Tag: Liability Management Exercises
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Cracking the Code: How to Land a PE-Backed CFO Role (Especially If It’s Your First)
June 23, 2025 Private equity–backed companies are some of the most demanding, fast-paced environments for executives. And no role is more central, or more scrutinized, than the CFO. For operators trying to break into the private equity ecosystem as a first-time CFO, the path is narrow, the expectations are steep, and the interview process is…
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“You sold the debt to Oaktree?” | Lemonade LME Alternate Ending | Cousin Susie pulls a fast one
July 15, 2025 And That’s How My LME Failed and I Was Replaced as Lemonade Stand CEO for a Booth Grad Named Logan. Note: This is an alternative version of the original fictional story here on a Liability Management Exercise for a lemonade stand: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-life-gives-you-lemons-leverage-them-restructure-debt-alex-fabry-oh1ic Right before the Liability Management Exercise—the slick legal move that…
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When Life Gives You Lemons… Leverage Them (and Then Restructure the Debt)
A Beginner’s Guide to Liability Management Exercises July 10, 2025 Let’s say in January 2013, I decided to start a lemonade stand. Nothing fancy—just a side hustle after work. I set up shop in Kirkwood, Missouri. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 5 to 8 p.m. My neighbors came. Then they came back. The product? Incredible. I was…