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Cooley LLP

Deal Count Increases and Invested Capital Down for Late-Stage Rounds; Valuations Rise and Pay-to-Play Reaches 10.1%

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Cooley handled 238 reported venture capital financings in Q2 2025, representing $6.5 billion of invested capital. Deal count increased by more than 20% across all stages of financing compared to the previous quarter, with...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

From Federal to State: Building the New Life Sciences Capital Stack | Life Sciences Snapshot – Q3 2025

This year, U.S. VC funding into the life sciences sector has cooled: Q1 softness was followed by a decade low in VC transactions in Q2. Despite the moderation in dealmaking volume, investors continued to deploy sizable...more

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Private credit leans on PIK flexibility in competitive market

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In the face of intensifying competition from the broadly syndicated loan market, private credit lenders are leveraging their ability to provide payment-in-kind flexibility to secure deals - Private credit lenders in the US...more

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Margin loans come to private markets

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At a time when sponsors are holding onto assets longer than expected, margin loans in private markets are providing a valuable channel of liquidity- Drawn out hold periods and low exit volumes have put liquidity at a...more

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Delayed-draw facilities: A key differentiator in a competitive market

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Competition between the private credit and broadly syndicated loan (BSL) markets is intensifying, with developments on both sides blurring the distinctions between the two products. One of these distinctive features is the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Key Takeaways | Sponsor-Led Syndications: How To Get From a Grid to a Club

During this session, the panelists discussed key considerations for selecting and managing lenders ahead of participating in a debt syndicate, including how to evaluate potential lenders, compare key terms, and choose club...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

M&A Insights Series – Valuation Expectations and Industry Trends: A Conversation with Dave Kakareka of Balmoral Advisors (Part 1)

To help businesses, owners, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group and leader of LP’s Independent Sponsor and Private Equity...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Ascent of Private Credit in Sports: An Era of New Opportunities

The sports industry has become a significant global economic force, generating hundreds of billions of dollars annually on a worldwide basis and operating within an increasingly complex financial landscape. Professional...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Secondaries Shift, April 2025 - Secondaries Outlook: A Market All Grown Up

We are now more than a full quarter into 2025, and it has been a very busy start to the year for the CWT fund finance practice, thanks in part to a busy quarter for secondaries fund finance deals. This is on the back of an...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Give and Take February 2025 - When Relationships Go South

In entering into a fund financing, both the Lender and the Fund have expectations that the relationship will be a success.  The Lender is appreciative of the association, and the Fund is confident in its ability to raise...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Special Situations Credit: 2024 Year In Review and 2025 Outlook

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As expected, we experienced continued strong deal flow for special situations credit transactions in 2024, with both macroeconomic and industry-specific factors broadly impacting markets. While a slight lowering of interest...more

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European leveraged finance: A market reawakened

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European leveraged finance markets back on track -European leveraged finance markets rallied strongly in 2024, with momentum for new deals and opportunities for borrowers and lenders alike in 2025 - Europe's leveraged...more

Blank Rome LLP

Exploring Consolidation and Private Equity Investment in Physician Practice Management

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Episode 12: Exploring Consolidation and Private Equity Investment in Physician Practice Management - In this episode of BRight Minds in Healthcare Delivery, host Eric Tower interviews Robert Aprill, a partner at Physician...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Inside NAV Loans October 2024 - What’s in a NAV Loan?

The purpose of this article is to unpack the basic building blocks of what constitutes a NAV Loan to make sure that market participants have a basic understanding of what is in a NAV Loan and their key negotiated issues. As...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Read and React October 2024 - ILPA NAV Guidance: Market Reaction and Practical Considerations

As most Fund Finance Friday readers probably already know, over the summer, the Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”) issued guidance for Limited Partners (“LPs”) and General Partners (“GPs”) around the use of...more

Mayer Brown

The Intersection of NAV and Margin Loans: Single Asset and Concentrated Asset Pools

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Executive Summary - Over the last several years, a need has arisen in the fund finance market, which caters to private equity, venture capital, family offices, and other investment funds (“Funds”) and their sponsors, for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Roll the Tape June 2024 - Fund Finance Highlight Reel: The First Half in Pictures

This year is starting to feel a bit more normalized after the 2021-2022 record origination numbers followed by the 2023 market disruption. In many ways, Fund finance has passed the stress test and moved forward. What has 2024...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Credit Conditions | March 2024

Higher interest rates presented a challenging environment for dealmakers and the debt markets in 2023. But what does 2024 have in store? In this edition of Credit Conditions, we look back at last year’s key market trends and...more

WilmerHale

2024 Venture Capital Report

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Venture capital financing activity in 2023 contracted for the second consecutive year in the face of rising interest rates, concerns regarding the trajectory of the economy and continued geopolitical tension. VC-backed...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Maybe Not So Bad After All - August 2022 | Issue No. 188 - Fundraising and the Fund Finance Outlook: It’s Complicated

The fundraising outlook has become more complicated in recent months. No question, year-to-date data looks good. PitchBook, for example, reports that 191 U.S. PE funds raised $176 billion in the first half, annualizing ahead...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Event] HPE Miami 2022 - March 9th - 10th, Miami Beach, FL

Join us in person on Miami Beach for exclusive networking and to hear from leading investors helping shape the future of healthcare private equity. The annual HPE Miami event features a world-class faculty, offers creative...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Views and News - February 2022 | Issue No. 161 - FFF Travels to the Channel Islands: An Introduction to Jersey and Guernsey

Cadwalader has recently seen a growth in the number of funds formed in Jersey and Guernsey that are party to subscription and NAV facilities. Trent Lindsay and Cassandra Best spoke with Julia Keppe, Senior Counsel at Walkers...more

Jones Day

2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast

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TRANSACTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON 2022 - What are the trends, risks, and opportunities in 2022? As dealmakers recover from a record-breaking 2021, we expect another busy year in 2022. While risks in the financing market,...more

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