Legal & compliance advisory
15 March 2024
RobinAI integrates Claude 3
The AI legal chatbot has partnered with Anthropic since 2022
14 March 2024
White & Case appoints funds partner
Formerly at Ropes & Gray, Lavanya Raghavan to join the firm and reunite with former colleague Emily Brown
13 March 2024
Rede Partners appoints head of strategic capital advisory
Riccardo Villa will lead the advisory’s alternative liquidity solutions services
12 March 2024
European Commission rejects ESMA’s ELTIF 2.0 draft RTS
Liquidity mechanisms have been revised to make it easier to set up evergreen funds and to better attract individual investors to private markets, but the proposals still divide the investment community
7 March 2024
FCA increases AML oversight
Recipients of the regulator’s recent Dear CEO letter have six months to perform a gap analysis
6 March 2024
Kirkland appoints ESG partner
Rebecca Perlman joins after a 12-year tenure at Herbert Smith Freehills
4 March 2024
Taylor Wessing appoints fund formation partner
Shervin Shameli was formerly co-head of Reed Smith’s private funds formation group
4 March 2024
Kroll launches two fraud solution tools
Risk Analytics Monitor and Managed Compliance Software use data analytics and AI technology to help automate risk management workflows
1 March 2024
Bischoff succeeds Peel as head of finance at Travers Smith
Charles Bischoff (left) has been a partner since 2012; Peel (right) to remain at the firm and continue to ‘play a significant role’ in the practice
29 February 2024
Tyrannosaurus Regs?
How are global regulators scrutinising AML procedures and is that oversight increasing?
26 February 2024
Economic symptoms of longevity
Addleshaw Goddard’s latest Funds Trends Report showcases the effects of longer fundraising and investing periods on the economics of the GP-LP relationship
22 February 2024
Comment: What you need to know about ELTIF 2.0
Karma Samdup and Vicki Odette, partners at Haynes & Boone, examine how ELTIF 2.0 aims to unlock private market access for retail investors
22 February 2024
Next stop – carried interest
Liquidity event delays are having an effect on waterfall calculation models
16 February 2024
ILPA appoints inaugural general counsel
Appointment comes amid association’s legal battle with PE trade bodies regarding preferential treatment under SEC’s Private Fund Rules
15 February 2024
Seven out of 10 fund managers received AML fines in last two years
Ocorian’s latest survey finds alternative investment firms concerned about increasing AML risks
12 February 2024
Borne but not raised
A tight fundraising and deal-doing environment has GPs pondering how to structure aborted deal costs
12 February 2024
Ogier expands Luxembourg fund finance team
Delphine Gomes is a banking and finance counsel with experience in fund, leveraged and real estate financing
8 February 2024
ESG: The fund-of-funds perspective
Once removed from the underlying portfolio, this type of LP is focused on private equity’s journey rather than instant compliance
7 February 2024
Ocorian acquires Bovill
Fund administrator adds regulatory consultancy firm into its compliance offering
7 February 2024
Apollo appoints ESG counsel
Previously a legal secondee at the firm, Angus Brown joins from Simmons & Simmons
7 February 2024
Comment: Court controversy
Matthew Pincus, international counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton, warns that a recent court decision increases risk for non-US funds active in the US
6 February 2024
Proskauer adds private funds partner in London
Fund formation specialist for credit strategies, James Oussedik, joins from Sidley Austin
6 February 2024
Ontra further builds on GPT-4 functionality
Company aims to accelerate expansion into more document types and launch additional features
6 February 2024
LeadingMile partners with Qashqade
The partnership aims to increase European GP access to automated waterfall calculations and cap-table monitoring
2 February 2024
Robin AI launches contract defined-term checker
The additional feature means contract terms can be automatically verified and located within a document
31 January 2024
The carrot in addition to the stick
FCA’s proposed regime on non-financial misconduct shines light on firms’ workplace culture
30 January 2024
Glendower Capital promotes legal managing director
Kate Simpson came to the firm almost two years ago as legal director for transactions
24 January 2024
Kroll makes Lux MD appointment
Elena Moisei joins from EY to lead the firm’s work with alternative investment fund managers in Luxembourg
23 January 2024
Intelligent Legal Solutions enters market with side-letter management solution
Company aims to automate side-letter management for law firms and keep billable hours for private equity firms down
