
Typical M&A deals cost US private equity USD353k in legal spend
Private equity (PE) firms raise and invest billions of dollars. These organisations also spend millions with law firms to protect their business and investments.Â

Private equity (PE) firms raise and invest billions of dollars. These organisations also spend millions with law firms to protect their business and investments.Â

By Michael Gull, Executive Director, Business Development, MUFG Investor Services – As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to cut through our lives, the urgency of robust public assistance for businesses remains a matter of vital economic importance. And yet, since the earliest days of the crisis, certain critics have taken exception

When it comes to finding value in Europe, private fund funds have a large mosaic of investment opportunities to consider, given the jurisdictional, regulatory and market differences across the 27 EU member states (which now does not include the UK).

Paris-based Yotta Capital Partners held the first closing of its Yotta Smart Industry fund at EUR101 million at the end of July, targeting a final amount in excess of EUR120 million. Institutional investors, including Bpifrance and the European Investment Fund, are the main investors in the fund, as well as
Private investment firm GI Partners has held the final closing of its inaugural Data Infrastructure Fund with USD1.8 billion in capital commitments from a broad group of investors. The fund was oversubscribed, surpassing its initial target of USD1.25 billion. The GI Data Infrastructure Fund continues the firm’s 20-year history of

By Rodrigo Tavares, founder and president of the Granito Group – With fewer regulatory requirements compared with listed equity, the global USD4 trillion private equity market is lagging behind other asset classes when it comes to the adoption of ESG strategies.

By Sergey Sheshuryak, Adams Street Partners – To gain a perspective on the private equity market in Europe in the second half of 2020, we start by looking back to the seemingly distant past of 2019 – before pandemic-related shutdowns, social distancing, central bank stimulus plans, and Zoom meetings.
Kinderhook Industries (Kinderhook), a private equity firm specialising in middle-market control investments in the healthcare services, environmental/business services and automotive/light manufacturing sectors, has successfully completed a recapitalisation of Kinderhook Capital Fund III, a $300 million committed capital, 2009 vintage fund. AlpInvest Partners and affiliated investors (AlpInvest), a leading player in the

Covid-19 has had an effect on the Chinese economy, but not on longer term trends in the Chinese private equity market, according to Ivo Naumann, Shanghai-based partner and leader of McKinsey’s private equity & principal investors practice in Greater China. China is the third largest private capital market in the
Munich Private Equity Partners (MPEP) has started fundraising for its fourth private equity program, MPEP IV, which offers institutional investors the opportunity to invest in two pre-built private equity fund portfolios. Investors receive high visibility on the manager quality and expected portfolio construction, consequently the blind pool risk typically associated
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