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Evolving Dynamics and Optimism; Our Forecasts for the Real Estate Market in 2025 for Private Capital

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In 2025, the real estate market for private capital will evolve considerably, driven by economic shifts, regulatory pressures, and advancements in technology. As a maturing debt landscape, rising demand for sustainable...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Sector Snapshot: Private Equity Increasingly Hungry for Food and Beverage Industry Deals

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Private equity investment in the food and beverage industry continues to steadily increase, driven in part by evolving consumer preferences and a heightened focus on sustainability. In 2024, private equity deal activity in...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

March – April 2025 Regulatory Round-Up

His Majesty’s Treasury issued consultation paper—and the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Call for Input—in April, setting out proposals for a revised regime under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM)...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 227

Scimplify, an Indian startup that connects ag and pharmaceutical companies to manufacturers of specialty chemicals, announced that it raised $40 million in its Series B round. Grão Direto, a Brazilian digital trading...more

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting in the EU: Simplification, Decluttering, and Regulatory Burden Reduction Under Omnibus I or...

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The keenly awaited details of the EU’s proposed first omnibus package were published on 26 February 2025. The package includes amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) (including revision and...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Emerging Manager Spotlight: Constance Freedman of Moderne Ventures

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Q: What led to the decision to raise your first fund? Constance Freedman: In 2008, I began building my track record at Second Century Ventures, the predecessor fund to Moderne Ventures. It was the first time I had a...more

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Blackstone’s $5.6B Bet on Clean Energy

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Blackstone Inc. has announced that it has raised $5.6 billion for a fund dedicated to investing in the transition to cleaner energy. This is about a third larger than its previous fund, reflecting increasing investor interest...more

White & Case LLP

Chain of command: How nearshoring, disruption and digitalization are driving supply chain M&A

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As global supply chains continue to suffer from ill health, M&A offers a path to recovery - Supply chains are the lifeblood of global trade and industry, yet recent years have seen them disrupted by a multitude of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 223

Olipop, a functional prebiotic soda brand (and DWT client), raised $50 million at a $1.85 billion valuation in its latest funding round. The round was led by JP Morgan Private Capital's Growth Equity Partners. Acres Farms, a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Public Policy

For private equity investors, the arrival of the 119th Congress and the new Trump administration shifts the landscape, creating uncertainty, challenge and opportunity in equal measure and highlighting the need for political...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

2025 ESG + Sustainability Predictions

In 2024, challenges to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability initiatives in the United States proliferated internationally. This proved true, even as Europe promoted additional ESG and climate/social...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 219

Food Venture Financing Trends - Inari, a seed gene-editing company, raised $144 million in its Series G round....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Key LP Investments Trends in 2024 and Beyond

C.S. Lewis once wrote, "Onwards and upwards! To Narnia and the North," and this seems to have been echoed by the private equity market in 2024 thus far. Except this time, it appears the destination is not Narnia but rather...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 206

Food Venture Financing Trends - Formo, a fermentation startup that develops alternative cheeses, announced that it raised $61 million in its Series B round....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

ESG - US State-Level Developments for Private Capital and Financial Institutions

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Private capital providers, investors, asset managers, and financial institutions will likely continue to face a fragmented regulatory landscape on ESG matters. Various US states have taken and continue to take action on...more

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FCA Sustainability Disclosure Requirements Consultation Paper on the Extension to Portfolio Managers now published

The Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) on 23 April 2024 has published its Consultation Paper CP24/8 (the “CP”) on the extension of its Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”) to portfolio managers. This follows...more

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[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Driving Value through ESG with Warburg Pincus’ Leela Ramnath

This week on Private Market Talks, Warburg Pincus’ Global Head of ESG, Leela Ramnath invites us to look at how ESG drives growth. Leela is one of the leaders of a private equity task force that developed a methodology to...more

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Investors Should Seize the Renewables Opportunity in Real Estate

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Investors that pursue operational real estate strategies focused on renewables can capture higher margins while contributing to the global shift away from fossil fuels. Real estate, which accounts for about 39% of global...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 156

Food Venture Financing Trends - Flora Ventures, an Israel-based VC firm founded by a former Mondelēz executive, raised $50 million to support early-stage startups in the food security, sustainable agriculture, and food as...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 155

Food Venture Financing Trends - AI is driving supply chain advancements for food manufacturers in various ways, including, for example, using social media data to predict consumer preference....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive Redefines ESG Reporting

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The European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which entered into force in January 2023, marks a new era for ESG reporting across Europe (and globally). CSRD is the latest in a wave of new rules...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Publication of PRI 2023 Reporting Framework

The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a UN-supported network of investors, has announced the publication of its 2023 Reporting Framework along with an update on accountability. This development, according to the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

PE on Red Alert for Greenwashing in Light of UK Developments

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PE firms face growing regulatory and litigation risks from greenwashing claims as they navigate a fragmented anti-greenwashing landscape. Amid concerns of exaggerated or misleading sustainability claims, the UK Financial...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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ESG Disclosure Requirements Put New Spotlight on Private Capital Managers

Takeaways - New EU regulations require detailed disclosures about the ways in which asset managers implement sustainability policies in the businesses they investment in. Similar rules are being considered in the U.K. and...more

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