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Continuation Funds: ILPA Updated Guidance

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The Institutional Limited Partner Association (ILPA) published new guidance on May 15, 2023, relating to continuation funds. The guidelines build on ILPA's prior (2019) guidance on best practices for GP-led secondary fund...more

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BPE Deal Tracker: Exaltare Capital Makes Significant Investment in Second-Largest Good Feet Store Franchisee

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Exaltare Capital ManagementLLC announced on April 24, 2023, that it acquired GF Midwest Inc., one of the largest developers and operators of the Good Feet Store franchise. Exaltare collaborated with financing partners Genesis...more

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PE Can Pursue PIPE Dreams

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European PIPEs — which have experienced an uptick due to COVID-19-related market volatility — present unique structural, informational, and governance considerations for private equity investors. European private...more

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Western European PE activity dips in 2019, but total buyout value remains high

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PE activity in Western Europe may have dipped in 2019 but this is not the full picture. Buyout activity remains impressive, although exits subsided as PE funds focused on purchases instead of sales. Western Europe had a...more

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Independent Sponsors: How to Leverage This Valuable Channel for Transactions

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In an ultra-competitive deal market, investors continually look for attractive opportunities to deploy additional capital. While “independent sponsors” have been around for many years, the number of independent sponsors is at...more

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Mass. District Court Holds Private Equity Funds Liable for a Portfolio Entity’s Pension Benefits

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The Private Equity Practice has been getting an increasing number of calls related to the decision made earlier this spring (Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New Eng. Teamsters & Trucking Indus. Pension Fund, 2016 US Dist....more

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Make Room for the Independent Sponsor

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It’s no secret that it has become more difficult for traditional private equity firms to raise captive funds. In fact, California Public Employees’ Retirement System is looking to further reduce its number of private equity...more

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Private Investment Funds May Be Liable for Portfolio Company's Underfunded Pension Liabilities under First Circuit Ruling

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On July 24, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that a private equity investment fund was engaged in a "trade or business" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA)...more

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Private Investment Funds May Be Liable For Portfolio Company’s Underfunded Pension Liabilities Under First Circuit Ruling

On July 24, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled in Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund (No. 12-2312, 2013 WL 3814984) that a private equity...more

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Doing Business in Canada: Private Equity

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Facing significant and powerful incentives to expend capital and consummate transactions, global private equity investors have had a number of compelling reasons to fix their sights on Canada. On the aggregate, the volume of...more

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