Townsend Managing Director Bo Pennell shared key insights on the continued demand for specialized roles at middle-market private equity firms in the Middle Market Growth Fall 2023 issue. “It’s more competitive and harder to find the true impact-makers and game-changers— they’re in more demand than ever, and their compensation is …
When clients within private equity come to us, they are typically anxious to get a leader in place to start driving change. But more often than not, finding the right person can take time — and in these cases, it is more important than ever to follow the correct process. As a search firm, our role is to balance the desire to fill a vacancy quickly with the need to go through the proper procedures for executive selection.
On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking representing the most substantial alterations to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) since it was enacted by Congress in 1976. In amending the premerger notification process, the FTC cites …
A New Landscape for Private Equity Proposed Under Hart-Scott-RodinoRead More »
While Aristotle famously considered the whole to be greater than the sum of its parts, the private equity model of the 1980s may have disagreed. At the time, the space was heavily focused on leveraged buyouts and distressed investments. Firms purchased companies to break them up and sell them off …
Misperceptions of Private Equity: What Candidates Should KnowRead More »
The pandemic has drastically altered how employees engage with the workplace. Proponents of remote work cite increased productivity, flexibility and the promise of a better work-life balance. Others counter that working from home has eroded culture, making it harder for employees to collaborate and for younger leaders to grow. Whether or not the trend continues, three years of virtual operations have left their mark on the workforce. What does this mean for tomorrow’s leaders?
