by Sebastian | Mar 19, 2020 | News
Market chaos opens way to cheaper assets but scarce financing likely to limit acquisitions A mix of fear and optimism is sweeping through the private capital industry. “I’m not happy about the people that are sick,” said a Wall Street executive, speaking from the...
by Sebastian | Mar 19, 2020 | News
Well, that was quite a week. And it looks like it’s going to be quite a year. The new coronavirus that first appeared in China nearly four months ago is now officially a pandemic, and the US is finally beginning to grapple in earnest with what could be the...
by Sebastian | Mar 19, 2020 | News
DLA Piper has added a trio of partners from Winston & Strawn as the global firm looks to build out its private equity firepower in New York and internationally. James Kelly, Ilya Bubel, and Peter Alfano have joined DLA Piper in New York. Kelly and Bubel will be...
by Sebastian | Mar 19, 2020 | News
Checkmarx, an Israeli security company acquired in 2015 by private equity firm Insight Partners with an $84 million investment, was sold today to Hellman & Friedman, another private equity firm at a valuation of $1.15 billion. Nice little profit there, and the...
by Sebastian | Mar 19, 2020 | News
Walmart Inc. is proceeding with the planned sale of U.K. supermarket chain Asda after attracting initial bids from three buyout firms, even as tightening credit threatens to hamper debt-fueled dealmaking, people familiar with the matter said. Apollo Global Management...
