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 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.
The Australian Federal Government (the Government) has just released its budget for 2024-2025.
Although still in their infancy, a growing number of recently-filed lawsuits associated with generative artificial intelligence (AI) training practices, products, and services have provided a meaningful first look into how US courts may address the privacy, consumer safety, and intellectual property protection concerns that have been raised by this new, and inherently evolving, technology.