People Moves

McCown De Leeuw faces allegations of a breach in fiduciary duties to unsecured creditors during the wind down of a portfolio company four years ago.

The private equity firm nabs a COO form Merril Lynch for the post.

Are GPs overstepping their mandates by buying up cheap debt?

The global buyout firm is expanding its footprint to mainland China as talks with sovereign wealth funds progress in the background, according to chief executive Martin Halusa.

Electra Partners has raised £100m to deploy alongside the capital of its main client, Electra Private Equity plc, as the latter returns to fully-blown private equity investment.

US investment bank Greenhill & Co. has hired Christopher Kirsten and six other Lehman agents to launch a fund placement division.

As a senior managing director of the global fund of funds group HarbourVest Partners, Kevin Delbridge frequently plays both GP and LP. And now that HarbourVest has a listed vehicle, its IR function has taken on yet another dimension. Rob Kotecki recently spoke with Kevin on the topic of investor relations given his experience on both sides of the aisle.

TERMS & CONDITIIONS 2008-05-01 Staff Writer <b>Buying time</b><br />In lieu of seeking a reduction in deal price?directly from the target or via enhanced financing terms?two transactions reflect another strategy: buying time.<br /><br />The first of these two is Goldman Sach

Some recently renegotiated private equity deals reveal the complexity of changing terms after the ink's dry.

Private equity investors looking to Russia need to consider the tax structuring of their targets.