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Understanding the SEC’s Recent Crackdown on Private Equity
Read moreIn the last few years, the private equity market has continued to balloon. In 2015, there was $2.4 trillion...
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New Chapter for Fraudulent Conveyance in LBOs?
Read moreIn the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, many companies that were the targets of Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs) filed...
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In Re Lyondell Chemical Company, The Long Arm of a Failed LBO
Read moreTo the interested observer of private equity, a typical leveraged buyout follows a relatively predictable sequence. Most buyouts begin...
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What is Real Estate Private Equity?
Read moreSince the 2008 Economic Recession, many of the maxims that investors have lived by have been challenged and proven...
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Taking Back the Castle: Michael Dell, Silver Lake, and the Battle for Dell Inc.
Read moreOn September 13, 2013, shareholders of the personal computer giant Dell Inc. voted to approve the proposed leveraged buyout...
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A Flash of Light in a Dark Holding Environment? Apollo’s Resuscitation of the Quick Flip
Read moreThe peak purchase prices private equity firms secured immediately prior to the financial crisis have left many firms stuck...
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Private Equity and the Leveraged Buyout: Taking a Public Company Private
Read moreA leveraged buyout (LBO) is a form of a business acquisition. However, it differs from an ordinary merger and…
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Is the 2013 Private Equity Boom Sustainable?
Read more2013 has seen an early resurgence in the volume of mergers and acquisitions conducted globally. Since January, there have...
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Dividend Recapitalization: A Controversial Trend
Read moreIn a slow economy, with low interest rates, private equity firms are adding debt to the companies they own...