Lunch & Learn Webinar Series: The GP-Led Secondaries Market: Growth and Opportunity
Presented by Hogan Lovells LLP
The GP-Led Secondaries Market: Growth and Opportunity
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
11:30am ET
The secondaries market has seen unprecedented growth over the past 10 years, and now includes GP-led secondaries, preferred equity, continuation funds, and stapled transactions. In addition, market dislocation during the coronavirus pandemic is likely to lead to even further activity in this space as investors are expected to seek portfolio rebalancing and enhanced liquidity. Join us for a discussion on this dynamic market and the liquidity options now present for private funds and investors seeking portfolio adjustments and liquidity.
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Speakers:
David Winter, Partner, Hogan Lovells
As co-head of the Hogan Lovells global Fund Formation Practice Group, David Winter represents sponsors and investors across the fund formation spectrum. David’s sponsor clients include multi-billion dollar private investment firms, first-time fund managers, and SBICs. He has worked with a wide range of institutional investors, including university endowments, banks, family offices, strategic investors, and development finance institutions. He has experience with parallel fund structures, co-investment arrangements, SMAs and funds-of-one, feeders, blockers and secondary transactions.
Ed Harris, Partner, Hogan Lovells
Ed Harris advises on a broad range of corporate and funds transactions, with particular focus on private M&A, joint ventures, co-investments, secondaries, GP-lead transactions and leveraged buy-outs. He acts for private equity houses, fund of funds, institutional investors and corporates. He is used to working with GPs and LPs and understands the issues they face.
Adam Brown, Partner, Hogan Lovells
Adam advises sponsors of, and institutional investors in, private investment funds and their portfolio companies. He represents private equity investment firm sponsors and investors on all aspects of their operations, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, co-investments, joint ventures, secondaries, and the ownership, operation, and disposition of portfolio company investments.
Kyle McManus, Vice President, Eaton Partners
Kyle McManus focuses on the origination, execution and distribution of Eaton Partner’s secondary and direct mandates. Mr. McManus specializes in GP-led transactions providing clients strategic advisory on their business development needs.