TY - JOUR T1 - Is Private Equity Out of Control in Latin America?<em>The Impact of Structures on Private Equity Transactions in Latin America 1988–2007</em> JF - The Journal of Private Equity SP - 80 LP - 88 DO - 10.3905/JPE.2009.13.1.080 VL - 13 IS - 1 AU - Roberto Charvel Y1 - 2009/11/30 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/13/1/80.abstract N2 - This article focuses on the impact of structuring private equity transactions among emerging markets with the same legal origin: French civil law. The article focuses on the different strategies followed by private equity funds investing in Latin America as a possible explanation of the performance of the investments and its impact on attracting future private equity flows. Empirical evidence for 25 countries in Latin America and 1,762 transactions from 1998 to 2007 are used as supporting evidence.TOPICS: Private equity, emerging, legal/regulatory/public policy, statistical methods ER -