07 · Transactions & finance · Mid-cap · cross-border
Private equity
What assistance changes in this practice, what it does not change, and the time reduction actually observed.
Where the gain is real
Portfolio company due diligence, shareholder agreement review, tracking of governance undertakings across a whole portfolio.
Where it is slight or nil
Price negotiation, trade-offs between sponsors, relationship with management.
Observed time
−57% at constant case scope, on cases closed over the last three financial years. This measure says nothing about the quality of the outcome.
What the practice covers
- Growth-equity transactions
- Strategic minority investments, including GP stakes
- Co-investments and consortium arrangements
- Portfolio company M&A
- Shareholder agreements, governance and management packages