Q&A

The Whitehorse Liquidity Partners founder details how the firm structures its deals, how its strategy has evolved and what’s in store for secondaries over the next five years.

The Carlyle Group subsidiary's Sarah Schwarzschild and David Lei discuss drivers of RE secondaries deals, GP-led transactions in the asset class and their approach to Brexit.

Northleaf Capital Partners ranked 21st in the latest SI 30, having raised $2.38bn between January 2014 and June 2019. We caught up with managing director Michael Flood to discuss the firm’s recent $1bn raise and competition in the mid-market.

Four lawyers from Paul Hastings describe the implications of IRS regulations that affect secondaries market participants.

Ed Ford and Sacha Gofton-Salmond of law firm Travers Smith outline the pros and cons of preferred equity transactions.

The CEO of North Sky Capital discusses fundraising, discounts and the $100bn-plus potential of the impact secondaries market.

AlpInvest Partners’ Wouter Moerel and Chris Perriello, managing directors and co-heads of the firm’s secondaries investment team, discuss growth in the secondaries market, why they don’t use leverage and what a worst-case scenario could look like.

As GP-led restructurings continue to increase momentum, lawyers at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld consider how market practice is developing in a fast-moving sector.

Eric Deram of Natixis subsidiary Flexstone Partners discuss its latest fundraise, fees and its approach to investing in a downturn.

Houlihan Lokey’s Jeff Hammer and Paul Sanabria discuss the benefits of undertaking GP-led secondaries in private debt.