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The Irish Investment Limited Partnership: An overhaul worth waiting for

Amendments to Ireland’s limited partnership regime establish it as a leading jurisdiction for private market funds to raise and deploy capital, write Dillon Eustace partners Shane Geraghty and Derbhil O’Riordan.

It pays to know the local market – J-STAR

Some of the most attractive opporuntinities in Japan are in areas where private equity firms wouldn’t normally look, say J-STAR’s Kenichi Harada, Yutaka Tozaki and Takanori Unami.

Japan’s ‘contrarian’ Sunrise on flying solo

The Japanese private equity unit of Hong Kong’s CLSA Capital Partners is honing its own distinctive approach for the post-pandemic environment, as managing director Ryoichiro Minagawa and directors Shota Kuwaki and Yasunori Maeda explain.

Ant Capital: Ramping up while the world slows down

Many parts of the world stood still during the pandemic but Japanese buyout firm Ant Capital has had its busiest year to date, say managing partners Ryosuke Iinuma and John Cheuck.

POELLATH on Germany's plan to shore up the PE market

Private equity has benefitted from strong public financial support in the country but the conditions for fund management growth remain insufficient, writes POELLATH’s Andreas Rodin.

Troutman Pepper: What publicly traded securities mean for compliance

SEC-regulated entities can learn some lessons from the Reddit-linked short-squeeze and its fallout, write Troutman Pepper partners Stephanie Pindyck Costantino, Thao Le, Jay Dubow and Genna Garver.

Mid-size firms 'more proactive' about legal spend – Apperio

Private equity legal teams are under pressure to optimise essential, but costly, external counsel budgets. Nicholas d’Adhemar, founder and CEO of Apperio, examines which PE firms are ahead, and whether fund size matters.

NSSK: Driving ESG from the top

ESG has come a long way and it’s starting to show in financial performance, say NSSK’s CEO Jun Tsusaka, chief administrative officer Shohei Akiyama and ESG leader Kiyomi Matsuda.

Ex-BVCA chief: Private equity will be relieved by details of UK Budget

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech has allayed fears of a capital gains tax spike and laid out some intriguing initiatives for the industry, writes Tim Hames.

UK Budget 2021: Tax rises could lead to a flight of private equity capital

The UK Chancellor needs to think carefully before making major changes in the Budget writes Daniel Parry, managing director in the tax team at Alvarez and Marsal Taxand UK.