Dealmaking

Gibson Dunn’s De Vlieger: AI more than buzzword in healthcare; Alantra ups stake in HiC while Mérieux takes minority; BNP sees opportunity in fintech

Alantra has closed a €155 million healthcare continuation fund, increasing its stake in Health in Code.

Sun Capital closes single asset CV for Fletchers; Brookfield looks to expand with secondaries push

Also included is a look at how AI disruption in software could affect dealmaking in the sector.

Brookfield’s Teskey: Secondaries a closely tracked target for acquisition

The firm will take a 'very opportunistic' approach to expanding further into secondaries, CEO Connor Teskey said in its Q4 2025 earnings call.

Sun Capital Partners closes CV on UK law firm Fletchers – 'a gem'

Sun Capital has also signed a definitive agreement to sell Anderson Global, and the deal is expected to close in Q2 or Q3.

Dealmakers embracing complexity with take-privates and carve-outs in vogue, finds McKinsey; Not all software created equal

There has been an 'embrace of complexity' among dealmakers that calls for ever greater discernment of mispriced assets, according to McKinsey’s Global Private Markets Report 2026.

Private credit GPs grapple with AI obsolescence risk

Shares of BDCs, alts managers and software companies are down, but some are urging caution.

Lightyear Capital eyes demand for mobile parking; New Catalyst provides capital to Ferghana, as private markets firms continue to team up

A look at Lightyear Capital’s plans to carve out mobile parking business PayByPhone from Corpay; New Catalyst Strategic Partners is providing capital to Ferghana Investment Partners; Mubadala Capital and TWG Global have agreed to acquire Clear Channel.

Why Lightyear Capital is betting on PayByPhone, a mobile parking business

The PayByPhone deal represents Lightyear’s 18th carve-out transaction and eighth investment in vertical software and payments.

Data and customer communications key to defending against AI, says Parabellum’s Rami Cassis; CapVest to acquire energy tech services biz TSG

Baird Capital has made a strategic investment in Rapid Energy, a specialist provider of rapid-response and mission-critical temperature-control hire services.

Parabellum’s Rami Cassis: Data services pivot offers defensive moat against AI

The firm has just sold business process outsourcing company Parseq to Paragon Group