1.0Market Trends 2025https://privateequitymarketinsights.traverssmith.com/market-trends-2025adminhttps://privateequitymarketinsights.traverssmith.com/market-trends-2025/author/davidlawrence_moks3j44/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vD71DpkYok"><a href="https://privateequitymarketinsights.traverssmith.com/market-trends-2025/acquisition/">Acquisition Trends</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://privateequitymarketinsights.traverssmith.com/market-trends-2025/acquisition/embed/#?secret=vD71DpkYok" width="600" height="338" title="“Acquisition Trends” — Market Trends 2025" data-secret="vD71DpkYok" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://privateequitymarketinsights.traverssmith.com/market-trends-2025/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://privateequitymarketinsights.traverssmith.com/market-trends-2025/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Travers-Smith-MT-2024.jpg24001260Process Structure and Timing 2024 saw 62% of private equity transactions run as auction processes, broadly in line with the last two years. However, in challenging market conditions, other than high quality assets where competitive tension could be maintained, many sale processes initiated as an auction process effectively turned into bilateral processes with an extended […]