Advisory
Jockeying for position
A private equity landscape in subsidence, a barren fundraising market and stateside-kickback scandals: placement agents are having to change their modus operandi. By Ashley Wassall
Due diligence: Levelling the playing field
In a market dominated by distressed sales and complex restructuring operations, the role of intermediaries has taken on renewed significance, writes Ashley Wassall
Q and A: Due diligence
Diligence is back on priority lists, with partners - not just targets - the focus. Deborah Sterescu talks to Chris Grove, corporate finance partner at BDO Stoy Hayward, about the new challenges for due diligence advisers in today's climate
Corporate bees-iness
The downturn has hit all areas of private equity - including corporate finance. But despite a volatile market, corporate finance advisory firms are still keeping busy. Is this an indication of things to come? Deborah Sterescu investigates
EUROPE - Barclays boosts European mergers advisory business
Barclays plans to hire as many as 65 bankers for its European mergers advisory business in an attempt to become one of the top three global securities firms.
Business as usual
Deborah Sterescu asks Janusz Heath, managing director of limited partner Capital Dynamics, about the current challenges the industry is facing and how to succeed in a changing environment
CEE - Magisters merges with Belarus law firm
CIS-focused law firm Magisters has merged with Belarus-based rival BelJurBureau.
GLOBAL - BNY Mellon launches private equity fund admin service
The Bank of New York Mellon's Alternative Investment Service is launching a private equity servicing platform.
UK - MessageLabs launches fund advisory business
Online messaging company MessageLabs has launched a new fund and advisory business; Notion Capital.
CEE – Linklaters becomes Kinstellar
Linklaters has announced that its CEE spin-off will operate under the name Kinstellar from 1 November 2008.
"Today, the balance is shifting towards sellers after the long reign of vendors"
Joost Siemensma at Grant Thornton speaks to Domitille Lainey about the changes in due diligences in the acquisition race. Siemensma specialises in due diligence investigations for private equity investors. Previously he worked at KPMG and Deloitte Transaction...
Controlling leaks
new research suggests that leaks to the press can cost time and money and affect the certainty of deals. By Ashley Wassall
Q & A - The legal view
Nine months on from the first signs of a credit crunch, Nicola Bock talks to a crack group of private equity lawyers to assess where the market now stands and how things have changed
Q&A - Placement agents
The Southern European market has experienced the impact of limited liquidity when it comes to completing leveraged transactions, but the industry is seeing a range of opportunities surfacing, translating to new players disembarking and fundraising reaching...
UK - IPES establishes Jersey office
The International Private Equity Services Group (IPES) has established a presence with the opening of a new office in Jersey under the name of IPES (Jersey) Ltd. The IPES Group was founded ten years ago in Guernsey and provides specialist fund administration...
LUXEMBOURG - Oostvogels Pfister Roemers changes name to Oostvogels Pfister Feyten
Luxembourg-based business law firm Oostvogels Pfister Roemers has changed its name to Oostvogels Pfister Feyten . Frédéric Feyten , partner and the head of the Tax Department, will be represented in the firm's name. The name change follows the departure...