Regulation & Legal

The Los Angeles-based firm will acquire a 65 percent stake in the company, which owns and operates more than 3,000 service stations across Europe.

European LPs are now behaving and demanding more like their US counterparts, right down to investing in their own backyard. By Robin Marriott

In recent years, the story of the fundraising market has been more capital, more funds and a lot more activity. But beneath the frenzied surface, a number of other trends are quietly taking shape. By Paul Fruchbom

With competition for European property assets heating up, environmental due diligence is no longer just a tick-the-box exercise. By David George, Keith McClurey, Tim Bescoby and Laura Dougal

Despite the huge potential in the Indian property market, serious concerns about pricing, supply-and-demand fundamentals and infrastructure remain. Has the hype outpaced the reality on the ground? By Aaron Lovell

In 1999, Ric Lewis established Curzon Global Partners as a boutique European fund for AEW. Now, eight years and €15 billion later, he talks here about the firm's rapid ascension, why he set out to “wreck” European investors, and how a hole-in-one nearly cost him a car. By Robin Marriott

Oaktree Capital has hired Colony Capital veteran John Brady to lead the firm's real estate group, expand its global presence and leverage its alternative asset platform.

At a recent private equity conference on emerging markets, both the perils and potential of investing in the developed world were brought into clear focus. By Paul Fruchbom

When a town loves a woman 2007-06-01 Staff Writer Some might argue it's an idea long overdue. A town in China— a country where, at this point, no idea is too out there— has plans to become the world's first “women's town,” according to a recent dispatch from Reuters.<br /> <br /> According to t

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.