Private Equity in a Higher for Longer Era: Innovative Financial Engineering and The Belron Case
By Donatella Aggazio and Francesco Congedo
Introduction
Since the spring of 2022, most central banks in the developed world have hiked interest...
KKR to Acquire 25% Stake in Enilive
By Clara Carlhammar, Davide Franchini, Alessandro Bosco, and Nikolas Papadatos
Introduction
On 24 October 2024, the global investment firm KKR...
Permira Acquires 40% of K-Way to Fuel Global Expansion
By Luca Gribaudo, Alice Finardi, and Luca Casali
Introduction
Global investment firm Permira announced that it has completed a strategic acquis...
Thoma Bravo’s Acquisition of Darktrace: A Strategic Move in the Cybersecurity AI Market
By Abdullah El Haddad and Lorenzo Mazzotta
State of the private equity industry
Although tech valuations have experienced corrections, especial...
UniCredit’s Pursuit of Commerzbank: Implications of Potential Future European Banking Integration
By Bianca Proverbio and Marc Weigand
Introduction
Following the 2008 financial crisis, dealmaking among banks in different European countries c...
Ardian Acquires $2.1 Billion Private Equity Portfolio from CPP Investments
By Francesca Venir, Francesca Martino, Giovanni Di Girolamo
Introduction
In a significant development in the world of Private Equity, the globa...
Amazon’s Venture into Healthcare
Federico Holst and Luca Zirener
Introduction
In the dynamic landscape of today's business world, where technological innovation and market...
Knocking Out the Competition: Endeavor’s Move to Privatization
By Benedetta Visconti, Elias Emery, and Annacarla Bianco
Introduction
Private equity firm Silver Lake recently announced that it was workin...
TOSHIBA – A Japanese Buyout Thriller
By Niccolò Quadri Di Cardano, Paul Schappert, and Raffaele Caminiti
Introduction
Recently, the Japanese Private Equity market has been shak...
Sixth Street Partners Invests $125mn to Own Majority Stake in New NWSL Franchise: A Milestone for Private Capital in US Sports Ownership
By Lilit Kalantar, Marlon Walde, and Nikolai Verbov
Sports have always been an attractive investment opportunity, with private equity inve...