Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Historically, the focus was on leveraged buyouts and cost-cutting to boost profitability, but this approach is no longer sufficient. Treasury’s role in M&A integration Treasury integration is often the linchpin of a successful merger or acquisition.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Dee Kuchukulla (New York) guides leading private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on an array of complex transactions, from leveraged buyouts and sales to carve-outs, cross-border deals, joint ventures, and take-privates across industries. He has a versatile skillset and deep experience with platform acquisitions and sales.

Mergers and Acquisitions 75

Mergers and Acquisitions Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms 75

Axial

MARCH 1, 2025

Barnes Group buyout and Vista Outdoors $1.96B sale, with investor interest in niche manufacturing, automation, and infrastructure. SDR Ventures is a Denver-based investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions advisory and private capital formation.

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JMI Equity

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Prior to joining JMI, Larry was an analyst in the multi-industries group in the investment banking division at Merrill Lynch & Co. Suken is responsible for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities as well as providing strategic and operational support to portfolio companies. Suken Vakil , Partner, joined JMI in 2012.

Leveraged Buyouts 40

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

And that was very important because when this was the dawning of what is now a big analyst program across the country in all banks and investment banks. And the entire merger department of Goldman Sachs in 1983 was 32 people. There was no m and a departments in any investment bank really until the very late seventies.

Private Equity Firms 69

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Mergers and Acquisitions Debt 69

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

We’re going to look at a buyout and look at the pricing, look at the structure. In fact, that was pre -merger with Manny Hanny and Chemical, and JP Morgan, and et cetera. Unfortunately, you know, they went through a series of about a dozen mergers — RITHOLTZ: Right. It was a bit of a tar baby back then. KENCEL: Sure.

Private Equity Firms 59

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Financing Finance 59

The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. We had sold the family business, maybe buy another family business one day through a leveraged buyout. RITHOLTZ: Oh, really? KLINSKY: Yeah.

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Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt 105

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances. You know, GE Capital, you have to understand, like, investment banking was so hot then.

Banks 103

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