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How Prior Relationships Between Private Equity Sponsors and Law Firms Affect LBO Loans

Reynolds Holding

In leveraged buyouts (LBOs), a private equity (PE) sponsor acquires controlling ownership of a target company, typically by using a significant amount of bank loans. In a new study, we focus on a controversial issue: Many PE sponsors have prior relationships with law firms representing banks in LBO loan negotiations.

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Appraiser Newsroom - Untitled Article

Appraiser Newsroom

He is a frequent presenter on valuation topics, and is currently a subject matter expert on the Appraisal Foundation’s working group preparing a Valuation Advisory on the Company-Specific Risk Premium. Michael is part of the industrial products industry group of the firm and co-head of U.S. Tax Valuation Services.

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Putting Global Risk In Perspective: Q&A With BNP Paribas’ Meghan Robson

Global Finance

There are certain sectors that we think are offering better risk/reward. So, credit spreads have gotten so tight and so compressed that there’s not much of a cyclical risk premium. You’re not being rewarded as an investor for taking on that extra risk given how tight spreads have become.