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The Market for CEOs: Evidence from Private Equity

Harvard Corporate Governance

A wide range of research examines the market for CEOs and executive mobility in public companies while largely ignoring the market for CEOs in private equity funded companies. companies (enterprise value greater than $1 billion) purchased by private equity firms between 2010 and 2016.

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How to Start a Private Equity Firm – and Why You Probably Shouldn’t

Brian DeChesare

If you search for “how to start a private equity firm” online, you’ll find results that range from useless to tangentially useful to occasional nuggets of real wisdom. Starting a private equity firm is a bad decision for ~95% of people who work in the finance industry. How Does It Work?

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Sedgwick Lands PE Investment At $13.2B Enterprise Value

Law 360 M&A

Sedgwick, an insurance claims management provider, announced Thursday that it has landed an investment from private equity firm Altas Partners at a $13.2 billion enterprise value, in a deal crafted by Latham & Watkins LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

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Industrials Private Equity: The Best Place for Old-School Deals at Reasonable Multiples?

Brian DeChesare

If you ever tire of the hype around tech, industrials private equity might be an ideal hiding spot. Morgan’s acquisition of Carnegie Steel in 1901 – was an industrials private equity deal. Table Of Contents Industrials Private Equity Defined What Has Drawn Private Equity Firms to Industrials Companies?

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Perficient Stock Soars On $3B Buyout By EQT Asia Fund

Law 360 M&A

said it has agreed to be taken private by an affiliate of Swedish private equity firm EQT's Baring Asia Private Equity Fund VIII at an approximately $3 billion enterprise value, a disclosure that sent Perficient's stock soaring more than 50% on Monday.

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4 Firms Guide $3.1B Take-Private Deal For Aviation Co. ATSG

Law 360 M&A

Private equity firm Stonepeak, advised by Simpson Thacher and Hogan Lovells, is buying Air Transport Services Group Inc., guided by Davis Polk and Vorys, at an enterprise value of roughly $3.1 billion, the aviation company said Monday.

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Thoughtworks Stock Soars On $1.75B Apax Take-Private Deal

Law 360 M&A

Chicago-based Thoughtworks said it will be sold to British private equity firm Apax Partners LLP at a roughly $1.75 billion enterprise value, a deal that sent the technology consultancy's stock soaring more than 25% on Monday morning.