Secondaries transactions in the asset class often bring more direct and indirect tax issues than those in private equity, write Macfarlanes' James McCredie and Sarah Shucksmith.
Sponsors or GP-led secondaries processes should take care in the language they use to explain why they want to hold an asset for longer, writes Thiha Tun, a partner at Dechert.
The process on a software company owned by Banneker Partners, led by a Vista co-founder, was to be priced off a Q4 stake sale until market sentiment turned.
With a rapidly growing market in an increasingly volatile environment, secondaries investors need to creatively focus on the basics, says chief executive Michael Granoff in this sponsored Q&A.
As the economy turns downward and the rationale behind GP-led deals changes, the SEC’s fairness opinion mandate could be a good thing for the secondaries market.
Leveraging global M&A execution capabilities and cross-functional knowledge is key to driving optimal pricing for GP-led deals, say PJT Partners managing directors Christopher Areson, Jolie Chow and Johanna Lottmann.
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