Top private equity news of the week

**Soho House, the global private members’ club and hotel group, is set to go private in a $2.7bn deal backed by US-based MCR Hotels, according to The Guardian.**

The deal will see shareholders receive $8.08 per share in cash, representing a 37% premium to the company’s share price before the buyout proposal. The agreement has been unanimously approved by Soho House’s board and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, pending shareholder approval.

Apollo Global Management is set to provide over $700m in equity and debt financing to support a $1.8bn take-private bid for Soho House, the hospitality group behind the global chain of members’ clubs, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

The buyout is being led by New York-based MCR Hotels and would see Soho House shareholders receive $9 per share, representing a 17.8% premium to its most recent closing price of $7.64. The valuation is based on the company’s 195 million outstanding shares.

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Private equity and US investors are reshaping European soccer, as revenues across the continent’s top five leagues soared to €20.4bn ($23.7bn) in the 2023-24 season, a 750% increase since the late 1990s, according to a report by CNBC.

US ownership now dominates the English Premier League, with Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Manchester United among the clubs backed by American capital. Manchester United, bought by the Glazer family for $1.07bn in 2005, was valued at around £5bn ($6.4bn) last year following a minority stake sale to Jim Ratcliffe.