Private Equity

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L’Oréal tops PE bids with nearly $400m deal for Thayers, Ex-Goldman Sachs exec's shop RedBird collects nearly $1.2b for third fund, L Catterton invests in Petlove

RedBird Capital Partners raises nearly $1.2 billion for its third growth equity fund, which is targeting $1.7 billion and L Catterton backs Petlove.

3 min read · 19 June 2020

Lee Equity clinches multi-part urology deal, distress anticipated in other PPM specialties; GA rides Royalty Pharma growth

Lee Equity Partners acquired and merges two urological-care providers and Royalty Pharma has the largest IPO of this year so far.

3 min read · 18 June 2020

General Atlantic and the largest IPO of 2020, Southern Cross nears completion of restructuring on 2010 fund, LPs eye distress, special situations

General Atlantic-backed Royalty Pharma raises $2.2 billion for its IPO.

3 min read · 18 June 2020

Goldman Sachs names David Sommer head of Middle Market Lending Group, Lee Equity combines two urology groups to form Solaris, NAIC selects five firms for diversity growth equity fundraising initiative

Goldman Sachs makes a key promotion and Lee Equity acquires two urology care providers.

3 min read · 17 June 2020

AEA, Ontario Teachers-backed 24 Hour Fitness files for bankruptcy, Searchlight hires CVC executive as partner, How far underwater are PE returns?

Citing COVID-19, PE-backed gym chain 24 Hour Fitness files for bankruptcy and GreyLion Capital completed its spinout from Perella Weinberg Partners.

3 min read · 16 June 2020

Blackstone Life Sciences clinches royalty deal with Medtronic, Apollo-spinout Nexus Capital targets $1bn-plus for next fund, Kinderhook's Avita sees big opportunity in pharmacy management

Blackstone invests in Medtronic and Nexus Capital targets $1 billion for new fund.

3 min read · 15 June 2020

NovaQuest brings Clinical Ink back to market after hitting pause on process, TPG Growth spinout Knox Lane raises nearly halfway to $500m goal on debut, WestView exits Collaborative Solutions

New and emerging managers hit their stride in the downturn.

2 min read · 12 June 2020

Flight to safety: Francisco's QGenda scores massive valuation, resilient healthcare assets selectively return to market

Kinderhook makes two acquisitions and creates a platform called Avita.

3 min read · 11 June 2020

Sponsors seek relief outside of MAE clauses to break deals, GPs ask LPs for more ability to use fund-level leverage, Consortium to buy minority stake in Trustly

GPs explore strategies to break deals in the pandemic downturn and Spectrum Equity invests in CINC Systems.

3 min read · 11 June 2020

Not so fast on the future of telehealth

The dramatic rise in telehealth has created many PE investment opportunities, but many of these changes won’t survive the pandemic.

4 min read · 10 June 2020

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