Transaction also includes the acquisition of two related joint ventures from Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC.

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) have agreed to acquire Dealogic, a global provider of data and analytics, market intelligence and capital markets software solutions for financial institutions, from company management and founders. The transaction also includes the acquisition of two related joint ventures from Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, who will re-invest equity into the transaction. The acquisition is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close by the end of 2014.

Latham & Watkins advised The Carlyle Group on the transaction with a cross-border team led by London corporate partners Mike Bond and Richard Butterwick and Washington, D.C. corporate partner David Brown, with London associate Robbie McLaren. Advice was also provided on financing matters by Washington, D.C. partners Jeffrey Chenard and Scott Forchheimer and London partner Dominic Newcomb, with Washington, D.C. associate Benjamin Berman.