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Ropes & Gray LLP

Finding Alpha in Consumer

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As we move through 2025, the phrase “finding alpha” has become the mantra for private equity (PE) investors focused on the consumer sector. Confidence in the sector remains robust, but the narrative has shifted: it is no...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

SEC Eases Verification Burdens in Rule 506(c) Offerings

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The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently issued an interpretive letter providing additional insight as to what constitutes “reasonable steps” to verify an investor’s accredited investor status under Rule 506(c) of...more

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Seward & Kissel Releases Business Transactions Group 2024 Year in Review

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2024 started a bit slow for the M&A market but came on strong in the second half. Seward & Kissel’s clients engaged in a wide variety of transactions around the globe involving interesting businesses in diverse industries....more

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Where Do Private Funds Draw the Line on Recycling?

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Private fund managers “recycle” capital — i.e., reinvest capital that would otherwise be returned to investors or to recall distributions already made — to maximize their investment capacity. ...more

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[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Exploring APAC’s Private Credit Frontier with ADM Capital’s Chris Botsford

The Asia-Pacific private credit market has doubled in the past five years, presenting growing and intriguing opportunities for credit investors. Despite its growth, the APAC region remains a complex, diverse and often...more

Winstead PC

Trusts as Accredited Investors: Navigating Trusts and Private Market Investments

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Investments in private markets are rapidly becoming an essential part of a well-rounded investment portfolio, especially for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families. According to Ernst & Young, the assets under...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Navigating Transfers January 2025 - Investor Transfers: Lender Considerations in an Everchanging Fund Finance Market

Although transfers by investors of their interests in a fund have always been a feature of subscription / capital call facilities, as of late, there has been a palpable uptick in investor transfers and this trend is set to...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Enforcement Action – Failure to File Forms D

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top On December 20, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it settled charges issued against one registered investment adviser and two...more

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Approaching Secondaries Financing from All Angles: Key Considerations for Debt in LP-Led and GP-Led Secondary Transactions

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Debt finance plays a key role in all parts of the capital structure for private investment funds and their investors.  In particular, the use of debt finance is an increasingly important component of secondary transactions,...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Finance in Focus: Fostering a Forward-Thinking Practice

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In this edition of V&E+, Vinson & Elkins Partners Caitlin Turner and Lucy Jenkins sit down for a conversation on the firm’s thriving Finance practice, the market trends they’re watching, and the career principles they live...more

A&O Shearman

Pensions: what's new this week - 29 January 2024

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Welcome to your weekly update from the Allen & Overy Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. This week we cover the following topics: TPR guidance on...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

How and Why Private Capital Continues To Invest in the Insurance Sector

Financial sponsors have become progressively more involved in the insurance sector over recent decades. Their involvement broadly falls into three categories: 1. Sponsors establishing or acquiring their own life and...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Continuation Funds: ILPA Updated Guidance

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The Institutional Limited Partner Association (ILPA) published new guidance on May 15, 2023, relating to continuation funds. The guidelines build on ILPA's prior (2019) guidance on best practices for GP-led secondary fund...more

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BPE Deal Tracker: Exaltare Capital Makes Significant Investment in Second-Largest Good Feet Store Franchisee

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Exaltare Capital ManagementLLC announced on April 24, 2023, that it acquired GF Midwest Inc., one of the largest developers and operators of the Good Feet Store franchise. Exaltare collaborated with financing partners Genesis...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

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Increased Regulatory Focus on Privacy and Cybersecurity for Private Funds in 2022

2021 continued the trend of increased regulatory focus on privacy and cybersecurity for private investment funds in the U.S. and abroad. There are no signs of the trend leveling off any time soon. One of the topics that...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Key Takeaways from FFA Quarterly Update

The Fund Finance Association hosted a virtual quarterly update mini-conference attended by over 380 people on Tuesday, headlined by a presentation from Rahmin Maali, the Associate Vice President of Private Capital at Preqin....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

PE Can Pursue PIPE Dreams

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European PIPEs — which have experienced an uptick due to COVID-19-related market volatility — present unique structural, informational, and governance considerations for private equity investors. European private...more

White & Case LLP

Spanish dealmaking defies health and economic crisis

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While Spain's recession is expected to be among the deepest on the continent, the nation has remained one of the most attractive deal destinations in Europe for PE and M&A....more

White & Case LLP

Western European PE activity dips in 2019, but total buyout value remains high

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PE activity in Western Europe may have dipped in 2019 but this is not the full picture. Buyout activity remains impressive, although exits subsided as PE funds focused on purchases instead of sales. Western Europe had a...more

Goodwin

Private Equity Comment: UK General Election, EU Rules on Cross-Border Fund Distribution, and More

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This alert is part of a new series of quarterly updates from the Goodwin Private Equity team on important issues for European private equity. As 2019 comes to a close, here are three issues for fund managers to consider....more

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With New Brexit Deadline, UK Managers Managing Luxembourg Funds Have Options to Consider

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The UK’s exit from the European Union is now postponed to 31 January 2020, and whilst there is still significant uncertainty regarding the occurrence of Brexit on that date, the CSSF set out a new deadline on 6 November 2019...more

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Financial Institutions M&A: Sector trends - June 2019: Consolidation continues at pace—mega-mergers on the horizon

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The wait is over. Whispers of mega-deals have matured into agenda items for boards of many larger European banks. Overview - 3 highlights of bank M&A: - Bank consolidation: The numbers speak for themselves—100 regional and...more

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Private Equity Venture Capital and Hedge Funds May Get Boost from SEC

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On June 18th, the SEC issued a concept release (the “Concept Release”) seeking public comment on ways to simplify, harmonize, and improve the rules related to private securities offerings. The Concept Release contains several...more

Morgan Lewis

European Commission Issues Proposals on Sustainability for Financial Services Firms

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The proposals pave the way for the integration of environmental, social, and governance considerations into the day-to-day thinking of financial services firms....more

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