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Latest News in Private Equity

  • October 27, 2026

    6 Firms Advise On Ares' $2.6B MidCap Financial Buy

    Ares Capital Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire middle-market lender MidCap Financial Investment Corp. in a stock-and-cash transaction for an enterprise value of about $2.6 billion, with six law firms advising on the transaction.

  • October 27, 2026

    Paul Weiss-Led BCE Sells Stake In New Tower Biz For $1.74B

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP-advised Canadian communications company BCE Inc. on Tuesday announced that its subsidiary Bell Canada has entered into an agreement with investment firm La Caisse to form a new wireless tower infrastructure company, with La Caisse acquiring a 49.9% stake in the new business for CA$2.45 billion ($1.74 billion).

  • October 27, 2026

    Advent Secures $30B Across Its 2 Latest PE Funds

    Private equity shop Advent on Tuesday revealed that it raised $30 billion across its two latest private equity funds: its 11th flagship fund and a new middle-market private equity fund.

  • October 27, 2026

    Playground Equipment Makers Abandon Deal After FTC Action

    PlayPower has abandoned its planned purchase of fellow private equity-backed playground equipment maker BCI Burke after the Federal Trade Commission and a dozen states moved to challenge the deal.

  • October 27, 2026

    4 Firms Steer Landmark $63B AI Financing Structure

    Blackstone, Bank of America, Citi and Morgan Stanley formed a deal providing $63 billion to buy Broadcom artificial intelligence chips and network components for Anthropic in a deal guided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Milbank LLP.

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