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Oct. 22, 2014

Legal issues play small role in tamping down on private equity buyouts

A discernible undercurrent of circumspection among fund managers and company executives over the enhanced legal scrutiny facing take-private deals has contributed to the ongoing drought of such transactions in recent years.


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Potent economic forces have all but snuffed out private equity buyouts of public companies in recent years. And beneath them, attorneys say, lies an undercurrent of circumspection among fund managers and company executives over enhanced legal scrutiny of the deals.


Private equity attorneys and corporate finance experts remain adamant that market-based considerations are chiefly responsible for the...

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