Dechert’s Global PE Practice | 2021/2022 Highlights

The global private equity (PE) industry is scorching hot on all fronts – and this momentum does not appear to be letting up in 2022. Read about how Dechert’s global PE practice successfully completed another record-breaking year in 2021, ranking #5 for U.S. PE buyouts and #10 for global PE buyouts in our 2021/2022 Highlights report. The firm surpassed deal, fund and financing activity levels from all prior years, while navigating some of our clients’ most important business priorities, such as cybersecurity, ESG, carried interest structures and antitrust.

As detailed in Dechert’s 2022 Global Private Equity Outlook report, published in collaboration with Mergermarket, several trends, several trends, such as increased investment in the TMT and healthcare and life sciences sectors, asset management diversification, the continued prominence of private credit, and the rise of growth equity and secondary transactions, helped define the PE industry last year and are expected to shape it in 2022.

In this report, we highlight some of the most significant PE matters we advised on over the past year and how they relate to larger trends in the industry. We look forward to continuing to help with your most complex PE and alternative asset management projects in the year ahead.

Download the report: Global Private Equity Practice 2021/2022 Highlights