Introduction
As an offshore Cayman law firm, we work alongside onshore counsel to advise on all types of private equity transactions involving Cayman corporate vehicles.
We have significant experience coordinating cross-border deals for our PE clients, in line with the fund investment strategy and compliance requirements. We assist PE funds and asset managers with management buy-out (MBO) and leveraged buy-out (LBO) deals.
Our Cayman attorneys also assist our PE clients plan their exit strategies, shareholder agreements and the sale of their portfolio to strategic as well as financial buyers and have been highly successful in optimizing the returns and negotiating limited warranties and related insurance coverage.
We also assist our PE clients in their financing negotiations with mezzanine and senior lenders.
Our team is highly experienced in private equity transaction advice:
- Fund formation
- Tokenization of PE fund offerings
- Investor Due Diligence
- Portfolio Investments
- Portfolio Investment Due Diligence
- KYC/AML compliance
- Project Management
- Liquidation of PE fund
- Exit (Sales, IPO Restructuring, Recapitalization)
“Our private equity team provides client focused and creative commercial solutions based on many years of advising on PE investments and on the structuring, formation and launch of PE funds.”
News and Insights
Loeb Smith Attorneys acts as the Legal Advisor to the Special Committee in First High-School Education Group’s Successful Closing of its Going Private Transaction
Hong Kong (14 March 2025) Further to the announcement on 22 November 2024, Loeb Smith Attorneys is pleased to announce its role as legal advisor in the successful completion of the going private merger transaction of First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), an education service provider primarily…
Preference shares and redemption rights in the Cayman Islands – an overview
It has become increasingly popular in recent years for venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) firms to set up exempted companies limited by shares in the Cayman Islands for the purposes of pre-IPO equity financing rounds.
What are the key laws and rules that govern Cayman Islands’ investment funds?
Open-Ended Funds – The Mutual Funds Act (for open-ended funds) and the Private Funds Act (for closed-ended funds) are the two main statutes relevant to the regulation of investment funds in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) is the regulatory body responsible for compliance with…
Using a segregated portfolio company for private equity funds
Could you briefly explain the concept of the Segregated Portfolio Company? Once registered under the Cayman Islands Companies Law, a segregated portfolio company (“SPC”) can operate segregated portfolios (“SPs”) with the benefit of statutory segregation of assets and liabilities between portfolios.
Private Equity Multi-jurisdictional Guide: Introduction of the New ELP Law and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Law 2014
Good News for Cayman Islands Domiciled Private Equity Funds! The legal landscape for Cayman Islands domiciled private equity and venture capital funds has changed significantly in 2014 as a result of the coming into force of two new laws in the Cayman Islands. Attached is an analysis article…