Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs), which invest in qualifying small businesses in the United States, are eligible to receive Small Business Administration (SBA)-guaranteed debentures at favorable rates to finance...more
In July 2023, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released sweeping reforms to the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. Many of those reforms were enacted through the Small Business Investment Company...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) finalized a rule to modernize the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program on July 17, 2023. Part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the new SBIC Investment...more
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) finalized wide-ranging revisions to the regulations governing the small business investment company (SBIC) program on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Among other things, the changes...more
In late 2022, the U.S. Department of Defense's new Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)'s Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) launched a joint venture, the Small Business...more
On October 18, 2022, the US Small Business Administration (the SBA) proposed a wide range of regulatory changes to the rules governing the small business investment company (SBIC) program (the Proposal). ...more
On June 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued a concept release (the “Release”) on ways to “simplify, harmonize, and improve the exempt offering framework to expand investment opportunities while...more
BACKGROUND AND CURRENT STATE OF THE SBIC PROGRAM - The Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program enables private equity fund managers to access government leverage at rates typically lower than traditional lending...more
A Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) is a privately owned and operated company that makes long-term investments in American small businesses and is licensed by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA)....more
We work with many firms that have or would like to invest in small businesses. One of the biggest issues for an investor in a small business is the potential that the investment will create an affiliation between the investor...more
The recent adoption of the European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), effective July 2013 (and with transitional provisions in some countries through 2014), has imposed complex new regulations on most...more
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (the Proposed Rule) on September 1, 2015 that would impose anti-money laundering (AML) requirements for investment...more
On June 4, 2015, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued Memorandum #1 – 2015, Annual Recertification, regarding annual recertification of the Institutional Investors of Small Business Investment Companies...more