Capital raising and placement advisory help fund managers, companies and other issuers identify suitable investors, prepare an institutional proposition and execute a compliant fundraising process. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Private Capital and FundraisingLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Portfolio company value creation is the active ownership agenda through which private-capital investors and management teams seek to improve growth, operations, capabilities and exit value. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Private Equity and Management ConsultingLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Private equity secondaries provide liquidity through the transfer of existing fund interests or portfolios and through manager-led transactions involving assets held by established funds. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Private Capital SecondariesLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Private equity is an ownership model in which investment funds acquire interests in companies and seek to create value through governance, strategic change, operational improvement and eventual exit. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Private CapitalLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Private credit supplies privately originated or negotiated debt capital to companies and assets through funds and specialist lenders outside conventional public bond markets. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Private Capital and FinancingLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

A continuation fund transfers one or more assets from an existing private-capital fund into a new vehicle, offering current investors liquidity or continued exposure while extending the manager’s ownership period. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Private Capital SecondariesLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Debtor and creditor advisory describes distinct restructuring mandates undertaken for companies that owe obligations and stakeholders that hold financial claims against them. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Restructuring and Special SituationsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Turnaround management is the intensive stabilization and operational renewal of an underperforming or distressed organization under conditions of limited time, liquidity or stakeholder confidence. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Restructuring and OperationsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Distressed M&A transfers a financially pressured business or asset under conditions in which liquidity, creditor rights, insolvency risk and compressed timing reshape the ordinary transaction process. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Restructuring and Corporate TransactionsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

A liability management exercise modifies or repurchases existing debt to improve liquidity, extend maturities, reduce leverage or change contractual restrictions without necessarily commencing a formal restructuring. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Restructuring and Capital MarketsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Corporate restructuring reorganizes a company’s finances, operations or ownership when its existing configuration no longer supports viability, performance or stakeholder objectives. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Restructuring and Special SituationsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Transaction advisory services form the multidisciplinary ecosystem that helps buyers, sellers, investors and lenders evaluate, execute and implement corporate transactions. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Corporate TransactionsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Post-merger integration converts a completed acquisition or merger into a functioning organization capable of delivering the strategic and financial objectives used to justify the transaction. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Transactions and TransformationLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Corporate valuation estimates the economic value of a business, equity interest or asset for transactions, financing, reporting, disputes and strategic decisions. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Financial AdvisoryLast reviewed: 24 August 2026 Definition

A fairness opinion is a financial adviser’s stated conclusion on whether the financial consideration in a transaction is fair, from a financial point of view, to a specified constituency. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Valuation and M&A AdvisoryLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

M&A due diligence tests the facts and assumptions underlying a proposed transaction so that value, risk, structure and integration decisions can be made on an informed basis. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Corporate TransactionsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Mergers and acquisitions change the ownership or control of businesses and assets through a coordinated process of strategy, valuation, diligence, financing, negotiation and execution. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Corporate TransactionsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Crisis management coordinates urgent operational, legal, governance and communications decisions when an event threatens people, continuity, assets, legitimacy or organizational control. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Risk and Corporate SituationsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Corporate governance is the system through which companies are directed, supervised and held accountable by boards, management, shareholders and other institutional stakeholders. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Risk, Compliance and GovernanceLast reviewed: 24 August 2026

Shareholder activism is the organized use of ownership rights, public pressure and strategic engagement to influence a company’s governance, capital allocation, portfolio or operating direction. Entry type: Knowledge articleField: Governance and Corporate SituationsLast reviewed: 24 August 2026