CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 15 Firms, 98 Lawyers, $3.5B

As Texas dealmakers know, the public markets are shrinking, with companies buying up more of their shares, M&A consolidation reducing the number of companies on the exchanges and initial public offerings and secondary stock issuances slowing. That’s led private equity to become an increasingly bigger slice of the investment pie.

How big? According to risk management firm Willis Towers Watson (per the Financial Times in a Sept. 8 article), investors have put 14% of their assets in private markets, a percentage the firm thinks could rise to 20% over the next 10 years.