A New Brand of Uncertainty? — PE Pathways Podcast
Third-Party Risk Management in Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Strategies and Insights — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Importance of Monetizing Intellectual Property Assets of a Portfolio Company
Private Equity and Delaware Law – Part Two
Private Equity and Delaware Law – Part One
What to Expect from the Biden Administration
The Reintroduction of Net Operating Loss - A Pepper Hamilton and Financial Executives Alliance Webinar
Viewpoints: Portfolio Company Pension Liabilities
Videocast: Asset management regulation in 2020 videocast series – Investment company developments
Fundraising Trends in Private Equity for GPs and LPs
Podcast: International Finance Corporation (IFC) Impact Investing Standards
Podcast - Credit Funds: How PE Funds Can Address and Minimize Conflict When Expanding Into Credit
Partner Jeremy Levy hosted the first live recording of PE Pathways at Troutman Pepper Locke's third annual Private Equity Perspectives Summit, held this year in Kohler, WI. Jeremy was joined by Troutman Pepper Locke Partner...more
To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving independent sponsor landscape, Robert Connolly – a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group and leader of LP’s Independent Sponsor team –...more
During this session, the panelists explored whether portfolio company support should come from the sponsor or lenders when portfolio companies require additional funding. They discussed when to deploy sponsor-backed financing...more
Private equity (PE) secondary transactions have grown significantly in recent years, driven by increasing liquidity needs among investors triggered by geopolitical uncertainties, public market volatility significant declines...more
Being an aspiring commercial lawyer often means being confronted by complex, often abstract, concepts leading to an often impenetrable wall of jargon for students and trainees. Next up in our Legal Lingo series, which we've...more
This fall, Latham’s Investment Funds Practice provided guidance on financing options and considerations for funds and portfolio companies in the second installment of the Private Funds Breakfast Series. The quarterly series...more
Over the past 25 years, the Cayman Islands has become a pre-eminent jurisdiction for the formation of alternative investment funds, with around 13,000 regulated open-ended funds and 16,000 regulated closed-ended funds. The...more
This article provides an overview of common structures for investment funds in the Cayman Islands. Investment funds in the Cayman Islands must be registered either under the Private Funds Act or the Mutual Funds Act,...more
この記事では、ケイマン諸島における一般的な投資ファンド組成に関する概要をご紹介します。 ケイマン諸島における投資ファンドは、ファンド戦略がクローズドエンド型かオープンエンド型かに応じて、プライベートファンド法またはミューチュアルファンド法のいずれかに基づいて登録されなければならないことになっています。...more
देश से बाहर हेज फंड स्थापित करने के मामले में केमैन आइलैंड का नाम दुनिया में पहले नंबर पर आता है। इसका टैक्स-न्यूट्रल प्लेटफॉर्म, स्थिर अर्थव्यवस्था, व्यवहार-कुशल बैंकिंग क्षेत्र, गोपनीयता और पेशेवर वित्तीय सेवा उद्योग ये तो...more
由于高税收、复杂的金融法律以及不稳定的经济和政治等问题继续影响着在岸世界，开曼群岛作为建立私募股权、风险投资和房地产基金之地的魅力与日俱增。...more
为了帮助基金经理确定开曼群岛是否是其基金的正确选择，我们列出了在建立对冲基金时需要考虑的一些重要因素，并介绍了相关文件和法规。 对冲基金通常为开放基金，即投资者可以定期赎回。因此，为满足此类赎回需求， 基金中必须始终有足够的现金或流动资产。...more
What are they? A letter agreement between a portfolio company and an investing venture capital fund which provides the venture capital fund with certain “management rights” that allow it to substantially participate in, or...more
Recently, we have been witnessing a trend among institutional investors of preferring investment funds that take ESG (environmental, social and governance) considerations into account. ESG considerations lead to investments...more
In this episode, the first in our three-part EU ESG Considerations for Beginners miniseries, Akin Gump financial regulatory partner Ezra Zahabi looks at the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and what it means...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
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
Traditional energy funds that target investments in fossil fuel industries continue to face strong and increasing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) pressures, especially from institutional and European-based...more
In 2020, investment companies should be prepared for important compliance deadlines and likely US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemakings. In this Bottom Line videocast, Cynthia Beyea and Ronald Coenen Jr....more
The First Circuit reverses a lower court decision and finds two Sun Capital private equity funds are not liable for portfolio company’s pension plan liabilities under ERISA. On November 22, 2019, the United States Court of...more