The classic leveraged buyout is giving way to something far more bespoke. Faced with stubbornly high valuations and fierce competition for quality assets, private equity firms are turning to hybrid deal structures that mix rollover shareholders, co-investors and complex governance arrangements into transactions that look very different from the traditional sponsor-controlled LBO. This growing complexity is reshaping how deals get done across both the middle market and large-cap buyouts.

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