Deals
Private Equity Is Raising Its Bets to Save Distressed Positions
- Investors increasingly buying debt to go with equity positions
- Firms using ‘all of the legal levers available’ for protection
Finding Deals in Private Equity
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In a casino, doubling down can be dangerous. But in private equity, it’s increasingly becoming the best way to eke out a profit on a bet turned bad.
From Apollo Global Management LP to Bain Capital to Thomas H. Lee Partners, investors have bought hundreds of millions of dollars of debt in struggling businesses they took private, giving them positions as both stockholders and creditors.