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Franchise Times Dealmakers Predict Cloudy Forecast for Franchise M&A in 2025

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Last month, Franchise Times held its annual “Dealmakers Week” where it offers a series of webinars with top franchise dealmakers to discuss the year’s biggest franchise deals and industry trends. The week included a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Key Takeaways | Sponsor-Led Syndications: How To Get From a Grid to a Club

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During this session, the panelists discussed key considerations for selecting and managing lenders ahead of participating in a debt syndicate, including how to evaluate potential lenders, compare key terms, and choose club...more

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Key Insights from the LSTA and DealCatalyst 4th Annual Private Credit Industry Conference on Direct Lending

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On May 12 and 13 2025, the Loan Syndications and Trading Associations held its fourth annual private credit industry conference in Nashville, Tennessee—the speakers of which included industry professionals from direct lending...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Independent Sponsor Update: Key Takeaways from Q1

The year is off to a busy start for us: In addition to deal work and portfolio company matters, our team attended conferences and met with various capital providers, independent sponsors, placement agents, and service...more

Mayer Brown

M&A Mortgage Tech

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Join us for a new episode of Financial Services Focus, with partner Lauren Pryor, co-lead of the Financial Services Product Team, and Brad Peterson, a partner at the firm’s Chicago office and member of the Technology & IP...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

U.S. Private Equity Market Recap - March 2025

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Read our latest insights into the U.S. private equity market. We cover monthly deal activity and size, fundraising, exits, leveraged loans, and a look ahead. U.S. PE dealmaking had a slower start in 2025. YTD deal numbers...more

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US borrowers capitalize on repricing window

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Repricing issuance in US leveraged loan markets has surged in 2024, presenting borrowers with the opportunity to lower their financing costs - US loan repricing activity has approached near-record levels in 2024, with...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Winning at M&A in 2025: The Insider’s Playbook

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As an avid Red Sox fan and former Los Angeles resident who often attended Dodgers games, I may still be basking in the Yankees’ loss in the World Series. Whatever the reason, I can’t help but draw parallels between the game...more

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European leveraged finance report: Revisiting the crystal ball

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At the beginning of 2024, the White & Case leveraged finance team made a series of predictions on how the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets would perform in 2024. After 12 months of softer markets in 2023, the...more

J.S. Held

Inside the Healthcare Industry: Challenges Facing Investors, Lenders, and Leaders of Behavioral Health Companies

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Behavioral health is a hot area in the healthcare sector, and for good reason. Globally and nationally, society has failed to figure out how to effectively address and prevent the world’s behavioral health crisis. As a...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

A Halloween Scare: Ambiguity in Loan Terms

A recent decision in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court, New York County, emphasizes the importance of clear and unambiguous contract drafting in all lending situations, including real estate. Acting Supreme Court...more

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Tepid UK & European private capital markets spur unicorns into inorganic opportunities

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3 reasons for continuously high fintech M&A activity levels: Banks target indirect digital access: Through credit lines, investments in venture capital funds, collaborations with innovators and establishment of next...more

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Sector trends - September 2024: Payments

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Equity and debt cheques from financial sponsors fuel growth, with investment committee appetite across the full spectrum from Seed through to late stage / pre-IPO. The payments sector bucks the trend on IPOs. Current...more

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Return of the megadeal: Big business powers US M&A

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The string of megadeals announced in the first half of 2024 reflect a growing confidence among US dealmakers. But can the bull run be sustained? Megadeals were firmly on the agenda in H1 as more stable inflation and...more

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Other Financial Services - UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024

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Asset / Wealth Management - Current market: Consistently high M&A activity levels - We are seeing: Europe’s barbell becomes more pronounced—larger asset / wealth managers swallow smaller competitors at pace: -...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Private Credit Deep Dives – Portability (Europe)

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One of the foundational provisions negotiated in almost every European leveraged loan agreement is the “Change of Control” definition and associated clauses. This provision is crucial because it directly impacts the risk...more

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Debt portability provides a lifeline for M&A

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Portability isn’t a typical feature of loan documents, but in a market where refinancing remains expensive and at times tricky, stakeholders are exploring how portability terms can help maintain M&A activity - Given that...more

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High-profile deals in European regulators’ firing lines

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Dealmakers are learning to navigate a stricter regulatory environment as UK and EU authorities take an increasingly interventionist stance Global dealmaking experienced a slowdown in 2023 as the market battled headwinds on...more

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Why BVI?

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The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) are home to 361,491 active companies as of 31 December 2023. This article considers the reasons for the BVI’s popularity as a jurisdiction to structure international transactions....more

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Earnouts Back on the Rise in M&A Transactions: What Purchasers, Sellers and Lenders Need to Know

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The pace of earnouts accelerates in M&A transactions whenever market conditions create a value gap between seller price expectations and buyer confidence levels. Earnouts are most common when the volume of merger and...more

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Late rally softens leveraged loan landing

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A strong finish to 2023 helped to boost global leveraged loan issuance at the end of an otherwise rocky year for all key markets. The last 12 months were incredibly challenging for banks, investors and borrowers, as elevated...more

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The 3rd Fintech Epoch: Europe’s first-movers drive M&A amid tightened purse strings

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UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Fintech - Whilst many European start-ups have struggled to successfully execute funding rounds at valuation levels of yesteryear, more mature fintechs...more

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Debt Download - July 2023

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Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin's monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. Are the debt capital markets this summer as hot as the weather? Read on to find out!...more

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Private Credit Deep Dives - Change of Control

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After the unprecedented boom of the immediate post‑COVID era, European M&A activity has slumped in recent months. Indeed, recent market intelligence from Dealogic showed that Q1 of 2023 in EMEA saw a 68% decline in M&A volume...more

Clark Hill PLC

2022 Cannabis Year-in-Review and a Look Ahead for 2023

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Co-Chairs of Clark Hill’s Cannabis Industry Group, Sander Zagzebski and Robert Hoban, sit down to discuss last year's flurry of M&A activity, how the industry navigated the 2022 capital dearth, and some thrilling legal,...more

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