Perella Weinberg Partners was hired as an outside appraiser to value independently the joint venture.

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Reuters reports that Barclays and Perella Weinberg Partners are advising Silver Lake, while JPMorgan Chase is advising Dell.

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Barclays and Perella Weinberg Partners provided HP with investment banking advice.

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The company also hired Perella Weinberg Partners as its investment banker.

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The panel, which included Andrew Bednar from investment bank Perella Weinberg as well, agreed that the only limit on the size of buyouts is the depth of debt markets.

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The RBS-Blackstone deal was done at a 30% discount to the loans' value, according to DTZ research, and the bank's March sale of troubled Spanish loans to Perella Weinberg Partners sold at a 45% discount.

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