Claire Wilson
The six-strong team left KWM to open up Goodwin Procter’s new Paris office in April, and has since been joined by another team from Shearman and Sterling.
More than 150 alternative investment compliance folks gathered in San Francisco last week to discuss the most pressing fund regulation issues of the moment.
Less than one-fifth of GPs polled at the PEI Private Fund Finance and Compliance Forum said they were considering registering as broker-dealers over the coming year.
Industry players predict closing the carried interest loophole will be an immediate priority for the incoming US president.
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A firm must be able to demonstrate why it believes in its valuation methodology, and provide robust documentary evidence of it, if it is to avoid enforcement action.
The majority of firms are currently reviewing their fees and expenditure policy, and disclosure of such policies to their LPs.
Diva of distress’ tried to block the forthcoming hearing which will establish whether she and her firm Patriarch Partners overcharged collateralized loan obligation fund investors.
Female partners now account for 11% of positions in UK private equity firms, but the push for increased diversity continues.
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The private equity credit and fund restructuring team will expand on the firm’s strategy, which invests in underperforming private equity assets, portfolios and funds.
The new EU-equivalence opt-in was established to ease the transition from the national private placement regime to the AIFMD passport.