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Dechert's submission to Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment advocates for comprehensive reform of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, proposing removal of the 20-partner limit, introduction of a statutory whitelist of permitted activities, and full recognition of the commitment and drawdown capital model to modernize Ireland's private fund structures and enhance competitiveness with global jurisdictions.

In an effort to promote renewable energy sources and efficient energy consumption, more than 25 states have instituted Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs. Started in 2008, PACE programs authorize local governments to make loans to homeowners for energy related home-improvement projects such as the installation of solar panels or energy efficient windows.

The global CLO equity fund market is experiencing a cautious reopening after a period of tight arbitrage and challenging economics. With U.S. CLO issuance approaching $230 billion in the first half of 2026 and major platforms successfully raising billion-dollar funds, captive and third-party CLO equity fund structures are evolving rapidly as managers deploy sophisticated structuring technologies to provide stable execution capacity and attract institutional capital seeking diversified credit exposure with s

The City of New York’s Office of the City Clerk ("City Clerk") has circulated a letter to investment advisers and placement agents advising them that the New York City lobbying law1 (the "Lobbying Law") applies to any attempts to influence the investment decisions of New York City’s ("City") five retirement systems and pension funds (the "Pension Funds").

The Central Bank of Ireland (the Central Bank) has published its feedback report on the 2024 ESMA common supervisory action (CSA) it conducted on Sustainability Risks and Disclosures in the Investment Funds Sector (the Report). While the Report concludes that its findings are broadly in line with regulatory expectations, the Central Bank is clear that it expects firms and their boards to consider its observations.

A new version of the Russian Competition Law amended by the so-called ‘fourth antimonopoly package' came into effect on January 5, 2016 (except for certain minor provisions with an earlier effective date).

In this eighth edition of The Employment Edit, we report on the annual increases to UK employment compensation limits...

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into law Assembly Bill 1743 ("AB 1743"), a broad bill that will require placement agents and others who solicit a state public pension plan in the State of California on behalf of investment advisers, including advisers to private equity and hedge funds, to register as lobbyists.

Section 621 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "Dodd-Frank Act") was a reaction to securitizations structured such that the parties involved in arranging and marketing the transaction could profit from circumstances that might result in losses to the investors in the transaction.

On June 22, the New York State Assembly passed the "Foreclosure Fraud Prevention Act of 2012," which defines residential mortgage foreclosure fraud and criminalizes "robo-signing" and other "fraudulent or deceptive" practices by agents or managers in the residential mortgage business

Over the past decade, asset managers have sought to expand investor access to private markets assets, such as private credit, real estate, infrastructure and other illiquid assets, within the regulatory framework of the 1940 Act.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation paper¹ on 14 October 2025 setting out proposals and guidance to support the adoption of tokenization and tokenized funds...

Only three significant U.S. merger investigations concluded in Q1 2025 during the presidential transition. All three resulted in a complaint seeking to block the merger, including two under the new Trump administration.

The European Commission's Omnibus I Directive significantly reforms the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), reducing the number of reporting entities by approximately 85% and streamlining mandatory disclosure requirements. What changes will affect your organization's sustainability reporting obligations under these revised EU frameworks?

The IPO market saw unprecedented growth in 2020, with 480 IPOs (248 of which were SPACs), nearly double the number of IPOs in 2019. Life sciences and tech companies led the wave of newly public issuers with 89 life sciences companies pricing IPOs in 2020.

Through two unanimous decisions, the Supreme Court has made it easier for employees to avoid arbitration due to their status as "transportation workers" and to challenge job transfers as discriminatory...

The Supreme Court's landmark decision in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba resolves a critical circuit split regarding Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, determining whether activist investors can bring private lawsuits to rescind fund contracts based on alleged regulatory violations. This ruling fundamentally reshapes the litigation landscape for registered investment companies, their directors, and service providers by clarifying the boundaries of federal enforcement mechanisms versu

Un travailleur indépendant collabore avec une société comme agent commercial pendant plus de 9 mois. Ensuite, les parties concluent un contrat de travail contenant une période d'essai de 2 mois. L'employeur met fin à la période d'essai dans le délai prévu.