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As communities, public interest groups, and politicians have raised red flags about government use of facial recognition technology, private equity and venture capital investors that own companies in the industry may be exposed to financial and regulatory risk. The following…
In 2021, Warburg Pincus-owned company Allied Universal acquired G4S, a global security firm with a significant prison and detention business. On August 1, 2022, Allied Universal completed its acquisition…
A new report from the Immigrant Defense Project, Mijente, and Just Futures Law, “HART Attack: How DHS’s massive biometrics database will supercharge surveillance and threaten rights” reveals how private equity firm Veritas Capital could have access to biometric data…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) has submitted testimony for the U.S. Senate Banking Committee Economic Policy Subcommittee October 20 hearing: “Protecting Companies and Communities from Private Equity Abuse.” PESP’s written testimony for the US Senate Banking…
H.I.G. stands out from its peers for repeated problems with regulatory and reputational risk across multiple companies, including federal lawsuits for health care fraud and notoriously poor quality at its prison services companies. H.I.G. companies with compliance issues include: Community…
Roark Capital is an Atlanta-based private equity firm with $23 billion in assets under management. Roark specializes in franchised businesses in the restaurant, retail, and health and wellness sectors. Roark’s Inspire Brands division, which includes well-known brand names like Dunkin’…
Treasurers Demand Public Input in Proposed Corporate Merger Creating the Third Largest Employer Private equity firms Warburg Pincus and BC Partners should explain how they will manage risks related to workers if they are successful in acquiring G4S, a security…
The largest private sector employers in the world, Walmart and Amazon, are well known names. Now, two lesser-known private equity firms, BC Partners and Warburg Pincus, the latter where former US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner now serves as president,…
