Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 12, 2024

The two private equity firms are among the final bidders in the auction for DocuSign, which is set to be one of the biggest leveraged buyouts of 2024, the sources said. A spike in financing costs in the last two years made financing leveraged buyouts more expensive and big deals hard to clinch. Revenue rose 8.5%

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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

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Private capital is experiencing a surge in acquiring renewable energy developers, increasingly favoring equity-based take-private deals for leveraged buyouts due to high interest rates and rising electricity demand. The statistics underscore this movement.

Private Equity Firms 147

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Leveraged Buyouts Buyout 147

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 93

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Private capital is experiencing a surge in acquiring renewable energy developers, increasingly favoring equity-based take-private deals for leveraged buyouts due to high interest rates and rising electricity demand. The statistics underscore this movement.

Private Equity Firms 130

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Leveraged Buyouts Buyout 130

Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

Scrivani advises private equity firms and public and private clients on leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions, public company acquisitions, sales and divestitures and mergers of equals. Scrivani was most recently a partner at international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

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Leveraged Buyouts Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms 67

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 96

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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 88

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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 98

Leveraging Financing Finance Leveraged Buyouts 98

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.

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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.

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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 95

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

are in talks to provide as much as $8 billion in financing for a buyout of DocuSign Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG are also among the lenders considering a role in funding what would be the largest leveraged buyout of the year so far, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the transaction.

Buyout 195

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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 98

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The industry growth is being driven by investment bank caution around underwriting leveraged buyouts given volatile market conditions. Blackstone, meanwhile, is helping fund the combination of New Mountain Capital’s HealthComp Holding Company LLC and Marlin Equity Partners’ Virgin Pulse. Source: BNN Bloomberg Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Wire

MAY 22, 2024

At a time when leveraged buyouts have been subdued — with the few progressing deals witnessing intense competition between banks and private credit lenders — private credit firms have been pushed to reduce pricing and improve terms.

Buyout 98

Buyout Banks Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms 98

Private Equity Professional

JUNE 27, 2024

” Centerbridge invests from $50 million to $300 million in US-based leveraged buyouts and distressed securities. “After the completion of the sale, KIK Consumer will continue as a highly focused and aligned consumer products company with our household care and pool care businesses offering exceptional growth opportunities.”

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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.

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Mergers and Acquisitions Leveraged Buyouts Due Diligence Portfolios 246

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

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 97

Leveraging Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Asset Management 97

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 96

Mergers and Acquisitions Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Stakes 96

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.

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Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout 72

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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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.

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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

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

The $250m loan sought by Blackstone is relatively small compared to other leveraged buyouts. According to the report, company filings reveal that Blackstone’s $2.3bn acquisition cost is about 10 times Rover’s expected 2023 revenue. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024, according to a November statement.

Buyout 75

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 27, 2024

It has built a strong reputation working with middle-market companies across all industry sectors, offering complex deal structures including leveraged buyouts , acquisitions, growth capital, and restructurings. This is where Ares comes into the equation. Like Hercules, Ares also has a low nonaccrual rate of just 1.7%.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Leveraging 95

Financial Times M&A

APRIL 13, 2023

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

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