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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Agreed - private equity is of course a huge player in the cap markets space (whether private placement or PIPEs). I understood the initial question as PE being a capital markets product rather than a participant and wanted to clarify that PE wasn’t a cap markets product. Otherwise all agreed!- ebitda
- Post #285
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
I think some care needs to be taken when defining private equity. These days the phrase has been used so broadly that it can come to mean a lot of different things nowadays! At its core, private equity (if you're thinking of your classic LBO vehicles) belongs to the alternative investment...- ebitda
- Post #283
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Distressed M&A is basically a broad term describing any M&A involving a company in financial distress. Pre-pack sales would fall within distressed M&A. A pre-pack sale is a specific restructuring tool that involves the appointed (or soon to be appointed) administrator negotiating the asset sale...- ebitda
- Post #240
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In essence, both methods provide a mechanism for private companies to enter into public markets. The key difference is the WAY in which this is done. In a traditional process, the way a company goes public is as you mentioned, through the traditional process of an IPO. For ordinary investors...- ebitda
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I am an Associate at a Global Law Firm. Ask me Anything!
Hi @LM, am due to start my TC soon and was wondering what were some things you wish you knew going into your TC? Is there anything you wish you did slightly differently looking back at your TC? Also curious to know what seats you did and why you chose to qualify into Corporate in the end, thanks!- ebitda
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- Forum: Applications Discussion