Lehman Brothers Inc., Washington Mutual Inc. and other banks are hurting. Could private equity be the cure? Plenty of people think so. For now, though, U.S. federal regulations limit private equity's investment in financial institutions. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Bob Profusek, partner and global head of M&A at Jones Day, speaks with The Deal's Suzanne Stevens about private equity's interest in recapitalizing the financial services industry.