Legal & compliance advisory


21 September 2023
Macfarlanes adopts AI
Law firm has partnered with HarveyAI, a generative AI tool designed for legal work

20 September 2023
Dillon Eustace appoints head of asset management and investment funds
Etain de Valera takes over from Donnacha O’Connor

20 September 2023
Ontra expands legal operating platform
Ontra Atlas is an automated entity management solution

18 September 2023
DIY in the wild wild East
Across Lebanon and Palestine, enterprising GPs are piloting their industry with no legislative framework or operational ecosystem, as Matthias Plötz investigates

14 September 2023
A&M moves to Vienna
Firm has hired ex-AxFina CEO Bernhard Engel to lead Austrian office

12 September 2023
Tikehau invests in Anthesis
Tikehau shares ownership of the ESG consultancy with Carlyle, Palatine and Anthesis employee shareholders

12 September 2023
Atfinity partners with Scrive
Partnership aims to improve digital onboarding and client lifecycle processes

11 September 2023
What the AI?!...Equipped.ai
CEO of Equipped.ai Ed Green shares how the firm is making operations smoother with automation

5 September 2023
Addleshaw expands private funds team
Ben Cocoracchio joins the London team from Osborne Clarke

5 September 2023
Law firm Allectus launches
The practice has been founded by former Mishcon de Reya partner Angeli Arora

4 September 2023
Sidley Austin’s Chapman joins Macfarlanes
Peter Chapman has been appointed as a partner in the investment management team

25 August 2023
Robin AI launches Obligation Management
Dashboard to allow legal teams to review, prioritise and action tasks related to contractual obligations

24 August 2023
McGuireWoods ‘appoints’ AI legal assistant
Law firm to use Casetext’s CoCounsel to enhance quality and timeliness of legal services delivered

24 August 2023
What’s in a name?
European Commission’s Retail Investment Strategy to further amend AIFMD and do away with ‘undue costs’, broaden definition of professional investor and ban inducements

18 August 2023
Addleshaw grows financial regulation practice
Lisa Lee Lewis joins after a decade as Norton Rose Fulbright’s head of risk consulting


7 August 2023
Comment: Avoiding the tripwires
Pinsent Masons partner Mark Shaw details how to avoid regulatory issues when distributing non-EU funds within the EU

2 August 2023
Travers Smith grows funds practice
Previously at Proskauer Rose, Tosin Adeyeri focuses on fund formation and secondaries transactions

2 August 2023
ndaOK launches NDA review tool
The AI-based tool automates non-disclosure agreement processing

31 July 2023
Guernsey updates compliance audit requirement
GPs are now required to appoint an independent audit role

27 July 2023
‘GPs are becoming more creative’
Following his move from Travers Smith to Dechert, we caught up with fund formation veteran Sam Kay to get his take on the current market

24 July 2023
Pinsent Masons grows Luxembourg funds team
Benoît Rose joins after four years at Ogier and becomes firm’s third addition to the team this year

24 July 2023
Regulators continue to woo retail investors in PE
As France proposes to remove further ELTIF restrictions, the FCA issues a policy statement opening up LTAF to retail and DC pensions schemes investors

19 July 2023
France issued most number of sanctions under AIFMD between 2013 and 2022
ESMA report highlights a lack of harmonisation among EU Member States regarding sanction enforcement

19 July 2023
Latham & Watkins hires two
Sidley’s Mateja Maher and Adrian Grocock join Latham’s London office as partners

17 July 2023
5 minutes with… Tim Andrews, IDR
Founder and CEO of the investor onboarding hub shares how its latest fund subscription service strengthens the platform

12 July 2023
Gowling WLG grows investment funds practice
Katherine Rainwood was previously managing partner and head of funds legal at Pemberton Capital – her practice focuses on fund formation and fund finance

11 July 2023
Unpacking the EU Commission’s sustainable finance package
Concerns about complexity remain as bloc aligns legislation on sustainable investments and looks to regulate ESG ratings providers

10 July 2023
FCA cracks down on liquidity management
Financial watchdog’s review finds governance failures around decision making, stress testing and redemption practices

10 July 2023
The qualifying factor
To what extent is the QAHC regime benefiting the UK alternative funds industry?

5 July 2023
Kroll expands valuation service through BFI acquisition
BFI’s founders and team join Kroll to further boost its valuation practice in Europe

