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Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions

Our global private equity M&A team has more than 25 years’ experience providing insights to evaluate, facilitate, and close cross-border and domestic transactions.

In recent years, global private equity firms have emerged as a significant force in the world of high finance.

With buy-in from the high-net-worth individuals and funds they enlist in various ventures, they've made successful moves to take control of trillions in assets under management. Some project private equity holdings to reach $5 trillion or higher by 2025.

In a highly competitive business world, private equity firms and public and private companies are looking for every growth opportunity they can possibly pursue. This includes acquiring other companies, merging with actual or potential competitors, or divesting assets that no longer deliver value. These courses of action have major potential for revenue generation — and in some cases are essential for survival.

Mergers, acquisitions, and divestments are among the riskiest and most complex business transactions. Many often fail because market conditions change, deals are never closed, or businesses encounter insurmountable difficulties afterwards. Private equity firms face an additional risk – the institutional shielding of a firm may not always insulate partners from the financial consequences of ill-advised investment decisions.

Our global private equity, mergers, and acquisitions team has more than 25 years’ experience providing insights to evaluate, facilitate, and close cross-border and domestic transactions, while managing buy- and sell-side risks. We can help buyers differentiate their bids and sellers exit with minimal warranty exposure.

Our specialists are driven to solving your insurance and risk management challenges by understanding, quantifying, and mitigating risk throughout the investment life cycle. From pre-acquisition, transaction, and integration solutions, to portfolio servicing and post-acquisition transactions, we can help you enhance deal value, improve valuation outcomes, and achieve portfolio operational excellence.

Welcome to Marsh's Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (PEMA) team. Trust us to navigate the intricacies of your transactions and help you achieve success. Watch our video to learn more about how our experienced professionals provide tailored solutions, strategic guidance, and innovative risk management strategies in the fast-paced world of private equity and mergers & acquisitions.

Featured insights

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Podcast

03/25/2025

Risk in Context Podcast: Transactional risk insurance adapting to an evolving M&A market

In this episode our hosts discuss the changes taking place in the continuously evolving transactional risk markets, highlight some of the transactional trends in different regions, and consider how these trends could shape the future of the transactional risk insurance market.

Transactional risk insurance 2024

Report

03/18/2025

Transactional risk insurance 2024: Year in review

As macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges continue to shape the mergers and acquisitions landscape, Target audience like you need to stay informed about the latest trends and developments is more important than ever.

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Article

02/25/2025

Leveraging tax insurance beyond M&A

Tax insurance has traditionally been used by private equity funds and corporations to mitigate risks associated with known tax issues in M&A due diligence.

Transaction risk insurance 2024: Year in review

The Transactional risk insurance 2024: Year in review serves as a vital resource for investors, dealmakers and risk professionals seeking to navigate the macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges in the current landscape.

Transactional risk insurance 2024 Transactional risk insurance 2024

350+

PEMA specialists globally, including 100+ transactional risk brokers

6k+

M&A transactions annually completed globally

90+

equity sponsor global portfolio programs under management 

2K+

participating portfolio companies

Private Equity Women’s Network (PWN)

Empowering women in private equity and M&A in order to foster leadership, drive diversity, build a global community, and amplify advocacy efforts.

Our cross-business capabilities – Private Equity

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Global leadership

Paul Knowles

Global Head of Private Equity and M&A

Craig Schioppo

Global Head of Transactional Risk

Alessandro Guerrini-Maraldi

Global Chairman, Private Equity and M&A Practice

Sebastiano Doria

Vice Chairman, Global PEMA | Chairman, International PEMA

Emily Almond

Chief Client Officer, Global PEMA

Alexander Ackermann

PEMA North America Practice Leader

Sandeep Shenoy

PEMA Canada Practice Leader

Felipe Escallon Angel

PEMA Latin America & the Caribbean Practice Leader

Andrew Hunt

PEMA UK Practice Leader

Alexander Qvennerstedt

PEMA Europe Practice Leader

AiLing Cheow

PEMA Asia Practice Leader

Nirav Modi

PEMA Middle East & Africa Practice Leader