EP54 Catalyst: Exploring Opportunities: Private Capital

Note: This is an audio recording of a live webinar in our Catalyst series of webinars. As markets move from response to recovery, our focus is shifting too. We understand that navigating the pace of change, and defining your new normal can be overwhelming, so we are continuing to develop insights to help you recover, rebuild and reform. To watch the webinar on demand and access the resource materials, please visit our dedicated Catalyst // Webinar Series page. https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/latest-thinking/catalyst-webinar-seriesThis episode looks at how the private equity industry in Europe has dealt with the crisis in the first 100 days or so and the role it will have to play as economies throughout the region emerge from hibernation. We look back on the impact on live fundraising as well as liquidity pressures and responses before looking forward and discussing the role for private capital in the recovery. Areas of discussion include:- Fund raising, liquidity and secondaries;- A portfolio manager's perspective;- The role of private capital in the recovery.This episode is chaired by Jonathan Blake, who heads our international private funds strategy at Herbert Smith Freehills, who is joined by leading practitioners from across the firm's Corporate practice.