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
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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
Two quarters in, Asia's private capital market appears as uncertain as ever. Last year, we repeatedly heard two mantras. First, Asia's private capital market would grow at substantial rates and, second, that GP...more
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a report, alongside a press release and updated webpage, examining vulnerabilities in non-bank commercial real estate (CRE) investors. The report identifies entities such as...more
This publication focuses on the key issue currently facing managers of open-ended real estate funds offered to institutional investors: the difficulty of striking reliable valuations of properties under the economically...more
FUNDamentals is a periodic digest of news and information specifically for private funds and their managers. In this issue, we highlight some fundraising trends, new marketing rule FAQs, fund liquidity trends (limited...more
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
Global private secondary market transaction volume hit an all-time high of US$160 billion in financial year (FY)-2024, which is up 41 percent from 2023 and has surpassed projections. Private market secondaries have been...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its final report containing revised recommendations for liquidity risk management for collective investment schemes (CIS), accompanied by...more
Following our September 2024 Alert “Liquidity Management Under AIFMD2: RTS for Open-Ended Funds,” the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has now published Final Reports for “Guidelines on LMTs of UCITS and...more
Investment funds have a variety of legal structures customized to investors’ various needs and investment policies. The two main fund structures are closed-end funds and open-end funds, which differ in several material...more
Business development companies (“BDCs”) were created by Congress in 1980 to serve as closed-end, venture capital funds for retail investors by financing small to mid-sized U.S. private companies. Since about 2004, BDC...more
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
On 15 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) published draft regulatory technical standards (the “Draft RTS”) and final guidelines (the “Guidelines”) on Liquidity Management Tools (“LMTs”), as...more
The Gulf Cooperation Council region (the GCC) is becoming an ever-more important destination for the global private credit market. In this client briefing we explore the region’s rising prominence as a key destination for...more
This winter, Latham’s Investment Funds Practice delivered an in-depth exploration of continuation fund transactions, offering strategic insights and practical guidance in the latest installment of the Texas Private Funds...more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - There is a spectrum of potential financing structures for a private credit fund (a “Credit Fund”) to obtain liquidity, including at various levels in the fund structure, such as at the fund level or by...more
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
Read our latest insights into the U.S. private equity market. We cover monthly deal activity and size, fundraising, exits, leveraged loans, and a look ahead. U.S. PE dealmaking had a slower start in 2025. YTD deal numbers...more
AT A GLANCE - The rise of the direct lending market has led to a dramatic rise in supporting liquidity strategies to optimize the market. These strategies include the use of financings to provide market participants with...more
The ESMA Consultation Paper on draft regulatory technical standards on open-ended loan-originating AIFs (OE LO AIFs) under the AIFMD, published on the 12 December 2024, aims to set out the requirements which OE LO AIFs must...more
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
The EU has issued its consultation on Regulatory Technical Standards for open-ended loan-originating AIFs operating under AIFMD II. As previously flagged, the default position under AIFMD II is that Loan Originating...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards on open-ended loan originating Alternative Investment Funds under the revised Alternative Investment...more
The recent closing by Goldman Sachs of its highly innovative and market leading US$475 million “capital call” securitisation of subscription credit lines has generated a lot of interest in both fund finance and structured...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published a consultation report on its proposed revised recommendations for liquidity risk management for collective investment schemes. The Liquidity Risk...more