A cross-disciplinary team of lawyers from the Private Equity Group of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has served as contributing editors to the 2019 USA Chapter of the inaugural Private Equity Global Practice Guide. Invited by Chambers and Partners, the Debevoise team offers insights into trends and developments impacting the U.S. private equity sector to date. Topics covered include fundraising, M&A and leveraged finance, direct listings of PE-backed companies, CFIUS pilot program and emerging technologies, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, SEC interpretive guidance on investment advisers’ fiduciary duties, SEC examinations and enforcement, proposed insider trading and SEC financial disclosure rules, and asset management litigation.

The Private Equity Global Practice Guide USA Chapter is available here.

Debevoise has been recognized as a market leader in the Private Equity industry for over 35 years. With more than 200 lawyers around the globe dedicated to the industry, our Private Equity Group brings a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to our work. As reflected consistently in quotes from clients in our rankings in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and PEI year after year, our unique “close-knit partnership” brings a “breadth of resources to solve complex problems,” enabling us to be a seamless presence globally at every stage of the private equity life cycle. Market knowledge of the global private equity team is gathered quarterly in the Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report, which is approaching its twentieth year of publication.

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