February 6: Partnering with Private Equity for In-House Counsel: Understanding the Governance and Exit Playbook

In Today’s world, partnering with Private Equity is an increasingly common occurrence. And as in-house counsel, we are often key players in the formation and execution of those relationships. In the rapidly evolving private equity landscape, in-house counsel must have the foresight and expertise to guide and navigate the business through the private equity journey.
Join us on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 12pm ET / 9am PT for the next edition of our IHC Fundamentals Series, as Carla Ruggero, Eric Schaffer and Neil Barlow of Clifford Chance will discuss the governance structures, contractual nuances, and common scenarios that are essential for in-house counsel to navigate the complexities of private equity investments.
Discussion topics include:

• Common Deal Terms in Private Equity: Board representation, voting and information rights, conflict of interest, non-compete and non-solicitation provisions, and more.
• Strategic Corporate Partnerships: Focus on how private equity sponsors and strategic corporates can effectively align their interests. We’ll discuss the importance of governance structures in fostering successful, mutually beneficial partnerships.
• Founder-Backed Business Dynamics: Examine the unique challenges and opportunities presented when private equity sponsors partner with founder-backed businesses.

Who should attend:
In-house counsel, compliance officers, risk managers and legal operations professionals who participate in or manage corporate operations and strategy.

Title:

Partnering with Private Equity for In-House Counsel: Understanding the Governance and Exit Playbook

Date+Time:

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

12pm ET / 9am PT
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Credit:
This program is approved for CLE credit in the following states: New York, Pennsylvania, California, Illinois, Texas, Arkansas, Nevada This program is pending CLE credit in the following states: Tennessee, Ohio, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Georgia. This program is pending CLE credit for self-application by the attorney or for reciprocal CLE credit in the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Washington.

Speakers:

• Neil Barlow advises international and domestic private equity houses, financial sponsors and corporates on a wide range of matters including acquisitions, disposals, leveraged buyouts, takeovers, mergers, joint ventures, minority and growth capital investments, PIPEs, IPOs and restructurings. Neil has particular experience of advising on M&A in North America, Europe and Latin America and is adept at executing domestic or cross-border transactions involving those geographies. Neil has spent time on secondment with CVC Capital Partners and with 3i.
• Eric Schaffer represents domestic and international financial investors and their platforms and strategics on a wide range of matters including cross-border and domestic mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, minority and growth capital investments and corporate reorganizations. Eric also has particular experience advising financial investors in connection with secondaries transactions.
• Carla Ruggero is a member of the firm’s Latin America group. Her experience focuses on advising foreign and domestic buyers and sellers on M&A transactions in Latin America with respect to assets in the energy, banking, telecom, chemical, oil & gas (production and exploration), transport infrastructure (railway and ports) and manufacturing industries. Carla has also advised issuers and underwriters in debt and equity capital markets transactions involving Latin American issuers..

By:
In-House Connect.

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