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Hedge Funds 101: An Introduction to Tax Issues

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Hedge Funds and Taxes - Hedge funds provide a vehicle to pool private capital for investment in stocks, securities and financial derivatives. While hedge funds take on many different structures—including master-feeder,...more

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2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast: New Data Privacy Law in China

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China passed its new Data Security Law ("DSL") in June 2021 and its new Personal Information Protection Law ("PIPL") in August 2021. Both new laws impact every business operating in or doing business with China, coupling...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Private Equity and Sovereign Wealth Interests Converge in US Real Estate

Takeaways - PE activity, both fundraising and investing, has exploded. Sovereign wealth and foreign government pension funds have grown in sophistication, built out in-house capabilities and become increasingly focused...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Private Equity - Recent Developments Of Importance

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The first nine months of 2021 set records for global M&A activity and kept private equity firms especially busy. An abundance of dry powder and low interest rates have encouraged private equity investors to make up for lost...more

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Significant update to Australia's foreign investment framework

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On 5 June 2020, the Treasurer of Australia announced reforms to Australia's foreign investment framework. The key focus of the reforms is national security risks to deal with the current environment, including rapid...more

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How FIRRMA Impacts U.S. Private Equity Funds

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The Situation: The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act ("FIRRMA") clarifies when U.S. private equity funds with foreign limited partners are not considered foreign for purposes of the Committee on Foreign...more

Dechert LLP

Global Private Equity Newsletter - Fall 2018: Congress Enacts CFIUS Reform in Effort to Strengthen Foreign Investment Rules

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President Trump signed into law the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) on August 13, 2018, which was included as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). FIRRMA...more

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New Reporting Requirements Regarding Foreign Investment and Ownership

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This article originally was published in the Winter 2015 Edition of the Dechert Private Equity Newsletter but has been updated to reflect recent guidance from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Affairs (BEA) on...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

AIFMD Update – German Private Placement Rules

Our Investment Funds group has received an update on the changes to the private placement rules for marketing of alternative investment funds (“AIFs”) in Germany following the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Private Equity: Blindsided by the FCPA — Hedging Against Anti-Corruption Deal Risk

Until a few years ago, private equity firms enjoyed relative insulation from regulatory scrutiny of overseas acquisitions and the operations of multi-national portfolio companies. No longer is that the case. Spurred by the...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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