June 2007 Issue

Criticisms are increasingly being flung at the private equity industry. Firms have two options to manage their reputation: they can litigate, or engage the media. 

The increase in high profile public-to-private bids in the UK has brought into sharper focus the powers of the Takeover Panel.

What is the right background for a private equity marketing and communications professional? Meet private equity’s professional communicators, who say their jobs require a broad mix of skills. 

Marketing and communications pros in private equity can employ a variety of tools these days to hone the image of their firms. The best efforts set real goals and clear priorities, and increasingly, this all begins with the web site. 

Linklaters, the UK-based, global law firm, is beefing up its New York office in hopes of capitalizing on its integrated global platform to win more private equity business. 

Kenneth Hersh’s NGP Energy Capital Managment is primed for growth thanks to demand for energy investment skills, as well as NGP’s carefully designed incentives structure. 

Few private equity firms translate their web sites and marketing collateral into languages other than English. As private equity firms canvas the globe for deals and find new constituencies, how relevant is presentation in other languages?

A new index shows private equity firms paying more for businesses than private and public company counterparts. 

Private equity buyers face the prospect of stumping up more cash for target company pension schemes. 

The US government and its legislative bodies are increasingly focusing on the private equity industry and related tax structures, with GPs’ taxation on carried interest at the heart of the growing controversy. 

The private equity market is entering a golden age of franchise monetizations.