Private Equity Perspectives: Episode Three – Interest Rates and PE Deals
NGE On Demand: Profits Interests: Granting & Receiving with Patty Cain and Josh Klein
Bracing For Change: A Look Ahead To 2021
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Identifying IP Opportunities in Today’s Economy
Episode 021: Member Liquidity, Default Rules, and the Corporate-ization of LLCs: A Conversation with Dean Donald J. Weidner
Podcast: Credit Funds: 1940 Act Interval Funds
Regulators Tackle Board Effectiveness and Overdrafts
Sluggish M&A and IPO markets have put the brakes on private equity exit activity across Europe, but as pressure builds to clear the backlog of unsold portfolio companies, firms are taking innovative approaches to selling...more
Let me begin with an apology for not being in print for a while. All that Ho-ho-ho-ing and a lot of mulling over this particular commentary is to blame. Today, with writer’s block behind me, this commentary is about...more
Are we headed for an IPO rebound in 2025? According to a recent CNBC article, a major window for the IPO market could be opening. They point to prime conditions such as markets at new highs, interest rate stabilization, a...more
El Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público de Colombia expidió el Decreto 1239 de 2024 con el objetivo de consolidar un marco regulatorio que potencie la liquidez del mercado de valores, facilitando una mejor formación de...more
The Pine Cliffs Resort hosted the FFA’s 2024 Global Leadership Summit this week where key players and leaders from across the industry gathered to discuss macroeconomic, geopolitical, policy, legal, regulatory and other...more
In our previous alerts (here and here), we noted critical feedback that the European Commission (Commission) gave to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on its December 2023 draft Regulatory Technical...more
More than 1,800 industry players attended the 13th annual Global Fund Finance Symposium that wrapped up yesterday afternoon at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. There was a lot to talk about in terms of market evolution...more
"Fund managers will continue to innovate and be creative in how they address challenges in the market. For example, fund and portfolio level restructurings will progress at a steady pace to address limitations on exit...more
What do founders, employees and investors in privately held companies all have in common? Limited opportunity to sell their shares. That’s because of various legal, contractual and market factors that impede the sale of...more
S&P Global crowned 2020 "The Year of the SPAC," and it is hard to disagree with this sentiment. The wave of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) has dominated headlines as the SPAC, together with its ensuing business...more
The market witnessed a flurry of renewable energy and clean tech IPOs from 2010-2015 followed by select names in the second half of the decade. In 2020, capital markets activity for clean energy and energy transition...more
Dividend recapitalization activity plunged in the immediate aftermath of COVID-19 but, as markets recovered, investor appetite for recap deals swelled - Leveraged loan and high yield bond issuance specifically intended...more
For private investment funds with limited or no remaining uncalled commitments, net asset value (NAV) and hybrid credit facilities can provide a useful source of liquidity to support underperforming assets or allow funds to...more
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis is presenting fund managers with numerous challenges. One key challenge is to make sure that their portfolio companies have sufficient capital available to weather this particular storm. But how...more