29 Oct, 2025

Cotton Creek acquires Ne-Mo's Bakery; Abry invests in AA Ireland

Deal Wrap is updated as of 3 p.m. ET.

– Cotton Creek Capital Management LLC acquired bakery products business Ne-Mo's Bakery.

– Grafine Partners LP invested in newly formed middle-market private equity firm Atlantic Ridge Capital. Kirkland & Ellis was legal adviser to Grafine and Atlantic Ridge.

– Abry Partners LLC invested in roadside assistance and insurance business AA Ireland Ltd., a Further Global Capital Management LP portfolio company. Continuum Advisory Partners was the financial adviser to AA Ireland. Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP and A&L Goodbody LLP were legal advisers to Abry, and Jefferies was its financial adviser.

Abry Partners- and Aquiline Capital Partners LP-backed specialty insurer IQUW Syndicate Management Ltd. is set to be acquired by Starr International Co. Inc. BofA Securities was financial adviser to Starr, and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom LLP was legal adviser. Evercore Partners International LLP and J.P. Morgan Securities were financial advisers to IQUW on the deal, and Norton Rose Fulbright LLP was legal adviser.

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