Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: August 29

This week Morrissey Goodale reported two deals in the United States and three international deals involving companies from The Netherlands, the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Australia.

M&A Transactions

8/21/2014

Global natural and built asset design and consultancy, ARCADIS (Amsterdam, Netherlands) announced that it intends to acquire Callison (Seattle, WA), a high level architectural and interior design consultancy. ARCADIS will acquire Callison from its primary owner, Blue Point Capital, company management and principals. Link to details

8/21/2014

ARCADIS’ active dealmaking continued as the Boards of ARCADIS (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Hyder Consulting (London, UK) announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended increased cash offer for ARCADIS to acquire Hyder. The increased offer is in response to a higher bid from Nippon Koei on August 8th. Link to details

8/26/2014

Full-service design firm, Clark Patterson Lee (Rochester, GA) announced that the employees of Ross Consulting Engineers (Woodstock, GA), a design firm serving the municipal, transportation, water resources, and commercial sectors, are joining their organization. Link to details

8/20/2014

Architecture, electrical engineering, and interior design and planning firm, NAC|Architecture (Spokane, WA) and Osborn Architects (Glendale, CA) announced that they have merged. Osborn’s headquarters and NAC|Architecture’s Los Angeles office will physically merge into a new Downtown Los Angeles location. The office will presently be referred to as NAC|Architecture, but will introduce its new identity in the coming months. Link to details

8/28/2014

OTOC (Perth, Australia) has made a deal to acquire Bosco Jonson (South Melbourne, Australia), a surveying, town planning, and urban design company. OTOC provides infrastructure solutions for the Government and resources sectors. Link to details

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