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The Factor Establishing Hiring Trends? Debt Issuance No More…

H. Friedman Search

The question was, “Are there positions for lateral partner and counsel moves with and without books of clients today?” I shared that I have more clients than ever looking for that senior attorney (not necessarily partner with or without a book). They are seeing the value of interviewing experienced lawyers without a book.

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Book Review: ‘Plunder,’ by Brendan Ballou; ‘These Are the Plunderers,’ by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

Two new books offer harsh assessments of private equity firms that specializes in buying up companies only to saddle them with debt and squeeze them for profits.

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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Mergers and Inquisitions

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed debt investing offers advantages over other hedge fund strategies , but the marketing often oversells the benefits.

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M&A Blog #19 – valuation (Leveraged Buy Out - LBO)

Francine Way

Building a historical 3-statement model and a debt-interest schedule. Building the go-forward debt-interest schedule. Implied Equity Purchase Price = Transaction Value - Debt + Cash. For this table, recall that LBO transactions are heavily financed with debt (it can go up to 90% of the capital structure for some deals).

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M&A Blog #17 – valuation (Comparable Company)

Francine Way

Calculating cost of debt, cost of equity, and weighted average cost of capital (WACC). While different valuation professionals differ on which multiples to use based on the target’s industry, and so on; a few multiples have became analysts favorites: TEV/Revenue, TEV/EBITDA, and TEV/Tangible Book Value.

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M&A Blog #22 – valuation (less known valuation methods)

Francine Way

The 1st one for today is the Tangible Book Value (TBV) method. TBV is a method often used to establish a low-level valuation for an on-going entity as most companies typically trade for multiples of book value (4Xs TBV or more). The following are common rules of thumb for revaluing the assets: Receivables: at 80-90% of book value.

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M&A Blog #10 – equity (accretion / dilution)

Francine Way

The concept can be extended to corporation: equity owners (shareholders) own the company alongside debt holders (banks). As we mentioned in the past, equity is the most expensive form of capital (compared to debt with tax-deductible interest). The acquisition will be 100% cash, paid for with debt at 4% interest rate.

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