Dr Paul Lavery
- Lecturer in Finance (Accounting & Finance)
telephone:
01413302698
email:
Paul.Lavery@glasgow.ac.uk
Adam Smith Business School, Room 519
Biography
Paul joined the Adam Smith Business School in 2020 as a Lecturer in Finance. He previously worked in an investment bank and has worked with a UK private equity investor. His primary research interests are in the area of private equity and venture capital investment. His work has been published in journals including the Journal of Corporate Finance, British Journal of Management and the Bank for International Settlements Working Paper Series. His research has also been featured on several media & policy outlets including Financial Times, Institutional Investor and SUERF.
He is a research affiliate at the Centre for Private Equity and MBO Research (CMBOR) at the University of Nottingham, and at the UK Productivity Institute. He currently serves as the chair of the Research Advisory Committee at the UK Private Equity trade organisation, the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA).
Paul's published and ongoing research can be found below, and on his SSRN page
Research interests
Paul is a member of the School's Finance research cluster.
Areas of expertise:
- Private equity
- Venture capital
Supervision
Supervisory interests
- Private equity
- Management buyouts
- Venture capital
- Empirical corporate finance with a focus on corporate transactions or firm-level outcomes
Teaching
Current teaching
- Private Equity & Venture Capital (UG)
- Finance Case Study (UG)
Additional information
Links
Work in progress
- Buying High? Private equity buyout pricing, returns, and portfolio firm performance across UK regions (with Kevin Amess & Marina-Eliza Spaliara)
- Private equity & portfolio firm performance post-exit (with Nick Wilson)
- Growth equity and target firm performance (with Bill Megginson and Alina Munteanu)