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Buyouts, a bi-weekly newsletter, is the premier source of news, data analysis, and interpretation of trends in the buyout industry. Every issue has reports on new funds and fund closes, live and done deals, exits, general partners, limited partners, deal makers, intermediaries and more. The website includes daily news, a searchable archive and posting of the latest issue the Friday before publication. Buyouts delivers coverage of trends in the industry as quickly as they emerge.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, established in 1792, is one of the world's leading international law firms, with offices in New York, London, Charlotte, Washington and Beijing.  Cadwalader serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's top financial institutions, undertaking business in more than 50 countries in six continents. The Private Equity group stands out as a leader in advising on legal issues affecting financial sponsors, providing market intelligence and insight that
focuses on domestic and international leveraged buyouts, structured equity investments,  mezzanine investments, real estate investments, venture capital and growth capital investments, and investments in other private equity funds.  To learn more about Cadwalader, our people and practices, please visit www.cadwalader.com

The leading magazine for all dealmakers covering M&A, bankruptcy, private equity, venture capital, law & tax and corporate restructuring. Each issue of The Deal quickly brings you up to speed on current deals in every sector from all around the world. We cover the players – the people behind the deals – plus we bring you comprehensive perspectives and timely commentary and analysis with pages of charts and stats, as well as in-depth features throughout the magazine.
 

Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served middle-market and growth companies and their investors for over 40 years. Headquartered in New York with more than 20 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, research and asset management. The firm is a leading provider of trade execution in equity, high yield, convertible and international securities for institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Jefferies & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc., a publicly traded holding company (NYSE: JEF)

Korn/Ferry is the world's premier provider of executive human capital solutions, with services ranging from corporate governance and CEO recruitment to executive search, middle-management recruitment, strategic management assessment and executive coaching and development.

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Transaction Services group helps clients objectively assess the pros and cons of acquisitions, alliances, divestitures and joint ventures before they begin screening candidates. We help companies evaluate every M&A decision, thereby helping them to deliver value.  Our financial and tax due diligence enhances the buyer’s understanding of the target business, increasing the likelihood the deal will achieve its objectives. Recognizing that deal issues vary from industry to industry, we have industry specialists who can provide clients with sector-specific solutions to complex deal issues in industries ranging from technology, media and entertainment, pharmaceutical, and automotive, to consumer products.

RR Donnelley’s Global Capital Markets business creates, manages, produces and delivers regulatory, transaction and compliance communications required by the capital markets and financial services community. For our clients, we file more than 50,000 documents annually with the SEC and produce critical communications for compliance, business combinations, initial public offerings, high yield debt offerings, and other financial transactions. This in addition to our global service centers, translation and design services and unlimited printing capacity allows us to handle any size job. Backed by RR Donnelley's Fortune 300 global resources, we've earned a reputation as a value-added partner. That's why Fortune Magazine has named us America's Most Admired Printer five years running.

The Wharton Private Equity Partnership ("WPEP") offers to the Wharton private equity community opportunities for networking, growth, and education. With over 2000 fellow Wharton alums in nearly 30 locations worldwide, WPEP can and will bring value-added content, discourse, and events to our community. We are one of the fastest growing alumni organizations affiliated with the Wharton School, and one that will continue to grow and thrive within the community.

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Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, provides high-impact information and workflow solutions to over 1,200 leading financial institutions, advisory firms, and corporations. Its solutions are based on the Capital IQ Platform, a unique combination of global private and public capital market data and technology that enables end-users to draw deep market insights, generate better ideas, leverage relationships, and simplify workflow. Clients can deploy the Capital IQ Platform either as a standalone solution or seamlessly integrate its components into existing business applications and portals via systems integration and custom data feeds. For more information, please visit Capital IQ's web site at www.capitaliq.com.

Through its Dow Jones Newswires unit, Dow Jones (www.djnewsletters.com) produces focused, sector-specific online databases, newsletters and industry events as well as providing (www.djnewswires.com) real-time news for financial professionals in the equities, fixed-income, foreign exchange and energy markets, and also offers news for financial firms’ Web sites. Newsletters published by Dow Jones include Private Equity Analyst, VentureWire Professional, and Daily Bankruptcy Review.  In addition to Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron’s and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Indexes, MarketWatch, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

Merrill Corporation is a diversified document management services company, providing a wide range of services to financial, legal and public and private clients. Merrill combines deep industry expertise with superior service and infrastructure to deliver world-class documents, financial print, brand marketing, print, fulfillment, language and electronic business solutions. Merrill has more than 4,500 professionals in 60 offices worldwide.

Merrill’s Financial Document Services Division is an industry-leading provider of financial printing, virtual deal rooms and translation services. DataSiteTM virtual deal room is a turnkey online due diligence solution for asset sales and purchases, mergers and acquisitions, merger integration and IPO transactions and DualTracTM sales. Documents are captured and indexed online, allowing the user access from any internet browser. DataSite™ VDR provides electronic data capture, an intuitive user interface, advanced search and security features, an exclusive Questions & Answers feature and comprehensive site management to monitor usage and content and establish roles for users. DataSite™ VDR also offers electronic document integration, robust audits and reporting, dedicated professional service 24/7/365 and rapid implementation of the deal room within 72 hours.

For more information, visit www.datasite.com, email inquiries@merrillcorp.com or call 866-399-3770.

Smith Design is a brand design firm specializing in strategy based visual solutions for leading consumer brands. Our expertise creating and strengthening visual assets spans multiple categories, markets, and consumer targets. Numerous design awards speak to the quality of our visual approaches, yet results and increased sales are the measure of success for a brand. Favorable ROI is how we succeed, and keeps our clients coming back.

Our core asset is the combined expertise of a proven team of designers, strategic thinkers, trend trackers, consumers, observers, writers, artists and creative problem solvers. Smith Design delivers compelling visual solutions that work for the brand and consumer. With offices based in New Jersey and California, we have been providing design solutions for leading brands and companies for over 25 years.

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