Compliance & Regulation

Private equity's complexity can be a virtue to both GPs and LPs, but capturing the requisite detail on a year's worth of acquisitions, realizations and other relevant events within the Schedule K-1 takes an effort stretching well beyond tax season.

As foreign private equity investors look at Australia with greater interest, the country's new tax laws will provide welcome encouragement.

Oscar Kinders and Gijs Fibbe of PricewaterhouseCoopers examine the new Dutch tax regime and the opportunities for structuring private equity funds through the Netherlands.

Offshore vehicles are all the more commonplace these days in private equity, given the international flavor of both limited partners and investment targets. Here's a look at the current state of the most favored locales, and a few jurisdictions vying for a face in the crowd.

New US legislation concerning tax exempt entities dealings with tax shelter transactions could have lingering effects on their ability to invest in private equity. Adele M. Karig and David H. Schnabel of the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton explore the implications of the reforms.

IN-HOUSE PROFILE 2007-01-01 Staff Writer Career path: After completing his Solicitor's exams, Scott joined law firm Herbert Smith as a trainee in the corporate department focusing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. In 1993 he joined Xansa, an IT outsourcing firm, as g

A leading German private equity lawyer has been drafted in to help create a level playing field for European private equity investments.

FRONTLINE 2007-01-01 Staff Writer Kroll executive set for reunion at GPWRichard Blaksley, former head of Kroll in Europe and Asia, is to team up again with old colleagues at GPW, the corporate intelligence and investigations firm launched two years ago by former Kroll European

Among the certainties in private equity are taxes and paying your placement agent. But structuring your agent's compensation in a tax-efficient manner won't please every LP.

An industry valuation body confirms that its guidelines mesh with new FASB fair value rules.