North American Private Equity in Review - HY 200729 August 2007

This six monthly report provides an analysis of private equity activity and trends in North America in the year to date. The market is analysed as whole, in terms of buyouts, exits and secondary buyouts, as well as by sector. It also features league tables of private equity firm, investment bank and law firm activity.

As well as drawing on data and analysis from mergermarket's world class editorial and research teams, the report incorporates insight from Bowne.

Private Equity in Review provides a valuable and clear picture of North American activity in the asset class in the year to date, as well as expectations for the market in the future.

Table of Contents

1. Bowne Foreword

2. Hogan & Hartson Foreword

3. Continued buyouts: private equity IPOs lead to increasing regulatory pressure

4. Buyout deal size trends

5. Exit deal size trends

6. Industry trends

7. Hot sectors: Telecommunications, Media & Technology

8. Hot sector: Consumer

9. Hot sector: Financial Services

10. Tracking exits

11. Notes

12. Contacts

In the first half of 2007, private equity transactions and new fundraisings continued at the torrid pace of 2006, with Hogan & Hartson LLP involved in all segments of market activity, from the $20bn Archstone-Smith buyout to sub-$1m venture financings. Drivers for this pace continue to include investors’ pursuit of superior returns generated by alternative asset classes, relatively inexpensive acquisition financing and, in the United States, avoidance of prospective Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs through going private transactions or M&A exits, as opposed to public offerings...

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