Business Better Podcast Episode: Strategic Partnership and Company-Building Investments – A Conversation with Prairie Capital
Healthcare Investments: Analyzing the Surge in Infusion Centers
New SEC Private Funds Rules – What Is Happening and What You Need to Know - Troutman Pepper Podcast
Podcast - Counsel That Cares - Increased Investor Interest in Cardiology
What Physicians Should Know Before Selling Their Medical Practice
Private Equity Roundtable Discussion with Hamilton Lane - Getting the Band Together: Club Deals & Co-Investment Fundraising Are on the Rise (Video C)
Private Equity Roundtable Discussion with Hamilton Lane - Getting the Band Together: Club Deals & Co-Investment Fundraising Are on the Rise (Video B)
PE Roundtable Discussion With Hamilton Lane - Getting the Band Together: Club Deals and Co-Investment Fundraising Are on the Rise (Video A)
Bruce Fenton on Private Equity Trends
Healthcare Headlines: Episode 8 – Healthcare Lending Deal Landscape Trends and Forecasts for the Future
Healthcare Headlines Episode 3 - Stay Ready: Trends in Healthcare False Claims Act Investigations
Scrutiny Increasing On Energy Private Equity Valuation
Viewpoints: Portfolio Company Pension Liabilities
Should You Sell Your Medical Practice to Private Equity? Five Critical Considerations for Physician Groups - Thought Leaders in Health Law Video Series
Investment Management Roundtable Discussion – Data Privacy and Security
Fundraising Trends in Private Equity for GPs and LPs
Family Offices and PE: Can't We All Get Along
Ropes & Gray’s PEP Talk: General Solicitation by Private Equity Funds Under 506(c)
New anti-abuse provisions
Podcast: Introduction to Credit Funds: Basics on How Credit Funds and Private Equity Funds Differ
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Northern District of California Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Suit Concerning Lack of Diversity; Delaware Court of Chancery Dismisses Stockholder Suit Against Medical Device Company for Failure to Plead Demand Futility;...more
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Recent Representative Matters and News - ACUSHNET IPO - McDermott represented Korean private equity funds Mirae Asset Private Equity Partners Fund VII, Neoplux No.1 Private Equity Fund, and Woori Blackstone Korea...more
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The UP-C structure — which offers tax benefits to pre-IPO investors and sponsors — likely will expand among energy companies. In 2013, several energy companies went public using a so-called UP-C structure. In using...more