Private Equity: Investment Transactions
We regularly represent our fund clients in a diverse group of industries and asset classes in the the structuring, due diligence, negotiation, and consummation of investments, as well as the post-closing ownership, management, and ultimate disposition of those investments—whether in a successful liquidity event or through a more distressed realization or winding down.
In addition, we also regularly represent not only the funds that provide private capital, but also the companies, management teams, and entrepreneurs who utilize that capital to acquire, create, and grow businesses around the globe.
On 30 January 2024, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule (Final Rule) increasing the premium processing fee from US$2,500 to US$2,805, increasing filing fees for I-129 and I-140 employment-based petitions, and imposing a new Asylum Program Fee for each Form I-129 and I-140 filed by employers.
On 3 April 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced the first settlement with a stand-alone registered investment adviser for, among other things, failures to maintain and preserve certain electronic communications.
On 22 December 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments (the final rule) to Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the Advisers Act) to modernize the regulation of investment adviser advertising and solicitation practices.
On 7 March 2024, the Illinois Pollution Control Board proposed amendments to its Ground Water Quality regulations, which would set standards for selected per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances compounds at or near their levels of detection and would result in some of the most stringent standards in the country.