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Emerging Manager Spotlight: Kyle Bradford of Latticework Capital Management 

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The interview below is part of a series from the McGuireWoods Emerging Manager Program featuring impressive emerging managers. The McGuireWoods Emerging Manager Program supports emerging managers throughout the most critical...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Independent Sponsor Series – Capital Provider Spotlight: A Conversation with Paul Moffatt of Encore One (Part Two)

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

Mintz

Trump Administration Tariffs: Key Considerations for Private Equity Investors

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President Trump’s return to the White House has been accompanied by an increasingly aggressive trade policy that seeks to restore global trading imbalances by imposing reciprocal tariffs on imported goods. While the...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Legal Lingo: What is a Secondaries Transaction?

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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

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

The Fate of the “Last Gasp” of the Biden FTC: Will Its Legacy Survive the Trump Administration?

In the days leading up to President Trump’s inauguration, the Biden FTC rushed to initiate major lawsuits and to tie a bow on various antitrust policy efforts. In a series of dissenting statements, the minority Republican...more

Stevens & Lee

FTC Settlement Proposes Consent Order to Monitor Private Equity Firm Welsh Carson’s Acquisitions Plans

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We previously reported on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against U.S. Anesthesia Partners (USAP) and the private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh Carson). In the lawsuit, the FTC alleges that...more

Holland & Knight LLP

5 Key Antitrust Takeaways from Holland & Knight's Panel at Nashville Healthcare Sessions 2024

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2024 has been an eventful year for federal and state antitrust enforcement in healthcare with many in the industry wondering where do we go from here in 2025. Holland & Knight sponsored a breakout panel discussion at the...more

Venable LLP

Event in Review: Private Equity Investment in Healthcare

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Investment in the healthcare industry requires careful consideration, as it involves numerous distinct areas of the law. Venable's Private Equity Investment in Healthcare webinar series explores the unique issues and timely...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Court Dismisses “Roll-Up” Lawsuit against Private Equity Firm in Blow to FTC

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On May 13, a federal district court in Texas dismissed private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (Welsh Carson) from an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The lawsuit, which was...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Question of the Week: What is your outlook for private capital in 2024?

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"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

Latham & Watkins LLP

Enforcement of “Interlocking Directorates” Accelerates With DOJ-Announced Resignations and FTC Consent Agreement

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Companies should take a proactive approach as US antitrust agencies continue to enforce Section 8 of the Clayton Act. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division (the...more

Goodwin

Debt Download - July 2023

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Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin's monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. Are the debt capital markets this summer as hot as the weather? Read on to find out!...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK Takeover Code Changes Have Entered into Force – What Do You Need to Know?

Following a consultation launched in May 2022[1], the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Panel”) effected changes to the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Code”) on 20 February 2023[2], including the circumstances...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

HPE Miami 2022 PE Fundraising 3.0: Continuation Vehicles, Single-Asset Funds and Secondaries

In this session, Ian Schwartz, Partner and Head of McDermott’s Investment Funds Practice, moderated a discussion that explored fundraising strategies and transaction structures that optimize liquidity and long-term returns...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Proposed Tax Law Amendments and Tax Increases May Impact Private Equity and M&A Deals

The House Ways and Means Committee recently released legislative proposals as part of the “Build Back Better” reconciliation legislation that the committee is currently developing (the Proposed Legislation). The Proposed...more

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The Ripples Behind the SPAC Wave

The past year saw a burst in popularity of SPACs. More than half of companies that went public in 2020 did so using a SPAC on their way to raising over $80 billion in proceeds, and so far in 2021 SPAC offerings far outpace...more

A&O Shearman

What to Expect from the Biden Administration

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The inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States has set in motion a number of significant policy changes. In this panel discussion, our U.S. legal and policy specialists shared their insights on what our...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Webinar] Are SPACs Right for Your Business? A Fireside Chat with SPAC Trailblazers DraftKings and Chardan Capital Markets -...

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With 169 special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) initial public offerings (IPOs) and 102 SPAC mergers and counting this year, SPACs are hotter than ever. But are they right approach for your portfolio companies seeking...more

White & Case LLP

The recap rebound

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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

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Reintroduction of Net Operating Loss - A Pepper Hamilton and Financial Executives Alliance Webinar

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Recent law changes can provide portfolio company liquidity and/or require reconsideration of 2018–2020 deals. During this webinar, Steven D. Bortnick and Todd B. Reinstein, partners in the Tax and Estates Practice Group of...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

IP Strategies That Increase the Value of Emerging/Portfolio Companies

Steven Saunders outlines the role of IP in corporate transactions, what investors and acquirers do, how to conduct IP due diligence, how to make your IP stand out, how to drive your IP assets to support your story, how an IP...more

Hogan Lovells

[Webinar] Restructuring a portfolio company webinar series: Part 2 – Distressed M&A in the U.S. - May 22nd, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm...

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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant challenges and opportunities for private equity firms and strategic buyers in the United States. Please join us for a three-part webinar series on restructuring a portfolio...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

COVID-19 – Contingency Planning Checklist for Private Equity Portfolio Companies

Following the wider outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world, radical—and sometimes controversial—actions have been and are further expected to be taken by national, federal and local governments and...more

A&O Shearman

Private Equity Oil & Gas Transactions: Insights for Buyers and Sellers

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Private equity funds have supplied much of the capital injected into the oil and gas exploration and production sector over the last decade. These investors will typically seek to identify, acquire, operate, enhance, and...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Big-Ticket Fines and Veil-Piercing Cases Raise Portfolio Company Liability Risks for PE Parents

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How can private equity firms identify and mitigate inherited liability risk from vulnerable portfolio companies? Ongoing big ticket regulatory fines coupled with high profile corporate veil cases indicate that private...more

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