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Dec 12, 2024
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LAW 8208 - Private Equity and Hedge Fund Law and Related Finance
Credits: 2
An ever-growing portion of investment capital is being controlled by private funds (i.e., hedge funds, equity funds, real estate funds, and hybrid funds). It is important for lawyers to understand how law affects both the investment and legal aspects of the private fund marketplace. Uses a mixture of cases, lectures, and guest speakers to study each component of the private fund world and how law, from both an investment and a legal perspective, affects the private fund community. Looks at the financial analysis behind these funds and how law affects such decisions, and focuses on the legal structure and regulatory environment of private funds. The course primarily takes the viewpoint of the private fund manager versus the perspective of the investing community. A general description of the investment community of private funds (i.e., high net worth individuals, university endowments, and corporate pension funds) are discussed in light of how those investors affect the decisions with respect to investing and legal structure of the private fund. Also looks at the structures under which investment funds raise capital and the internal management challenges faced by the managers, in relation to limited partners, entrepreneurs, investment bankers, regulators, and the company. Examines investment structures from the seed, or angel, financing stage up to the sale, or IPO, of the company. Focuses on the various components of the private fund community, the role of law at private funds from an investment perspective, the role of law at private funds from a legal perspective, and a comparison of private funds to their public fund/company counterparts from an investment and from a legal perspective. This survey course is designed to provide an overview of the private fund community from a legal and investment perspective. Accounting, finance, legal, and tax issues are discussed at a very high level in order to provide a broad general overview.
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