Unlocking value through carve-out transactions: Deal considerations for private equity sponsors
Private equity funds (“PE funds“) have increasingly embraced carve-out transactions as a strategic maneuver to unleash untapped value within their portfolio companies and generate returns for shareholders. These transactions involve divesting non-core business units from larger enterprises, allowing PE funds...
Navigating successful exits in private equity to maximize returns
Over the past year, rising interest rates and stifling market conditions have contributed to a slowdown of leveraged transactions and overall deal-making in private equity. We’ve seen a historically deep decline in exits that poses a potential long-lasting drag on...
Myron Mallia-Dare and Christopher Fallis publish article on Private Equity
Myron Mallia-Dare and Christopher Fallis’ article on “Structuring Co-Investments in Private Equity: Collaborating for Success” is featured in the American Bar Association’s Business Law: Co-investments in private equity are joint investments made by two or more investors, typically including a...
Structuring co-investments in private equity: Collaborating for success
We continue to see an upward trend in private equity funds (“PE Funds”) utilizing co-investments. When properly structured, co-investment transactions can yield a number of benefits for both co-investors and PE Fund sponsors alike. Co-investments in private equity are joint...
Straight Talk: Recent Trends in Canadian M&A (Issue 2, 2022)
In this issue, Toronto and London-based Partners, Michael Caruso and Aaron Atcheson discuss their outlook for 2022, particularly as it relates to the automotive industry, drawing on their extensive domestic and cross-border deal experience, and sharing insights on deal structure,...
Stocked up: How startups and emerging companies can effectively utilize options to attract and retain talent
One of the most valuable assets for any company is its employees, key service providers and advisors. This is particularly true for startups and emerging companies. A talented and dedicated team is essential to a company’s growth and scaling its...
Straight Talk: Recent Trends in Canadian M&A (Issue 3, 2020)
Issue 3 2020 of this quarterly publication is now available, with commentary from Miller Thomson Partners across Canada, a summary review of Q2 2020 market insights and highlights of our recent work.
Straight Talk: Recent Trends in Canadian M&A (Issue 2, 2020)
Issue 2 2020 of this quarterly publication is now available, offering an interview with an M&A expert, a summary review of Q1 2020 Canadian M&A activity and highlights of our recent work.
How Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds can Weather the COVID-19 Crisis
CVCA Central, the official publication of the Canadian Venture Capital Association
COVID-19 has caught the world off guard and the effect of the pandemic on businesses cannot be overemphasized. Private equity funds (“PEs”) and venture capital funds (“VCs”), like other organizations, will need to adapt to the ever-changing landscape by taking...
