The Legal Special Report 2019
Private equity would be lost without lawyers. Navigating everything from jurisdictions to tax, Brexit to regulation, this special report examines what legal minds are bringing to the table.
Legal special: The five hot topics on lawyers’ minds
From the implications of Brexit to the growing number of GP-led restructurings, fund managers are wrestling with some weighty legal issues.
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Pepper Hamilton: Family offices need solid foundations
Private foundations can be attractive investment partners, but deals need to be structured with the exit in mind to avoid some tricky tax issues, say Stephanie Pindyck-Costantino, P Thao Le and Christopher Bird of Pepper Hamilton.
P+P Pöllath + Partners: The funding gap facing German PE
Worried that its venture capital market is lagging its European neighbours, the German government is doing all it can to provide more start-up support, says Andreas Rodin of P+P Pöllath + Partners.
Travers Smith: The jury is out on jurisdictions
Luxembourg is winning favour as a fund jurisdiction, but the UK still holds plenty of attractions for investors, say Sam Kay and Emily Clark of Travers Smith.
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