What they do
Ardea Partners is a boutique investment bank with offices in New York and London that advises on strategic advisory, M&A transactions and capital markets, with a concentration in financial services.
- Services
- Sell-side M&A, Buy-side M&A, Takeovers and schemes
- Specialties
- Financial services
- Kinds of deal
- Complex cross-border transactions
- Deal size
- Recorded deals: median A$113m
- Licences
- Ardea Partners LP, Member FINRA / SIPC, Ardea Partners International LLP authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
- Founded
- 2017
- Team
- 110
From ardeapartners.com, checked 7 Nov 2026: /, /about, /transactions
Deals
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| Advisers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | 1315 Capital | – | Navigator Global Investments | Stake | Financial adviser to 1315 Capital (target) | Announced | 112.6 | Asset and wealth management | Ropes & Gray (sell-side)Fried Frank (buy-side) | Navigator Global Investments stake in 1315 Capital |
Listed on their website
- Aspirity, Strategic Minority Partnership with Hoxton Wealth 2026
- Invictus Capital Partners, Majority Ownership Stake Sale to New York Life Investment Management 2026
- The Baldwin Group, Go Private Through Majority Investment by Sequence Holdings and Dell Family Office 2026
- EQT, Acquisition of a Majority Stake in McGill and Partners from Warburg Pincus 2026
- Great Hill Partners, Strategic Investment in Aurenity 2026
- Wilton Re, Formation of Windsor Life Re with Sun Life 2026
- At-Bay, Sale to Munich Re Group 2026
- HDVI, Sale to Federated Insurance 2026
- Summit Trail Advisors, Sale to Corient 2026
- Bowhead, Sale to American Family 2026
- F.L.Putnam, Strategic Minority Investment from Bixby Wealth Solutions 2026
- My Pension Expert, Strategic Investment from Valeas Capital Partners 2026
- Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Acquisition of AEGIS Hedging 2026
- Mitie, Recommended Cash Acquisition by OCS 2026
- Beam Benefits, Sale to Principal 2026
- Harbourfront Wealth, New Strategic Investment by Berkshire Partners 2026
- Behavox, Growth Investment from HPS Investment Partners 2026
- Mobius, Sale to Motive Partners 2026
- Research Affiliates, Sale of RAFI Indices to TMX Group 2026
- IMA Financial Group, Equity Recapitalization with Minority Sale to Oak Hill Capital, New Mountain Capital, and HarbourVest Partners 2026
Transactions the firm lists on its own website, checked 7 Nov 2026. Those FundComb has recorded link to the deal.
Offices and contact
Offices
United Kingdom
- London
United States
- New YorkHead office