European PE Funds Expanding into the U.S. – A New Trend in Globalization?

07/07/22 • 31 min

Today’s private equity market is considered to be a broad and highly globalized industry, historically driven by U.S. and U.K. firms expanding into Continental Europe and Asia. Of late, a number of European PE funds have expanded into the U.S. What are some of the key drivers behind this trend?
Dechert’s Dominik Stühler leads a discussion with EQT Partners’ Eric Liu and Hg Capital’s Steve Burn-Murdoch on the primary aspects making the U.S. market an attractive space for European funds, as well as some of the associated challenges and risks.

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