Nicole Miskelly

Kathleen Russ, a private equity specialist who heads the law firm’s tax department, has joined the board of the Office of Tax Simplification.

Proskauer nabs a finance lawyer from Reed Smith; Holman Fenwick Willan adds to Geneva; and more private fund lawyer moves.

UK private equity firms in fundraising mode should expect investors to quiz them on the potential impact of Brexit on their structure, investment strategy, and returns, and prepare accordingly, lawyers say.

As part of the rebrand, the private equity software solutions provider – which counts Phoenix Equity Partners and Altus Capital Partners among its clients – has also unveiled a new website.

A $2.3m penalty enforced by the SEC this week follows some $11.8m in management fees and interest that the firm has already returned to investors.

Apollo Global Management is the latest firm to be penalized by the SEC for charging ‘accelerated’ monitoring fees.

We asked readers to guess which books top private fund insiders have at the top of their summer reading lists this year. How many did you get right?

The Panamanian government is reporting inflows of assets into the banking system, but decreasing banking profits as the cost of new regulations bites.

Private equity expert John Pollack has joined the rival law firm’s New York office as a partner.

The fund of funds manager has made 32 new hires this year, including senior execs from Goldman Sachs, M&G and Duff & Phelps.