Thrivent, a Fortune 500 financial services company, and Dawson Partners, a global alternative asset manager, announced the closing of an over US$2.0 billion structured financing transaction.
The transaction supports Thrivent’s continued growth of its middle-market private equity co-investment strategy. The transaction involves a diversified portfolio of primarily co-investment private equity fund interests. Dawson will also commit to Thrivent’s co-investment private equity fund.
For Thrivent, private equity has enhanced our ability to deliver competitive solutions to our clients and strengthened our market position. This transaction allows Thrivent to expand its lower-middle and middle-market private equity presence.
This transaction reflects Dawson’s differentiated positioning in the market, providing bespoke financing solutions at scale to high-quality counterparties.
This collaboration highlights our ability to bring innovative structured solutions with exposure to a high-quality and well-diversified portfolio.
Goodwin Procter LLP served as legal counsel to Dawson. Piper Sandler Private Capital Advisory Group acted as advisor to Thrivent, and Sidley Austin LLP served as legal counsel to Thrivent.
