USA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Yana M. Mereminsky, Ramya S. Tiller, Erik J. Andrén and Vadim Avdeychik Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a trusted partner and legal adviser to a majority of the world’s largest pri - vate equity firms, and has been a market leader in the private equity industry for over 45 years. The firm’s private equity group brings together the diverse skills and capabilities of more than 500 lawyers around the world from a multitude of practice areas, working to - gether to advise clients across the entire private eq -
uity life cycle. Clients include Blackstone, The Carlyle Group, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, HarbourVest, Kelso & Company, KKR, Morgan Stanley, Providence Eq - uity, Temasek and TPG. The firm would like to thank additional authors from our cross-disciplinary private equity group who also contributed.
Authors
Yana M. Mereminsky is a corporate partner based in the New York office and is a member of the firm’s
Erik J. Andrén is a corporate partner based in the New York office and is a member of the firm’s mergers & acquisitions and private equity groups. His practice focuses on advising private equity firms and
investment management and private equity groups. Her practice focuses on advising sponsors of private investment funds across a range of closed-end and open-end strategies, including buyout, middle market and credit funds. Yana’s recent experience includes acting for clients such as KKR, Crescent Capital and TCW.
corporate clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions across a broad range of industries.
Vadim Avdeychik is a partner based in the New York office and is a member of the firm’s investment management group. His practice focuses on advising on the structuring, launch and management
Ramya S. Tiller is a corporate partner based in the New York office. She is a member of the firm’s finance and special situations groups and leads the firm’s fund finance group in New York. Ramya’s practice covers a
of registered fund products and other products designed for high net worth and retail investors. Vadim also has deep experience advising fund sponsors and fund boards of directors on complex fund regulatory issues, investment company status issues, fund governance and complex asset management M&A transactions involving the purchase and sale of advisory businesses, joint ventures and strategic investments.
broad range of financings, including complex acquisition and leveraged transactions, fund finance transactions and other alternative capital transactions. She has extensive experience in borrower and lender-side fund finance and structured finance transactions, regularly representing clients in PE NAV facilities, secondaries and credit fund NAV facilities, subscription credit facilities, GP financings and collateralised fund obligations (CFOs). Ramya also regularly represents insurance companies in multiple financings, including those related to reinsurance sidecars, and other transactions.
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