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Private Equity’s Plan B: Navigating the Exit Drought with Continuation Funds

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In a typical bull market, private equity sponsors exit out of portfolio assets through IPOs, strategic sales and sponsor-to-sponsor buyouts. But the 2025 deal market has proven to be neither typical nor robust....more

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Why Set Up a Tokenised Investment Fund with an Approved Manager in the BVI?

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Setting up a tokenized investment fund with an approved manager in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) offers many strategic advantages by combining the innovative benefits of blockchain technology with cost-effectiveness and...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FAQs on the Latham Letter for Exempt Offerings with General Solicitation Under Rule 506(c)

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On March 12, 2025, Latham obtained SEC Staff guidance on the use of general solicitation in private placements. The guidance unlocks the full potential of Regulation D Rule 506(c) by clarifying that issuers may satisfy the...more

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The Channel Islands structures being used for infrastructure assets

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We are continuing to see Guernsey and Jersey structures being established for investment into and acquisition of infrastructure assets such as windfarms, network utilities and renewable power....more

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BVI Corporate Review – Q4 2024

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Welcome to the final edition of our Quarterly Corporate Update for 2024 covering recent developments in the British Virgin Islands. The fourth quarter of 2024 saw continued strong activity in the BVI office. Our corporate...more

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African Mining Looks Offshore

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The African mining industry is an attractive destination for many global mining companies, but structuring deals on the continent is not always straightforward for foreign investors in the sector. That backdrop means many...more

Ankura

Building Blocks That Matter

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Finance Transition for Middle Market and First-Time Sponsor-Backed Companies - Our Ankura Office of the CFO® professionals have worked inside finance functions of private equity (PE) and private credit-backed portfolio...more

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Operational Real Estate: OpCo Ownership Considerations

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The growth of the operational real estate (OpRE) sector is one of the most significant recent trends in global real estate markets. OpRE is relevant to a wide range of real estate asset classes and subsectors, but all OpRE...more

Carlton Fields

Can Shareholders Rescind an Investment Company’s Contracts Based on 1940 Act Violations?

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Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 provides that contracts that violate or “whose performance involves, a violation of” the act are not enforceable by “either party.” ...more

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Texas District Court ESG ruling has broader implications for ERISA plan fiduciaries

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On January 10, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “Court”) held, in Spence v. American Airlines, Inc., that American Airlines (“American”) and the American Airlines Employee Benefits...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Public Investment in US Professional Sports: Opportunities and Challenges

The financial landscape of United States professional sports is rapidly evolving. Soaring team valuations, lucrative media rights deals, growing portfolios of ancillary assets and expanding global fanbases have reshaped the...more

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ESG Investing Takes A Blow In Texas Federal Court

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On January 10, 2025, Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled, following a four-day bench trial, that an airline breached ERISA fiduciary duties when investing...more

Tonkon Torp LLP

Optimizing the Value of a GP Advisory Board for Private Equity Funds

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Launching a private equity fund is an exciting yet daunting endeavor; and a General Partner (GP) Advisory Board can be a critical asset in navigating the complexities. Thoughtfully designing and engaging a GP Advisory Board...more

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Top 5 Hong Kong Publications of 2024

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In Hong Kong, our most popular thought leadership provided clients with vital information on Cayman Islands investment funds, accompanying questions of corporate governance, and the key advantages of Cayman companies for...more

Fenwick & West LLP

EY Survey Reveals Emerging 'Say-Do' Gap between Sustainability Reporting and Investing

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EY just released its 2024 Institutional Investor Survey, for which it surveyed 350 investment decision-makers from institutions around the world, including asset management firms, wealth management firms, insurers and pension...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Navigating EU Sanctions: How Investment Funds and Corporates Can Meet the 'Best Efforts' Standard

With the introduction of the 14th sanctions package, entities established in the European Union are required to ‘undertake their best efforts to ensure’ that non-EU subsidiaries they own or control do not undermine EU...more

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Singapore: reinventing an ASEAN hub for investments, funds and restructuring

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Singapore’s status as a leading financial centre in Asia and regional hub for commodity trading, shipping, and increasingly, private capital activity has been cemented over the years, especially in the past decade....more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Climate in context: Geopolitics, business, and the board

In this collaboration between the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) and Eurasia Group, our aim is to help widen the boardroom aperture on the global climate challenge—where it stands, and what’s at stake—and to help boards...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

MSCI Announces Changes to Its ESG Rating Methodology, Resulting in Downgrades for Most Funds

MSCI has announced significant changes to its ESG investment fund ratings methodology that “aim to raise the requirements for a fund to be assessed as ‘AA’ or ‘AAA’ rated, improve stability in Fund ESG Ratings and add...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cinco Celebration May 2023 - One (Cayman Corporate Governance) Rule to Rule Them All ...

The growth in regulation and oversight of private equity and venture capital funds (“Private Funds”) in the Cayman Islands has again taken a step forward with the recent introduction by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC’s Division of Investment Management to Host Inaugural Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management

Continuing its focus on the fund industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Investment Management will hold its inaugural Conference on Emerging Trends in Asset Management on May 19, 2023, which will be...more

Hogan Lovells

ESG and Fiduciary Duties

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Doing good with other people's money. We now know that companies, investors and consumers care about ESG issues, so what does this mean for managers charged with driving investor returns? Can ESG be compatible with their...more

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