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Figs Stock Jumps On Takeover Offer From Private-Equity Firm

Benzinga

What To Know: According to a Wall Street Journal report , private-equity firm Story3 Capital Partners sent a takeover offer to medical-apparel maker Figs, valuing the company at more than $1 billion.

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Myths vs. Facts: What Do Private Equity Firms Do?

Viking Mergers

If you have ever looked into selling a business, you may have learned that there are many types of buyers and deal structures, from employee buyouts, strategic acquisitions, to private equity firms. We have noticed many misconceptions about a particular kind of buyer: the private equity firm.

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Delaware Court Upholds Private Equity-Led Company Sale Under Business Judgment Rule

Harvard Corporate Governance

Authentix or the Company) to private equity firm Blue Water Energy LLP (BWE) in September 2017. The Carlyle Group Inc. , in which he rejected plaintiffs claims of breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Authentix Acquisition Company, Inc.

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Private equity considerations from the SEC’s climate proposal

Harvard Corporate Governance

Investment in environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is a top priority for private equity, and it has been for quite some time. In fact, 72% of large private equity firms with annual revenues of $50 million to $1 billion have incorporated ESG strategies into their portfolio of asset classes. [2].

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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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Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm

NYT M&A

A new study finds that private equity firms own more than half of all specialists in certain U.S. markets.

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Private equity firms pivot away from traditional buyouts

Financial Times M&A

Blackstone and Apollo executives talk up scope to expand into private credit and infrastructure investing