Financing for “storied” credits

Financing for “storied” credits

At a recent event in Chicago organized by Ravinia Capital, my firm Virtas Partners presented on “How to Prepare for an Exit or Capital Transaction before Taking it to Market.” Here is one of the themes developed from that presentation: There are different...
Preparing for Exit Transactions

Preparing for Exit Transactions

We have seen activity pick up across all forms of “exits” — including carve-outs, private company sales and IPOs. We are also continuing to see a lack of preparation for the exit process—resulting in significant value leakage and, in some cases, it...
Creating value in PE exits

Creating value in PE exits

Financier Worldwide Magazine FW moderates a discussion on creating value in PE exits with Neal McNamara and Tim Czmiel of Virtas Partners, and C. Craig Lilly and Michael J. Fieweger of Baker McKenzie LLP. “Neither standard sell-side due diligence or a quality of...