Financial Times M&A

MARCH 16, 2023

Specialist buyers may not get massive returns but high management fees can make up the difference

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 9, 2024

His experience covers complex domestic and international transactions in support of M&A activity, leveraged buyouts, refinancing and distressed or opportunistic investments.

Leveraging 90

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 29, 2024

He advises on transactions including leveraged buyouts, consortium deals, bolt-on acquisitions, carve-outs, co-investments, minority deals, recapitalisations, divestments, distressed M&A, public-to-privates, joint ventures, reorganisations and restructurings, as well as general corporate matters.

Leveraged Buyouts 83

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 1, 2024

Roark Capital, a US PE firm focused on leveraged buyout investments across franchise restaurant and food, health and wellness, and business services, has completed its acquisition of Subway in a deal valued at $9.6bn.

Leveraged Buyouts 80

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging Business Services 80

Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This week alone, Bloomberg News reported on direct-lending firms working on plans for potential multi-billion dollar buyouts of Adevinta, Kereis and Iris Software. The industry growth is being driven by investment bank caution around underwriting leveraged buyouts given volatile market conditions.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

She has pan-European cross sector experience in a variety of corporate transactions, including leveraged buyouts, strategic mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, structured and minority equity investments, equity and debt restructurings and management equity plans.

Leveraged Buyouts 75

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

percentage points above the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and at a discounted price of 98 cents on the dollar.

Leveraged Buyouts 130

Leveraged Buyouts Pension Funds Buyout Stakes 130

Private Equity Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Temel and the new team will advise private equity clients in transactions such as leveraged buyouts, recapitalisations, as well as structured preferred and growth equity investments. In his new role, Temel will serve as a founding member of the firm’s new Boston office.

Leveraged Buyouts 70

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American Investment Council

MAY 6, 2024

Since the end of 2021, private credit has funded more non-leveraged buyouts each quarter than syndicates. Industry Expansion: Loans from private credit lenders have served as a lifeline to small businesses nationwide, particularly those that cannot qualify for loans from traditional banks or need capital beyond what banks can provide.

Financing 125

Financing Finance Leveraged Buyouts Mergers and Acquisitions 125

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

DocuSign boasts a market capitalization of just under $11 billion as of Monday's close, which would potentially make its acquisition one of the largest leveraged buyouts in recent years. What's next for DocuSign stock? DocuSign previously thrived during the pandemic as at-home work accelerated the transition to e-signature platforms.

Leveraged Buyouts 130

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout 130

Financial Times M&A

AUGUST 9, 2022

Plus, UK law firms try to make it in the US and capital markets lawyers break loose from their golden handcuffs

Leveraged Buyouts 52

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 5, 2024

Pontillo, whose practice focuses on leveraged buyouts and growth capital and venture capital transactions, joined Kramer Levin in 2021. Pontillo shares the role with Dana M Anagnostou, who has been elected to a third term in the joint-role. Pontillo succeeds Renaud Dubois, who will continue to practice in the firm’s Real Estate group.

Leveraged Buyouts 90

Leveraged Buyouts Mergers and Acquisitions Buyout Venture Capital 90

Private Equity Wire

MARCH 18, 2024

If successful, the deal will be one of the largest leveraged buyouts in recent years. The report cites unnamed sources as confirming that Bain Capital, CVC Capital Partners, EQT, KKR & Co and Clayton, Dubilier and Rice have also all shown interest in in striking a deal for the unit with could be valued at up to $20bn.

Leveraged Buyouts 77

Leveraged Buyouts Debt Banks Private Equity Firms 77

Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Clearlake Capital and Insight Partners are close to agreeing a $2bn debt package with a group of private credit lenders including Apollo Global Management and Blackstone to help finance their leveraged buyout of software developer Alteryx, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Leveraged Buyouts 83

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging Financing 83

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

What I mean by that is the company has the flexibility to work with much larger enterprises and even assist in more complex financing transactions such a leveraged buyouts. Moreover, the company's balance sheet strength and disciplined approach to due diligence provides Ares with some differentiated product offerings.

Mergers and Acquisitions 246

Mergers and Acquisitions Leveraged Buyouts Due Diligence Portfolios 246

Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Taurus Private Markets invests in value-oriented, lower middle market leveraged buyout and private credit partnerships with target fund sizes less than $1.25bn. The fund received support from a diverse investor base which includes public pension plans, Taft Hartley plans, insurance companies, and family offices.

Leveraged Buyouts 80

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout 80

Financial Times M&A

APRIL 12, 2022

Banks no longer retain a monopoly on financing blockbuster leveraged buyouts

Buyout 52

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

So far this year, 21 companies have issued a broadly syndicated loan (BSL) in refinancing $8.3bn of debt previously provided by direct lenders, with Moody’s citing PitchBook LCD data. These transactions allowed the BSL market to recover over $16bn of loans that were repaid in favour of private credit in 2023.

Leveraging 84

Leveraging Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Asset Management 84

Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 12, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as confirming that the rival firms are among the the final bidders in the auction for DocuSign, which is shaping up to be one of the largest leveraged buyouts of the year.

