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In Management Equity Repurchases, Who Determines Fair Market Value?

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A majority of private equity firms prefer for their boards to value departing management’s equity, but approaches vary based on the applicable circumstances. When management equity holders leave a private equity-backed...more

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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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The Proposed “Big, Beautiful Bill” May Disrupt Sports Team Investment Strategy

The recently proposed “Big, Beautiful Bill” (BBB), currently under preliminary markup in the Senate Finance Committee, includes a suite of tax provisions aimed at deficit reduction, corporate reform and base-broadening. Of...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

FCA’s Private Market Valuations Review – Good Practice but Room for Improvement

On 5 March 2025, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published the findings of its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets (the “Review”).  The Review covered a firms operating...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Amid Chaos, Regulatory Change Continues Apace, March 2025 - The UK’s FCA Reports on Findings From Review of Valuations for Private...

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has published findings from its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets.  Given the UK’s status as the largest centre for private market asset...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

[Podcast] R&G Dugout: Show Me the Money—Fund Formation & Management

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On this episode of the R&G Dugout podcast, Ropes & Gray asset management partners Amanda Persaud, Lindsey Goldstein, and Jon Rash explore the upsurge of private funds raising capital for investment in sports teams and...more

Ankura

Addressing Valuation Challenges in the Expanding Private Credit Market

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The rapid expansion of the private credit market has highlighted concerns regarding the accuracy and reliability of valuations within this asset class. Unlike publicly traded companies, which must adhere to stringent...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Private Equity Profiles and Perspectives: An In-Depth Conversation with Pat Riley and Lukasz Wrona of Akoya Capital

Part 1: The Importance of Differentiation and the Role of Human Capital in Private Equity Investments- To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving private equity landscape in the...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

M&A Insights and Outlooks Regarding Financing: A Conversation with Gary Grote of Bridgepoint Investment Banking

Below is his conversation with Gary Grote, Managing Director at Bridgepoint Investment Banking, which focuses on capital raising and M&A advisory solutions. Gary focuses on deals in the healthcare, leveraged finance,...more

Ankura

Quarterly Healthcare Transactions Review: Unveiling the Latest Industry Mergers and Acquisitions [Q1 2024]

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Ankura is pleased to present an overview of healthcare transactions announced or closed during Q1 2024 in the United States. Total transactions decreased by 7.6% in the first quarter of 2024 after remaining relatively flat in...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Healthcare Founders Face New Exit Considerations

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Exiting a business, whether you are a serial entrepreneur looking to move on to the next project or a healthcare provider like a physician or therapist who has nurtured your practice for decades, can be difficult. After all,...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SAFE Financing – a Deep Dive on the Evolution of the SAFE

As we’ve noted in a previous article, the Y Combinator-hosted SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) has become the investment contract of choice for startup companies that have already attracted investors. However, the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SAFE Financing – Valuation Cap vs. Discount Variants

So you decided to use a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) to raise money for your new startup – congratulations! And you’re off to a good start because you read our previous article, which summarized how to use the...more

Opportune LLP

Exploring Profit Interests: Accounting & Valuation…

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Executives at both public and private companies commonly receive performance-based incentives. The objective is to link compensation closely to a firm's financial results. These performance-based incentives can take many...more

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Valuation Trends in Private Equity, Nephrology, Dialysis, Value-Based Care and Outpatient Labs

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Valuations, and how a business reacts to them, directly impact a business’s ability to complete successful transactions. In the healthcare sector, compliance with federal and state laws against self-referral and kickbacks and...more

Ankura

How Cybersecurity Protects Valuation: Considerations for Private Equity in the Deal Lifecycle

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Cybersecurity risk applies to businesses of all sizes and across all industries – it is a risk that cannot be ignored. In particular, cybersecurity risk can no longer be ignored in the deal lifecycle...more

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Private Equity: Rethinking Value Creation in 2023

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FW: How would you define value creation, and what it means for the current market? Bohren: Value creation is the realization of the perceived intrinsic value of a deal with the actual execution of growth opportunities. This...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Continuation Funds – Key Considerations

Continuation funds, commonly referred to as GP-led secondaries or restructurings, have long divided sponsor and investor opinion. While a leading European pension fund investor recently described them as part of a broader...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Avoiding Misadventures in Venture: Considerations for European Corporates

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European corporate venture capital teams should reflect on their rights in light of falling valuations, revised exit expectations, and other challenges. This year has been challenging for venture capital (VC). Valuations...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The new rules of early stage venture capital valuation and potential responses: Meet the bridge SAFE and extension round

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In our current economic environment, you would have to be hiding in a cave not to see, hear and feel valuations sliding downwards across the eco-system. It started in January 2022 when large-cap, mid-cap and then smaller-cap...more

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Structuring for Success: Growth Equity Investors Adapt to Adjusting Valuations and a Tougher Economic Environment

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There has been no shortage of LP allocations to the growth equity asset class over the last decade. The attractiveness of growth equity’s risk-return profile - occupying the space between VC and PE buyouts - and its exposure...more

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The Rise of Hybrid Funds

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The lines between closed-end and open-end private investment fund investment structures have blurred in recent years, as managers structure funds to hold illiquid assets in open-end funds and liquid assets in closed-end...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

How ESG is Affecting Private Equity

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Our Lippes Mathias Private Equity Team recently attended on a seminar on the growing impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) issues on the private equity space. Here are the top five items we took away from...more

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Scrutiny Increasing On Energy Private Equity Valuation

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The valuation of private equity investments has recently garnered greater marketplace attention, and the SEC is updating its guidance on these valuations for the first time in 50 years. Managing Director Paul Legoudes and...more

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Energy Private Equity Valuation In A COVID-19 World

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As private equity fund managers assess the economic impact of COVID-19, developing reliable valuation processes and procedures for their investments will ensure transparency to regulators and investors....more

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