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The Sponsor-to-Sponsor Trap: When Buying From Another PE Firm Costs More Than It Should deal sourcing pe deals secondary buyout sponsor to sponsor underwriting value creation Aug 06, 2026

Roughly half of mid-market private equity transaction volume in 2026 is sponsor to sponsor. The buyer is a private equity firm. The seller is a private equity firm. The asset has been through one or m...

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