European banks have largely sold off the bulk of their private equity stakes as a result of financial regulations. Now, they are increasingly using the secondaries market as a portfolio management tool.
4 min read · 09 July 2015
The global law firm has hired the secondaries deals expert to expand its advisory capacity.
1 min read · 07 July 2015
Sally Gibson, who has been with the firm since 2008, will focus on advising sponsors of private investment funds, including secondaries funds.
1 min read · 02 July 2015
The firm’s London office increases its secondaries advisory capacity with the hire of Mateja Maher.
1 min read · 02 July 2015
The powerful House Ways and Means Committee has once again introduced a bill that would substantially raise taxes on carried interest.
2 min read · 26 June 2015
An extension before the Volcker Rule takes effect gives financial institutions more time to comply.
2 min read · 20 May 2015
Ed Gander (pictured), London-based co-head of the global private fund group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and associate James Bromley explain their take on the difference between a fund restructuring and recapitalisation.
3 min read · 27 March 2015
The Guernsey office will be led by former Clifford Chance lawyer Stefan Gomoll.
1 min read · 24 March 2015
The need for founder and employee liquidity in small, pre-IPO companies has fuelled specialist secondaries activity since the dotcom-days. But as the market shifts towards employee liquidity programmes, regulators are keen to establish a ‘fair, liquid and transparent’ market.
3 min read · 13 March 2015
Complex structures, scale and breaching safe harbours top lawyers’ lists of challenges unique to today’s secondaries market.
2 min read · 27 February 2015
