Committed Capital
With private equity firms sitting on record levels of dry powder, opportunities for PE investment and dealmaking still abound. Yet complexities surrounding valuation, due diligence and financing are at an all-time high. Hosted by members of Dechert’s Private Equity practice, Committed Capital explores current issues and trends affecting PE globally, featuring conversations with leaders from across the industry.
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Episodes
41 episodes
2025 Global Private Equity Outlook: Key Legal Developments and Trends to Watch
Despite a year of geopolitical volatility and economic uncertainty, private equity demonstrated its resilience in 2024. With challenges still ahead, how are PE managers setting themselves up for success in the coming year? In this special episo...
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Episode 27
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Sidecar: A New Dawn for HSR – What the FTC’s New Premerger Notification Requirements Mean for Private Equity
The FTC’s recent overhaul of its premerger notification requirements has culminated in a completely new HSR form, which recently became effective and now obligates parties to reportable transactions to disclose substantially more information to...
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Episode 15
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Unlocking Value: GP-Stake Sales and Seeding Transactions
Private equity firms are increasingly looking at strategic options both for their business and fundraising, including GP-stake sales and seeding transactions. What factors do GPs consider when evaluating these options? In this episode, Dechert’...
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Taking Stock: Industry Leaders Discuss Private Equity’s Evolution and Future to Mark Dechert’s 40th Anniversary in PE
2024 marks the 40th anniversary of Dechert’s global private equity practice. In this special episode, Blackstone’s Christopher James, KKR’s John Park, and AB Private Credit Investors’ Jay Ramakrishnan join Ken Young, co-cha...
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Episode 25
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34:30
Sidecar: The New EU FSR’s Impact on Private Equity Transactions
The new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) aims to address potential market distortions caused by subsidies from outside the EU, introducing new European Commission reporting obligations for private equity firms. In this Sidecar, Dechert par...
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Episode 14
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9:58
Sidecar: CFIUS, Springing Rights and the Equity Stack
Despite evaluating fewer transactions for potential national security risks, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is taking longer than ever to complete its reviews, significantly impacting deal closing timelines for...
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Episode 13
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The Evolving Credit Secondaries Market
On the back of a record-setting 2023, the secondary market delivered estimated volumes surpassing US$110 billion. The momentum for credit secondaries shows no sign of slowing down in 2024, but what are the key drivers and trends fueling its gro...
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2024 Global Private Equity Outlook: Trends and Opportunities
A year of rising interest rates and slower growth has proved challenging for the global PE industry. Yet, notwithstanding a decline in fundraising and dealmaking over the past year, how are resilient managers overcoming today’s challenges and s...
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Private Equity Investments in Food and Agriculture
In recent years, the food and agricultural sector has seen growing interest from private equity investment. Driven by an increased demand for food, environmental, social and governance issues, as well as an awareness of climate change, investor...
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30:57
Sidecar: The Corporate Transparency Act - Implementation Update
The U.S. Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its new reporting regime take effect on January 1, 2024. In this episode of Committed Capital Sidecar, private equity partners Sarah Kupferman and Greg Schernecke provide an update on ...
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Sidecar: FTC Proposes Substantial Changes to HSR Filings – How Will It Affect Private Equity?
The FTC has proposed a complete overhaul of filings related to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. In this episode of Committed Capital Sidecar, Dechert's James Fishkin, Rani Habash and Beverly Ang discuss the key proposals li...
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Sidecar: The New U.S. Outbound Investment Regime and Considerations for Private Equity
President Biden signed a highly anticipated Executive Order on August 9 to establish the foundation for a U.S. outbound investment regime. In this podcast, Dechert national security partners Jeremy Zucker, Darshak Dholakia and Hrishikesh Hari e...
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15:50
Private Credit: State of the Market
Banks have reduced their lending activities to private companies of all sizes over the last 10 to 15 years and bank regulators have continued to pressure banks to remain on the sidelines in this lending market. Private credit providers have not...
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34:07
Private Equity Financings: Market Trends and Conditions
In recent months, debt financing for new acquisitions and recapitalizations has become more difficult to source. When available, it is also more expensive and subject to stringent conditions amid continued macroeconomic challenges and prolonged...
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29:54
The Current Environment for Workouts and Restructurings
Today’s distressed market faces headwinds as a result of macro uncertainty, rising inflation and increasing financing costs. What are the opportunities and challenges for private equity investors and their investment strategies in the current e...
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DOJ’s Stepped-Up Enforcement Against Interlocking Directorates
In this Sidecar episode, Philadelphia-based private equity partner Stephen Leitzell and Washington-based antitrust partner James Fishkin discuss the U.S. Department of Justice’s recent focus on enforcement of Section 8 of the Clayton Act, which...
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2023 Global Private Equity Outlook: Industry Resilience
Today's private equity landscape stands in contrast to the anomalous levels of activity in 2021. Rising interest rates, a looming economic downturn and geopolitical tensions have impacted deal activity, yet fundraising and buyouts remain above ...
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The Retailization of Private Equity in Europe: A Growing Phenomenon
Traditionally private market opportunities have only been available to accredited investors, but the industry is reshaping, driven by retail investors seeking alternative sources of returns and a greater emphasis on investment diversification. ...
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Healthcare M&A: State of the Market and Future Trends Explored
Following a record year in healthcare M&A, headwinds have begun to blow and conditions have changed. In a special episode of Committed Capital recorded live at Dechert's Healthcare & Life Sciences Deals Conference in London, Gregory Sch...
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European PE Funds Expanding into the U.S. – A New Trend in Globalization?
Today’s private equity market is considered to be a broad and highly globalized industry, historically driven by U.S. and U.K. firms expanding into Continental Europe and Asia. Of late, a number of European PE funds have expanded into the U.S. ...
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31:55
Sidecar: Delaware, Sandbagging and PE Transactions
Delaware recently reaffirmed its status as a sandbagging state, allowing buyers to bring claims against sellers for breaches of representations and warranties, despite buyers' awareness of these breaches before closing. In this Sidecar episode ...
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Sidecar: Hot Documents in Merger Review
The way in which senior executives and bankers communicate about deal synergies and themes can carry great weight in government merger investigations. In this Sidecar episode, Dechert's antitrust partners discuss the firm’s Boiling Point collec...
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Private Equity Investment in the Financial Services Sector
The financial services sector has long been seen as an attractive area for private equity investment, and the deal activity levels we are seeing in today’s market are especially robust. What are some of the key drivers behind this trend? Decher...
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Private Equity Secondary Transactions – Continuation Funds
A key feature of the surge in GP-led secondaries transactions – and in last year’s record breaking $130bn+ secondaries market activity as a whole – has been the rolling of portfolio company assets into continuation funds, which offer GPs more f...
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2022 Global Private Equity Outlook: Record Deal Volumes, Private Credit, Growth Equity, Secondaries, SPACs, ESG and Sector Highlights
The unprecedented deal activity within the private equity industry shows little signs of letting up. With record deal volumes, historically low interest rates and huge amounts of dry powder, will the scorching-hot market continue? In this speci...
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