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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 leveragedbuyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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Pontillo, whose practice focuses on leveragedbuyouts and growth capital and venture capital transactions, joined Kramer Levin in 2021. He routinely advises private equity funds and management teams on international and domestic transactions.
Rose specialises in mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, private equity and general corporate matters, according to a press statement. He represents clients across the healthcare, consumer products, environmental services, business services, real estate, energy, manufacturing, financial services and technology industries.
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 12 of its existing attorneys as the firm’s latest Partners, effective 1 November, including several whose practices cater for private equity and other private credit and private fund clients. Rachel O’Brien (Washington DC) advises on the formation and management of private investment funds.
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Leveragedbuyout volumes remained down from historical highs in Q2 2024, as did EBITDA purchase price multiples, which decreased from 11.5x Lincoln International provides mergers and acquisitions advisory, private funds and capital markets advisory, and valuations and fairness opinions.
However, despite increasing numbers of independent sponsors, family offices, search funds, and other less conventional buyers, private equity funds remain the most prominent type of financial buyer in the market. billion of committed capital across four funds. .” billion of committed capital across four funds.
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