Foley & Lardner LLP partner Louis Lehot commented on trends in private equity and a growing interest in international diversification spurred by macroeconomic shifts in the PitchBook article, “Europeans pursue US targets to cushion tariff impacts.”
“In general and for the last 10 years, I’ve seen an increasing interest of U.S. PE firms looking into Europe for what I’ll call ‘better priced transactions’ or ‘better priced assets,’” Lehot said, noting European companies are typically valued lower than their counterparts in the United States.