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Private Equity Websites and General Solicitations: A Case of Overzealous Hypersensitivity?

It’s a well-settled law of physics: for every action, there’s a reaction. In some cases, there’s overreaction – generally best avoided, but a phenomenon to which many private equity funds may have fallen victim. Here, we...more

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CFTC Grants Exemptive Relief to Private Fund Managers: General Solicitation Conditionally Permitted

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The JOBS Act and the regulations thereunder (which went effective on September 23, 2013) applies to private issuers – including hedge funds and private equity funds – that want to make general solicitations within the context...more

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New ACE Portal/NYSE Platform Could Facilitate Private Equity Fund Raising

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An enduring challenge of private equity is fund raising, whether in connection with fund formations, portfolio company financings or limited partner secondary sales. The recent modification of the SECs rules on general...more

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Recently, Craig Lewis, the Chief Economist and Director of the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, commented on the economic impact of various JOBS Act reforms, or the effects on “efficiency, competition, and...more

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Private Equity Newsletter - Autumn 2013 Edition: SEC Permits General Solicitation and General Advertising in Private Placement...

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Most private equity funds that are subject to the U.S. securities laws have relied on Rule 506(b), a safe harbor under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act), in forming funds and soliciting investors....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Corporate Finance Alert: Changing the Private Placement Playbook – General Solicitation and General Advertising Now Permitted for...

On September 23, 2013, new Securities and Exchange Commission rules took effect that: - Eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation and general advertising in private offerings made in reliance on Rule 506...more

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JOBS Act Implementation Regulations

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The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) regulations, which were announced on July 10 and which become effective on September 23, promise a new era for capital raising for operating companies and private funds...more

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SEC Lifts Advertising Ban on Private Offerings: What It Means for Private Equity, Hedge and Venture Capital Funds

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On July 10, the SEC adopted a new rule that will permit many private equity funds, hedge funds and venture capital funds to use general advertising and solicitation when offering and selling interests in a fund (the “New...more

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SEC Ramps Up Its Private Equity Parade

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Bruce Karpati, chief of the SEC’s Asset Management Unit, promised us several weeks ago that enforcement actions against private equity firms were about to heat up. He wasn’t kidding. Last Monday, the SEC filed two sets of...more

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