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DarrowEverett LLP

Your Business's Growth Blueprint: Why Solid Legal Documents Matter

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Every successful business owner has ambition to grow, scale, and take his/her company to the next level. However, there’s one critical, often overlooked aspect that can make or break a business’s ability to get to that level:...more

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Founder Secondary Sales: A Primer

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Increasingly, founders desire liquidity with respect to a portion of their equity stake before the company goes public or completes a complete exit event (like an M&A sale). Liquidity is desired for many reasons, including...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Q1 2025 Venture Beacon: Key VC Market Trends

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In this edition of the J.P. Morgan Venture Beacon, we analyze venture deals from Series Seed through Series D+ to surface the real-time dynamics shaping today’s startup ecosystem. Produced in collaboration with J.P. Morgan |...more

IR Global

Preparing Your Business for a Successful Exit

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When I founded EmergeCounsel over a decade ago, my vision wasn’t just to create a law firm, it was to help entrepreneurs, like myself, build businesses that are not only sustainable but also primed for a future exit, should...more

WilmerHale

2025 IPO Report

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This year’s IPO Report offers a detailed review of the IPO market and outlook, including a breakdown of IPOs by industry and the number of IPOs from the leading states over the past five years. We also take a look at the IPO...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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 226

This week's featured corporate venture and private equity fund is BRF S.A. - BRF S.A., based in Brazil, is one of the largest global food companies. It has nearly 100,000 employees working out of 120 countries....more

Woodruff Sawyer

SPAC Sponsor Liability and Insurance Solutions

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The SPAC market is finally making a comeback. As we enter a period of the long-awaited SPAC revival, some liability dangers persist. Two common questions that keep being raised by our clients are: How much liability...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund

Part of a series on structuring the team and legal infrastructure of a new private equity/VC fund (remaining issues to be released in the coming weeks): Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund:...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

A Sharper Focus: Exploring VC Side Letters

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A side letter in the venture capital sector is an agreement between an investor and the company it is investing in that entitles the investor to certain contractual rights, which supplement and are in addition to other rights...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

Conyers

Top 5 Hong Kong Publications of 2024

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In Hong Kong, our most popular thought leadership provided clients with vital information on Cayman Islands investment funds, accompanying questions of corporate governance, and the key advantages of Cayman companies for...more

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Annual Board Meeting and Other Corporate Governance Requirements for Funds

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As we approach year-end, we remind all Cayman Islands investment funds registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) of CIMA’s Rule on Corporate Governance for Regulated Entities and the Rule and Statement of...more

Ankura

Political Nexus in Indian Startups: Essential Checks for Investors

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As the Indian startup ecosystem continues to thrive, attracting substantial investments from around the globe, investors are increasingly eyeing opportunities within this burgeoning market. However, investing in Indian...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

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primer on Navigating VC for Growth in the Healthy F&B (Food & Beverage) Space

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Venture capital can be a vital source of funding and support for emerging companies in the healthy food and beverage space. In addition to providing capital, venture capitalists may offer strategic guidance, networking...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

The Federal Corporate Transparency Act Through the Lens of Private Equity: Unique Challenges Await

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With a stated goal of enhancing transparency of business ownership, the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) mandates various types of businesses – such as corporations, limited liability companies, and limited...more

A&O Shearman

Conversion of shares, variation of class rights and interpretation of articles of association the Court of Appeal decision in the...

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The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision regarding the interplay between potentially conflicting provisions in a company’s articles of association. The provisions in question related to the conversion of shares...more

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Bermuda Public Companies Update, Summer 2023

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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq during the first half of 2023. Global Market Update - ...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

BCLP

ESG Aspirations vs. Operations - Momentum in Emerging Greenwashing & Diligence Risks

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Increasing focus on ESG related progress is both commendable and imperative. The scrutiny extends beyond renewables, alternative energy, industrials and carbon impact, to all facets of global business including banks and...more

Jones Day

2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast

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TRANSACTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON 2022 - What are the trends, risks, and opportunities in 2022? As dealmakers recover from a record-breaking 2021, we expect another busy year in 2022. While risks in the financing market,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OLNS#9: Venture Capital Deals in Germany – Pitfalls, Key Terms and Success Factors Founders Need to Know

In substantially all the major world markets, we have dedicated technology lawyers who support young German technology companies on their growth trajectory through all stages. As one of the top tech law firms in the world, we...more

BakerHostetler

Seller's Directors Beware: You May Be Liable When the Buyer's Leveraged Buyout Goes Bad

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For the past two decades, courts have afforded directors and officers considerable protection for a good-faith decision to proceed with a highly leveraged sale that ultimately led to bankruptcy or liquidation. Courts are...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Alternative Venture Capital: The New Unicorn Investors

In a new paper, Alternative Venture Capital: The New Unicorn Investors, professor Anat Alon-Beck explores the rise of alternative venture capital (AVC) investors and the ways in which these investors are affecting unicorn...more

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