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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

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

Carey Olsen

Guernsey funds – special considerations for US managers

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Guernsey, located in the English Channel, is one of the world’s largest offshore finance centres, with a thriving funds industry. The value of funds under management and administration in Guernsey is US$532bn. Guernsey is an...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

A New Brand of Uncertainty? — PE Pathways Podcast

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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

Mayer Brown

UK Regulatory Update Asset Management Sector - Quarterly Newsletter Q2 - 2025

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FCA finalises rules for PISCES – new secondary private stock market – On 10 June 2025, the FCA issued its final rules for the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange ("PISCES"). PISCES is a new type of private...more

A&O Shearman

Global trends in private markets: Spotlight on the Middle East 2025

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The global private markets landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, marked by rapid growth, heightened competition, and a wave of innovation that is reshaping investment strategies and fund structures. Private...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Asia Private Capital: Second-Quarter Data and Trends

Two quarters in, Asia's private capital market appears as uncertain as ever. Last year, we repeatedly heard two mantras. First, Asia's private capital market would grow at substantial rates and, second, that GP...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

ASIC public and private markets update

Following the substantial feedback provided in response to ASIC’s discussion paper, ‘Australia’s evolving capital markets: A discussion paper on the dynamics between public and private markets’ (Discussion Paper) on 10 June...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

BDC Facts & Stats - June 2025

In recent years, non-bank lending to private equity-owned, small- and middle-market companies has increased significantly. Within this growing sector, private and non-traded BDCs have outperformed other non-bank lenders in...more

White & Case LLP

Margin loans come to private markets

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At a time when sponsors are holding onto assets longer than expected, margin loans in private markets are providing a valuable channel of liquidity- Drawn out hold periods and low exit volumes have put liquidity at a...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

UK Public M&A Monthly Activity Update: May 2025

In May 2025, there were eleven Rule 2.7 announcements made across the UK public M&A market and ten further possible offers announced. Firm Offers announced this month: Recommended cash offer by Tristan Capital Partners for...more

White & Case LLP

Delayed-draw facilities: A key differentiator in a competitive market

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Competition between the private credit and broadly syndicated loan (BSL) markets is intensifying, with developments on both sides blurring the distinctions between the two products. One of these distinctive features is the...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Destination Europe with Pemberton’s Co-Founder Symon Drake-Brockman

As America turns inwards, investors are turning east, towards Europe. It’s a seismic shift not seen since the end of WWII. In this episode, we talk with Symon Drake-Brockman, co-founder and Managing Partner of Pemberton Asset...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

How to Grow AUM in a Challenging Fundraising Market

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Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, and the private markets industry has certainly responded to a period of intense fundraising turbulence with creativity and ingenuity. Capital raised for traditional co-mingled...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Operating Business Development Companies: A Brief Overview

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Business development companies (“BDCs”) were created by Congress in 1980 to serve as closed-end, venture capital funds for retail investors by financing small to mid-sized U.S. private companies. Since about 2004, BDC...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Growth of Permanent Capital Vehicles Expected to Accelerate

In recent years, private non-bank lending to private equity-owned, small- and middle-market companies has increased significantly.  According to a report from the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) detailing...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Don’t Go Chasing Simple Waterfalls: Understanding Investment Return Structures

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Waterfalls in private equity and venture capital dictate how investment returns are distributed among stakeholders. These structures determine who gets paid, in what order, and under what conditions. While all waterfalls aim...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Secondaries Shift, April 2025 - Secondaries Outlook: A Market All Grown Up

We are now more than a full quarter into 2025, and it has been a very busy start to the year for the CWT fund finance practice, thanks in part to a busy quarter for secondaries fund finance deals. This is on the back of an...more

DLA Piper

Beyond the Balance Sheet - The Future of Private Credit and Fund Finance

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The inaugural Beyond the Balance Sheet: The Future of Private Credit and Fund Finance Summit brought together industry leaders to explore key trends shaping private credit and fund finance. Hosted by DLA Piper and Opal, the...more

Jones Day

The Regulation of Private Markets in Australia—Where to Next?

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The Australian Securities & Investments Commission ("ASIC") is increasing its focus on private markets, adopting a similar approach to other international regulators. Following on from its introduction of a dedicated private...more

King & Spalding

The Evolving Face of Finance: Private Credit’s Role in the Middle East – Market Recap and 2025 Outlook

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The Gulf Cooperation Council region (the GCC) is becoming an ever-more important destination for the global private credit market. In this client briefing we explore the region’s rising prominence as a key destination for...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham Texas Private Funds Breakfast Series Introduction to Continuation Fund Transactions

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This winter, Latham’s Investment Funds Practice delivered an in-depth exploration of continuation fund transactions, offering strategic insights and practical guidance in the latest installment of the Texas Private Funds...more

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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

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The Luxembourg Stock Exchange launches new segment on Euro MTF market EM3S

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The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has announced the launch of a new segment on its Euro MTF market, called EM3S, which stands for Euro MTF Specialist Securities Segment. This new segment may be an interesting option for issuers...more

Hogan Lovells

Carried interest schemes for asset managers

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During the last decade, the shape and source of capital flows and investment have fundamentally shifted. Private capital continues to flow into all asset classes including real estate, infrastructure, private credit, and...more

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