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Opening the Door to Alternatives: What Fiduciaries Should Know About the New 401(k) Executive Order

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On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors. The directive marks a significant policy shift by encouraging regulators to make it easier...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Our Back to School Era, August 2025 - Examining a Fund Finance Lawyer’s Role as a Teacher

While the weather is still very much feeling like it is the dog days of summer, many students went back to school this past week.  A new school year is an exciting time for students, parents and teachers alike. As we...more

Frost Brown Todd

Is Delaware’s Reign Over? Why Texas Is Challenging the Status Quo for Private Equity Funds

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With increasing competition among states to create the most business-friendly corporate legal ecosystem in the United States, private equity funds across the country are reevaluating the state of incorporation for their...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Family Offices Driving Change in Private Equity: Key Trends and Investment Structures

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In recent years, family offices have evolved from indirect, secondary and/or background investors into highly active and influential players in the private equity space. In 2025, this shift is no longer a trend, it is a...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

A Fiduciary’s Next Steps After Trump’s August 2025 Executive Order: Opening the 401(k) Door to Alternative Investments

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On August 7, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order designed to broaden access to alternative investments, such as private equity, commodities, real estate, and certain digital assets, for participants in...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 249

Food Venture Financing Trends - Daring Foods, a vegan chicken brand, announced that it has been acquired by V2food, a large Australian plant-based meat producers....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: GreyLion Invests in Slipstream IT

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GreyLion Partners has invested in Slipstream IT, according to a news release. Slipstream, founded in 2020 and based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, provides technology support and services exclusively for the life sciences...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Independent Sponsor Update: Key Takeaways from Q2

The second quarter was another busy one for us: In addition to deal work and portfolio company matters, our team attended conferences and continued to meet with various capital providers, independent sponsors, placement...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

European Private Equity Market Recap – H1 2025

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Deal activity: Deal count has picked up through the first half of 2025, up 2% compared to the same period last year but still down 7% from H2 2024. With geopolitical tensions, investors and analysts alike are forecasting...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Key Legal and Market Trends in Private Client Finance

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Anthony Pirraglia, deputy chair of the firm’s Finance department, shares insight into how legal and regulatory trends are shaping private client finance today. As loans to ultra high net worth individuals and their controlled...more

King & Spalding

Executive Order Seeks to Promote Incorporation of Alternative Assets in 401(k) Plans

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On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order entitled “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k) Investors” (the “Executive Order”),1 requiring the Department of Labor (“DOL”) and the Securities...more

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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

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Francisco Partners Sells Orchard Software to Clinisys

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Francisco Partners (FP) has sold Orchard Software to Clinisys, according to a news release. Orchard, founded in 1993 and based in Carmel, Indiana, offers a variety of laboratory information system solutions....more

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Carried Interest 2.0: Luxembourg Modernises Its Tax Treatment for Fund Managers

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On 24 July 2025, a draft bill (the Bill) proposing significant amendments to the law of 4 December 1967 on income tax and the law of 12 July 2013 on alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) was submitted to the Luxembourg...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

LP-led Fund Secondaries – What You Need to Know

Fund secondaries transactions have grown enormously over the last 20 years or so. Recently, funds have been under pressure to return capital to investors in the context of a range of market constraints on traditional exit...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Heritage Group Closes New Fund With $370 Million

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Heritage Group has announced the close of a new fund. The fund — Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund IV — closed at over $370 million....more

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Thurston Closes New Fund With $211 Million

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Thurston Group has announced the close of a new fund. The fund — Thurston Fund III — closed at $211 million. It was oversubscribed....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Accepting PE Investments May Create Unforeseen Problems for Private Company Majority Owners

As private companies grow, they need to secure capital to support their efforts to provide more (and/or better) products and services to their clients. The need for emerging companies to obtain growth capital often leads the...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Evolving Dynamics in Subscription Line Lending: The Role of Private Credit Funds and Traditional Banks

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The landscape of subscription line lending is undergoing significant transformation, with both private credit funds (PCFs) and traditional banks playing crucial roles. PCFs, which pool capital from institutional and...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Summit Partners Invests in Dreampath

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Summit Partners has announced a growth investment in Dreampath Diagnostics. Dreampath, founded in 2012, headquartered in Strasbourg, France, and with a U.S. commercial office in New York, provides digital sample...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Analysis of Key Provisions for Investment Funds and Sponsors

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1 into law, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). As discussed in our prior alert following the passage by the House of...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Negotiating Economics: What are the Different Advantages of Co-Investment for GPs and LPs?

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GPs are increasingly exploring formalised co-investment structures in a bid to secure management fees and carried interest. Co-investment activity has increased fivefold over the past two decades, hitting a record $33.2...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Analysis of Key Provisions for Private Equity Funds and Their Portfolio Companies

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1 into law, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). As discussed in our prior alert following the passage by the House of...more

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Bain Capital and Kohlberg Invest in PCI Pharma

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Bain Capital and Kohlberg have completed a strategic investment in PCI Pharma Services, according to a news release....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Private Equity’s Plan B: Navigating the Exit Drought with Continuation 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

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