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Zusatztext 'This book's comprehensive and authoritative analysis of private equity governance - which is at the heart of the private equity model - makes a very important contribution to our understanding of the asset class.' Jonathan Blake, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and leading private equity lawyer Informationen zum Autor Simon Witney, Visiting Professor in Practice at London School of Economics, has worked as a private equity lawyer for over 20 years. Simon completed his PhD in 2017, teaches private equity law at LSE and sits on the Council of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. Simon's practice now focuses on regulation, company law and responsible investment in the private equity sector. Klappentext Private equity-backed businesses are increasingly prevalent, and their governance practices are a black box. This book lifts the lid. Zusammenfassung This examination of the private equity model is for academics, practitioners, and policymakers. Witney analyses the incentives and corporate governance practices of private equity-backed companies, which are increasingly important players in the global economy. Good governance, he argues, is a key success factor for the private equity industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. How Should Private Equity Governance Systems Look?: 1. Mapping an analytical framework; 2. Private ordering in private equity and its implications; Part II. What Actually Happens?: 3. Agency cost mitigation; 4. Improving decision-making and protecting wider interests; Part III. Corporate Governance Regulation in the UK and Private Equity's Response: 5. The relevance of business judgement regulation; 6. Dealing with the duties to avoid and disclose conflicts of interest; 7. Rules affecting the exercise of power by shareholders and their nominated directors; 8. Recent corporate governance reforms, best practice codes and their impact; Part IV. How Governance Can Affect Corporate Performance: 9. How do academics explain private equity outperformance? 10. Improving governance to improve performance; Conclusion. Corporate governance and responsible investment; Bibliography; Index....
