Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Discover how equity compensation works, its types like stock options, and how it benefits employees in public and startup companies.

When negotiating the remedy for a buyer’s failure to close an acquisition, the parties typically agree to a specific performance remedy and sometimes also agree to a reverse break-up fee. In drafting ...

In my last column, I discussed how a combination of events has created opportunities in the private equity space. In this article, I’ll turn to an important consideration: the persistence of ...

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The undisputed facts in Oliver appear straightforward enough for a case that sparked a somewhat extended discussion. The sellers breached a residential sales contract, for two tracts of land, ...

A large body of academic research (for example, here, here, here, here, here and here) demonstrates that, in general, private equity—which invests in leveraged buyouts and venture capital—has ...

The private equity industry has grown tremendously over the past decade. While less than $10 billion was committed to private equity partnerships in 1991, more than $150 billion was committed in 2000.