McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK), a leading healthcare services company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, under which Apollo Funds will acquire a minority ownership interest in McKesson’s Medical-Surgical Solutions (MMS) business. Apollo Funds will invest US$1.25 billion in convertible preferred equity of MM...

USA Rare Earth, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAR) (USAR) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Serra Verde Group (Serra Verde), owner of the Pela Ema rare earth mine and processing plant in Goiás, Brazil. The transaction consideration consists of US$300 million in cash and 126.849 million shares of newly issued USAR common stock, which at USAR’s closing share price of US$...

Alamar Biosciences, Inc. (Alamar), a leader in precision proteomics dedicated to advancing the early detection of disease, has announced the pricing of its upsized initial public offering of 11,250,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of US$17 per share. In addition, Alamar has granted the underwriters a 30‑day option to purchase up to an additional 1,687...

Latham & Watkins has advised Goldman Sachs in connection with a senior secured term loan facility of up to MXN 5.1 billion with Fibra EXI. Fibra EXI will use the financing to, among other things, pay the consideration for its acquisition of a majority stake in Concesionaria de Infraestructura del Bajío, S.A. de C.V., a toll road company that operates the Salamanca-León to...

Latham & Watkins has advised Conceria Pasubio S.p.A., a leading specialized provider of premium leather for the automotive and luxury sectors and portfolio company of PAI Partners, on the acquisition of 100% of Luilor S.p.A., a leading Italian manufacturer of high-end textiles for luxury furniture brands and fashion houses.

The transaction further advances the deve...