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Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

What to Expect from the SEC’s Examination Focus in 2025

Investment advisers, broker-dealers, fund managers and other financial professionals could be impacted in 2025 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) continued focus on upcoming examinations, presenting a...more

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British Virgin Islands investment funds - autumn 2024 update

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Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI"), including the funds statistics from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Developing IP Issues in Energy Technology and Renewables

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In 2023, global investments in energy transition projects surged to approximately $1.7 trillion. This unprecedented investment level underscores the transformative shift toward cleaner energy sources and technologies....more

Troutman Pepper

More Than $1.24B in SBA Debenture Leverage Priced at 4.38%

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Licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, a small business investment company (SBIC) represents a privately owned and operated investment fund that makes...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Back to School for Minority Investors: Study Guide for Private Company Investing

Private company investing is inherently risky, but these risks can be mitigated if investors take proactive steps before making this type of investment. This due diligence action plan for potential investors includes the...more

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Corporate Practice of Medicine, Antikickback and Stark Analysis After the AAEM-PG and Envision Settlement

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The American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group (AAEM-PG) recently settled a lawsuit in United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Envision Healthcare and Envision Physician...more

Mayer Brown

Covered Transactions and Considerations in Fund Finance

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Section 23A and Super 23A can create additional complications for lenders in the fund finance market. Intended to protect the stability of financial institutions by restricting transactions with affiliates, Section 23A and...more

Cole Schotz

Fifth Circuit Strikes Down SEC Rule Regulating Private Investment Funds

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On June 5, 2024, a three judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously struck down the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) final rule, which created onerous restrictions for managers of private...more

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Fifth Circuit Vacates the Private Funds Rules And Constrains the SEC’s Rulemaking Authority

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Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the “Private Funds Rules,” which the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted on August 23, 2023. The opinion of the...more

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Vacates the SEC’s Private Fund Adviser Rules

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On June 5, 2024, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Court”) vacated the Private Fund Adviser Rules (“PFAR”) that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) had adopted by a divided vote in...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Fifth Circuit Strikes Down SEC’s Private Fund Advisers Rule

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On June 5, 2024, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Court”) vacated the Private Fund Advisers Rule (the “Rule”) adopted by the SEC on August 23, 2023. In reaching its decision, the Court concluded that the...more

Walkers

New trends in use of Jersey and Guernsey structures by US fund managers targeting European assets or capital

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Over the last few months, we have started to see new trends in inquiries and instructions regarding the use of Jersey and Guernsey structures by US managers targeting either European assets, or European capital....more

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How Fund Terms and Approaches Vary by Asset Class, in Four Charts

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Asset classes vary when it comes to setting and calculating hurdle rates, determining catch-up provisions, and starting successor funds. In Goodwin’s Fund Terms Intelligence series, we highlight those differences by...more

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Horizon Scan for Private Investment Funds - May 2024

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Welcome to the second edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory, and tax developments to look out for. As before, we focus on the most important developments and changes that we expect to...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Zombie Mortgages: It’s the Time of the Season When Debt Gets High.

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As Spring came this year, the news was filled with reports that we would see an especially large crop of ciccadas this year as the 13 year brood is coming at the same time as their 17 year cousins. But it isn’t just insects...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

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

Gray Reed

Ready for Takeoff? Another Step Forward for Commercial Manufacturing at NASA’s Exploration Park

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NASA’s Exploration Park development has taken another step forward. The American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation (ACMI) and its ACMI Properties affiliate have agreed to lease 207 of the NASA development’s 240 acres. ...more

Goodwin

Fund Finance: 2023 Reflections and Looking Ahead to 2024

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Goodwin is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the 2024 Global Fund Finance Symposium. As next week’s conference approaches and our clients, colleagues, and friends head toward Miami, the Goodwin Fund Finance team has paused to...more

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SEC Expands Dealer Definition to Capture Large Traders Regularly Providing Liquidity to the Markets

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High-frequency traders, private funds, decentralized exchange automated market makers, and even state pension plans should consider whether the expanded dealer definition triggers the need to register as a securities dealer...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

McDermott Will & Emery

Private Investors and Digital Health Attracting OIG Attention: General Compliance Program Guidance to Watch

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On November 6, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published the General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) as a revised reference guide for the healthcare compliance...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

2024 SEC Examination Priorities for Investment Advisers

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The SEC’s Division of Examinations (the “Division”) announced its examination priorities for fiscal year 2024. This eUpdate includes observations on the examination priorities and a list of examination priorities that impact...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Small Business Administration and Department of Defense Launch Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative

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On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the rollout of the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technology (SBICCT) Initiative, a joint effort...more

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SEC Sends Second Message to Private-Fund Sponsors on Audit Obligations Under Custody Rule Through Enforcement Actions

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On September 5, 2023, almost one year since its first flurry of similar Custody Rule actions,  the SEC announced settlements with five SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds with respect to alleged violations of...more

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