TORONTO, July 14, 2026 – Dawson Partners, a global alternative asset manager (“Dawson” or the “Firm”), is pleased to announce the closing of a US$1.8 billion structured liquidity solution with a long-standing institutional partner.
The transaction provides a structured liquidity solution to the counterparty to enable the counterparty to accelerate liquidity and tactically reallocate their portfolio, while sharing in any future upside. The portfolio consists of a diversified private assets portfolio with a net asset value of over US$1.8 billion across 30 fund interests and more than 500 underlying assets.
Designed as an alternative to a traditional secondary sale, Dawson’s structured solution provides the institutional partner with liquidity while maintaining alignment with the long-term performance of the portfolio through the ability to participate in potential future upside.
This transaction highlights our ability to bring innovative solutions to our counterparties, supported by exposure to a high-quality, well-diversified portfolio. We are pleased to have worked with an institution we’ve built a long and trusted partnership with to deliver a solution designed around their objectives, while maintaining alignment and downside protection.
This transaction reflects Dawson’s differentiated positioning in the market, providing customized liquidity solutions at scale to high-quality institutional counterparties. We continue to believe that scale matters in this market. Our ability to move with speed and certainty across complex private markets portfolios allows us to be a nimble, responsive and reliable partner, with a partnership-first mentality.
The transaction reinforces Dawson’s position as a scaled provider of private markets structured liquidity solutions and reflects continued demand from institutional investors for flexible capital solutions that can help address portfolio management, liquidity and long-term exposure objectives.
Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal counsel to Dawson.
