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You're a private equity analyst, and the deal team is heading into an Investment Committee meeting on a potential platform acquisition. The partner turns to you and says: "I don't want twenty pages of diligence findings — I want the one-page investment thesis. Walk me through how you'd structure it: what's the market thesis, what's the operational thesis, what's the financial thesis, and how do the three need to fit together for me to actually approve this deal?"
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IntermediateYou're in a private equity interview and the partner asks: "We're three weeks out from an Investment Committee meeting on a platform acquisition, and our diligence budget only covers two of the three major workstreams in full — commercial, financial, and operational. Which two do you prioritize, and does your answer change if I tell you we're a generalist buyout fund versus a sector-focused operational investor?" Walk me through how you would prioritize commercial, financial, and operational due diligence under time pressure, and explain how the priority order shifts depending on the type of PE firm running the deal.
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IntermediateAs a private equity associate, walk me through how a management equity ratchet works in an LBO — how does a hurdle rate determine whether management's "sweet equity" stake increases at exit, and what happens to management's payout and money multiple once that hurdle is cleared?
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