Knox Lane's $437M Take-Private: The PE Playbook for Buying Distressed Public Companies
Knox Lane's $437M Take-Private: The PE Playbook for Buying Distressed Public Companies TL;DR: Knox Lane closed a $437 million all-cash acquisition of Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN) at $13.25 per...
Select Medical's $3.9B Buyout: What WCAS's Healthcare Go-Private Tells Accredited Investors About PE Dealmaking
Select Medical WCAS Go-Private: PE Deal Analysis Select Medical's $3.9B Buyout: What WCAS's Healthcare Go-Private Tells Accredited Investors About PE Dealmaking By Jeff Barnes, MBA | June 28, 2026 | P
Electronic Arts Is Going Private in a $55 Billion Buyout. Here's What It Means for PE.
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners are paying $55 billion in cash to take Electronic Arts private. It is the largest all-cash sponsor take-private in PE history,
How an LBO Actually Works: What Private Equity Does With Your Capital
TL;DR A leveraged buyout puts acquisition debt on the target company's balance sheet, not the fund's. LPs contribute equity. The company services the interest from its own cash flows. PE buyout funds
Clearwater Analytics $8.4B Take-Private: What the Goldman Private Credit Deal Tells LP Investors
Per the December 2025 acquisition announcement , Permira and Warburg Pincus are taking Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) private at $24.55 per share — a 47 percent premium to the stock's pre-announcem