Thomas McDonald, senior vice president of Equity International, weighs investment in Brazilian builder Gafisa. Was this the right country? The right company? Right co-investor? The right time? McDonald will be invested together with the Brazilian private equity firm, GP Investments, and must decide how to structure the investment. In particular, it must decide how to align their interests with those of GP. GP EI hired because of his experience working with the Mexican builder Homex. McDonald also need to consider: Is this experience to move on those investments "Hide
by Nicholas P. Retsinas, Ben Creo, Ricardo de-Reisen Pinho Source: HBS Premier Case Collection 22 pages. Publication Date: April 3, 2009. Prod. #: 209110-PDF-ENG