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Venable LLP

Event in Review: Private Equity Investment in Healthcare

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Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Is Your Compliance House In Order? Tips for Ensuring Private Equity and Portfolio Company Compliance in the Wake of the Recent...

The recent Request for Information by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking input on the effects of private equity (PE) investment in the...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Ongoing Capital Challenges Portend Continued Portfolio Company Litigation Risk in 2024

Economic headwinds and the interest rate environment that developed over the course of 2023 increased financial stress on portfolio companies and portend heightened litigation risk in 2024 for portfolio companies and their...more

Ankura

PE OPERATORS | Identifying the Right CFO and Consultants

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During our recent Ankura OCFO® Conference, we hosted a panel of private equity professionals moderated by Dave Owen (Senior Managing Director, Ankura OCFO®) and Dana Stefanczyk (Managing Director, Ankura OCFO®). The panel...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Is the Customer Always Right? PE in Focus as Regulators Tighten Grip on Consumer Facing Companies

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Consumer-facing companies face an increasingly complex UK regulatory landscape as multiple regulators place the spotlight on consumer rights and protections. A raft of new legislation is set to impact businesses and PE...more

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Investor Directors in the Hot Seat as Enforcement Risk Grows

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Greater focus on strong corporate governance and transparency is placing company directors in the UK and elsewhere under growing scrutiny and increased risk of individual civil and criminal liability. As new case law and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

HPE Miami 2023 | Mitigating Risk & Liabilities: Strategies for 100 Days Post-Close and Beyond

During this session, this roundtable focused on steps that investors can take to promote compliance. Among other topics, there was discussion regarding the roles, responsibilities and best practices for those serving in board...more

Goodwin

Whistleblower Lawyers Use False Claims Act to Target Private Equity Firms Invested In Healthcare and Life Sciences

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Recent developments demonstrate that sponsor-backed companies in the healthcare and life sciences sectors, and in some instances private equity firms and professionals, have entered a new era of heightened regulatory scrutiny...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

The Portfolio Company Playbook: Chapter 4 – Navigating Direct Liability Risks to the Fund

As litigation claims against portfolio companies have increased, so have accompanying claims asserted directly against funds (and their sponsors). Plaintiffs’ reasoning for including funds as defendants is no mystery: funds...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

False Claims Act Risk to Private Equity Healthcare Investors

As many healthcare practitioners and attorneys can attest, private equity investment has become an increasingly prevalent feature of the healthcare industry. From blockbuster deals like KKR’s purchase of Envision Healthcare...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Five Principles For Accurate and Reliable Portfolio Company Valuations

We have seen the SEC increase its focus on valuation of privately-held portfolio companies recently. The SEC’s increased focus is in line with our prediction made in the Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private...more

Dechert LLP

COVID-19 – what could it mean for your portfolio company’s compliance with its loan agreements?

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As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic spreads further around the world, the full impact of the virus on businesses remains to be seen. For some industries (travel, hospitality, retail, health and leisure) the immediate loss...more

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Federal Banking Agencies Provide Temporary Relief from Compliance with Regulation O for Investment Advisers to Large Fund...

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Federal Banking Agencies) on December 27, 2019 provided temporary relief from...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Investment company developments

In 2020, investment companies should be prepared for important compliance deadlines and likely US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemakings. In this Bottom Line videocast, Cynthia Beyea and Ronald Coenen Jr....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Developments Highlight Secondary Liability Risks for Private Funds

DOJ settlement signals need for enhanced False Claims Act scrutiny. Private funds continue to face heightened secondary liability risks arising from their portfolio investments....more

Dechert LLP

SEC Enforcement Staff Takes Aim at the BDC Space in Two Recent Actions

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In December 2018, the SEC announced two enforcement actions involving business development companies (BDCs) – one against Fifth Street Management, LLC, the former external registered investment adviser to two BDCs, and the...more

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