What are companies doing looking to offer their employees private equity co-investment plans? Norman Leben of DML explains.
10 min read · 11 January 2013
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, chiefly aimed at resurrecting investors' trust in the public markets, has prompted a fierce debate about its many unintended side effects and their impact on the private equity industry. To find out what exactly the issues are, Private Equity International consulted two legal practitioners. In these pages, Franci J. Blassberg of Debevoise & Plimpton and Prakash Metha of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld get to grips with the new rules and the ways in which they are going to affect the private equity business.
6 min read · 11 January 2013
One man's loss is another's opportunity: with a myriad of corporate entities struggling to survive the downturn, restructuring and turnaround opportunities abound for private equity firms who've got the appetite. But there aren't many of those around finds Robin Burnett.
10 min read · 11 January 2013
Mark Director of Kirkland Ellis discusses the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley for the private equity industry.
7 min read · 11 January 2013
Keith Breslauer is building a business that is half real estate investor, half private equity house. Deepening Patron Capital's links with the European private equity industry is at the top of his agenda. Here's why.
9 min read · 11 January 2013
America 2002-10-01 Staff Writer <strong>America<br> Monito</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>General solicitation and the F word</strong><br> <quotation><bold>When private equity firms are fund-raising in the US, what can and can't they say to
10 min read · 11 January 2013
Gatekeepers turned poachers? 2002-10-01 Staff Writer Recent performance difficulties notwithstanding, private equity as an asset class has been remarkably successful over the past ten years, securing a permanent position as an important component of a growing number of asset allocation strategies worldwide.&
2 min read · 11 January 2013
For its second fund, the French development capital provider is looking to secure commitments from European institutions outside France.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
The Danish venture capital firm has confirmed that rescue talks aimed at providing the firm with additional capital have collapsed.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
Part Two of Joe Bartlett's in-depth analysis of the prospects for private equity in emerging economies outlines an action plan designed to create the right environment to stimulate a viable venture capital investment culture.
10 min read · 11 January 2013
