Paul Pollock was recently quoted in a Pensions & Investments article that covers the outlook for private equity firms in 2026 across deals, exits, and fundraising.

The article reads:

Even as deal activity improved in 2025, with nearly $900 billion in deal activity through the third quarter, the private equity ecosystem is largely still unsatisfied, according to Paul Pollock, a partner at Crowell & Moring, a law firm focused on middle-market private equity firms.

“The industry consensus is it has to get better. And the industry’s been saying that now for two years because there really has not been a lot of deal volume in the last couple of years,” Pollock said. “You know, interest rates are too high, multiples have been too high. A lot of it is a hangover for the buyout frenzy that happened immediately after the pandemic.”