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Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Lietz, Nori GerardoCase HBS-811013-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2007, Hazem Ben-Gacem, managing director and co-head of Investcorp Technology Partners (ITP), needs to decide what to bid at an auction for Moneybookers Limited, one of the top three e-payment solution providers in Europe. However, approximately 70% of Moneybookers revenues were related to transactions from online gaming sites (down from 100% in 2002). Although the thesis was that e-commerce transactions would soon make up a much large...Starting at €8.20
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Simon Storage
Lietz, Nori GerardoCase HBS-212064-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color.Starting at €8.20
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The Tax Man: Taxes in Private Equity Real Estate
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Becker, Timothy J.; Andrade, Ricardo; McCree, Sayiddah FatimaCase HBS-218077-EFinanceIn January 2018, Caelan Langan, an associate at KSW Partners LLC ("KSW"), was asked by Katherine Scott, the partner for whom he worked, to recommend a proposed structure to acquire a prominent office building in San Francisco for their most recent fund. Caelan was asked to review potential acquisition structures that would minimize the impact of taxes on their investors' returns. The assignment was complicated as KSW had different categories of i...Starting at €8.20
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The U-Turns of National Truck Stops
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Schultz, Alexander W.Case HBS-217062-EFinanceRaj Makam had spent months trying to restructure a 2006 investment he had made in National Truck Stops, Inc. ("NTS") as a senior member of Oaktree Capital Management's ("Oaktree") Mezzanine finance business within their Corporate Debt platform. It was the first time they had truly considered forcing a company into involuntary bankruptcy, which he clearly would prefer to avoid lest they risk losing their entire investment. As the company's financi...Starting at €8.20
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The Perfect Storm: What Happens When the Market Moves Four Standard Deviations
Lietz, Nori GerardoCase HBS-213077-EFinanceAdam Carter was the portfolio manager for Tate Modern Finance III, L.P. ("Tate" or the "Fund"), the third in a series of U.S. commercial real estate debt funds sponsored by the London-based Tate Partners. The Fund was capitalized with $700 million of equity commitments, including a $50 million Sponsor commitment. The Fund's objective was to acquire income-producing commercial real estate mortgages at conservative attachment points in the capital ...Starting at €8.20
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Project Sun Devil and Project Paris
Lietz, Nori GerardoCase HBS-213078-EFinanceTony Lee is preparing to present a project to the invesment committee of Howard Street Capital. He will be recommending an investment in Project Sun Devil, a high-quality 225-unit student housing rental property near Tempe, Arizona. Tony Lee will compete for capital against the other project on the investment committee's agenda, Project Paris. Project Paris, a very different type of real estate transaction, is a hybrid mezzanine investment in the...Starting at €8.20
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NextView Ventures
Tango, Jo; Lietz, Nori GerardoCase HBS-821031-EEntrepreneurshipDavid Beisel, Rob Go, and Lee Hower are non-partners at different-and-established venture capital (VC) firms. They decide to leave their positions to start a new seed-stage VC firm. The case covers the genesis of the firm, the formulation of its strategy and operations, and the founders' fundraising efforts. A key decision the case protagonists must make is whether to partner with two very successful entrepreneurs, who propose a merger with Nex...Starting at €8.20
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Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Andrade, RicardoCase HBS-217065-EFinanceIn April 2012, Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund invested $2 billion in Brazlian conglomerate, EBX, believing the company to be undervaluing by the public markets. Shortly thereafter, however, EBX and its multiple business lines began to spiral downward. Hani Barhoush and Oscar Fahlgren, members of Mubadala's investment team, were now charged with leading the restructuring efforts on behalf of Mubadala. The situation was exceptionally c...Starting at €8.20
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Interline Brands: Don't Stop Believing
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Andrade, RicardoCase HBS-217061-EFinanceInterline Brands, a leading distributor of residential housing maintenance and repair parts and equipment in the U.S., had just held its November 2014 board meeting. The meeting had been productive, but not without some soul searching for both the company's management team and financial sponsors. Was now the right time to start a sale process? In particular, the team wondered whether the capital markets would cooperate and how effectively the man...Starting at €8.20
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Innova Capital: The Transition, Teaching Note
Lerner, Josh; Lietz, Nori Gerardo; Shu, TerrenceTeaching Note HBS-819085-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 813064.Starting at €0.00