Conversation with Former SEC Chief Economist Dr. Jessica Wachter on Investment Management Rulemaking at the Commission – PE Pathways
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 244: The Future of Independent Physician Practices with Ray Waldrup of The Leaders Rheum
A New Brand of Uncertainty? — PE Pathways Podcast
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 55 – The From Worse to Worser Edition
JONES DAY TALKS®: Real Assets Roundup: A New Look at Real Estate, Energy, and Infrastructure - Episode 1
Daily Compliance News: July 11, 2025, The What is a COI Edition
Expert or Arbitrator? — PE Pathways Podcast
Podcast - Navigating the New Landscape of Private Equity in Healthcare
Inside a $175M Deal: Tim McLoughlin & Joshua Hayes Live From RDU Startup Week
Exploring Carried Interest in Upper Tier Private Equity Structures — PE Pathways
Upping Your Game: Episode 3 - Embedded Compliance: From Gatekeeper to Business Enabler
The Preferred Return Podcast | Balancing Act: Strategies for GPs and LPs in Today's Market
Exploring the Administration's Regulatory Impact on Private Equity — PE Pathways Podcast
Debt and Lending Markets: Current Trends Impacting Private Equity Sponsors — PE Pathways Podcast
The LathamTECH Podcast — Can RSUs Unlock Employee Equity?
The SEC's Reach Beyond Publicly Traded Companies
Evolving Landscape of Secondary Transactions in Private Equity — PE Pathways Podcast
5 Key Takeaways | Debating Critical Issues Facing the Banking Industry
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Cross-border Investment Review and New Restrictions
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Antitrust & Competition
Our second quarter 2025 corporate venture capital (CVC) survey indicators continue to show challenging market conditions. However, valuations are on the rise in surveyed transactions. In this survey, we track investment...more
Private equity (PE) sponsors are increasingly seeking to broaden their investor base by offering retail access to traditionally institutional-only funds. Recently, statements by the SEC indicated the SEC staff will no longer...more
After a rocky past six months, there is cautious optimism that merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is beginning to unfreeze. For much of the past year, there have been mismatched expectations around valuations and limited...more
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
Convertible instruments held steady in Q1 2025, but the terms are shifting in favor of investors. Interest rates on convertible notes rose by 200 to 300 basis points, and discount rates climbed as high as 10.5 percentage...more
In the midst of shifting political headwinds and a tight funding market, many life sciences companies are considering their M&A exit. Potential acquirers (both strategic and private equity) have plenty of dry powder and are...more
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
When selling a private company, Sellers understandably focus on providing bidders with a comprehensive data room packed with detailed documents and information about every aspect of their business. They expect bidders to pore...more
Mo Money, Mo Problems? In March 2025, music publishing giant Primary Wave acquired a substantial stake in the Notorious B.I.G. music catalog with an estimated value of $200 million....more
The Strategic Imperative of Early Exit Planning - In the high-stakes world of private equity, the difference between a good and great multiple on invested capital (MOIC) often hinges on meticulous preparation long before a...more
Times of economic volatility often increase disparities between a seller’s valuation and the buyer’s valuation of the same company. Earn-out provisions are one tool frequently used to address such disparities. An earn-out...more
Private credit has become an essential source of financing globally, with fund sponsors enjoying strong demand from borrowers, market participants, and investors. However, as the industry’s “golden age” continues, regulatory...more
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
In this episode of PE Pathways, Partners Nick Stawasz and Dan Boland discuss the distinctions between engaging an expert or an arbitrator for resolving post-closing purchase price and earnout disputes in M&A deals. The...more
Last month, Franchise Times held its annual “Dealmakers Week” where it offers a series of webinars with top franchise dealmakers to discuss the year’s biggest franchise deals and industry trends. The week included a...more
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
To help businesses, owners, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group and leader of LP’s Independent Sponsor and Private Equity...more
As Net Asset Value (“NAV”) credit facilities continue to grow in popularity, we have seen a steady increase in non-traditional borrowers utilizing NAV loans, including family office borrowers. The term “family office” is used...more
Below is part 2 of his conversation with Michael Norton, Director of Business Development at Houlihan Capital, a solutions-driven valuation, financial advisory, and investment banking firm. In this Q&A, Michael delves into...more
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published the findings of its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets. This review follows the highlighting of vulnerabilities in private markets stemming,...more
On March 5, 2025, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released its much-anticipated findings from a multifirm review examining valuation processes for private market assets. This review, launched amid growing concerns...more
To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly—a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group—shares a series of conversations with M&A experts....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of the multi-firm assessment of valuation practices and governance for valuing private equity, venture capital, private debt and infrastructure assets. The...more
On 5 March 2025, the FCA published its findings from its multi-firm assessment of governance and valuation practices within the private market sector (Review) along with a press release. The Review focused on firms operating...more