Leveraged Buyouts 59

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout 59

The Motley Fool

MARCH 17, 2024

By contrast, Ares has the ability to complete much more sophisticated deals, including leveraged buyouts. Furthermore, given its size, Ares has the financial horsepower to do more complex transactions than other BDCs. For instance, Hercules and Horizon usually offer revolving or term loans.

Leveraged Buyouts 130

Leveraged Buyouts Exchange-Traded Funds Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms 130

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 17, 2024

Even after selling a big chunk of shares to finance his leveraged buyout of Twitter in 2022, Musk owns roughly 13% of Tesla. He added, "Unless that is the case, I would prefer to build products outside of Tesla." Why does Musk want more control of Tesla? So why does he want more control of the company?

Leveraged Buyouts 100

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 18, 2023

Steinert has extensive experience in private equity leveraged buyout debt financing as well as representing a wide variety of clients on debt financing and related corporate matters. Homer specialises in leveraged buyouts and advising PE clients and their portfolio companies in respect of a wide range of finance transactions.

Leveraged Buyouts 52

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging Debt 52

Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 2, 2024

He has extensive experience advising international private equity houses, financial sponsors and public companies on a wide range of transformational transactions, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and disposals, GP-led M&A, secondaries transactions, takeovers, mergers, joint ventures, IPOs, restructurings and refinancings.

Mergers and Acquisitions 81

Mergers and Acquisitions Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Stakes 81

Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 31, 2023

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox – Sign up for our newsletter Sign up TPG, formerly Texas Pacific Group, is co-headquartered in Fort Worth and San Francisco and specializes in leveraged buyouts and growth capital. The firm was founded in 1992 and manages assets and investments totaling $139bn.

Consultants 130

Consultants Consulting Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms 130

The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Any deal would be substantial, given DocuSign's market cap at just over $13 billion as of this writing, potentially making it one of the largest leveraged buyouts in recent years. DocuSign thrived during the pandemic as at-home work accelerated the transition to e-signature platforms.

Leveraged Buyouts 100

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging Prospects 100

Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 24, 2024

Ultimately though, whether a record $10bn+ deal is agreed or not, depends on how well investment banks, the traditional source of finance for leveraged buyouts, manage to regain the ground they have lost to private lenders over the past 18 months or so, said Hirschmann.

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Financial Times M&A

APRIL 12, 2023

Qualtrics eventually sold for $12.5bn to Silver Lake and CPP in largest leveraged buyout of year

Leveraged Buyouts 75

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging 75

Financial Times M&A

APRIL 13, 2023

Jersey and Luxembourg filings reveal financial engineering behind the UK’s biggest leveraged buyout in a decade

Leveraged Buyouts 69

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging 69

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 16, 2023

PE firms adding hedge funds to approved lender lists Submitted 16/08/2023 - 11:22am Private equity firms, including buyout major KKR & Co, are beginning to add hedge funds to their 'white lists' of approved lenders used to arrange funding for leveraged buyout deals, according to a report by Bloomberg. billion ($1.6

Hedge Funds 52

Hedge Funds Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Private Equity Firms 52

Financial Times M&A

APRIL 11, 2022

Leveraged buyout market is roaring back to life after a pause amid rising volatility and war in Ukraine

Leveraged Buyouts 90

Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging 90

Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

White & Case has dedicated bank lending, private credit & direct lending and borrower finance teams.

Debt 70

Debt Financing Finance Leveraged Buyouts 70

Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 15, 2023

CVC Capital Partners revives stock market listing plan Submitted 15/08/2023 - 11:03am CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe's largest buyout investment firms, is again looking at a multibillion-euro stock market listing that could happen before the end of this year, according to a report by the Financial Times. Like this article?

Stock Market 52

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Financial Times M&A

APRIL 19, 2022

US private equity firm consortium makes leveraged buyout offer for Ramsay Health Care

Leveraged Buyouts 91

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Bidding 91

Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Meister, who was speaking from the IPEM private markets conference in Paris, remains optimistic despite the current depressed level of deal activity with the higher cost of borrowing negatively impacting leveraged buyouts. That requires new products that look a little bit more like mutual funds,” he said.

Leveraged Buyouts 60

Leveraged Buyouts Returns Mutual Funds Buyout 60

Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The decision to acquire DIF, which was founded in 2005, and manages €16bn in assets, comes as the CVC's traditional buyout rivals, including Blackstone and Apollo, have established themselves as diversified asset managers. The transaction is subject to regulatory and other consents and is expected to close in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024.

Leveraged Buyouts 52

Leveraged Buyouts Initial Public Offering Capital Buyout 52

Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The decision to acquire DIF, which was founded in 2005, and manages €16bn in assets, comes as the CVC's traditional buyout rivals, including Blackstone and Apollo, have established themselves as diversified asset managers. The transaction is subject to regulatory and other consents and is expected to close in Q4 2023 or Q1 2024.

Leveraged Buyouts 52

Leveraged Buyouts Initial Public Offering Capital Buyout 52

Financial Times M&A

MAY 29, 2023

Lenders return to funding leveraged buyouts after painful year in which fees were hit hard

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Leveraged Buyouts Debt Buyout Banks 62