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Private Equity Digest: Sponsor Exits Part III – Public Company Transactions
November 20, 2013 download PDF
Attached is the latest Paul, Weiss "Private Equity Digest." In this issue, the third of our sponsor exit series, we examine considerations of interest to sponsors engaging in M&A transactions involving publicly traded Delaware companies.
In fundraising and M&A market news, October saw a decline in US fundraising as compared to September, but a significant increase in US sponsor-backed exits. Sponsor-related M&A activity continues to be down generally in the US and globally, except for a small increase in US sponsor-related deals by number.