A match of value: Goldman Sachs and the buyout of Prysmian Group
By Mauro Spadaro and Dario Spinelli
Introduction
On April 27th 2007, the IPO of Prysmian group was completed. The transaction offered 27 million share...
Continuation funds: how PEs are selling themselves
By Matteo Ravera
It goes without saying that the goal of a Private Equity firm is to sell an asset it previously invested in, make a very high IRR an...
Sovereign Wealth Funds Investing in Private Equity
By Erlend Brevik, Fabian Zähringer, and Thor Arne Höfs
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are state-owned institutional investors that own, invest, and ma...
Search funds’ potential in Italy
By Giacomo Nicoli and Filippo Zocco
Introduction
The objective of this article is to offer a perspective on the evolution of search funds in Italy,...
Coffee Break with Nicola Zambon, Founder and Managing Partner of Cleon Capital
By Jaime Ruiz De Arcaute
Nicola Zambon is a Private Equity principal with over 25 years of experience in PE and cross border M&A. A Bocconi gradu...
Equity controls in China
By Jakiob Jones
With a market share of 40%, China has positioned itself among the most influential players in Venture Capital worldwide, second only...
Q4 2020 EMEA PE-backed M&A Roundup
Mateusz Król, Nessa Ng Tse Miang
Despite the uncertainty and macro-economic challenges connected to the pandemic, the appetite for M&A seems to h...
A look inside SPACs and into the future
By Zaiim Fiaz Premji and Lucas Rimmer
Last year was notoriously damaging to people’s way of life with lockdowns throughout the world greatly res...