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Banks ramp up leveraged buyouts as interest rates fall

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Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Akin adds Partner to PE transactions practice

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Alperovich has extensive experience advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, minority and growth investments, joint ventures, carve-outs and divestitures, restructurings, SPACs and de-SPACs, and investments in general partners.

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Ares Raises $1.7 Billion for Australia Private Credit Fund

Private Equity Insights

Ares Management Corp. billion) for a credit fund for Australia and New Zealand, as it seeks to capitalize on opportunities created by banks retreating from leveraged lending. The Ares Asia Direct Lending fund, the company’s first leveraged buyout vehicle for the region, has deployed over A$1.04 has raised A$2.6

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Private Equity Buys Almost $15bn In Renewable Energy Big Time

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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. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., The statistics underscore this movement.

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Private Equity Buys Almost $15bn In Renewable Energy Big Time

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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. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., The statistics underscore this movement.

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JPMorgan, BofA In Talks to Finance $13 Billion DocuSign Buyout

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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.

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Goodwin adds two Partners to UK private equity practice

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Keefe focuses on pan-European and international PE and M&A transactions for corporates, institutional investors, alternative asset managers, senior management teams, founders and portfolio companies.