Jan
04
A Growing Conflict in Wall St. Buyouts
ByIt goes by a rather innocuous-sounding name, the sort of phrase you might breeze past in a loan document: “designated lender counsel.”
But pay attention, because it’s the latest conflict-ridden practice on Wall Street.
Over the last several years, a new, insidious relationship has quietly developed between the nation’s largest private equity firms, the banks that lend them billions to fund their buyouts and the law firms that advise on these deals.
Historically, when a bank, like JPMorgan Chase, made a loan to a private equity firm planning a big acquisition, like the Blackstone Group, the bank would hire an outside law firm to scrutinize the loan and the transaction…
A Growing Conflict in Wall St. Buyouts
