Asset Management, Initial Public Offering (IPO)

Undercapitalization in the Booming Secondaries Market: Why Buy-Side Capital Continues to Lag Behind Deal Opportunities Despite...

Ropes & Gray LLP on 9/10/2025

With near-constant reports on the growth and scale of the secondaries market, and headlines announcing marquee secondary fund closings, such as Carlyle AlpInvest’s recent $20 billion fundraise, one could be excused for...more

SEC’s New Rules Give SPACs, Target Companies Much to Consider

DarrowEverett LLP on 2/28/2024

On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules relating to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”). The new rules affect both initial public offerings (“IPOs”) for...more

Ripples Following the SPAC Wave: Litigation and Regulatory Risks

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on 5/2/2023

It’s a pattern we often see in boom-and-bust cycles—disputes rising in the period after a wave crests. SPAC deal volume hit an unprecedented high in 2021, but then slowed down in 2022 alongside IPOs. However, the fallout from...more

Financial Daily Dose 8.26.2021 | Top Story: Delta Airlines to Impose Healthcare Surcharge on Unvaxxed Employees

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/26/2021

While not mandating vaccines for its employees, Delta Airlines announced on Wednesday that it would begin charging unvaxxed workers enrolled in its healthcare program a monthly $200 surcharge, require Covid testing, and...more

To SPAC or Not to SPAC: A Continuing Conversation with Mid-Sized PE Fund Managers about the SPAC Process (Part II)

K&L Gates LLP on 4/23/2021

An Introduction to the SPAC IPO Process: In our initial alert (Part I), we provided an overview of key considerations for private equity (PE) mid-sized and emerging managers when deciding whether to launch a SPAC. In this...more

To SPAC or Not to SPAC – Key Considerations for Mid-Sized Private Equity Managers

K&L Gates LLP on 4/2/2021

SPAC initial public offerings (IPOs) were all the rage in 2020, and they have picked up even more steam in 2021—reaching new heights. Private equity sponsors have emerged as key players in the SPAC sponsorship space, and...more

Financial Daily Dose 2.12.2021 | Top story: Bumble Booms in Public Markets Debut

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/12/2021

Bumble hit markets on Thursday with considerable buzz, and markets validated that love, with company shares opening a mind-boggling $33 above its already-increased offering price. ...more

The FCA’s First Antitrust Decision: “When Market Chatter Becomes Collusion”

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/12/2019

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) officials who were involved in the FCA’s first competition decision, Anti-Competitive Conduct in the Asset Management Sector, shared their views on the case at a Skadden-moderated Q&A session...more

Landmark decision suggests a tough approach by the FCA to information exchange and its enforcement of competition law in the UK

White & Case LLP on 5/30/2019

In a landmark decision on 21 February 2019 (the "Decision"), marking the first use of its enforcement powers under the Competition Act 1998 ("CA 1998"), the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") imposed fines on three asset...more

UK Financial Conduct Authority’s First Antitrust Penalty: Sharing Pricing Intentions on IPOs or Share Placements With Rival Asset...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/11/2019

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its first antitrust decision since obtaining competition law powers four years ago. The decision is a controversial one....more

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