Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

As large buyout firms face growing pressure to return capital to investors, sellers are expected to adjust their price expectations, making transactions more feasible. A rebound in leveraged buyout volumes is expected to be driven by falling interest rates, an improved financing landscape, and the rising influence of artificial intelligence.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

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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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Initially, Carlyle explored using a traditional leveraged buyout bank loan for the acquisition, but ultimately opted for private credit, the source added without providing further details. Australias leveraged buyout activity has been gaining traction, driven by narrowing valuation gaps between buyers and sellers.

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Financial Times M&A

APRIL 20, 2022

Plus, the powerful government officials standing between Toshiba and Japan’s largest buyout, and Just Eat considers selling Grubhub less than two years after buying it

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Private Equity Professional

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Sun Capital invests from $50 million to $300 million in leveraged buyouts, equity, and debt in companies with more than $32 million in EBITDA that can benefit from its in-house operating professionals and experience. Sectors of interest include business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial, and technology.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The potential move comes as private equity firms look to exit older investments after a period of slowed deal-making, largely due to high interest rates that have increased the cost of financing leveraged buyouts.

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 29, 2024

The buyout attracted interest from the likes of MetLife and Todd Boehly’s Eldridge Industries. Hayfin’s management had previously considered selling the entire business but ultimately decided to explore a self-funded buyout as BCI sought to exit. Hayfin manages over €30bn in assets.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The highly anticipated €16bn ($17.36bn) acquisition of Sanofi’s consumer health unit by buyout firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) could signal a surge in large private equity deals across Europe, according to a report by Bloomberg citing comments from investors and analysts.

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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.

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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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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. billion. ($1

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 14, 2025

With lower interest rates expected to further support leveraged buyouts, 2025 is shaping up to be an active year for dealmaking, Deloitte reported. Large buyouts accounted for 42% of total transactions in 2024, while smaller deals comprised 30%. increase from the prior year.

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Private Equity Insights

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 firm invests in leveraged buyout, private credit, and venture capital opportunities based in North America. Source: Yahoo! Finance Can’t stop reading?

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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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The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

Moreover, while Hercules specializes in basic debt instruments such as term loans or revolvers (think a corporate line of credit), Ares offers more sophisticated products -- including leveraged buyouts (LBOs). ARCC Price to Book Value data by YCharts At a price-to-book (P/B) ratio of just 1.1,

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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 Ares Management Corp. has raised A$2.6 billion ($1.7

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Financial Times M&A

MARCH 2, 2025

Deal for health software company would be most valuable leveraged buyout in the healthcare sector this year

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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.

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Private Equity Professional

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The firm invests equity in a range of transaction types involving a change of ownership, such as management buyouts, leveraged buyouts, corporate divestitures, recapitalizations, and management buy-ins. IGP was founded in 1997 and is based in San Francisco.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 30, 2024

Leveraged buyout financings accounted for almost half (42%) of all UK transactions in H1 2024, compared with just 29% in H1 2023, according to the latest MidCapMonitor report by global investment bank Houlihan Lokey.

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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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Financial Times M&A

APRIL 11, 2022

Plus, Europe’s largest gaming group shoots for the M&A high score and Spac sponsors scramble to attract investors

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Debt-fuelled buyouts typically leave a company with a debt pile of six times their earnings or more. The $250m loan sought by Blackstone is relatively small compared to other leveraged buyouts. Blackstone’s acquisition may leave Rover with a debt-to-earnings ratio of about four times.

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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.

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Financial Times M&A

APRIL 19, 2022

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

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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.

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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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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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Private Equity Wire

JULY 12, 2024

Platinum Equity Advisors, a US-based private equity form focussed on leveraged buyout investments of established companies in the US, Europe and Asia is to acquire aircraft landing gear specialist Héroux-Devtek Inc for $1.35bn, according to a report by Canadian Press. Héroux-Devtek shares closed at $25.32

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

Lyman also advises private equity sponsors in complex domestic and cross-border business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, carve-outs, recapitalisations and general corporate matters.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 12, 2024

” Private equity firms are preparing for a recovery in leveraged buyout volumes in 2025, supported by falling interest rates, a backlog of capital to deploy, and opportunities linked to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI). Earlier in 2023, it agreed to acquire Australian data centre operator AirTrunk for $16bn.

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