Richard Ward is Chair of the firm’s UK Tax practice. A broad-gauged UK corporate and transactional tax lawyer, Mr. Ward has advised an array of multinational ...
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2023 Private Equity Midyear Outlook
27 July 2023
Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Dominic Blaxill
, Ezra Borut
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Andrew Ford
, Andrew J. Gershon
, Mark P. Goodman
, Jyotin Hamid
, Ted Hassi
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Emily F. Huang
, Peter J. Irwin
, Eric T. Juergens
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Rafael Kariyev
, Meir D. Katz
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
, Andrew M. Levine
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Timothy McIver
, Frank Mitchell
, Maura Kathleen Monaghan
, Edwin Northover
, Brett M. Novick
, Marc Ponchione
, Julie M. Riewe
, Shannon Rose Selden
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Thomas Smith
, Kristin A. Snyder
, J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
, Patrick Taylor
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Alison E. Buckley-Serfass
, Brett Adam Bush
, Zhiyan Cao
, Robert T. Dura
, Stuart Hammer
, Megan McGuiggan
, Sheena Paul
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Ulysses Smith
, Jacob W. Stahl
, Sergio Torres
, Jennifer Wheater
, Elie J. Worenklein
, Adam Aukland-Peck
, Colleen B. Bernaiche
, Charles Cartiglia
, Paul Eastham
, Jay E. Evans
, Sara Ewad
, Christopher Gossage
, Camila Isern
, Yiran Ji
, Maryam Kanna
, Rekha Korlipara
, Adriana Kranjac
, Samuel D. Krawiecz
, Harshil Mehta
, Gianni Pizzitola
, Stanley G. Seckler
, Sheng Shao
, Massy Vainshtein
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2022 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
1 August 2022
Jonathan Adler
, Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
, Dominic Blaxill
, Ezra Borut
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Christopher Dortschy
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Avi Gesser
, Jyotin Hamid
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Emily F. Huang
, Peter J. Irwin
, Satish M. Kini
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Andrew M. Levine
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Peter J. Loughran
, Nicole Levin Mesard
, Brett M. Novick
, Marc Ponchione
, Ryan T. Rafferty
, Jeffrey E. Ross
, Scott B. Selinger
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Thomas Smith
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Marshal L. Bozzo
, Zhiyan Cao
, Robert T. Dura
, Andrew J. Gershon
, Stuart Hammer
, Sheena Paul
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Jennifer Wheater
, John Young
, Ulysses Smith
, Jennifer R. Cestaro
, Thomas A. DeMarzo
, Paul Eastham
, Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
, Michael C. Godbe
, Christopher Gossage
, Sheng Shao
, Malina Welman
, Matthew Mrozek
, Chika Ojukwu
, Yiran Ji
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A Close Look at the UK’s New Qualifying Asset Holding Company Tax Regime
May 2022
Richard Ward
, Jennifer Wheater
, Paul Eastham
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Private Equity Report Spring 2022, Vol 22, No 1
May 2022
Catherine Amirfar
, Andrew L. Bab
, Megan K. Bannigan
, David H. Bernstein
, Alexander R. Cochran
, Avi Gesser
, Ted Hassi
, Eric T. Juergens
, Matthew E. Kaplan
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Pierre Maugüé
, Marc Ponchione
, Ina C. Popova
, Natalie L. Reid
, Julie M. Riewe
, Scott B. Selinger
, Kristin A. Snyder
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Richard Ward
, Erica S. Weisgerber
, Charu A. Chandrasekhar
, Nick S. Kaluk III
, Sheena Paul
, Christopher Rosekrans
, Jennifer Wheater
, Paul Eastham
, Christopher S. Ford
, Christine Shu Gilleland
, Michael C. Godbe
, Kate Saba
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2021/2022 Private Equity Year-End Review and Outlook
January 2022
Jonathan Adler
, Catherine Amirfar
, Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Andrew L. Bab
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Ezra Borut
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Alexander R. Cochran
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Eric T. Juergens
, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
, Nicholas P. Pellicani
, Ryan T. Rafferty
, Julie M. Riewe
, Scott B. Selinger
, Marc Ponchione
, Thomas Smith
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
, Marshal L. Bozzo
, Christopher Dortschy
, Andrew J. Gershon
, Emily F. Huang
, Jennifer Wheater
, Dominic Blaxill
, Charles Cartiglia
, Robert T. Dura
, Matthew J. Sacco
, Sheng Shao
, Sergio Torres
, Charlotte A. Walkovik
, Paul Eastham
, Christopher Gossage
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Sheena Paul
, John Young
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Lukas Ott
, Andrew M. Levine
, Stuart Hammer
, Ulysses Smith
, Luke Dembosky
, Avi Gesser
, Peter J. Irwin
, Ina C. Popova
, Samantha J. Rowe
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Paul D. Rubin
, Eric Dinallo
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Jacob W. Stahl
, Nicholas F. Potter
, Kim T. Le
, Adam Aukland-Peck
, Melissa Runsten
, Matthew Mrozek
, Michael C. Godbe
, Christel Y. Tham
, Lisa Wang Lachowicz
, Yiran Ji
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2021 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
22 July 2021
Jonathan Adler
, Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Andrew L. Bab
, Megan K. Bannigan
, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
, David H. Bernstein
, Paul S. Bird
, Ezra Borut
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Matthew Dickman
, Christopher Dortschy
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Peter A. Furci
, Avi Gesser
, Jyotin Hamid
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Peter J. Irwin
, Meir D. Katz
, Rafael Kariyev
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
, Andrew M. Levine
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Marc Ponchione
, Ryan T. Rafferty
, Paul D. Rubin
, Zachary H. Saltzman
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Shannon Rose Selden
, Scott B. Selinger
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Richard Ward
, Patricia Volhard
, Franci J. Blassberg
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Andrew J. Gershon
, Stuart Hammer
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Kim T. Le
, Sheena Paul
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Jacob W. Stahl
, Jennifer Wheater
, John Young
, Adam Aukland-Peck
, Dominic Blaxill
, Charles Cartiglia
, Robert T. Dura
, Paul Eastham
, Jay E. Evans
, David J. Hotelling
, Samuel D. Krawiecz
, Wen-Wei Lai
, Robert Maddox
, Sergio Torres
, Malina Welman
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European Funds Comment: Fundraising in the EU: The Challenges Ahead
15 March 2021
Geoffrey Kittredge
, John W. Rife III
, Richard Ward
, Patricia Volhard
, John Young
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
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2020/2021 Private Equity Year End Review and Outlook
7 January 2021
Jonathan Adler
, William D. Regner
, John W. Rife III
, Jennifer R. Cestaro
, Katherine Ashton
, E. Drew Dutton
, Jane Engelhardt
, Thomas Smith
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Christopher Anthony
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Dominic Blaxill
, Wen-Wei Lai
, Jyotin Hamid
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Richard Ward
, Jennifer Wheater
, Paul Eastham
, Peter A. Furci
, Rafael Kariyev
, Jay E. Evans
, Samuel D. Krawiecz
, Andrew L. Bab
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Paul D. Rubin
, Jacob W. Stahl
, Kim T. Le
, Jyotin Hamid
, Meir D. Katz
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Ezra Borut
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Marc Ponchione
, Kenneth J. Berman
, Patricia Volhard
, Christopher Dortschy
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, John Young
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Julie M. Riewe
, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
, Scott B. Selinger
, Stuart Hammer
, Luke Dembosky
, Avi Gesser
, Jim Pastore
, Megan K. Bannigan
, David H. Bernstein
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Peter J. Irwin
, Malina Welman
, Paul S. Bird
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Cayman Islands Removed from EU Tax “Blacklist” — But Have All the Consequences of Its Blacklisting Been Removed?
