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Clear communication with management teams and a relationship built on trust are vital in these hands-on transactions, argue Helen Williams of Triton Partners and Trench Group’s Bahadir Basdere.

Exit scenarios are a core part of any due diligence, but in this podcast, we share ways to ensure the investment thesis is built on them. The best laid plans will shift over the years of ownership, but they still need to be tailored to exit routes.

In a more discriminating environment, pressure testing is becoming crucial to getting a sale over the line, says Frank Steinherr, global private equity co-head at McDermott Will & Schulte.

At the heart of every successful sale is a seller that truly understands the buyer. In this podcast, we discuss how to keep the buyer’s point of view front and centre from the initial due diligence during acquisition to final close of sale to a new owner.

While spin-out sourcing and diligence can be challenging, there is significant upside when you back the right managers early in their firm-building journey, says Taproot Capital’s co-founder and CEO, Eric Zoller.

The region’s private markets have entered an exciting new phase defined by regional differences and more sophisticated investors, writes Hemal Mirani, managing director and head of APAC at HarbourVest.

The technology can give lower mid-market companies the powers of their much larger competitors, says MiddleGround Capital’s founding and managing partner John Stewart.

A hands-on approach to AI implementation is the best way for GPs to unlock value from the technology, say KPMG’s James Gardner, Paul Pan and Andrew Vogel.

Deal-level benchmarks are transforming private market analysis, unlocking significant benefits for LPs, GPs and service providers, says StepStone Group partner and chief technology officer Tyler Johnson.

The rapid growth of structured solutions is evidence of a secondaries industry that continues to evolve and innovate, say John Kelley and Rob Emerson, co-heads of the secondaries group at Latham & Watkins.