12 Questions to Ask When Hiring an M&A Lawyer When you start considering a transaction for your business, it is critical to engage a seasoned M&A lawyer. While you…
CFOs Financial Engineering 101: Maximizing the Value of Your Company One term that comes up often when we talk about private equity is “financial engineering.” Some people argue that private…
Private Equity The Evolution of LP/GP Relationships: Moving Closer to the Deal Over the last few years, relationships between limited partners and general partners in private equity have started to evolve. For…
The Real Reason Zillow is Acquiring Trulia When Zillow announced on Monday that it was acquiring Trulia for $3.5 billion, CEO Spencer Rascoff said the reason was…
The LA Clippers Sale – Ego, Scarcity and a Tight Auction Last Friday, Shelly Sterling announced that she was selling the Los Angeles Clippers to Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. The deal…
Does It Matter That KKR Joined Twitter? Today, a titan of private equity – KKR – joined the social media fray with their first ever tweet. It…
Building a New Industry: The FloLogic Story In 1986, Chuck De Smet and Douglass Phillips stumbled on an interesting problem. The CFO at the company where they…
A Primer on the Structure of Private Equity Firms We previously discussed financial buyers in the article 5 Major Differences Between Strategic and Financial Buyers. There are various types…
Balancing Debt and Equity in a Growing Business Over the last few months, I’ve had interesting conversations with David Pritchard and Jonathan Cunningham of Aequitas Advisors about how companies…
