Dawson Partners overview
Stories about Dawson Partners
Side Letter: NEXUS 2025 dispatches – day two
Thoma Bravo has continued its run of realisations at a time when many others are struggling to generate liquidity. Plus: Why Alaska Permanent is unfazed by uncertainty; and preferred equity firm Dawson sets up shop in the US. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Secondaries volume to maintain strong pace on back of expected record year
Secondaries professionals and LPs dust off their crystal balls to give their views on what will drive the market over the next 12 months.
The decade of capitalisation
Following an ‘era of innovation’, the secondaries market is ushering in a new age of growth.
Roundtable: Is secondaries private markets' most undercapitalised asset class?
Despite a record year for fundraising, growth in the secondaries market has been hampered by a lack of liquid capital.
Burgeoning strategies, alternative capital sources and new tech are shifting the PE landscape
At the NEXUS 2024 event, private markets leaders discussed how private equity is evolving. Key topics included adapting to macroeconomic pressures, finding new capital sources and exploring AI's impact.
Side Letter: Leonard Green's continuation exit
Leonard Green has arranged a timely exit for a portfolio company only recently involved in a continuation fund transaction. Plus: preferred equity specialist Whitehorse Liquidity Partners has a new name as it gears up for international expansion. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Dawson Partners contact information
Offices
TD South Tower, 79 Wellington St. West, Suite 2100, Toronto, M5K 1G8, CanadaContacts
| Name | Job title | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
Key Contact Ms. Laura Carrigan | Job titleSenior Principal, Capital Management | LocationToronto, Canada | Email  ----- |
| Key ContactMr. Chris Miller | Job titleHead of EMEA Fundraising, Capital Management | LocationLondon, United Kingdom | Email -------- |
| Key ContactMs. Priya Parmar | Job titlePrincipal, Capital Management | LocationLondon, United Kingdom | Email ----- |
| Key ContactMr. Yann Robard | Job titleManaging Partner | LocationToronto, Canada | Email ----------- |
Dawson Partners fund commitments
Known fund commitments: 1
| Fund | Manager | Commitment date | Commitment size |
|---|---|---|---|
Manager ------- | Commitment dateJan 2021 | Commitment size- | |
Dawson Partners funds managed
Funds in market: 1
| Fund | Fund size | Open date | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
Fund size --------- | Open dateNov 2025 | Strategy ------ | |
Closed funds: 12
| Fund | Fund size | Close date | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
Fund size ------ | Close dateMar 2026 | Strategy ------- | |
Fund size --------- | Close dateOct 2025 | Strategy --------- | |
Fund size -------- | Close dateNov 2023 | Strategy ------ | |
Stories that mention Dawson Partners
'Self-liquidating' helps Arctos make a $6.2bn GP financing debut
The Keystone strategy is expected to remain relevant across fundraising cycles, managing partner Ian Charles and partner Charlie Tingue tell PEI.
Side Letter: Here be zombies
In today's edition, Zombie funds could manage $1 trillion in NAV before the end of the decade; How managers can navigate private equity's 'new era'; Why there are limits to the speed at which secondaries can expand.
5 key trends in the LP-GP secondaries dynamic
The secondaries market has been breaking records. In Orlando, PEI Group editors sat down with industry attendees for a series of video interviews to discuss the key trends shaping the market.
Bright future ahead for secondaries
The road to secondaries market growth is paved with ire and admiration, as attendees heard in March at NEXUS 2025.
Roundtable: Secondaries sees victory in the face of volatility
In spite of shockwaves from Trump’s on-again-off-again trade war, the secondaries industry is gearing up for yet another record year.
Secondaries Awards 2024: EMEA winners
Coller Capital misses out on Secondaries Firm of the Year in EMEA to Ardian, which completed deals worth more than $15 billion in total across the US and Europe during the judging period.
Side Letter: NY’s ‘multi-billion’ LP-led
A group of New York pension giants are hoping to shift a mammoth private equity portfolio. Plus: why secondaries could be on the up next year; and Investcorp looks to spread the ESOP love. Here’s today’s brief, for our valued subscribers only.
Side Letter: Rightsizing co-investment risk
How LPs can evaluate whether their GPs are maximising the potential of their fund exposure versus co-investments. Plus: Private equity defaults are on the rise, says Moody's; and Apollo is the latest to enter the evergreen secondaries party. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.