Private Equity Guest Articles

Contributed articles by experts from across the private equity industry

Regulatory Due Diligence: Is It Worth the Investment?

23 October 2023 Public Catherine Brittain | David Dry

Financial due diligence is always core to any acquisition or investment, and investors typically engage specialist consultancies to perform this. However, regulatory due diligence is often equally important, but can sometimes be overlooked

Boom To Bust: Investor Risks When a German Portfolio Company Faces Insolvency

9 October 2023 Public Peter Memminger | Jonas Schwarz

A less well known issue is that under German law, investors (as direct or indirect shareholders) may be exposed to additional risks in a portfolio company’s insolvency, which may exceed the original investment

Making Good Use of the Calm After the Storm of Tax Season

25 September 2023 Public Gary A. Mills

The perfect time to reflect on what worked well…and not so well…

How Can Organisations Turn Third-Party Security Risks Into Competitive Advantage?

25 September 2023 Public Tom Cole

Now, as the industry prepares for sweeping new cybersecurity rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it is more important than ever for organisations to understand and manage their security risks

Fundamentals of a Successful Founder-CEO Succession: Advice for the Board

15 August 2023 Public Jason Baumgarten | Lisa J Caswell | Seonaid Charlesworth | Cassandra Frangos

While replacing the founder is not always the solution, the key is accurately assessing the challenges, gathering stakeholder input, and acting swiftly

What Happens When Private Equity Invests in Healthcare?

17 July 2023 Public Drew Maloney

We should be embracing private equity investment in our healthcare system. Our communities and families are healthier for it

How Private Equity Can Truly Further the Key Tenets of DEI

20 June 2023 Public Nick Jean-Baptiste

The private equity industry has a staggering amount of influence in our country, and we need to change the narrative that private equity is inherently extractive

Carry On Divorce

19 June 2023 Public Adele Pledger

Are you a fund manager? Are you married or do you intend to get married? Ever wondered what would happen to your carry if you were to get divorced?

Cautious Optimism for Private Equity

19 June 2023 Public Danny Cole

Hopefully, this year will again be "a game of two-halves", but this time ending on a positive note

Is The Private Equity Hype Over (?)

6 June 2023 Public Dmitri Alexeev

We thought it would be interesting to see how the private equity folks are doing versus their public peers

The New Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection

5 June 2023 Public Sandra Ezri

On 1st of September 2023 Switzerland is enacting its New Federal Act on Data Protection

Smart Tech Customer Expansion Enabling Automatic Cross-Selling

30 May 2023 Public Bruce Sinclair

Smart digital improves existing customer expansion strategies and enables new ones for physical products, services and environments, that until now were only available to software companies