In an earlier PE Hub Canada feature article, Larry Kaumeyer, a CEO who grows and oversees businesses for a private equity firm, discussed the interaction between a general partner and the senior leadership of a company in the pre-acquisition period. In a second article, Kaumeyer focuses on what typically happens after a PE firm has made an investment and what he has learned as a chief executive in navigating change from a day-to-day perspective. He discusses issues in three post-acquisition areas that the CEO and senior leadership team must immediately address.
Many independent sponsors boast of having proprietary deal flow but lack capital to close deals. Buyout firms with committed funds, by contrast, have the capital. What they need is more deal flow, and many are open to teaming with independent sponsors under the right conditions. Conditions of late have been right for at least two […]
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Recruiting for 2020 class started this fall Hypercompetitive process a function of late cycle Process is broken, sources said I’ve been getting a big response to a column I wrote about the hyperaggressive recruiting process private equity firms are using this year to find their future superstars. TWSJ reported earlier this month that Thoma Bravo […]
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