Duff & Phelps Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Prime Clerk LLC from The Carlyle Group L.P. (NasdaqGS:CG) and others on January 31, 2019. UBS Investment Bank and Goldman Sachs provided committed financing in support of the transaction. Following the acquisition, Shai Waisman, Chief Executive Officer of Prime Clerk, will remain in his current position and head the Prime Clerk business unit of Duff & Phelps. Waisman will report directly to Jacob Silverman, President of Duff & Phelps. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval and is expected to close during the first quarter of 2019. UBS Investment Bank and Goldman Sachs acted as financial advisors to Duff & Phelps. Michael Paley, Joydeep Dasmunshi, Dean Shulman, and Eli Shalam of Kirkland & Ellis and Allison Schneirov, Kristine Dunn, Leila Sayegh, Gavin White, Joseph Penko, Rita Sinkfield Belin, Joseph Soltis, Brett Fleisher and Genia Gokhmark of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP acted as legal advisors to Duff & Phelps and Angelo Bonvino and Michael Anastasio of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as legal advisor to Prime Clerk and The Carlyle Group. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. acted as financial advisor to The Carlyle Group L.P. Duff & Phelps Corporation complete the acquisition of Prime Clerk LLC from The Carlyle Group L.P. (NasdaqGS:CG) and others in March 2019.