Global Private Equity Watch - Feed https://privateequity.weil.com/contributor/barbra-broudy/ Fri, 22 May 2026 16:31:29 +0000 hourly 1 Keeping the IPO Door Open – What Every PE Portfolio Company Should be Doing Now to Maintain Optionality for an IPO in the Future https://privateequity.weil.com/features/keeping-the-ipo-door-open-what-every-pe-portfolio-company-should-be-doing-now-to-maintain-optionality-for-an-ipo-in-the-future-2/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:13:40 +0000 Alexander D. Lynch Lyuba Goltser Barbra J. Broudy Ashley Butler Kaitlin Descovich Michael Hickey https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=9226 In 2022, many portfolio companies delayed their IPOs and will look to either go public or be acquired in 2023 or 2024 as markets improve. While many sponsors will exit their investment through a sale to a strategic buyer or another PE firm, there may be periods in the next year or two in which […]

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]]> In 2022, many portfolio companies delayed their IPOs and will look to either go public or be acquired in 2023 or 2024 as markets improve. While many sponsors will exit their investment through a sale to a strategic buyer or another PE firm, there may be periods in the next year or two in which […]

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]]> A Look at Governance and Liquidity Arrangements in 2021 Sponsor-Backed Initial Public Offerings https://privateequity.weil.com/surveys/a-look-at-governance-and-liquidity-arrangements-in-2021-sponsor-backed-initial-public-offerings/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 18:05:07 +0000 Douglas P. Warner Alexander D. Lynch Lyuba Goltser Barbra J. Broudy Ashley Butler Ryan Taylor Brittany Butwin Nicolas Lee Ali Habhab https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=8882 Below is a link to our annual IPO Survey, which looks at the governance and liquidity arrangements in various IPOs consummated in the U.S. in 2021 by companies that had one or more private equity sponsor owners. View Weil’s 2021 Sponsor-Backed IPO Survey.

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]]> Weil’s Q2 2019 Quarterly Private Equity Update: U.S. and U.K. SPACs https://privateequity.weil.com/spac/q2-2019-global-private-equity-update/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:27:44 +0000 Douglas P. Warner Ian Hamilton Barbra J. Broudy https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=6240 In this issue, we compare the key similarities and differences between U.S. and U.K. SPACs. SPACs are increasingly being viewed as an additional platform for private equity sponsors to complement their existing platforms. They provide sponsors with favorable economics and the opportunity to target companies that may want to go public rather than remain private […]

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]]> Exit Strategies: IPOs versus SPACs https://privateequity.weil.com/features/exit-strategies-ipos-versus-spacs/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:39:32 +0000 Douglas P. Warner Alexander D. Lynch Barbra J. Broudy https://privateequity.weil.com/?p=2428 During the last several years SPACs have gone mainstream with brand name private equity sponsors raising SPACs and brand name private equity sponsors selling portfolio companies to SPACs. Private equity sponsors who are considering a public markets exit for their portfolio companies may want to consider the pros and cons of taking their portfolio company […]

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]]> During the last several years SPACs have gone mainstream with brand name private equity sponsors raising SPACs and brand name private equity sponsors selling portfolio companies to SPACs. Private equity sponsors who are considering a public markets exit for their portfolio companies may want to consider the pros and cons of taking their portfolio company […]

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