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  • Whitepaper

    April 23, 2020
    In September 2001, Wired magazine reviewed science writer Steven Johnson's then-new book, Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software. Johnson’s premise: Brilliant adaptations arise out of interconnections and cooperation among individual components of complex systems. He optimistically predicted that we would develop technology tools that have humans “collaborating on a…
  • Podcast

    October 5, 2020
    A Company in Your Portfolio Requires Legal Counsel – What Are Your Options? Protiviti Managing Director Rob Gould and Robert Half Managing Director Joel Wuesthoff discuss options for PE firms to access legal counsel and services. It is common for companies expanding through acquisitions to outgrow their in-house capabilities. This is often the case with legal services during acquisitions, when…
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    October 5, 2020
    A Company in Your Portfolio Requires Legal Counsel – What Are Your Options? Protiviti Managing Director Rob Gould and Robert Half Managing Director Joel Wuesthoff discuss options for PE firms to access legal counsel and services. It is common for companies expanding through acquisitions to outgrow their in-house capabilities. This is often the case with legal services during acquisitions, when…
  • Client Story

    September 26, 2022
    A leading Fortune 500 energy company with nine million utility customers sought to divest a long-held subsidiary to another leading energy provider. Solving the complex transition of technology, data and customer service from one provider to another required a comprehensive understanding of both the security environment and the timing of regulatory approvals. Utilising a team of experienced…
  • Survey

    April 17, 2025
    According to findings from Protiviti’s latest Top Risks survey, executives and board members from PE firms and their portfolio companies are facing several complex and interconnected risks — operational, macroeconomic and strategic — that could derail their value-creation efforts. In addition to economic-related worries, cyber threats rank as a top risk issue for this industry group, and with…
  • Survey

    November 17, 2021
    Protiviti’s Guide to U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Requirements, Frequently Asked Questions provides responses to nearly 3,000 questions aggregated from our clients, attorneys, regulators, members of law enforcement, academics and others interested in the requirements and challenges that companies face in addressing the complex and dynamic topics of anti-money laundering/combatting financial…
  • Survey

    April 17, 2025
    The top near-term and long-term risk concerns of chief operating officers (COOs) include rising labour costs, uncertain economic conditions, talent and labour availability, regulatory uncertainty, the rapid speed of disruptive innovations, and the long-term supply of skills needed to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies. These risk perspectives align with the top…
  • Survey

    April 17, 2025
    As chief human resources officers (CHROs) assess near-term and longer-term risks, their sights are set on macroeconomic variables and strategic challenges. These elevated CHRO perspectives closely align with the risk concerns of board members, CEOs, CFOs and other C-suite leaders in our latest annual Executive Perspectives on Top Risks Survey.
  • Newsletter

    October 22, 2024
    In this issue of Private Equity Insights, we discuss our latest Global Finance Trends Survey results. CFOs and finance leaders around the world rated their top finance priorities. Our intent is for PE firms to use this intelligence to design and deploy new practices, tools and innovative approaches in their own finance organisation. We next take a look at financial planning & analysis (FP…
  • Newsletter

    March 23, 2020
    In a crisis, clear thinking is needed in the boardroom. The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion one of the most abrupt disruptions in decades, leaving organisations reeling with uncertainty as fear spreads faster than the virus itself. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis could very well present the ultimate test of resiliency — for leading companies in…
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