23 October 2020
Richard Ward
, Jennifer Wheater
, Tom Berry
, Charles Cartiglia
, Paul Eastham
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2020 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook
31 July 2020
Jonathan Adler
, Christopher Anthony
, Megan K. Bannigan
, David H. Bernstein
, Kenneth J. Berman
, Paul S. Bird
, Ezra Borut
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Jennifer R. Cestaro
, Jennifer L. Chu
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Peter A. Furci
, Morgan J. Hayes
, Peter J. Irwin
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Rafael Kariyev
, M. Natasha Labovitz
, Andrew M. Levine
, Sidney P. Levinson
, Nicole Levin Mesard
, Marc Ponchione
, Julie M. Riewe
, Edward M. Rishty
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Shannon Rose Selden
, Scott B. Selinger
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Thomas Smith
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
, Michael P. McGuigan
, Samuel D. Krawiecz
, Stuart Hammer
, Dominic Blaxill
, Christopher Dortschy
, Paul Eastham
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Jennifer Wheater
, John Young
, Almas Daud
, Paul Eastham
, Jay E. Evans
, Samuel D. Krawiecz
, Wen-Wei Lai
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European Funds Comment: The UK Budget
13 March 2020
Paul Eastham
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, John W. Rife III
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
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UK Tax for the Private Equity Industry: 2019/2020 Year-End Review and Outlook
8 January 2020
Richard Ward
, Paul Eastham
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2019/2020 Private Equity Year-End Review and Outlook
19 December 2019
Jonathan Adler
, Christopher Anthony
, Kenneth J. Berman
, Lorna Bowen
, Andrew J. Ceresney
, Alan J. Davies
, Andrew Ford
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Pierre Maugüé
, Julie M. Riewe
, John W. Rife III
, Samantha J. Rowe
, Scott B. Selinger
, Thomas Smith
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, John Young
, Dominic Blaxill
, Conway Blake
, Tom Cornell
, Paul Eastham
, Felix Paterson
, Ryan T. Rafferty
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European Funds Comment: The UK Election Result
13 December 2019
Paul Eastham
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, John W. Rife III
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
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European Funds Comment: The UK General Election and Future Tax Policy
29 November 2019
Paul Eastham
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, John W. Rife III
, Richard Ward
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European Funds Comment: Industry Highlights Concerns with the UK’s Draft Regulations on Disclosure of Cross-border Arrangements
25 October 2019
Issue 97
Paul Eastham
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Patricia Volhard
, John W. Rife III
, Richard Ward
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Private Equity Funds “Cookbook”: New Edition
20 August 2019
Jonathan Adler
, Gavin Anderson
, Kenneth J. Berman
, Michael Bolotin
, Lorna Bowen
, Erin Cleary
, Jane Engelhardt
, Andrew Ford
, Peter A. Furci
, Rafael Kariyev
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Andrew M. Ostrognai
, John W. Rife III
, Matthew D. Saronson
, Peter F.G. Schuur
, David J. Schwartz
, Rebecca F. Silberstein
, Justin Storms
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
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European Funds Comment: The Importance of (Economic) Substance
7 June 2019
Issue 82
Cécile Beurrier
, Peter A. Furci
, Matthew D. Saronson
, Richard Ward
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AVCA Legal & Regulatory Bulletin: The OECD BEPS Action Plan and Tax Considerations for Investors
February 2019
AVCA Legal & Regulatory Bulletin
Richard Ward
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
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2018/2019 Private Equity Year End Review and Outlook
20 December 2018
Jonathan Adler
, Christopher Anthony
, Kenneth J. Berman
, Peter A. Furci
, Rafael Kariyev
, John W. Rife III
, Scott B. Selinger
, Thomas Smith
, Ramya S. Tiller
, Richard Ward
, Michael P. McGuigan
, Almas Daud
, Paul Eastham
, Samuel D. Krawiecz
, Felix Paterson
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European Funds Comment: Taxing Carried Interest in the United States
16 February 2018
Issue 26
Cécile Beurrier
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Matthew D. Saronson
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
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BEPS: LPs react to new tax environment
1 December 2017
Private Equity International
Matthew D. Saronson
, Richard Ward
, Matthew Pincus
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European Funds Comment: The UK’s 2017 Budget: The Good News
24 November 2017
Issue 17
Sally Gibson
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
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Tax Skirmishes for UK Investment Professionals
23 November 2017
Richard Ward
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European Funds Comment: Financing Growth in Innovative Firms
6 October 2017
Issue 10
Sally Gibson
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Matthew D. Saronson
, Patricia Volhard
, Richard Ward
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Brexit Tax Update – Future Customs Arrangements – Fantasy or Inspired?
24 August 2017
Richard Ward
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Treaty Benefits in a Fund Context: Time to Agitate the Little Grey Cells
21 July 2017
Rafael Kariyev
, Matthew D. Saronson
, Peter F.G. Schuur
, Richard Ward
, Cécile Beurrier
, Erin Cleary
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How Not to Become a Criminal, or, Preventing the Facilitation of Tax Evasion
14 July 2017
Richard Ward
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The anti-hybrids rules and private equity fund structures
9 June 2017
Tax Journal
Richard Ward
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Under 250 Words on the UK Spring Budget
8 March 2017
Richard Ward
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Brexit—The Future UK-EU relationship
24 January 2017
Katherine Ashton
, Lord Goldsmith KC
, James C. Scoville
, Richard Ward
, Vera Losonci
, Timothy McIver
, Konstantin Bureiko
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State Aid And BEPS: Countering The Honey Trap
January 2017
PLC Magazine
Richard Ward
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Journey’s End for the Autumn Statement. The Odyssey Continues for UK Taxation of Non-Domiciliaries (with a Goddess, a Monster and a Paradise Island)
23 November 2016
Richard Ward
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Brexit – Tax Issues
25 July 2016
Matthew D. Saronson
, Richard Ward
, Cécile Beurrier
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Receiving UK Carried Interest: The UK Metamorphosis
24 March 2016
Richard Ward
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George Osborne’s Chocolate Box. UK Budget 2016.
