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Private Equity Non-Compete Agreements

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Forfeited Equity Trap: Why Your Non-Compete Might Be Worthless

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Imagine you’re a private equity firm. You buy a company, and you want to retain and incentivize key employees, so you give them some equity in the form of incentive units.  You also want to prevent them from running off and...more

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Restrictive Covenants in Private Equity Transactions

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Restrictive covenants are unquestionably a significant deal consideration in M&A transactions. In the private equity context, a buyer is focused on restrictive covenants to protect its investment by binding the sellers and...more

Offit Kurman

Younger Generations Looking to Sell: What Millennial and Gen X Business Owners Need to Know

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I recently wrote about the “Gray Tsunami” and the mass numbers of Baby Boomers that will be retiring over the next few years. For Boomers, there are specific considerations that must be addressed if sale is their exit option....more

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Thinking Outside the Buyout: Four Factors Management Teams Need to Get Right

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Management teams of companies acquired by private equity (PE) firms often find themselves in a unique position. For a time, they are both selling owners and operators who will continue to run the business after the sale....more

Epstein Becker & Green

2025 Picks Up Steam with Increased Scrutiny of Health Care Transactions and Corporate Structures

A new year brings about new legislation. Given the recent trend of health care transactions coming under increased scrutiny at the state level, EBG has released its map summarizing states that already have laws...more

Alston & Bird

California Legislature Introduces Two Bills Regulating Private Equity in Health Care

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Our Health Care Group breaks down two California bills (SB 351 and AB 1415) that would regulate private equity’s and hedge funds’ roles in managing health care and dental practices....more

Benesch

Healthcare Private Equity Investment: As Federal Headwinds Subside, a Gale Warning Goes Up in Many States

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Private equity (PE) investment in the U.S. healthcare sector faces a complex and evolving regulatory and legislative landscape. Both federal and state authorities are intensifying scrutiny of PE investment, driven by concerns...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Platform Deal Considerations

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When presented with an opportunity to join an investment management platform, a prospective manager should carefully take into account the following considerations:...more

Polsinelli

Global Franchise & Supply Network - 2025 Report

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While 2024 saw more stability in the financial markets than 2023, many challenges arose in 2024 for franchised businesses, manufacturers and retail chains, including bankruptcies of many large restaurant and retail chains,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Employment Matters

Employment-related policies are undergoing rapid change, with regulatory shifts impacting the enforceability of non-competes, evolving unionization dynamics, and a growing focus on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)....more

Holland & Knight LLP

A Year-End Report for Healthcare Antitrust and What to Expect Later in 2025

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As the year begins under a new Trump Administration, healthcare providers and private equity firms should consider the antitrust enforcement environment they are likely to face in 2025. This Holland & Knight report recaps...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - January 2025

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Happy New Year and welcome to our 2024 Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Year in Review. 2024 was less stressful and dramatic than most people feared at the start of the year, but there still were some significant rulings...more

Cozen O'Connor

[Event] Health Care & Life Sciences 2025 - December 5th, Philadelphia, PA

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Cozen O'Connor will host Health Care & Life Sciences 2025, our annual in-person seminar exploring critical issues impacting health care and life sciences businesses. Join attorneys and professionals from our Health Care &...more

Benesch

Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - September 2024

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Appellate court ruling widens scope of NY fee-splitting law to include earnouts - The decision overturned a lower court ruling relating to the sale of part of a dental practice in 2015. The plaintiff agreed to sell...more

Venable LLP

Event in Review: Antitrust in Healthcare: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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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

Healthcare Private Equity: What to Expect for the Rest of 2024

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Although the U.S. healthcare industry has weathered the storm over the past couple of years, we may be reaching calmer waters in the coming months. Dry powder held by U.S. private equity investors has reached an all-time...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - August 2024

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As value-based care (VBC) models continue to grow across our nation’s health system and specifically within different specialties like nephrology, the costs and challenges of maintaining these models continue to rise. In...more

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What the FTC’s New Rule on Non-Competes Means for M&A and Private Equity Transactions

By now you have probably heard of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s rule to ban most post-employment non-compete agreements... While much of the conversation has naturally focused on the rule’s significant impact on...more

Benesch

Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - May 2024

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FTC final rule banning noncompetes grandfathers existing agreements for senior execs - The FTC voted 3-2 in favor of the final rule, which bans noncompete clauses in employee contracts in most cases. While the rule would...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Looking Past the Headlines, the Impact of the FTC’s Ban on Non-Competes in M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital

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Last week on April 23, 2024, the FTC adopted a final rule that would effectively ban non-compete agreements in the context of employment relationships when the rule becomes effective on September 4, 2024, absent a stay or...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Road Ahead for Private Equity: Reflections and Predictions

The year 2023 will be remembered as a challenging one for private equity (PE), with complexities to navigate on many fronts. Traditional debt financing was expensive and scarce, expectations on valuations were tricky to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

2024 Healthcare Private Equity Outlook & Trends

W ith various headwinds resulting in down volume in 2023, buyers and sellers alike find themselves asking whether 2024 will see a rebound in deal activity. As we begin 2024, we have highlighted the issues and trends that...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Infrastructure Insights - October 2023

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EU Court Ruled on FDI Screening Limits - Implications for Investors - The Court of Justice of the European Union’s first decision on foreign direct investment (FDI) screening limits the scope of the EU FDI Screening...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Event] HPE NYC 2023 - October 13th, New York, NY

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HPE NYC 2023 is going to be the best yet! Connect with and gain insights from top executives, innovative founders and visionary investors who are leading the charge in healthcare private equity. Expect in-depth plenary...more

Benesch

Valuation Trends in Private Equity, Nephrology, Dialysis, Value-Based Care and Outpatient Labs

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Valuations, and how a business reacts to them, directly impact a business’s ability to complete successful transactions. In the healthcare sector, compliance with federal and state laws against self-referral and kickbacks and...more

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