There’s a whole lot of private equity money out there. At the end of June, according to data from Preqin, alternative investment firms worldwide had $1.8 trillion in “dry powder.” All that available cash has slowed down capital raisings in the first half of this year. But investment activity continues, a chunk of it creating work for transactional lawyers in
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