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Approaching Secondaries Financing from All Angles: Key Considerations for Debt in LP-Led and GP-Led Secondary Transactions

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Debt finance plays a key role in all parts of the capital structure for private investment funds and their investors.  In particular, the use of debt finance is an increasingly important component of secondary transactions,...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Finance in Focus: Fostering a Forward-Thinking Practice

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In this edition of V&E+, Vinson & Elkins Partners Caitlin Turner and Lucy Jenkins sit down for a conversation on the firm’s thriving Finance practice, the market trends they’re watching, and the career principles they live...more

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Pensions: what's new this week - 29 January 2024

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Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. This week we cover the following topics: TPR guidance on...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

How and Why Private Capital Continues To Invest in the Insurance Sector

Financial sponsors have become progressively more involved in the insurance sector over recent decades. Their involvement broadly falls into three categories: 1. Sponsors establishing or acquiring their own life and...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Continuation Funds: ILPA Updated Guidance

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The Institutional Limited Partner Association (ILPA) published new guidance on May 15, 2023, relating to continuation funds. The guidelines build on ILPA's prior (2019) guidance on best practices for GP-led secondary fund...more

McGuireWoods LLP

BPE Deal Tracker: Exaltare Capital Makes Significant Investment in Second-Largest Good Feet Store Franchisee

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Exaltare Capital ManagementLLC announced on April 24, 2023, that it acquired GF Midwest Inc., one of the largest developers and operators of the Good Feet Store franchise. Exaltare collaborated with financing partners Genesis...more

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The Rise of Hybrid Funds

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The lines between closed-end and open-end private investment fund investment structures have blurred in recent years, as managers structure funds to hold illiquid assets in open-end funds and liquid assets in closed-end...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Increased Regulatory Focus on Privacy and Cybersecurity for Private Funds in 2022

2021 continued the trend of increased regulatory focus on privacy and cybersecurity for private investment funds in the U.S. and abroad. There are no signs of the trend leveling off any time soon. One of the topics that...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Key Takeaways from FFA Quarterly Update

The Fund Finance Association hosted a virtual quarterly update mini-conference attended by over 380 people on Tuesday, headlined by a presentation from Rahmin Maali, the Associate Vice President of Private Capital at Preqin....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

PE Can Pursue PIPE Dreams

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European PIPEs — which have experienced an uptick due to COVID-19-related market volatility — present unique structural, informational, and governance considerations for private equity investors. European private...more

White & Case LLP

Spanish dealmaking defies health and economic crisis

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While Spain's recession is expected to be among the deepest on the continent, the nation has remained one of the most attractive deal destinations in Europe for PE and M&A....more

Dechert LLP

Global Private Equity Newsletter - Winter 2020 Edition: Private Equity Firms with Health Care Investments Should Protect...

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The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on September 18, 2019, announced a $21.36 million settlement with compounding pharmacy Patient Care America (“PCA”), two PCA executives, and private equity firm Riordan, Lewis & Haden, Inc....more

White & Case LLP

Western European PE activity dips in 2019, but total buyout value remains high

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PE activity in Western Europe may have dipped in 2019 but this is not the full picture. Buyout activity remains impressive, although exits subsided as PE funds focused on purchases instead of sales. Western Europe had a...more

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Private Equity Comment: UK General Election, EU Rules on Cross-Border Fund Distribution, and More

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This alert is part of a new series of quarterly updates from the Goodwin Private Equity team on important issues for European private equity. As 2019 comes to a close, here are three issues for fund managers to consider....more

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With New Brexit Deadline, UK Managers Managing Luxembourg Funds Have Options to Consider

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The UK’s exit from the European Union is now postponed to 31 January 2020, and whilst there is still significant uncertainty regarding the occurrence of Brexit on that date, the CSSF set out a new deadline on 6 November 2019...more

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Financial Institutions M&A: Sector trends - June 2019: Consolidation continues at pace—mega-mergers on the horizon

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The wait is over. Whispers of mega-deals have matured into agenda items for boards of many larger European banks. Overview - 3 highlights of bank M&A: - Bank consolidation: The numbers speak for themselves—100 regional and...more

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Private Equity Venture Capital and Hedge Funds May Get Boost from SEC

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On June 18th, the SEC issued a concept release (the “Concept Release”) seeking public comment on ways to simplify, harmonize, and improve the rules related to private securities offerings. The Concept Release contains several...more

Morgan Lewis

European Commission Issues Proposals on Sustainability for Financial Services Firms

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The proposals pave the way for the integration of environmental, social, and governance considerations into the day-to-day thinking of financial services firms....more

Troutman Pepper

A Strategic Comparison Of Private Investment Fund Models

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Our law firm, Pepper Hamilton, regularly advises prospective private equity and hedge fund managers on the various legal structure options associated with launching a new private investment fund. In our experience, first-time...more

Morgan Lewis

Senior Managers and Certification Regime 2018 Extension: FCA Consults

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published a Consultation Paper containing its proposals to expand the Senior Managers and Certification Regime to all FSMA-authorised firms; the window for providing comments to the FCA...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Independent Sponsors: How to Leverage This Valuable Channel for Transactions

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In an ultra-competitive deal market, investors continually look for attractive opportunities to deploy additional capital. While “independent sponsors” have been around for many years, the number of independent sponsors is at...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

New Markets Tax Credits – the Best Kept Secret in Financing Public Projects

Right before Thanksgiving 2016, the federal government announced the release of $7 billion of tax credits aimed at spurring private equity investment into projects in low income communities. Administered through the U.S....more

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Mass. District Court Holds Private Equity Funds Liable for a Portfolio Entity’s Pension Benefits

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The Private Equity Practice has been getting an increasing number of calls related to the decision made earlier this spring (Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New Eng. Teamsters & Trucking Indus. Pension Fund, 2016 US Dist....more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

A Commonsense Explanation of the SEC’s Regulation of Private Investment Funds

The SEC’s regulation of the private investment funds industry has generated significant attention and commentary, as well as a fair amount of hand-wringing. From our perspective as lawyers, however, there is a relatively...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

PE Firms: Prepare for the BEA’s Upcoming BE-180 Survey

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Private equity firms may be subject to new mandatory BEA reporting requirements with respect to their cross-border financial services transactions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the US Department of Commerce...more

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