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Centerbridge Partners Acquires MeridianLink

On August 11, 2025, asset manager Centerbridge Partners acquired software company MeridianLink for 2.0B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Centerbridge Partners’ 5th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Centerbridge Partners’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Centerbridge Partners’ 41st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Centerbridge Partners’ 6th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2025-08-11
Target MeridianLink
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Centerbridge Partners
Deal Type Going Private
Deal Value 2.0B USD
Advisor(s) Centerview Partners
J.P. Morgan Securities (Financial)
Goodwin Procter (Legal)

Target

MeridianLink

Costa Mesa, California, United States
MeridianLink provides mission-critical software solutions to financial institutions. The company’s LoansPQ, LendingQB, and ACTion platforms allow banks and credit unions to process and accept consumer and mortgage loans as well as account opening applications, and integrate seamlessly with all major core and data services providers. It also offers Synergy, a highly customizable and configurable loan processing and decisioning workflow product, as well as MortgageCreditLink, the dominant provider of “tri-merge” integration functionality into credit bureaus and other third-party consumer and business databases. MeridianLink was formed in 1998 and is based in Costa Mesa, California.

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Centerbridge Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Asset Manager
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 38.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Centerbridge Partners is a mega-sized private equity firm focused primarily on distressed/special situations in North America and Europe. In addition to making control investments, Centerbridge also maintains funds for non-control credit investments. Centerbridge was formed in 2005 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 50 of 50
Sector: Software M&A 5 of 5
Type: Going Private M&A Deals 5 of 5
State: California M&A 6 of 6
Country: United States M&A 41 of 41
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 9
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