Court Square Capital Partners Closes Fifth Flagship Fund at $3.8 Billion

Largest fundraise in Firm history significantly exceeds target

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Court Square Capital Partners (“Court Square” or the “Firm”), a leading U.S. middle market private equity firm, today announced the successful closing of Court Square Capital Partners Fund V (the “Fund”) with approximately $3.8 billion in total capital commitments, significantly exceeding its $3.0 billion target. The closing demonstrates strong investor demand and continued confidence in the Firm’s differentiated strategy and long-term track record. Fund V is the Firm’s largest fund raised to date.

Fund V attracted substantial interest, with over 40 new investors from more than 20 countries, including leading pensions, asset managers, insurance companies, and family offices. Court Square’s GP is the largest investor in the Fund, continuing the Firm’s long-standing practice of being one of the top three investors in its own funds. Fund V will focus on control buyouts in the business services, healthcare, industrials, and technology industries with long-term growth potential. Fund V has committed to six investments to date, reflecting strong early momentum.

“We are grateful for the trust and support from both longstanding partners and new investors in Fund V,” said Chris Bloise, President and Managing Partner of Court Square. “This close signals continued confidence in our approach and our ability to partner with founders, families, and management teams to drive long-term value and growth. We are incredibly excited about the opportunity set across our target sectors, and we continue to find compelling ways to deploy capital in the current market environment.”

“We believe this result underscores Court Square’s 47-year track record of delivering consistent performance to our investors,” said Rick Walsh, Partner at Court Square. “We place a strong emphasis on investor alignment, supported by our history of co-investment activity alongside our investors and a GP commitment that has increased fund-over-fund. Our DPI story also helped our efforts, given that we’ve returned $7.4 billion from 17 full exits and 15 dividend recaps since 2022, the year the Fed started raising rates.”

Fund V builds on the success of its predecessor, Fund IV, which invested in 23 companies across Court Square’s core sectors. Since 1979, Court Square funds have deployed $13.4 billion of capital across over 245 investments, partnering with founders, families, and management teams to build market-leading businesses.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as the legal counsel to Court Square and Raymond James Private Capital Advisory and HMC Global acted as placement agents.

About Court Square Capital Partners

Court Square is a middle market private equity firm with over 40 years’ experience in the industry. Since 1979, Court Square has completed over 245 platform investments and is focused on helping Founders, Families, and Manager-owners to develop their companies into market leaders. Court Square invests in companies that have compelling growth potential in the industrial, business services, healthcare, and tech and telecom sectors. As of December 31, 2025, Court Square has $10.1 billion of assets under management and is based in New York, N.Y. For more information on Court Square, please visit www.courtsquare.com.