On October 30, 2019, shortly after publishing the latest version
of its principles (Principles 3.0), the Institutional Limited
Partners Association (ILPA) released the ILPA Model Limited
Partnership Agreement (Model LPA), a comprehensive legal template
created to reduce the cost and complexity of negotiating the terms
of investments in private equity funds. In connection with the
release, Steve Nelson, CEO, ILPA noted that "the industry has
to date lacked freely accessible model documents that can serve as
a baseline for reasonable legal terms and conditions associated
with private equity funds." The Model LPA is designed to meet
that purpose and was developed as a part of ILPA's LPA
Simplification Initiative led by a group of both internal and
external attorneys, representing both General Partners (GPs) and
Limited Partners (LPs) in the global marketplace.