Permira to Acquire Acuity Knowledge Partners From Equistone

Acuity Knowledge Partners, a provider of high-value research, analytics and business intelligence to the financial services sector, advised by Permira, the global private equity firm, acquired a majority stake in the business from Equistone Partners Europe, a mid-market private equity investor.

January 30, 2023 Acuity Knowledge Partners | Chris Pell | Clifford Chance | Daniel Tan | DC Advisory | Equistone Partners Europe | Latham & Watkins | Permira | Robert King | Robert W. Baird | Rothschild | Tim Swales | Travers Smith and Jamieson Ian Koplin

Ares Management Completes $5.7B in New Commitments in Q3/22

Ares Management’s credit group closed approximately $5.7 billion in U.S. direct lending commitments across 45 transactions during the third quarter of 2022 and approximately $32 billion in direct lending commitments across 251 transactions in the last 12-month period.

October 28, 2022 Ares Management | Bain Capital | Discovery Life Sciences | Evolent Health | Five Star Food Service | Freeman Spogli & Co | LeanTaaS | Legacy Service Partners | LJP Waste Solutions | Nonantum Capital Partners | NSM Insurance | OMERS Private Equity | Permira | Pueblo Mechanical & Controls | RedBird Capital Partners | Reorg | Revenue Management Solutions | Talent Systems | Tempus | The Carlyle Group | Thompson Street Capital Partners | Water Street Healthcare Partners Ian Koplin

JPMorgan Chase-Led Syndicate Provides $10B to Support McAfee Acquisition

McAfee, a global provider of online protection, entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group, which obtained a commitment from a JPMorgan Chase Bank-led syndicate for nearly $10 billion in debt financing to support the transaction.

November 9, 2021 Abu Dhabi Investment Authority | Advent International | Bank of America | Barclays Bank | Barclays Capital | BofA Securities | Brian Ruder | Bryan Taylor | Bryant Stibel Group | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | Citibank | Citigroup Global Markets | Condor BidCo | CPPIB Credit Investments III | Credit Suisse | Credit Suisse Loan Funding | Crosspoint Capital | Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson | GIC Private Limited | Goldman Sachs | Greg Clark | HSBC Bank | HSBC Securities | Intel Americas | Jon Winkelried | JP Morgan Securities | JPMorgan Chase Bank | Kirkland & Ellis | McAfee | Morgan Stanley | Moulton Moore Stella | Neuberger Berman | Permira | PSP Investments Credit | RBC Capital Markets | Ropes & Gray | Royal Bank of Canada | Tim Millikin | TPG Global | UBS | UBS Securities and PSP Investments Credit II Ian Koplin

Fifth Street Arranges $171MM LegalZoom Facility

Fifth Street Asset Management announced that its affiliate, Fifth Street Management, served as administrative agent and lead arranger for a $171 million one-stop financing facility to support LegalZoom.com.

May 20, 2015 Fifth Street | LegalZoom | Metalogix H&S Holding | Permira Rita Garwood