Mark Director of Kirkland Ellis discusses the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley for the private equity industry.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Switzerland's corporates and mid-cap companies are slowly but surely turning to private equity amid increasing economic pressures and a tightening supply of credit. Natasha Berg looks at where the Swiss buyout market will be headed in 2003.
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Asia 2003-01-01 Staff Writer <strong>Asia<br> Monitor</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>View to Vietnam</strong><br> <bold>Vietnam is Asia's second-fastest growing economy, but venture capitalists have been slow to move in. There are signs however th
7 min read · 12 January 2013
Europe 2003-01-01 Staff Writer <strong>Europe<br> Deals & Exits</strong><br> <sec level="2"><strong>NIB to back Deutsche MBO</strong><br> Dutch private equity house NIB Capital is in exclusive negotiations with Ted Virtue, the New York based chief execut
10 min read · 12 January 2013
In theory, Reuters' share price fell far enough this week to make a takeover or public-to-private buyout viable. In practice, bidders would still find it hard making their sums add up.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
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
This summer a seemingly never-ending wave of default news swept through the capital markets. Private equity backed transactions and their sponsors didn't escape unscathed, but are the prospects for what's ahead really that dim?
3 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
The UK private equity firm is set to make its latest Iberian acquisition with a bid for struggling Spanish supermarket chain El Árbol.
2 min read · 11 January 2013
