Recent pace

3

3 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

5 buyout · 1 divestiture · 1 growth capital

Elliott Advisors Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 5 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 5 years for Elliott Advisors. 2 2022 1 2023 1 2024 1 2025 ~4 est. 3 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    GTCR, Elliott Investment Management
    Target
    CCC Intelligent Solutions
    Industry
    Software
    Type
    Buyout

    CCC Intelligent Solutions agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by GTCR and including Elliott Investment Management in a $6.1 billion take-private deal. CCC shareholders will receive $7.75 per share in cash, and the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027.

  • Buyer
    Speyside Equity, Elliott Investment Management
    Target
    Opta Group

    Speyside Equity completed a continuation vehicle transaction with Opta Group, keeping the core metallurgical solutions business while restructuring parts of the platform. The move enabled Speyside to pursue further transformation and EBITDA growth for Opta.

  • Buyer
    Elliott Investment Management L.P.
    Target
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
    Industry
    Transportation
    Location
    Japan

    Elliott Investment Management L.P. disclosed that it has taken a significant stake in Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., one of the world’s largest shipping companies. The activist investor said it is looking to engage with management around the company’s upcoming medium-term management plan to drive strategic and valuation improvements.

  • Buyer
    Elliott Investment Management L.P., Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Weiss family (descendants of Jacob Sapirstein)
    Target
    American Greetings Corporation
    Type
    Buyout

    Elliott Investment Management will purchase a majority ownership stake in American Greetings, with CD&R and the Weiss family retaining a significant minority stake. The transaction is focused on accelerating American Greetings’ growth across its Celebrations portfolio and geographic footprint.

  • Buyer
    Labcorp, Ephios Bidco GmbH, Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited
    Target
    SYNLAB AG
    Seller
    Cinven, Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited
    Location
    Bavaria, Germany

    Cinven has sold an indirect minority stake in SYNLAB to strategic investor Labcorp while funds advised by Elliott have agreed to sell their direct stake to Ephios Bidco (Cinven-controlled) and reinvest proceeds to become an indirect minority shareholder alongside Cinven, Labcorp and Qatar Holding. The transactions leave Cinven as majority shareholder of SYNLAB and create opportunities for collaboration (including bringing Labcorp specialty tests to Europe); the Elliott transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in early 2025.

  • Buyer
    Elliott Investment Management L.P., Patient Square Capital, Veritas Capital
    Target
    Syneos Health, Inc.
    Seller
    Syneos Health stockholders
    Type
    Buyout

    A consortium of private investment firms—Elliott Investment Management, Patient Square Capital and Veritas Capital—has completed the acquisition of Syneos Health for $43.00 per share, a transaction valued at approximately $7.1 billion including debt. Syneos Health will become a privately held company, with the new owners planning to accelerate its transformation, invest in technology and strengthen its integrated biopharmaceutical services.

  • Buyer
    Elliott Advisors
    Target
    Enra Specialist Finance
    Seller
    Exponent Private Equity
    Location
    Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Exponent Private Equity has agreed to sell Enra Specialist Finance, a leading UK non-bank mortgage lender, to Elliott Advisors. The transaction provides Enra with a new equity partner to support expansion of its lending and broking businesses, building on recent growth in gross lending, securitisation activity and warehouse funding capacity.

  • Buyer
    Funds advised by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited (Elliott Investment Management), Waterstones
    Target
    Blackwell's
    Seller
    Toby Blackwell, Blackwell family
    Industry
    Retail
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Funds advised by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited have acquired Blackwell's, the iconic academic bookseller based in Oxford. Waterstones — controlled by Elliott and already owner of Foyles — said it will preserve Blackwell's identity while investing in its shops, people and eCommerce operation; the sale ends 143 years of Blackwell family ownership.

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