Analysis/Advisory
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
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
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
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
"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...