In April 2019, the Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”) released a set of considerations for Limited Partners and General Partners with respect to General Partner-led secondary fund restructurings (the “ILPA Memo”). The ILPA Memo can be viewed here.
USA, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court, in Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., Case No. 16-784, ruled that the “securities safe harbor” under section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, does not shield transferees from liability simply because a particular transaction was routed through a financial intermediary—so-called “conduit transactions.”
USA, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Supreme Court of the United States, Second Circuit, High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Seventh Circuit