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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

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Demystifying PE-Backed Boards: Opportunity, Risk, and the Evolving Role of Directors

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Private equity boards often carry a certain mystique — and, let’s face it, a bit of stigma. Many directors react to the idea with hesitancy, imagining high pressure, constant turnover, and limited governance influence. But as...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – May 2025

Key Points - - The SEC’s Crypto Task Force acknowledges past hostility toward digital assets and aims to create more sensible regulations. - Tokenized securities face complex regulatory challenges, including compliance...more

Conyers

South & Southeast Asia M&A Report

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We are pleased to provide this twice-annual report summarising notable mergers and acquisitions activity in South and Southeast Asia, highlighting transactions over US$100 million in aggregate value. This edition features...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Women in PE and Finance to Know: Caroline Dallas

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The interview below is part of an ongoing effort by McGuireWoods to profile women leaders in private equity (PE) and finance....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FCA Publishes Findings on Private Market Valuation Practices

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A review of fund and portfolio managers found a number of good practices, but also revealed the need for improvement in areas such as conflict management. On 5 March 2025, the FCA published the findings from its review...more

Ankura

Building Blocks That Matter

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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

Carey Olsen

Fund Finance Laws and Regulations 2025: Assessing Lender Risk in Fund Finance Markets (GLI chapter)

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Carey Olsen have contributed to the Global Legal Insights – Fund Finance guide by authoring a chapter on assessing lender risk in fund finance markets. As the fund finance market continues to evolve, lenders will need to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

PRA and FCA Offer New Guidance on How Changes in Control Will Be Assessed

On 1 November 2024, the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a joint policy statement (PS 18/24) on the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases in control. The...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Dealmaker's Digest: A Top 10 Bulletin - January 2025

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In Dealmaker’s Digest, read the top 10 latest developments in global transactions. We offer insights into M&A activity across industries and borders. Annual global M&A activity in 2024 rebounded significantly from 2023’s...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Key Takeaways for Life Sciences Companies Considering a 2025 IPO

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The outlook for life sciences IPOs is showing renewed optimism heading into 2025, with market conditions becoming more constructive and regulatory environments potentially more favorable....more

A&O Shearman

Is life returning to the private equity exit market?

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Following a period in which financial sponsors have struggled to realize an acceptable prices for their assets, signs point towards a brighter outlook for 2025. At the start of 2024 private equity firms were hoping that...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFPB Finalizes Rule To Subject Large Payment Apps to Direct Supervision

On November 21, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule that deems payment app providers “larger participants” subject to the agency’s direct supervision (Rule)....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A 2025 Revival for UK Capital Markets?

Since the announcement of the UK government’s Edinburgh reforms to financial services in December 2022, which set out a large number of proposals aimed at making London the “world’s most innovative and competitive global...more

Conyers

ケイマン諸島籍クローズドエンドファンドに関する規制に要注意

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ケイマン諸島は世界有数のオフショアファンド法域です。2023年時点でのケイマン諸島における登録ファンド数は約29,500で、ケイマン諸島籍ファンドは、全世界の米国籍以外のファンド全体の68%を占めています。...more

Conyers

Attention! Know The Regulatory Obligations Of Your Cayman Closed-Ended Fund

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The Cayman Islands is a pre-eminent offshore funds jurisdiction. In fact, with around 29,500 registered funds in 2023, Cayman accounts for 68% of funds set up outside of the United States....more

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Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review: Cayman Islands - April to June 2024

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Welcome to the second instalment of 2024 of the Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. In this edition we cover several Cayman Islands regulatory updates including updates to the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights – June 2024

Explore the unique considerations for mergers and acquisitions in the AI sector, the return of IPOs, the implications of new Supreme Court decisions and other developments in this edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights....more

A&O Shearman

Chief Information Security Officers and cyber whistleblowing: considerations for PE firms

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Managing these risks at a single company should be straightforward.  Executives and CISOs may be personally held accountable for cyber failings, negligence, breaches, and inadequate disclosure around cyber vulnerabilities and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2024 Insights: Corporate Trends

Global M&A Activity Endures Headwinds in 2023 and Displays Resilience Going Into 2024 - Despite market headwinds, dealmakers have looked to carveouts, spin-offs, joint ventures and other creative deal structures to engage...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cinco Celebration May 2023 - One (Cayman Corporate Governance) Rule to Rule Them All ...

The growth in regulation and oversight of private equity and venture capital funds (“Private Funds”) in the Cayman Islands has again taken a step forward with the recent introduction by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority...more

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