Insight
September 11, 2025

Private Equity Backed Tech Deals Face Cross-Border Tax Challenge (Bloomberg Law)

Global tax rules are reshaping how private equity firms structure tech deals.

Goodwin partner Dulcie Daly writes that private equity investment in tech continues to grow year on year with platforms in software as a service, fintech, crypto, and AI attracting high valuations and competitive processes across the sector. However, the global anti-base erosion (GLoBE) framework presents one of many challenges for private equity sponsors acquiring multinational enterprises, as the OECD and the G7 continue to scrutinize international tax arbitrage. This in turn is beginning to reshape how private equity firms think about structuring their acquisitions — and nowhere is the shift more evident than in the technology sector.

Read the Bloomberg Law article to understand how evolving global tax policies are reshaping private equity strategies in the tech sector.