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Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 197

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/15/2024

Food Venture Financing Trends - Athletic Brewing, a nonalcoholic beer producer, announced that it raised $50 million in equity financing....more

Unlocking Potential: GCC FinTech Trends, Regulations and Funding Outlook

White & Case LLP on 4/17/2024

The Gulf Cooperation Council ("GCC") region, particularly the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ("KSA"), is experiencing a dynamic transformation in its financial sector driven by the rapid rise of...more

Teaming Up for Term Loans February 2024 - Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands: A Comparative Analysis of Two Leading Fund Finance...

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 2/16/2024

Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands are two of the world’s leading fund formation jurisdictions, and account for a large portion of the private equity funds domicile market. Most private equity fund structures are comprised of...more

Welcome to 2024: CWT’s European Fund Finance Market Insights - 2024 European Fund Finance Market Predictions

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/5/2024

The year 2023 presented the fund finance industry with many challenges that it rose to face with an inventiveness and rigour that showed just how mature and multi-faceted the market has become. At Cadwalader in London we saw...more

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 150

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 6/26/2023

Food Venture Financing Trends - Unilever announced that it plans to acquire Yasso, a low-calorie frozen yogurt brand, for an undisclosed amount. Hungry, a foodtech marketplace that connects chefs with clients for catering...more

What Are the Alternatives? April 2023 - Sovereign Immunity – Cayman Islands

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/21/2023

We have been following Fund Finance Friday‘s journey through different U.S. jurisdictions (and last week's look at England & Wales) and the interesting range of approaches taken by various states to sovereign immunity. With...more

Private equity sponsors intensify focus on flexibility in portfolio company loan...

White & Case LLP on 4/17/2023

As leveraged loan markets have been impacted by a challenging macroeconomic environment, private equity sponsors are sharpening their focus on flexibility in their portfolio companies’ loan documents Given the sharp...more

What is a Management Rights Letter?

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 4/13/2023

Here’s a situation we see often when a company is negotiating a Series A financing. They’ve gotten through diligence, completed the lengthy and difficult process of negotiating, documenting and finalizing the venture...more

Forbear and Move Forward April 2023 - PEI Provides an Update on Fundraising

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/7/2023

PEI’s Fundraising Report 2023, published this week, provides a timely update on the state of play in private market capital formation. The feedback loop conundrum facing private markets emerges as one of the main themes in...more

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 139

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/3/2023

Food Venture Financing Trends - Momofuku Goods, a pantry essential brand, announced that it raised $17.5 million in its Series A round. The company plans to use the funds to increase its product offerings as well as scale...more

Founder Series: Top Tips on Raising Bridge Financing

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/30/2023

Convertible securities such as simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs), advance subscription agreements (ASAs) and conventional convertible loan notes (CLNs) are increasingly used as agile and flexible funding...more

HPE Miami 2023 | Current Issues and Trends in Purchase Agreement Negotiations and Rep & Warranty Insurance

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/24/2023

During this session, Gregory Metz, partner and co-head of McDermott’s Private Equity Practice Group, and Partner Michael McStay moderated a panel that discussed current issues and trends in purchase agreement negotiations and...more

Miami Musings February 2023 | Issue No. 211 - Fund Finance Symposium Panel Recap: New Suppliers of Capital in Fund Finance

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 2/21/2023

Against the backdrop of a changing landscape of fund finance providers and products, this session made for an insightful discussion of the challenges and opportunities our market faces. On the panel were Ana Arsov (Managing...more

New York Finalizes Commercial Financing Disclosure Regulations

Goodwin on 2/15/2023

On February 1, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) adopted final regulations relating to New York’s Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL), which requires providers of commercial financing,...more

Let’s Be Direct January 2023 | Issue No. 208 - WFF US: ‘Private Equity to Entrepreneur’ NY Event Recap

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/27/2023

Last Thursday, there was a lot of purple (and rain!) as Women in Fund Finance co-hosted the first FFA event of 2023, along with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Wells Fargo, kicking off the year with an exciting evening of...more

Investing: Dutch Bank Publishes Climate Strategy and Joins NZBA

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/4/2023

On December 16, the Amsterdam headquartered bank ABN AMRO announced the publication of a climate strategy and its decision to join the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). ABN AMRO stated that it is “committed to making a...more

Missouri Tries Again with a Revised Commercial Finance Disclosure Law as Legislative Pre-Filing has Begun Across the Country

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/30/2022

We have reported on the wave of laws enacted and proposed in various states requiring consumer-like disclosures in commercial financing transactions. California, New York and Utah have enacted similar commercial finance...more

Polishing Up the Crystal Ball December 2022 | Issue No. 204 - 2023 European Fund Finance Market Predictions

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 12/19/2022

It’s that time of year again when conversations are dominated by reflections on our market’s performance over the last 12 months and expectations as to what 2023 will hold for our industry....more

AI Trends For 2023 - AI Industry Faces Continued Headwinds In 2023

MoFo Tech on 12/12/2022

While the AI industry has continued to attract venture capital and produce exits in 2022, headwinds in the venture capital and broader capital markets have, as compared to 2021, resulted in a decrease in the number of venture...more

V&E’s Comprehensive Primer On Sustainable Finance

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 6/2/2021

The amount of money invested in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds has increased exponentially in the past year, and as banks and investors increasingly turn their attention to ESG factors, companies are also...more

Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs Can Help Businesses Preserve Equity

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 12/1/2020

Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) programs present a financing option that commercial real estate owners might consider to get through leaner times. Under a CPACE program, a property owner can borrow money to...more

Africa Focus: Autumn 2020 - World Bank and African Development Bank increase their financing and anticorruption enforcement

White & Case LLP on 9/26/2020

Pay attention to sanctions and debarment risks amid new COVID-19 financing opportunities. In recent weeks, the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) have greenlit...more

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