Our recent client alert provides an overview of a recent lower court case confirming the risks to commonly managed private equity funds when they collectively own directly or indirectly 80% or more of certain operating companies. On remand from the First Circuit, the District Court for Massachusetts held private equity funds managed by Sun Capital … Continue Reading
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is considering two matters that are likely to be of considerable interest to managers of private equity funds, hedge funds and real estate funds – the tax treatment of management fee waivers and whether individuals can be employees and partners of the same partnership entity at the same time for … Continue Reading