Deal Talk - Episode 16: Christian Sinding (EQT)

[@samimiettinen]

Great discussion. Highlights to me were: * European lack of high tech and fragmentation of capital markets balanced by stong basic research and happiness * EXIt preparations - readiness to IPO even in weak cycle like Galderma is a must, liquidity is a serious issue even in huge markets * I was super excited about your idea to replicate public market features with LPs and GPs. Brokered participation Continuation vehicles could be a way forward here? * Active owneship - this is another of my priority study areas. Family office structures could get sharp. Here is my interview with Dr. David Klett on probably the smartest German family office structure to drive billion+ euro company most efficiently. Sounds a lot like some of the Swedish best practices such as with Wallenbergs. * Your troika owner-chair-ceo is a bit too radical to my taste (might be because I am an independent board member in a private equity owned company) * I also liked the culture talk - how to remain small and fun even with a big multinational PE firm. Bureocracy is like fingernails - needs to be continuously trimmed - I laughed to that😬 A lot of great viewpoints, thanks for sharing!

[@중용78]

I'm really impressed by sinding's answer to the sale of the credit lending division: "It was a very easy decision." I think this interview is a good testament to EQT's management philosophy. Good job.