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Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Understanding ESG Ratings: Legal Insights & Perspectives

With environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles garnering increased attention in corporate circles in recent years, there has been an accompanying rise in demand for analytical products that evaluate companies’...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Asia Funds ESG Report 2023

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At a minimum, responsible tech is the active consideration of the potential unintended consequences and negative impacts of technology on individuals, society and the environment, and the proactive mitigation of these...more

A&O Shearman

Private Markets 2023 – let’s check the pulse!

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As we approach the half way point in 2023, it's time to take stock of developing trends in private markets and what it could mean for the future. Our Funds and Asset Management Partner, Kamar Jaffer, has identified some...more

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Sustainable Markets Initiative Private Equity Group Issues Guidance on ESG Metrics

In May 2023, the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) published a new guide setting out how to use ESG-related metrics effectively in private markets (the ESG Metrics Guide), and how measuring and monitoring these metrics can...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks Episode 9: Demystifying ESG Benchmarking with Novata’s Alex Friedman

In this episode of Private Market Talks, CEO and co-founder of Novata, Alex Friedman helps contextualize the evolving conversation around ESG and demystifies how companies and their investors assess ESG compliance and goals....more

Hogan Lovells

La Bolsa Mexicana de Valores lanza estándar ESG para fondos de capital privado.

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La Bolsa Mexicana de Valores lanzó el primer estándar ESG (por sus siglas en inglés Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance) para fondos de capital privado, el cual busca fomentar la inversión en empresas y proyectos...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Question of the Week: In 100 words or less, what are your expectations for M&A in 2023?

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Based on what I have been seeing in the market, great opportunities exist for buyers and sellers in M&A despite indications of economic headwinds. Interest is still high for businesses with strong fundamentals, or those in...more

King & Spalding

2023 M&A Outlook: Recapping Key Takeaways from Dealmaking in 2022 and Navigating New Challenges

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Coming off record-setting levels in 2021, M&A deal activity cooled in the second half of 2022. A multitude of factors – including soaring inflation, steadily rising interest rates and the higher cost of financing,...more

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FCA consults on new UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements

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On 25 October 2022, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a consultation paper (CP22/20) on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) and investment labels (the “Consultation”). The...more

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Private Equity Side Letters Post-ILPA 3.0

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In June 2019, the Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”) released the third edition of its private equity industry best practices principles fostering transparency, governance and alignment of interests for...more

Troutman Pepper

Bruce Fenton on Private Equity Trends

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Recently, Troutman Pepper Partner Bruce Fenton was interviewed by Armie Lee of The Deal. Topics discussed include: -The private equity deal outlook for 2022, including which industries will likely see the most deal activity...more

Goodwin

Private Equity Market Update

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UPDATES AT A GLANCE — FEBRUARY 2022 MARKET TRENDS: - 2021 U.S. PE Market Trends in Review - Goodwin Private Equity Deal Database – Reverse Break Fees - R&W Insurance – Rate on Line and Insurer Appetite KEY TRANSACTION...more

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What We're Seeing – 2022 Dealmaking Outlook

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The Rearview Mirror - Robust multiples and fear that the Biden administration might succeed in passing tax laws resulted in 2021 being one of the busiest years ever in the private equity space. Within the capital markets,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Needs of Strategics, PE Firms and SPACs Led to Record US M&A Levels, Likely To Sustain Dealmaking in 2022

Takeaways - The record level of M&A in 2021 was widely dispersed across industries and was driven by the strategic needs of companies to add technology and adapt to the pandemic, and was supported by strong markets. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

And the Beat Goes On - January 2022 | Issue No. 157 - NAV Finance Market Update

Between Omicron, the holidays, and down-to-the-wire end-of-year closings, it was a hectic finish to 2021. But now that the calendar reads 2022, we wanted to reflect this week on the state of the NAV finance market and provide...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] Energy M&A—Today and Tomorrow

In this episode, Akin Gump corporate partners Wesley Williams and Jessica Hammons take a wide-ranging look at the oil and gas industry in the U.S. and discuss the investment and transaction present and future in that...more

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2022 Global Private Equity Outlook

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The global private equity (PE) industry is scorching hot. Pent-up demand for deals was unleashed in H2 2020 following a brief hiatus as the COVID-19 pandemic sent economies all over the world into lockdown. As we head towards...more

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ESG Toolkit Expands for European PE

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Green shoots emerge as PE firms consider new ways to incorporate ESG into dealmaking. Market sentiment and the increasing importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) to firms’ competitiveness across the...more

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Room for Optimism August 2021 | Issue No. 139 - Then and Now

With all the headlines about Delta controlling the news cycle and recent announcements of more quasi-shutdowns, delayed office returns and mask mandates, it seems as if the start to August feels eerily familiar to last year’s...more

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Lots to Talk About July 2021 | Issue No. 137 - Women in Fund Finance Europe: ESG Trends in Private Markets

Women in Fund Finance (WFF) Europe this week hosted “ESG Trends in Private Markets,” a virtual panel discussion on the ESG trends in private markets, with a focus on private equity. ...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Satyam Khanna Named SEC’s First Senior Policy Advisor for Climate and ESG

On Monday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee announced that Satyam Khanna was named senior policy advisor for climate and ESG at the SEC — a new position that addresses climate and...more

Goodwin

Financial Services Weekly Roundup: The Supreme Court Strikes Back On Single Director Leadership Structures

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In This Issue. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the single director leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for the CFPB and other...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

50 Shades of Green Finance: An Untapped Opportunity for Private Equity

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Sustainable finance and its surrounding infrastructure offers growing potential for deals and green innovation. The global sustainable finance market has expanded rapidly in recent years, approaching US$320 billion in new...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

ILPA Principles 3.0: Focusing on Enhancing Transparency in Private Equity Funds and Alternative Investments

The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) recently published the third edition of the ILPA Principles (Principles 3.0). ILPA originally published the principles in 2009 to encourage discussion between general...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Following the Trends: Endowment Investing in Private Equity

As institutional investors, university and college endowments have several characteristics that harmonize with the private equity investment timelines, such as longer return horizons and indeterminate liabilities. So, it...more

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