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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Investors in closed-end funds make a commitment for the duration of a fund’s life cycle — known as the fund’s term — with liquidity available only through sale of assets, secondary transactions, or fund liquidation. Investors...more
The Pension Schemes Bill announced in the King’s Speech on 17 July builds on the UK Government’s drive to encourage defined contribution (DC) pension investment in long-term illiquid investments such as private equity,...more
Last week saw almost 1,140 registrants attend the FFA’s annual symposium at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. As ever, the event brought together a wide range of market participants from across the industry,...more
As changing market conditions and geopolitical risks continue to pose challenges for dealmakers, it can be difficult to identify and capitalize on opportunities. In this series, members of Troutman Pepper's Private Equity...more
The FCA’s Policy Statement published on 25 October 2021 provides feedback to its May 2021 consultation (the Consultation) and sets out the final rules and guidance for the new authorised open-ended fund regime to invest in...more
In this series of articles we consider two of the more common requests we see in terms of fund structuring options: Multi-Class Funds, and Hybrid Funds. This second article in the series will consider Hybrid Funds....more
In this series of articles we consider two of the more common requests we see in terms of fund structuring options: Multi-Class Funds, and Hybrid Funds. This first article in the series will consider Multi-Class Funds. Hybrid...more
Given the current market volatility resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many fund sponsors are seeking additional sources of capital to protect and/or enhance their investment portfolios. There are many circumstances in...more
I recently was chatting with a residential mortgage broker and learned that conventional mortgages, those that qualify for purchase by Fannie Mae, carry a higher interest rate than “jumbo” mortgages, those that are too large...more