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What to Expect When You’re Expecting … an Exit: Governance, People, and the Exit Process
Editor’s note: This article is Part 3 of a 3-part series examining the preparation required to bring a platform company (built through a roll-up or add-on acquisition strategy) to a successful exit. In this Part, we discuss governance, human capital, and process-oriented dimensions: aligning stakeholders, retaining key personnel, packaging due diligence materials, and navigating regulatory clearance.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting … an Exit: Legal, Structural & Compliance Prep
Editor’s note: This article is Part 2 of a 3-part series examining the preparation required to bring a platform company (built through a roll-up or add-on acquisition strategy) to a successful exit.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting … an Exit- Financial & Tax Readiness
Editor’s note: This article is Part 1 of a 3-part series examining the preparation required to bring a platform company (built through a roll-up or add-on acquisition strategy) to a successful exit. Part 2 will discuss Legal, Structural, and Compliance Preparation, and Part 3 will examine Governance, People, and the Exit Process. The exit is the culmination of the private equity investment thesis, but a successful exit depends on preparation long before a company goes to market.
Private Credit Is Booming—and Is Now Squarely in Regulators’ Sights | JD Supra
Private credit continues to assume mandates once dominated by banks, fueled by insurer capital and bank-provided facilities. Regulators in the United States and European Union are intensifying their scrutiny of funding sources, liquidity, disclosure, and risk transfer. These evolving dynamics are already impacting certainty of funds, pricing, and deal documentation.
Private Credit Is Booming-and Is Now Squarely in Regulators’ Sights
Private credit continues to assume mandates once dominated by banks, fueled by insurer capital and bank-provided facilities. Regulators in the United States and European Union are intensifying their scrutiny of funding sources, liquidity, disclosure, and risk transfer. These evolving dynamics are already impacting certainty of funds, pricing, and deal documentation.
Blacklisted Condos: A Growing Crisis for Owners and Buyers | JD Supra
The blacklisting of condominium/condo associations by financial institutions and insurance providers has emerged as a pressing issue in the real estate finance and housing sector. This practice, which involves lenders or insurers refusing to provide services to specific condominium associations, has significant implications for property values, homeowner affordability, and overall market stability.
UCC Article 2: Because Even Your Toaster Deserves a Fair Contract | JD Supra
The Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) is a comprehensive set of laws governing commercial transactions. It was designed and drafted with the aim of standardizing, harmonizing, and simplifying the laws around commercial transactions across the country. It governs various aspects of commercial transactions, providing a consistent set of rules to promote fairness, predictability, and efficiency.
Actions vs. J.P. Morgan, Monolith Serve as SEC Compliance Check Reminders | JD Supra
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently settled charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) for impeding hundreds of advisory clients and brokerage customers from reporting potential securities law violations to the SEC. JPMS agreed to pay $18 million in civil penalties to the SEC to settle the charges.
Yoko Kanno On Her Music For ‘Escaflowne’, ‘Cowboy Bebop’ And Letting Her Imagination Run Free
The remarkable composer that is Yoko Kanno. © Meow on the Bridge Inc. One of the finest composers in anime is without question that of Yoko Kanno, so to be able to sit down with her and ask her about her work was a rare and fascinating privilege. Coming from a musical background myself, I have been hoping to interview Kanno for a very long time. In fact, one of the first pieces I wrote professionally was about her work in Gramophone magazine in the UK back in the 90s.
Mezzanine, Bridge Financing Becoming Key Tools in Uncertain Economy | JD Supra
During periods of economic uncertainty and rising interest rates, alternative financing options such as mezzanine and bridge lending have emerged as attractive solutions for businesses. These specialized forms of financing provide flexibility, expedited funding, and risk mitigation strategies that traditional lending institutions may not offer.
Protection From Panic Starts With These Proactive Banking Strategies | JD Supra
The fast and furious developments related to Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), Signature Bank, and others had depositors, employees, landlords, lawyers, accountants, and fiduciaries from nearly every sector scrambling for solutions to very real and challenging liquidity problems for their businesses and clients. Fortunately, after stepping in as receiver last Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) was able to put much of the unrest at ease.
SAFE Banking Tweak Would Be Huge ‘Plus’ For Financial, Cannabis Industries | JD Supra
As the regulated sale of cannabis increasingly becomes sanctioned under state law, federal implications arising from its classification as a controlled substance continue to frustrate those in the banking industry who view the meteoric rise of the cannabis industry as a promising opportunity (legal market sales in 2022 are expected to reach $33 billion[1]).
“BlackKKlansman”: A 1970s Depiction of Racism, Reflective of 2018
Throughout his decades-spanning career, Spike Lee has always remained an activist first and a filmmaker second. He uses his movies as catalysts for what he wants to say, consistently making movies with strong, timely messages. In BlackKKlansman, Lee returns to a form that hasn’t been seen since trash cans flew through windows in his 1989 film Do The Right Thing. He tears into modern politics by showing how injustice has carried through the years.
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