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Behind The Buyouts: JPMorgan's Berkus on Consumer M&A Rebound

Published: November 10th, 2025

Bob Berkus, managing director on JPMorgan's investment banking team, discussed the firm's growing mid-cap unit and a strong pipeline of consumer and retail deals for 2026.

Private Equity

Court Square, Berkshire-Backed Thrive’s NextGen MSP Strategy

By Chris Nolter

Published: November 6th, 2025

CEO Bill McLaughlin discusses Thrive's M&A criteria, next generation services and its $1 billion revenue target.

Private Equity

GenNx360's Heartland Looks Beyond the Heartland

By Chris Nolter

Published: November 4th, 2025

Firm principal Peter White discusses the firm's investment in Heartland Business Systems, its M&A strategy and MSP tailwinds.

M&A

Drinks With The Deal: Proskauer's Ahn on the Lessons of a Stint In-House

By David Marcus

Published: October 29th, 2025

Proskauer Rose partner Chris Ahn discusses how his time as general counsel at James Perse made him appreciate what clients want out of their lawyers and what he loved about being at a law firm.

Podcasts

Behind the Buyouts: True Beauty's Gersten, Nuñez on Scaling Emerging Brands

By Nikitha Sattiraju

Published: October 23rd, 2025

True Beauty Ventures co-founders Rich Gersten and Cristina Nuñez discuss building a sector-focused venture firm, their portfolio strategy and the state of beauty M&A.

Podcasts

Drinks With The Deal: Thoma Bravo's Schwab on In-House Roles

By David Marcus

Published: October 16th, 2025

Thoma Bravo general counsel Steven Schwab discusses the appeal of being an in-house lawyer, the differences between working at a trading firm and a PE sponsor and the issues he's thinking about now.

Podcasts

Behind the Buyouts: Arenova's Li Balances Creative, Financial Roles in VFX

By Chris Nolter

Published: October 10th, 2025

In two short years, Arenova's Dream Machine FX has built the fifth-largest pure-play visual effects company through M&A.

Podcasts

Behind the Buyouts: Oak Hill's Baker on MetroNet Investment, Fiber's S-Curve

By Chris Nolter

Published: August 21st, 2025

Oak Hill managing partner Scott Baker discusses the fiber-to-the-home industry's growth and future.

Podcasts

Behind the Buyouts: Houlihan's Abelow on PE Resilience in 2025

By Nikitha Sattiraju

Published: July 24th, 2025

Justin Abelow, managing director in Houlihan Lokey's financial sponsors group, discusses PE's resilience in navigating a challenging M&A environment and the alternate structures firms are pursuing for liquidity.

Insights & Analysis

Behind The Buyouts: JPMorgan's Berkus on Consumer M&A Rebound

Court Square, Berkshire-Backed Thrive’s NextGen MSP Strategy

GenNx360's Heartland Looks Beyond the Heartland

Drinks With The Deal: Proskauer's Ahn on the Lessons of a Stint In-House

Behind the Buyouts: True Beauty's Gersten, Nuñez on Scaling Emerging Brands

Drinks With The Deal: Thoma Bravo's Schwab on In-House Roles

Behind the Buyouts: Arenova's Li Balances Creative, Financial Roles in VFX

Behind the Buyouts: Oak Hill's Baker on MetroNet Investment, Fiber's S-Curve

Behind the Buyouts: Houlihan's Abelow on PE Resilience in 2025

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