16 March 2016
Richard Ward
, Paul Eastham
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HMRC’s "Italian Job": The UK Finance Bill and Taxation of Funds
9 December 2015
Richard Ward
, Paul Eastham
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European State Aid Cases: 42 Steps to Guide You Through
23 October 2015
Gary M. Friedman
, Burt Rosen
, Matthew D. Saronson
, Peter F.G. Schuur
, Richard Ward
, Cécile Beurrier
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Uncertainty Over UK Taxation of Delaware LLCs: UK Tax Authority’s Finesse
6 October 2015
Richard Ward
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The OECD’s Automatic Exchange of Information Common Reporting Standard
28 September 2015
Richard Ward
, Matthew D. Saronson
, Cécile Beurrier
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The UK Becomes a Tax Haven. (Unless You’re An Asset Manager)
8 July 2015
Richard Ward
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The Delaware LLC: now we see it, now we don’t…or do we?
6 July 2015
Richard Ward
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10.5 Things To Know About UK’s New Disguised Fee Taxes
25 June 2015
Law360
Richard Ward
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More UK Tax? Additional Guidance on the Disguised Investment Management Fee Rules
26 March 2015
Richard Ward
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Are Your Carry and Co-Investment Returns Safe from UK Income Tax? (Sadly, Your Management Fee Probably Isn’t.)
25 March 2015
Richard Ward
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Disguised Investment Management Fees: Where Are We Now?
25 March 2015
Richard Ward
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United Kingdom - Fund Formation
2015
Getting the Deal Through: Private Equity
Richard Ward
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United Kingdom - Transactions
2015
Getting the Deal Through: Private Equity
David Innes
, Guy Lewin-Smith
, Richard Ward
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45% Tax on Management Fees?…and Co-Invest and Carry?
23 December 2014
Richard Ward
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UK Tax on Management Fees, Co-Invest and Carry: Is Anything Safe?
15 December 2014
Richard Ward
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Five things that you need to know about the UK Government's Autumn Statement
4 December 2014
Richard Ward
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Some Preliminary Observations: Impact of the Referendum on Scottish Independence on Private Equity and Other Alternative Asset Managers
17 September 2014
Richard Ward
, Cécile Beurrier
, Michael P. Harrell
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Proposed Changes to the Taxation of UK Partnerships
6 January 2014
Richard Ward
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UK AIFMD Implementation and UK Tax Reform: A Coordinated Approach to Remuneration Issues?
Fall 2013
Sally Gibson
, Richard Ward
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United Kingdom - Fund Formation
2013
Getting the Deal Through: Private Equity
Richard Ward
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United Kingdom - Fund Formation
2012
Getting The Deal Through: Private Equity
Richard Ward
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The Private Equity Report
Winter 2010
Franci J. Blassberg
, Matthew E. Kaplan
, Geoffrey P. Burgess
, Stuart Hammer
, Richard Ward
, Gary M. Friedman
, Andrew L. Bab
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The Private Equity Report
Spring 2008
Franci J. Blassberg
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Stuart Hammer
, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
, Richard Ward
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
, Lawrence K. Cagney
, Robert F. Quaintance, Jr.
, Jeffrey P. Cunard
, Michael J. Gillespie
, Peter J. Loughran
, Paul M. Rodel
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The Private Equity Report
Spring 2006
Franci J. Blassberg
, Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
, James A. Kiernan III
, Molly F. Stockley
, Andrew L. Bab
, Gary W. Kubek
, Richard Ward
, Pierre-Pascal Bruneau
, David F. Hickok
, Rebecca F. Silberstein
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The Private Equity Report
Spring 2005
Franci J. Blassberg
, Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
, Margaret Andrews Davenport
, Richard Ward
, Peter A. Furci
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The Private Equity Report
Summer 2004
Franci J. Blassberg
, Carl Micarelli
, Mark P. Goodman
, David F. Hickok
, Richard Ward
, Rebecca F. Silberstein
, Marcia L. MacHarg
, Gregory V. Gooding
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Some Preliminary Observations: Impact of the Referendum on Scottish Independence on Private Equity and Other Alternative Asset Managers
Michael P. Harrell
, Richard Ward
, Cécile Beurrier
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BEPS Anti-Hybrid Rules
27 April 2017
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11 November 2016
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21 July 2016
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Taxation of UK Carried Interest: What Now?
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The Evolution of Funds Formation
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