During initial conversations with
the director of alternative asset investments, it became clear that the family office was burdened with tax needs that created a unique value proposition for selling a number if its limited partnership interests in venture capital funds.
Not exact matches
REWARDING RISK By Udayan Gupta Edward Mathias is a member
of the board
of directors and a managing
director and partner
of the Carlyle Group, the global
alternative asset management firm.
Walid Cherif, Senior Managing
Director and head
of the private debt business at Gulf Capital, one
of the largest and most active
alternative asset managers in the Middle East, added: «This investment highlights the robust market conditions for flexible capital in the MENA region.
The tender offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the BVF Nominees being elected to Avigen's board
of directors at a special meeting
of stockholders called for that purpose, or otherwise appointed, and constituting a majority
of directors on Avigen's board, (ii) the Avigen board redeeming the poison pill rights issued and outstanding under Avigen's Poison Pill Rights Plan, or the Purchaser being satisfied in its reasonable discretion that the Poison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate
of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition
of assets, disposition
of assets,
alternative strategy or relinquishment
of any material contract or other right
of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course
of business.
R.V. Bailey, CEO
of Aspen, said, «Our board
of directors has been actively reviewing a range
of business
alternatives since the divestiture
of our California natural gas
assets in June
of last year.
Alternative Asset Opportunities (TLI: LN)-- happy accidents deaths are now accelerating, it trades on a nice NAV discount, net cash is now over 10 %
of its market cap, the
directors have proposed a (first) return
of capital, and it's still a marvelous non-correlated investment.
Northstar Neuroscience, Inc., (NASDAQ: NSTR), a medical device company developing therapies for the treatment
of major depressive disorder, today announced that its Board
of Directors has determined, in its best business judgment after consideration
of potential strategic
alternatives, that it is in the best interests
of the Company and its shareholders to liquidate the Company's
assets and to dissolve the Company.
Hannes Valtonen is Compliance
Director at Baring Private Equity Asia, one
of the largest independent
alternative asset management firms in Asia, with a total committed capital
of over USD10 billion.
Alex's practice focuses on disputes involving mergers and acquisitions, proxy contests,
directors and officers liability, indemnification and advancement, and stockholder access to books and records; counseling
directors, officers, special committees and stockholders on issues
of corporation and
alternative entity law; and disputes involving complex agreements such as merger agreements,
asset purchase agreements, limited liability company and partnership agreements.
Standard & Poor's, New York • NY 1998 — 2004
Director of Business Development Performed dual roles
of business development and product management oversight in a developing investment advisory business focused on expanding global sales pipeline for
alternative investment products, quantitative analytics,
asset allocation and intellectual property licensing for structured derivative products.
On CPPIB's part, the venture represents the ability to invest a large sum
of capital at once in stabilized U.S. commercial
assets — one
of the best investment
alternatives for institutional players in today's market, according to Bill Rose, national
director of the retail group with Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, an Encino, Calif. - based brokerage firm.