Serving the Alternative Assets Community
Sutherland has developed a substantial BDC and Alternative Assets Practice Team focused on facilitating access to the public capital markets for private equity managers. We have the breadth and depth to complete complex transactions efficiently, and we have the capacity to serve the ongoing needs of these regulated entities, their management teams and advisers, including:
- fund formation and initial public offerings;
- accessing debt and equity capital markets through shelf equity offerings, convertible private debt offerings, public debt offerings, rights offerings and tender offers;
- structuring and formation of financing vehicles, including SPVs and CLOs;
- providing counsel to the Board and its independent directors;
- developing and reviewing compliance programs and providing counsel at the time of an SEC exam;
- developing investment advisory fee structures;
- providing RIC tax guidance;
- preparing exemptive applications and other regulatory relief;
- structuring complex portfolio company acquisitions and dispositions to meet regulatory requirements;
- managing all aspects of strategic transactions with other regulated entities;
- and much more.
As the leading firm in the country representing BDCs and their underwriters in various capacities, Sutherland established the BDC Roundtable in 2000 for the benefit of the whole industry. Our knowledge of current market activity as well as regulatory developments affecting these structures at the SEC, SBA and IRS, Sutherland has been at the forefront of developments in alternative assets for nearly 20 years. We focus on developments in the industry affecting internally and externally managed business development companies (BDCs), including unlisted BDCs, small business investment companies (SBICs), and other structured vehicles including special purpose acquisition vehicles.
If you'd like to learn more about Sutherland's BDC and Alternative Assets Practice, please contact us.
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Upcoming Events
Annually, Sutherland sponsors a conference focused exclusively on BDCs. It is a great opportunity for BDC executives to meet one another and learn more about new developments at the SEC as it pertains to BDCs, how other BDCs are approaching certain operational matters, and what new regulatory changes may be on the horizon.
The 2012 BDC Roundtable is expected to be held in September 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Past Events
BDC Compliance: Understanding the Regulatory Perspective, November 2, 2011
The 2011 BDC Roundtable was held on September 12-13 in Washington, D.C.
Webinar: The ABCs of BDCs, July 27, 2011 (slides)
Webinar: The ABCs of BDCs, July 27, 2011 (audio replay)
BDC Quick Call:SPV/CLO Structures: Control and Consolidation Issues, June 2, 2011 (audio replay)
BDC Quick Call: Recent Accounting and Regulatory Developments on Advisory Fees and Financing Transactions, March 3, 2011 (audio replay)
BDC Quick Call: Affiliate Transactions, December 9, 2010 (audio replay)
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