22 January 2024
The ops ‘n’ regs of wealth managers
Amid traditional LPs maxing out their allocations, PE looks to wealth managers to fill the gap – but they come with distinct requirements
18 January 2024
Accenture acquires Impendi
Deal for sourcing and procurement services provider is a bid to further build out Accenture’s private equity capabilities
18 January 2024
Ecovadis adds Vitals to IQ Plus platform
Vitals is a questionnaire aimed at helping businesses manage supply chain sustainability risks
17 January 2024
Dawn promotes four
In the ops team (pictured), the firm has promoted Adina Goga to director of legal and Gamila Hassan to talent acquisition lead
15 January 2024
Goodwin appoints credit funds partner
John Anderson to join the firm’s London team and focus on credit fund strategies
15 January 2024
What the AI?!... Ropes & Gray
Partner Rohan Massey and counsel Edward Machin at Ropes & Gray discuss how AI regulation might develop, along with key legal considerations for fund managers contemplating the technology’s adoption
10 January 2024
Park Square promotes legal counsel
Phanne Yang came to the firm two years ago as a legal associate
9 January 2024
AC Christes & Partners moves to Munich
Firm aims to offer transaction advisory, audit, tax, valuation and post-merger integration services from its new location
8 January 2024
A&M Tax appoints ASEAN tax lead
Singapore-based Shantini Ramachandra was previously a partner at Deloitte
5 January 2024
Goodwin expands Luxembourg funds team
Baker McKenzie’s Julien Schraub and Deloitte’s Céline Moille join as counsel while Philip Spilberg is promoted in the private investment funds practice
4 January 2024
Park Square makes round of promotions
Andrew Haywood is now COO, Luke Varley is general counsel and Matthew Maguire assumes the role of CFO
3 January 2024
ACA’s Andrew Poole moves to Kroll
Director of compliance has spent five years at ACA Group focusing on advising the PE and private credit sectors
3 January 2024
Robin AI secures $26m
Funding aims to expand legal AI tech provider’s presence in the US, inaugurate its presence in Asia Pacific and increase AI engineer headcount
2 January 2024
Operational utopia
If operations professionals made all the decisions, what would the perfect PE firm look like?
11 December 2023
The UK’s nice green labelling machine
Response to FCA’s SDR positive as regulatory arbitrage remains around applicability to overseas funds, portfolio management and practice of its highly anticipated anti-greenwashing rule
4 December 2023
Roschier expands finance and restructuring team
Björn Hård af Segerstad joins the law firm as counsel for financial regulation
4 December 2023
Praxio appoints head of banking and finance
Pinsent Masons fund finance director Michael Mbayi joins Luxembourg law firm
29 November 2023
Kroll launches risk assessment tool
Offering includes portfolio monitoring and diligence, streamlined data collection and benchmarking
28 November 2023
Carbon Accounting Alliance launches
Group of 35 organisations represents emissions of 24,000 companies
27 November 2023
Home game Sweden
A change in tax legislation and ethical considerations are leading Swedish PE firms to onshore their funds
27 November 2023
Profile: Martim Avillez, Limerston Capital
The COO and founding partner discusses setting up the firm’s operations, combining them with his investment duties and navigating difficult times
24 November 2023
JTC acquires Blackheath
Fund administrator expands its ManCo services for UK-based funds
24 November 2023
Magic ID secures €350k
KYC startup aims to use the funding to launch its range of ID verification tools in the UK and the EU
23 November 2023
Southern Europe: Structures to suit all tastes
Variety is indeed the spice of life when it comes to fund domiciles across Southern Europe
22 November 2023
Comment: Pillar Two ex post
Asset managers need to carefully consider the implications of Luxembourg’s proposed implementation of the OECD’s Pillar Two rules, argue Bastien Voisin, Yann Ricard and Olha Polishchuk of Goodwin
20 November 2023
Carta launches waterfall calculation tool
Company aims to support with LP reporting, M&A deal impact and equity value estimations
20 November 2023
Firm identity
A tight fundraising environment and ESG fund naming conventions warrant a closer look at the names of private equity entities, writes Matthias Plötz
17 November 2023
Apperio’s CEO steps down
Founder Nicholas d’Adhemar created the company in 2013 to improve the management of legal costs for PE firm in-house legal teams
16 November 2023
Ontra integrates GPT-4
The large language model will be incorporated into the firm’s AI engine Ontra Synapse