Episode 23: LLCs as They Approach the 50-Year Milestone: A Conversation with Professor Susan Pace Hamill
Investment Management Update – Exit Strategies
Episode 014: Business Divorce Stories: Business Appraiser Tony Cotrupe and Attorney Jeff Eilender
Episode 8: Minority Oppression in the LLC: Interview With Professor Douglas Moll
Episode 10: The Marketability Discount Revisited: Interview with Greg Barber
In this moderated session, panelists discuss how physician practice management companies (PPMs), ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and health systems are both competing and collaborating in the evolving healthcare...more
Rising inflation and climbing interest rates have slowed leveraged loan activity in Europe and the US, while COVID-19 restrictions in China dampened demand in Asia-Pacific - Leveraged loan markets across the globe faced a...more
Carve-out deals, whether conducted through a trade sale, buyout, or IPO, have become a vital tool for businesses to boost balance sheets and deliver shareholder value. This trend has gathered momentum over recent years, with...more
Most of 2021 was characterized by free-flowing capital, as government aid propped up economies in response to COVID-19. Low interest rates and other central bank stimulus measures contributed to an environment that helped see...more
Australian M&A returned to full power in 2021, following a dip in activity in 2020 as the pandemic took hold. Deal activity within the country exceeded even the most ambitious predictions, with a total of US$256 billion in...more
After four quarters in a row of exceptionally high PE activity, Q3 2021 has continued the trend, recording the highest value and volume of any third quarter on record - The summer months of July and August typically mean...more
Past: Once Upon a Time - Thinking back to pre-pandemic times, it cannot be said that the Italian private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) market was particularly flourishing or on the rise. Funding was decreasing...more
After the COVID-19 slowdown in 2020, the United Kingdom has been one of the most active buyout markets in Europe, with a 60% rise in buyouts in 2021 compared to 2020. This increase in activity has been driven in part by a...more
Leveraged buyout high yield bond and leveraged loan issuance fell in Q3 2020 as a lack of buyout deals in a still cautious M&A market dampened appetite for financing - Although leveraged buyout (LBO) activity showed signs...more
Note From the Editors - With this Summer 2020 issue of Vital Signs, we take a moment to again applaud the remarkable actions of all the health care and life science organizations around the globe working tirelessly on our...more
The global coronavirus pandemic is of course a challenging time. Many businesses have been hard hit and may not recover. Unemployment has skyrocketed. On the other hand, there are many businesses that have been only mildly...more
Uptick in Business Divorces? I’ve read a number of articles over the last few weeks in which marriage counselors have been predicting a wave of divorce filings once the COVID-19 quarantine has been lifted...more
The COVID-19 crisis is highlighting pressure points in pending M&A deals that were negotiated before the pandemic’s effects became widespread. Last week, private equity firm Sycamore Partners terminated its deal to...more