CapVest Partners, the private-equity fund led by Seamus Fitzpatrick, is in talks to acquire a majority stake in German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel AG, in a transaction that values the business at €10 billion including debt. German newspaper Welt reported in June that Bain Capital and Cinven, the owners of Stada, were considering private equity bids for the business as well as an initial public offering. Now, Bloomberg is reporting CapVest is “in discussions” to do this deal, which would be one of the largest buyout deals ever closed by an Irish-led private equity firm. Bloomberg said that CapVest had…

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