The Public M&A and Technology teams advised MeridianLink, Inc. in its sale to Centerbridge Partners, L.P., a global investment firm, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.0 billion in enterprise value. The transaction was completed on October 24, 2025.
MeridianLink empowers financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies to drive efficient growth. MeridianLink's cloud-based digital lending, account opening, background screening, and data verification software solutions leverage shared intelligence from a unified data platform, MeridianLink One, to enable customers of all sizes to identify growth opportunities, effectively scale up, and support compliance efforts, all while powering an enhanced experience for staff and consumers alike.
The Goodwin team was led by Joseph Theis, Joshua Zachariah, James Ding, Nathalie Dabrowski, Stephanie Barbanell, Alice Choi, Kaitlyn Buffaloe, Lauren Kidd, Jim Matarese, Bradley Weber, Lauren Visek, Natalie Martirossian, Karin Yoo, Nikki Miller, Ora Grinberg, Garrett Gaughan, Alexandra Denniston, James Devendorf, Chris Jones, Bethany Withers, JB Schiller, Jennifer Fay, Lauren NuDelman, Jacqueline Klosek, Andrew Lacy, Elliot Silver, Simone Waterbury, Eram Khan, Arom Yun, Jennifer Chunias, Dylan Brown, Emily Josef, Kirsten Kovats, Samantha Kirby, Sammy Tang, Caroline Bullerjahn, Jordan Benson, Jacquelyn Burke, Brian Mukherjee and Nathan Brodeur.
For more information, read MeridianLink's official press release on the completion of the transaction.