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To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving independent sponsor landscape, Robert Connolly – a partner in LP’s Corporate Practice Group and leader of LP’s Independent Sponsor team –...more
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
The U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Final Rule, which takes effect on Jan. 16, 2025, makes a range of substantive changes to the regulatory regime for small business contractors. Holland & Knight previously...more
The Small Business Administration (SBA) published earlier this month one of the most significant rule changes in recent history. We previously addressed the new M&A and long-term recertification rules....more
The Department of Defense (DoD) has long searched for ways to foster innovation in the defense industrial base by harnessing US comparative advantages like our capital markets and American technological innovation...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
Family members who enter into a private business together are taking on double risk. They face the same types of challenges that all owners and investors face in operating/investing in a business, but they are also exposed to...more
A small business investment company (SBIC) is a privately owned and operated investment fund that makes long-term investments in American small businesses and is licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). SBICs...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
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
Fraud Scheme Results in $56 Million Seized as Largest Recovery of Cryptocurrency by US - On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California’s request was...more
SEC Charges Trust Company with Operating Unregistered Investment Companies and Failing to Register Securities Offerings. On September 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had settled charges with...more
Potential merger partners of and investors in businesses that have received loans under the Paycheck Protection Program should be aware of particular risks and other diligence considerations. Any potential merger partner or...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
In this episode of GovCon Perspectives, Will Wozniak talks with Shayn Fernandez about what to do when passive investments raise questions of affiliation. Protestors often raise issues of affiliation in the form of size...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