Nicholas Donato

PE Manager tracks private equity lawyer moves: Daniel Meehan has returned to Kirkland’s Chicago office while Dechert has poached Mayer Brown’s North American private equity practice co-leader.

Chief financial officers eager to have their concerns aired on how the US can effectively modify its accounting standards for private companies will have another chance to do so in March.

With carried interest back on the minds of legislators, the Private Equity Growth Capital Council has released a whiteboard video defending its treatment as capital gains.

The industry’s quest for a common template and style used in investor reporting will be reached primarily through smarter software, according to a panel of speakers at the PEI CFOs and COOs forum in New York.

Recent examinations of newly SEC-registered private equity firms are helping regulators understand the complex world of private equity, according to delegates and speakers at PEI’s CFOs and COOs Forum 2013 in New York.

Engage regulators now on the emerging issue of ‘decimalization’, urged InterWest Partners chief operating officer Stephen Holmes during his acceptance speech at the PEI CFOs and COOs forum in New York.

Industry veteran Jordan Allen joins the Chicago-based mid-market firm as chief operating officer.

The US accounting standard-setter is asking for feedback on its attempt to relieve all non-public entities from certain disclosures related to assets not reported at fair value on the balance sheet.

Kevin Brown was given the chief financial officer title after 15 years with the firm.

Linklaters private equity co-head Ian Bagshaw provides his thoughts on investors' and regulators' expectations of GPs in 2013.