Private Equity

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SPACs: What will the SEC’s recent scrutiny mean for valuations?

A recent interpretation of accounting rules regarding warrants from the SEC has put the SPAC market on ice, fast. But will it affect valuations, in the long run?

3 min read · 03 May 2021

IHS Markit: Why data mastery is mission critical for PE

Nimble data systems can help managers keep pace with regulatory, tech and operational developments while they focus on growing their portfolios, says IHS Markit’s Dalen Chow.

5 min read · 30 April 2021

SPAC regulation could require more disclosure rules

The SEC has issued guidance on the booming SPAC market, and many believe that more regulation is coming. Will regulators step in before the market shows signs of collapse?

4 min read · 13 April 2021

Managing CFIUS risks in SPAC transactions

There are three key questions participants in SPACs must answer when considering whether the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will get involved in a deal, write lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis.

4 min read · 05 April 2021

PE investments under the UK’s new national security screening regime

The regime will have significant implications for fund managers and institutional investors, write lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills.

4 min read · 01 April 2021

Japan's new code puts LPs' focus on ESG

The revisions to Japan’s Stewardship Code a year ago are changing the way LPs view ESG, writes Baker McKenzie's Tetsuo Tsujimoto.

2 min read · 01 April 2021

Three key trends for private equity lawyers

Covid-19 is having an effect on approaches to some LPA terms, while foreign investment regimes are affecting transactions in ‘sensitive’ sectors.

5 min read · 01 April 2021

Weighing up the SEC’s new marketing rule

The new advertising guidelines could give private funds more space to innovate, but they also bring their own compliance complexities

8 min read · 01 April 2021

UK national security reforms to add scrutiny

A foreign investment regime, similar to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, could create diligence headaches in the UK.

3 min read · 01 April 2021

On the minds of the Future 40 lawyers

Consolidation, social impact, secondaries and changes to government policy are among the private equity trends to watch, according to our class of 2020.

5 min read · 01 April 2021

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