Goodwin’s Private Investment Funds and Secondaries team advised Dawson Partners on the closing of a more than $2 billion transaction with Thrivent, a Fortune 500 financial services company. The transaction, which is the largest structured financing that Dawson has completed to date, involves a diversified portfolio of primarily co-investment private equity fund interests. In addition, Dawson will commit to Thrivent’s co-investment private equity fund, helping position it for long-term success.
Dawson is a leading global alternative asset manager focused on providing private market liquidity solutions through innovative structures on diversified portfolios of private assets. Founded in 2015, Dawson provides tailored portfolio financing and liquidity solutions to LPs and GPs. Dawson takes a differentiated approach to selecting, curating, structuring, and managing bespoke portfolios to serve the demands of a growing market. The Firm has over US$23 billion of assets under management and has deployed over US$27 billion across more than 280 transactions. Dawson has over 230 employees and offices in Toronto, London, UK and New York City.
The Goodwin team was led by Rob Emerson and consisted of Steven Robles, Luca Del Ciotto, Elisabeth Teixeira de Mattos, Thomas Jackson, Sydney Glazer (US Private Investment Funds & Secondaries), Jacqueline Eaves (UK Secondaries), Steven Clemens and Matthew Dunay (Tax), Christopher Steinroeder (Fund Finance), Ranan Well (Asset Management Transactions), Bibek Pandey, Patrick Menasco and Hasan Cetin (ERISA), Brynn Peltz and Gregory Larkin (Regulatory), and William Stern (Financial Services).
For more information on the deal, please read the press release.