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 Deals 1. The Fundamentals of Private Equity and Venture Capital 2. Theoretical Foundation of Private Equity and Venture Capital 3. Clusters of Investment Within Private Equity 4. Investing in the Early Stages of a Company: Venture Capital 5. Investments in Mature Companies: Expansion Financing 6. Investments in Mature Companies: Replacement Financing 7. Investing in Mature Companies: Vulture Financing

Part 2 Legal and Fiscal Framework in the Private Equity Business 8. Legal Framework in Europe for Equity Investors 9. Legal Framework in the United States and United Kingdom for Equity Investors 10. Taxation Framework for Private Equity and Fiscal Impact for Equity Investors

Part 3 Managing a Private Equity Investment 11. The Managerial Process 12. Fundraising 13. Investing 14. Managing and Monitoring 15. Exiting 16. Listing a Private Company

Part 4 Company Valuation, New Solutions, and Industry Trends 17. Company Valuation in Private and Venture Capital 18. Techniques of Equity Value Definition 19. New Trends and Solutions in the Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry 20. Strategies, Business Models, and Perspectives of Private Equity and Venture Capital