Private Equity and Venture Capital in Europe

Stefano Caselli is Vice-Rector for International Affairs at Bocconi University where he is a Full Professor of Banking and Finance and Chair in Long-Term Investment and Absolute Return. He is the Chair for the EMEA Region of Partnership in International Management, Executive Secretary of the External Advisory Board of the School of Transnational Governance at EUI and conducts numerous research and consulting projects with the most important financial institutions at European level and corporations for valuation and corporate governance issues. Giulia Negri is Fellow of Corporate Finance at Bocconi School of Management. She teaches Executive level and Executive MBA-level courses and served as a financial consultant for small and medium-sized enterprise companies. She is Associate Professor of Finance at Luxembourg School of Business.

• Part 1 General Framework and Private Equity Deals1. The Fundamentals of Private Equity and Venture Capital2. Theoretical Foundation of Private Equity and Venture Capital3. Clusters of Investment Within Private Equity4. Investing in the Early Stages of a Company: Venture Capital5. Investments in Mature Companies: Expansion Financing6. Investments in Mature Companies: Replacement Financing7. Investing in Mature Companies: Vulture FinancingPart 2 Legal and Fiscal Framework in the Private Equity Business8. Legal Framework in Europe for Equity Investors9. Legal Framework in the United States and United Kingdom for Equity Investors10. Taxation Framework for Private Equity and Fiscal Impact for Equity InvestorsPart 3 Managing a Private Equity Investment11. The Managerial Process12. Fundraising13. Investing14. Managing and Monitoring15. Exiting16. Listing a Private CompanyPart 4 Company Valuation, New Solutions, and Industry Trends17. Company Valuation in Private and Venture Capital18. Techniques of Equity Value Definition19. New Trends and Solutions in the Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry20. Strategies, Business Models, and Perspectives of Private Equity and Venture Capital