CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 13 Firms, 19 Lawyers, $21B

Like most of us, regardless of profession, PE managers/investors/bankers are trying to figure out where the business stands these days. And, like all of us, perspective depends on where you happen to be standing.

On the one hand, according to a recent report by PitchBook, U.S. PE dealmaking has been a mixed bag of late. Call it, as they do, a “mixed quarter” — deal count up slightly from Q1; value down by 15.8 percent. Since peaking in Q4 2021, PE dealmaking has registered declines in four of the next six quarters with quarterly volumes down 24 percent. Deal value has been even worse, declining by more than 49 percent across those six quarters.