5 July 2023
A&L Goodbody appoints practice head
Partner Stephen Carson will lead the firm’s asset management and investment funds practice in Ireland

5 July 2023
Stafford Capital cements legal function
Following the appointment of general counsel Jim Marsh in February, The Drawdown can reveal that the firm has now brought in a chief compliance officer

3 July 2023
The French (ELTIF) revolution
Country further opens the door to individual investors’ capital in the private markets but operational concerns remain

28 June 2023
IQ-EQ grows compliance offering in Asia
Company has acquired compliance firms ComplianceAsia and Lymon

26 June 2023
The conversation: dealing with an increasingly complex fund finance lender landscape
At a recent breakfast event held in London, The Drawdown brought together expert practitioners from the fund finance community to discuss the latest trends in the market, challenges and opportunities, as well as practical guidance for fund managers

22 June 2023
Profile: Martin Sjölund, Summa Equity
The partner and general counsel walks us through the beginnings of the firm’s legal function and its current management

20 June 2023
Proskauer appoints finance partner
Paul Tannenbaum is experienced in fund financing transactions for lenders, borrowers and financial institutions

20 June 2023
ACA launches portfolio management solution
Managed Performance Services aims to assist fund managers with performance measurement and reporting features

19 June 2023
Comment: Future-proofing operational models key to supporting global GP ambitions
Elliot Refson, head of funds at Jersey Finance, says the jurisdiction’s JPF and LLC structures provide stability in a turbulent environment

16 June 2023
LP reporting requests the biggest obstruction for PE GPs
Frequent reporting and ad hoc requests from LPs are the biggest obstruction to operations for private equity GPs, according to a new survey.

8 June 2023
The Drawdown Awards 2023: Winners announced
Congratulations to all of the winners of The Drawdown Awards 2023

6 June 2023
5 minutes with… Priya Iyer, CEO of Concertiv
We sat down with the CEO to discuss how a company originally conceived to cut travel costs for six investment banks has grown into a leading provider of outsourced procurement services for mid-market firms.

6 June 2023
Colmore launches Term Intelligence
Features include benchmarking, cost projection and ILPA compliance services for LPs, GPs and service providers, aiming to improve the LPA process

5 June 2023
Burges Salmon hires funds and financial regulations director
Jennifer Mellor has joined Burges Salmon as a director in its funds and financial regulations team

5 June 2023
State of substance
How are GPs giving their firms the necessary mass to operate in Luxembourg?

2 June 2023
PE firms better at shifting costs of W&I
Some 17% of PE deals saw sellers pay an insurance premium, compared to just 2% in non-PE deals

25 May 2023
Deep dive on Alpha’s fund finance solution
Following the recent announcement of Alpha Group’s new fund finance solution, we sit down with Sam Marsh, MD institutional, and Adam Heaysman, who is heading up the new offering, to find out more

23 May 2023
Shearman & Sterling merges with Allen & Overy
Firms hope to capitalise on combined private capital practices, among others

22 May 2023
Travers Smith appoints co-heads of ESG and impact
Doug Bryden and Heather Gagen will lead the ESG and impact group, chaired by Simon Witney


16 May 2023
Ontra launches contract negotiation tool
AI-powered offering should speed up negotiations while decreasing their associated costs

15 May 2023
In-house rules: legal versus compliance
As more lawyers move into in-house roles within private equity, they can take up the mantle of either legal or compliance – but how do these functions cross and diverge?

11 May 2023
AssetMetrix partners with Proof
Partnership sees launch of ESG tool focused on compliance with SFDR

11 May 2023
Profile: Mark Pleaner, Lightrock
The chief compliance officer believes a dedicated compliance function is a vital catalyst across operations, deal-doing and culture

10 May 2023
Indos Financial appoints CEO
Abi Holland is promoted to CEO from head of client relationship management

10 May 2023
Travers Smith’s senior partner to step down
Due to exceptional family reasons, Kathleen Russ will step down as a senior partner but remain in a consulting capacity

9 May 2023
Linklaters appoints Vergauwen as counsel
Julia Vergauwen’s practice focuses on ESG funds, Luxembourg domiciled funds and highly leveraged AIFs

5 May 2023
Intapp acquires Paragon Data Labs
The platform aims to accelerate compliance disclosure workflows