Compliance & Regulation

Permira has bought a 29.6 percent stake in Valentino Fashion Group, stealing in ahead of Carlyle for a stake in the Italian fashion company, which also controls German-listed Hugo Boss.

In the October 2006 issue of Private Equity International, we produced a selection of the 30 most influential lawyers in global private equity. Here, we remind our readers of some of the legal world's most valued practitioners.

Hela Fourati joined the Tunis, Tunisia office of corporate advisory and private equity firm Swicorp in July 2004 as group finance manager. Prior to joining Swicorp, she spent several years as a senior manager in the audit, consultancy and organisation practice of KPMG Tunis. Fourati, who speaks English, French and Arabic, is part of a five-strong senior administrative team at Swicorp. Swicorp provides intellectual and financial capital to businesses in the Middle East and North Africa out of its offices in Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Iran. The firm's private equity division focuses on a range of investments including start-ups, development capital and buyouts.

Criticisms are increasingly being flung at the private equity industry. Firms have two options to manage their reputation: they can litigate, or engage the media.

The increase in high profile public-to-private bids in the UK has brought into sharper focus the powers of the Takeover Panel.

What is the right background for a private equity marketing and communications professional? Meet private equity's professional communicators, who say their jobs require a broad mix of skills.

Marketing and communications pros in private equity can employ a variety of tools these days to hone the image of their firms. The best efforts set real goals and clear priorities, and increasingly, this all begins with the web site.

Matthew Baker 2007-06-01 Staff Writer <bold>CAREER PATH:</bold> Baker started at ATP-PEP in 2004 after specializing in finance at law firm Slaughter and May in London. He spent one year on secondment at Danish law firm Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard, and has been living in Copenhagen ever since

Linklaters, the UK-based, global law firm, is beefing up its New York office in hopes of capitalizing on its integrated global platform to win more private equity business.

FRONTLINE 2007-06-01 Staff Writer JPMorgan launches fund services in the UKJPMorgan Worldwide Security Services has launched JPMorgan Private Equity Fund Services in the UK to expand the business in Europe and the Middle East, offering fund administration and portfolio administ