Carveouts

PitchBook data shows 2026 carveout value on pace to be the third-strongest year on record, even as deal count lags 2025’s pace.

The 170-year-old conglomerate has been under pressure from activist investors to shed non-core assets.

PE dealmaking has exploded since the government set its sights on boosting corporate profitability.

The iconic studio’s cable business and IP could be highly attractive to the right buyer, investors say.

The mid-market PE firm regains control of wealth platforms it once sold, to be consolidated and operated by NFP and Wealthspire executives.

The region had 341 such deals this year, worth a combined €26.3 billion.

Silver Lake takes majority control of Intel’s FPGA unit amid market volatility and Intel’s strategic revamp.

The deal reflects Dollar Tree’s strategic shift, while financial buyers continue to capitalize on corporate carve-outs.

As aerospace demand increases, Honeywell evaluates selling its aerospace unit following Elliott Investment Management’s push for strategic shifts.

Global paint maker PPG sells non-core unit to middle market industrials investor AIP as carveout deals jump in Q3.

Carveouts accounted for a significant portion of middle-market deals in Q1, rebounding from slow activity last year and surpassing a historical average.

Francisco Partners and Clearlake Capital Group team up for the purchase of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Group.

This analyst note explores the recent rise in divestiture transactions by PE buyers.

Dealmakers expect PEs to focus on portfolio management next year, using strategies like add-ons and carveouts to bolster their portfolio companies.

Alternative asset manager HighVista Strategies is expanding into lower middle market PE through its acquisition of abrdn’s US private markets business.

The anticipated uptick in European carveouts as a share of overall European PE deal activity has yet to materialize.

Companies in the B2B and IT sectors accounted for some of the biggest PE-backed European corporate carveouts in 2022 so far, as sellers seek to shore up their balance sheets by shedding noncore assets.

The percentage of North American and European carveouts being conducted by buyout firms is rising for a variety of reasons.