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Charles Martin
Head of international practice, MacfarlanesLessons from a private equity nightmare
23/01/2008
Last year might well go down as an annus horribilis for the private equity industry.A lucky few made some spectacular exits during the first half of the year (from investee companies, by IPO’ing or selling stakes in the managers themselves). Most...Private equity gone lite
25/06/2007
The national press has put Legal Village’s private equity blogger out of business over recent weeks. All the issues have been aired and the really thorny ones around taper relief and base cost shift on carried interests are in the...Private equity - the challenges
5/03/2007
There has been a cacophony of noise around the private equity industry over the last couple of weeks. Last week the industry met for some concerted soul-searching in Frankfurt at the Super Return conference. The quality of debate and thinking...Private equity is not secret equity
2/02/2007
We read almost hysterical articles daily in the press demanding transparency in private equity. This journalist chant, whilst mesmerising, is pretty imprecise in exactly what it is seeking. Transparency is self-evidently a virtue, so arguing against it is may be a...Not-so-friendly private equity
16/01/2007
Welcome to the first of my blogs, which will focus on corporate, M&A and private equity issues. Any thoughts on burning topics for future blogs would be gratefully received, but plenty of ideas are bubbling around, including:the Financial Services Authority report...
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