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...
Pornhub: An Ethical Bet?
by Michele Fanelli, Silvia Bochese, and Mathias Benoiton
Why is a business called Ethical Capital Partners acquiring MindGeek, the owner of Pornhu...
PE-backed IPOs: A Spectacular and Complex Exit Route
by Francesco Bargellini and Giovanni Ferrari
Introduction
Private Equity (PE) fund managers are one of the highest-paid in the financial indust...
Blackstone Defaults
by Ludovica Perazzi, Mattia Scola, and Michele Tovaglieri
Forenote
The following article presents an opinion brought forward by members of the...