I’ll never forget the day I found out one of my female relatives was sexually harassed as a young woman just starting out in her career. She was working in an office and one of the senior executives cornered her in an elevator and subjected her to an elevator ride from hell. At the time, she […]
By Joanne Baginski, EKS&H Whether you’re buying or selling a company, post-transaction should be a time for celebration about getting the deal done and excitement about the future. But many deals quickly devolve into disputes over the finer points, from purchase-price adjustments and working-capital disputes to whether negotiated earnout metrics are attained. Post-merger disputes have […]
By Justin Abelow, Houlihan Lokey For years I have been telling my clients that in the M&A markets, family offices are like great books: more talked about than experienced. Everyone wanted to discuss family-office buyers, but the impact of these buyers on the market for corporate control was almost nonexistent. But things are changing — […]
By Bruno Fiastre, Taliance A new job function is gaining in popularity at private equity firms, real estate companies and other alternative-asset managers. It goes by several names – digital transformation officer, chief of digitalization, head of digitalization or even leader of digital product. A recent appointment for a director of innovation at U.K. real […]
By Jim Marshall, Silicon Valley Bank Across the venture capital industry, surprising trends in early-stage investing are developing. With record numbers of funds raising capital, a saturated investor base and increasing pressure for liquidity, smart VC firms are differentiating themselves and tapping into new capital sources. Emerging managers, also known as micro or seed VCs, […]
Two new firms formed with support of parent organization LPs look to seed new managers Spinout activity looks strong so far this year Since last year I’ve basically become a new firm/spinout reporter because of all the stuff going on in that side of the market. That has kept up this year, with several interesting […]
By Alex Hicks, MHT Partners Digital streaming services such as Spotify and Netflix have forever changed the business of music and movies. Now, that same approach is slowly transforming education publishing. Those hefty textbooks weighing down kids’ book bags all over the U.S. could become a thing of the past. The U.S. spends more than […]
Fifth Third Bancorp agreed to buy Coker Capital KeyBanc Capital acquired Cain Brothers Growing interest in adding healthcare operations In a short hiatus from healthcare private equity earlier this week, I, completely by chance, witnessed the SpaceX rocket launch into space as I was cruising through the Everglades on an airboat snapping shots of alligators […]
As representation and warranty insurance (R&W) remains white-hot in the U.S. M&A mid-market, a number of additional underwriters have entered an increasingly competitive space. That, in turn, has spurred interesting developments in deal terms in both the United States and Canada in the past year. In a PE Hub Canada feature article, Torys LLP Partner Stefan Stauder and Senior Associate Meghan McKeever share their insights on some key North American trends from the last twelve months that they believe are worth keeping an eye on in 2018.
Christian Saucedo, the brother of Eric Saucedo, a partner at Tricap Partners who died on Jan. 5, got in touch with me and asked that I include in my story the fact that his brother committed suicide. This was not a request I’m used to getting. Usually in a situation like this, the family wants to keep these […]