Thomas Duffell is the Asia Editor for PEI Media. Based in PEI’s Hong Kong office, he is responsible for the cohort of Hong Kong-based reporters and Research & Analytics personnel as the company’s senior editorial representative in the region. He was previously Features Editor for PEI’s private equity real estate title PERE, where he was responsible for the publication's long-form journalism and analysis.
The German listed private equity firm will register its shares to know for the first time who its stakeholders are, a transparency effort expected to result in cost savings.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Frankfurt partner Oliver Felsenstein will lead Clifford Chance's private equity team in the wake of David Walker's move to Latham & Watkins.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
The state-backed Russian Direct Investment Fund fund has teamed with Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund to invest in Russia.
1 min read · 20 September 2013
Guy Hands' firm Terra Firma Capital Partners may have a simpler argument to make that Citi tricked it into paying too much for music publisher EMI.
3 min read · 20 September 2013
The law firm consistently voted the leader in European fund formation by PEI readers is combining forces with Asian law firm King & Wood Mallesons.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
A US appeals court decision related to Sun Capital has raised questions over when a GP is liable for a bankrupt portfolio company's pension plan.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Altamont Capital’s proposed A$65m break-up fee arrangement for the refinancing of troubled Australian surfwear retailer Billabong is under fire from shareholders.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
GPs are bolstering their back office staff in order to meet the requirements of the AIFMD and avoid reputational risk for non-compliance.
2 min read · 19 September 2013
Pay rules are among GPs and other industry professionals three biggest compliance worries now that the AIFM directive has taken effect.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
A new legal twist has given Terra Firma fresh hope that it can salvage something more from its long-running quarrel with Citi over EMI. Thomas Duffell reports
3 min read · 19 September 2013
