Weil Private Equity Sponsor Sync

Second Quarter 2026 Issue

We're publishing today our Q2 2026 edition of Sponsor Sync, arriving at a moment when sponsors are simultaneously navigating a changing M&A market, a wall of refinancing activity, and the largest infrastructure buildout in private equity's history. This quarter's Special Issue is dedicated to data centers, synthesizing insights across the full investment lifecycle, the energy and powered land dynamics shaping site selection and underwriting, and the growing M&A opportunity in the supply chain supporting these facilities. The special issue offers regional playbooks for the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and addresses the legal and operational issues sponsors increasingly need to underwrite: privacy and cyber diligence, ESG, MIP design, and financing in a power-constrained but capital-rich market.

Elsewhere, we publish our quarterly leveraged finance update with debt pricing, return to the LME Lab with practical considerations for sponsors preparing for liability management exercises, and share our annual survey of sponsor-backed PIPE transactions (for the first time, now in Sponsor Sync). Our DealVision360 Sector Snapshot examines the deal structures sponsors are using to bridge valuation gaps and generate DPI, from earnouts and CVRs to continuation vehicles and preferred equity. In Partner Perspectives, ICR addresses gaps in debtholder communications strategies amid rising distress, and Inside the Deal features a conversation with Natasha Gopaul, General Counsel of Blackstone Private Equity. Rounding out the issue are pieces on California's AB 692, AI governance heading into 2026, and a Delaware/New York case note on the surprising consequences of binding "affiliates" in commercial contracts.

Read the Q2 2026 issue of Weil Private Equity Sponsor Sync here.