News & Analysis as of

Private Equity Indemnification

Seward & Kissel LLP

2023 Seed Transactions Deal Points Study

Seward & Kissel LLP on

Seed investments in hedge funds, private equity funds, private credit funds, and other investment vehicles continued to generate significant deal volume in 2023, according to the tenth annual Seward & Kissel Seed Transactions...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Insuring Fund Liability Risks: A Guide to GPL Coverage for Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms

Woodruff Sawyer on

Woodruff Sawyer has been a leader in the fund-level General Partnership Liability space since the inception of the insurance product over 30 years ago. In today’s business and regulatory environment, the venture capital,...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

SEC Overreach: Insurers Underwrite?

Implications of SEC attempt to curb indemnification for private fund managers - The SEC spent 2022 making multiple and sweeping proposals to amend rules under the Advisers Act, many of which have the ability to...more

Troutman Pepper

Limiting PE Firms’ Exposure to FCA Liability for Alleged Misconduct by Portfolio Companies

Troutman Pepper on

There are many concerns that can keep private equity (PE) firms’ management teams up at night. Economic headwinds, geopolitical instability, and supply chain problems can change the fortunes of a PE firm and its portfolio...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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Private Equity Dealmakers Guidebook to Healthcare M&A During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the M&A market at every stage of the deal-making process – from complicating on-site visits and intensifying the diligence process to introducing valuation gaps (relative to pre-COVID-19...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

BIZ BITS: Avoiding Foot-faults and Other Unnecessary Deal Risk

Miller & Martin PLLC on

In this blog post, Miller & Martin attorney David Spiller addresses how seemingly minor deal faults have the potential to impact transaction outcomes in a major way. As an avid “club” tennis player, meaning that when I...more

Dechert LLP

Global Private Equity Newsletter - Fall 2017 Edition: The Dangers of Undefined Fraud Carve-Outs and “Inelegant Drafting”

Dechert LLP on

Crucial to any private equity seller is certainty: the certainty that a sale will be consummated at an agreed price and that any potential post-closing liability is fully understood in advance of distributing proceeds to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Health Care Rep and Warranty Insurance: New Solutions for Private Equity Buyers and Sellers

Foley & Lardner LLP on

Whether in an auction or proprietary transaction, risk allocation has typically been a function of indemnities tied to reps and warranties and the type of credit supporting the type of supporting credit. Holdbacks, earnouts,...more

9 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide