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Deal Flow Thawing: Is the M&A Market Finally Finding Its Footing?

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After a rocky past six months, there is cautious optimism that merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is beginning to unfreeze. For much of the past year, there have been mismatched expectations around valuations and limited...more

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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 & Schulte

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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

Goodwin

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

Venable LLP

Event in Review: Healthcare Private Equity Deals ’22 - Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?

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In a recent live event at our New York office, Venable partner Ari Markenson led a panel discussion that explored the state of middle-market healthcare services investments and the deal environment. The panelists - David...more

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Five factors driving leveraged finance in 2022

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It was a year of rebounds in 2021, from the early hike in refinancing activity to the subsequent surge in M&A and buyout deals, as well as frenetic activity in the PE space, all of which contributed to a noteworthy uptick in...more

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Active private equity firms buoy buyout issuance

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Issuance of leveraged loans and high yield bonds to fund buyouts surged to quarterly highs in 2021 as private equity sponsors raised their investment game - Buyouts are back in a big way. Private equity (PE) firms around...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Virtual Event] HPE Europe 2021 - June 23rd - 24th, 12:20 pm - 1:30 pm GMT

This year, recognising that as we are still unable to meet in person, our HPE Europe EVENT will be going ahead with two exclusive, virtual extended lunch time sessions. We will be joined by investors including key players...more

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LBO issuance slides on slow buyout activity

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Leveraged buyout high yield bond and leveraged loan issuance fell in Q3 2020 as a lack of buyout deals in a still cautious M&A market dampened appetite for financing - Although leveraged buyout (LBO) activity showed signs...more

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Resurging leveraged loan issuance points to a stronger year

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After taking a deep dive in Q2, US leveraged loan issuance picked up in Q3, while European markets gained year on year - Having navigated extreme market dislocation due to COVID-19 for the past six months, leveraged loan...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Unpacking the Dynamics of the Private Debt Market

• Following the financial crisis, nonbank lenders looking to carve out new, profitable niches—especially within the leveraged loan universe—quickly filled the lending gap created by the exit of banks. • The relatively...more

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Financial Institutions M&A: Sector trends - June 2019: Consolidation continues at pace—mega-mergers on the horizon

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The wait is over. Whispers of mega-deals have matured into agenda items for boards of many larger European banks. Overview - 3 highlights of bank M&A: - Bank consolidation: The numbers speak for themselves—100 regional and...more

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Fifth Circuit Rules That Corporate Charter Provision Requiring Shareholder Consent for Bankruptcy Filing Is Enforceable but...

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In a highly anticipated decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed a bankruptcy court order dismissing a chapter 11 case filed by a corporation without obtaining—as required by its corporate...more

Troutman Pepper

The Deal Video: Pepper Hamilton's Ed Dartley Talks Valuations

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Right now, private equity firms are sitting on a cash glut that represents an all-time high for the industry, nearly $1 trillion. Perhaps unsurprisingly, says Pepper Hamilton securities lawyer Ed Dartley, we're also seeing...more

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