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Why US private equity is so attractive for overseas investors
An Overview The US is highly attractive to foreign investors and investment funds seeking to secure opportunities via US domestic private equity funds. As the world’s largest national economy, the US...
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How PE Firms Can Unlock the Value of Real Estate with RIDEA...
Cross posted from PE Hub. Private equity sponsors looking to monetize investments in healthcare operating companies may wish to consider partnering with REITs as an alternative to traditional exit...
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How to make the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Process more efficient: The 363 sale...
Introduction Earlier this month I attended the Turnaround Management Association’s (TMA) Western Regional Annual Conference, held in Santa Barbara, California. While there I participated on a panel...
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Lessons from the Facebok IPO
Background Facebook, Inc. held its initial public offering (IPO) on May 18, 2012. The IPO was one of the biggest in technology, and the biggest in Internet history, with a peak market capitalization of...
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The subprime lending crisis and the rise and fall of Fremont Investment & Loan
On July 25th I served on a panel sponsored by the Beverly Hills Bar Association and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners on the topic of how the bailout of the financial crisis and a billion...
View ArticleDaily Journal Quotes MSM Partner on SEC Crackdown on Chinese Reverse Mergers
Founding partner Chris Manderson was recently quoted in a Los Angeles Daily Journal article by Ben Adlin about a decline in federal securities class action litigation. Thursday, July 26, 2012...
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What Exit? Over 4,000 Portfolio Companies Are the “Other” Private Equity...
Cross-posted from PEHub. I once overheard two guys from New Jersey meet at a bar in Tokyo. One said to the other: “Hey, you’re from Jersey! What exit?” Ever since, whenever I meet anyone from the...
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Considering selling your company? Some advice from the experts
“That fabled “liquidity event” is nigh. But before you start planning your open-ended trip to Fiji, take the time–and spend the money–to prepare your business for sale.” Jane Applegate, Forbes Magazine...
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Securing US investors: An overview for non-US companies
As the world’s largest national economy, with a GDP of over $15 trillion in 2011, the American market is very attractive for overseas companies, from large publicly held corporations, to small and...
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Unknowingly Cut From the Same Cloth: The Strategic Overlap of Chapter 11...
If you were to ask the average MBA or Law student fresh from graduation to name the overlapping, free market benefits of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and private equity, you would likely receive a blank...
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Why California remains highly attractive to foreign investors
The Contra Costa Times reports in a May 30, 2012 article that Hillwood chairman Ross Perot Jr thinks this is the right time to invest in California. As the Times reports “Hillwood is the master...
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Is the US IPO market poised for more activity?
Mid-July represents the restart to IPO activity in the US following an extended July 4th holiday break. Despite the recent problems with Facebook’s IPO and a slowdown in activity in the second quarter,...
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Trends in Proxy Access: 2012 Proxy Season Overview
In an earlier blog post this year, I highlighted how due to rule changes effected in September 2011, companies would be required in the 2012 proxy season to include in their proxy materials shareholder...
View ArticleWhy Everyone Should Have an Estate Plan
When you don’t consider what will happen to your family if you die unexpectedly or become incapacitated, you will cause your family unnecessary financial and emotional hardship because you have not...
View ArticleHow the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Process Can Better Facilitate the Liquidation...
The fundamental premise of this first in my multiple part series on business bankruptcy reform concepts is that an efficient chapter 11 bankruptcy system expedites both (a) the prompt identification of...
View Article“Are We There Yet”: Returning to the Common Law Concept That Assignment of...
On March 7, 2013 I organized and moderated a panel discussion titled “Real Estate Lessons from the Bankruptcy Courts: What Developers and Attorneys Should Know before Closing the Next Big Deal” as part...
View ArticleTHE RISE AND IMPACT OF EMPOWERED CHIEF LEGAL OFFICERS
As put bluntly by Kevin O’Keefe, an expert in the legal marketing field, a lot has changed since he graduated from law school 30 years ago. A recent post by John Grimley of International Business...
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As the Debate Continues, What About Alternative Attorney Fee Arrangements in...
Last week I wrote through the lens of sophisticated and empowered in-house legal counsel about how they are shaping the future delivery of professional legal services by outside law firms. In this...
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NEWS STORY: Strengthening Professional Leadership Skills the Focus of...
Strengthening and reinforcing leadership skills among business turnaround professional service providers will be the focus of an all-new education symposium by the Turnaround Management Association...
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NEWS INSIGHT: Public Hearing by the American Bankruptcy Institute’s...
This past Friday, April 19, 2013, the highly anticipated public hearing of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) Commission to Study the Reform of Chapter 11 occurred at the ABI’s 31st Annual...
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