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2025 Private Equity Trends Outlook
November 19, 2024 | Blog | By Gregory Fine, Kari Harris, Kurt Steinkrauss, Matthew T. Simpson
Learn more about important trends in 2025 for the private equity landscape, including the expansion of continuation vehicles as a vital liquidity tool, heightened regulatory scrutiny and antitrust pressures introducing both challenges and opportunities, and interest rate cuts and evolving buyer-seller risk tolerance creating a more complex deal environment.
F-Reorgs: How Buyers’ and Sellers’ Favorite ‘F Word’ Optimizes M&A and Private Equity Transactions Involving S Corporations
October 10, 2024 | Alert | By David Salamon, Zachary Liebnick, Gregg M. Benson, Joseph J. Ronca, Katya Daniel
Read about the steps to implement a pre-transaction reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(F), known as an F reorganization, on a target that is treated as an S corporation for tax purposes, which can offer significant tax benefits to buyers and sellers.
The New Private Equity Post-Acquisition Paradigm
October 1, 2024 | Alert | By Eoin Beirne
Read about DOJ recent scrutiny of private equity deals, its initiatives aimed at increasing acquirer oversight of M&A transactions, and best practices for private equity sponsors in the current enforcement landscape.
What the FTC’s New Rule on Non-Competes Means for M&A and Private Equity Transactions
May 23, 2024 | Article | By Benjamin Ferrucci, Brendan Lowd, Nicole Rivers, Zachary Liebnick
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s new rule to ban most post-employment non-compete agreements could significantly impact M&A and private equity transactions. Assuming it withstands legal challenges, the rule will require buyers and private equity sponsors to rethink many of their asset protection strategies.
Proposed Treasury Regulations Provide Guidance on Stock Buyback Excise Tax for Redemptions and M&A Transactions
May 23, 2024 | Alert | By David Salamon, Gregg M. Benson, Timothy J. Santoli, Helen Huang
Read about proposed Treasury regulations that provide guidance on the application of the stock buyback excise tax to redemptions and M&A transactions.
Private Equity Firm Rolled Out of FTC Suit
May 15, 2024 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Payton Thornton
RIA Succession Planning: Economic, Legal and Regulatory Considerations for Transitions and Exits
December 14, 2023 | Webinar
Tax Court Case Watch: Tax Court Considers the Application of the Self-Employment Tax Rules to Investment Funds
July 24, 2023 | Alert | By Timothy J. Santoli
Read about pending cases docketed in the US Tax Court that are considering the application of the limited partner exclusion from self-employment tax when the limited partners in a state law limited partnership actively participate in the partnership’s business.
The IRS Denies Tax Deduction for Common Sell-Side Success-Based Fees
July 11, 2023 | Alert | By Timothy J. Santoli, David Salamon
Read about an IRS private letter ruling, which held that success-based fees in an M&A transaction were incurred by a private equity sponsor rather than by the target. The decision denied the target’s late request for a Safe Harbor Election, which permits a tax deduction of 70% of the success-based fees.
Mintz’s Sell-Side Series: Preparing Today for Tomorrow's Sale — Week 1
March 3, 2022 | Article
Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Advance Waiver of Statutory Appraisal Rights — Affirms Key Component of “Drag Along” Critical for M&A Exits for Venture-Backed Companies
November 23, 2021 | Alert | By Matthew Gardella, Brendan J. Chaisson
Redefining “Business as Usual” in the Time of COVID
June 24, 2021 | Advisory | By James M. McKnight
Congress Pierces the Veil and Establishes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies
March 29, 2021 | Advisory | By Zachary Liebnick
IRS Issues Final Regulations on Taxation of Carried Interest Under Section 1061
January 13, 2021 | Alert | By David Salamon
IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on Taxation of Carried Interest Under Section 1061
August 12, 2020 | Alert | By David Salamon
Federal Reserve Main Street Lending Program: Updates, Timing and Certain Considerations
June 12, 2020 | Advisory | By Joseph Price, Joseph J. Ronca
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rules that Shareholder Cannot Enforce “Golden Share” Blocking Right to Dismiss Bankruptcy Filed Without its Consent
May 27, 2020 | Blog | By Tim McKeon
IRS Provides Tax Relief Relating to Travel Disruptions Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 20, 2020 | Advisory | By David Salamon
Revised Federal Reserve Main Street Lending Program: Terms and Key Considerations
May 18, 2020 | Advisory | By Joseph Price, Joseph J. Ronca
Does the Coronavirus Change the Material Adverse Event Clause for Mergers & Acquisitions?
May 7, 2020 | Alert
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