28/06/2026
Big firms are quietly becoming private equity assets.
Eide Bailly $1.8B stake sale is not just a deal - it’s another signal that professional services are being restructured from the outside in.
What used to be partnership-led, people-driven firms are increasingly capitalized like platforms, optimized for scale and rebuilt around technology.
This isn’t “accounting getting investment" - and is the serctor next in line?
Reverence Capital to invest in the Minneapolis-based professional services provider, as more PE funding piles into the industry