Recent Events

• Liquidity Management in Downturns: Decoding Key Metrics, Net Asset Value Dynamics and Strategic Alternatives
  20 March 2024
  Invest Europe
  Invest Europe Investors’ Forum
  Geneva, Switzerland
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson
  Speaking Engagements
• Sale and Purchase Agreement
  15 March 2023
  Invest Europe
  Invest Europe Training - Fund Secondary Transactions
  Webcast
  Speaker: Matthew D. Saronson, Jennifer Wheater
  Speaking Engagements
• Sale and Purchase Agreements
  15 March 2024
  Invest Europe
  Fund Secondary Transactions Training
  Webcast
  Speaker: Matthew D. Saronson, Jennifer Wheater
  Speaking Engagements
• Secondaries as a Solution
  5 March 2024
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Alternative Fund Strategies Conference
  London, UK
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson
  Speaking Engagements
• The future of GP-led Secondaries
  5 March 2024
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Secondaries Roundtable
  London, UK
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson
  Speaking Engagements
• Liquidity in the Age of Scarcity -- What Can LPs and GPs Do?
  30 November 2023
  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  Webcast
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson, Katherine Ashton, Dominic Blaxill, Geoffrey P. Burgess, Ramya S. Tiller, Edoardo Troina
  Speaking Engagements
• Fund Secondary Transactions
  27 September 2023
  Invest Europe
  London, UK
  Speaker: Matthew D. Saronson, Paul Eastham
  Speaking Engagements
• Fund Secondary Transactions and Continuation Vehicles
  15 June 2023
  Trilegal & Debevoise
  Bangalore, India
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson, Edwin Northover, Mai T. Shapiro, Monisha Elizabeth D'Souza
  Speaking Engagements
• Fund Secondary Transactions and Continuation Vehicles
  13 June 2023
  Trilegal & Debevoise
  Mumbai, India
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson, Edwin Northover, Mai T. Shapiro, Monisha Elizabeth D'Souza
  Speaking Engagements
• Continuation Funds: After GP-led, Structured and Direct Deals… What’s Next for Secondary Market Innovation
  28 March 2023
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Secondaries Conference
  London, UK
  Speaker: John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• Sale and Purchase Agreement
  10 March 2023
  Invest Europe
  Fund Secondary Transactions Online Training
  Webcast
  Speaker: Matthew D. Saronson, Jennifer Wheater
  Speaking Engagements
• Continuation Funds – The Only Way Is Up?
  28 February 2023
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Secondaries Roundtable
  London, UK
  Speaker: Katherine Ashton, John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• The Rise and Rise of GP-led Continuation Funds: Are LPs Really Benefiting from this Growing Exit Trend?
  11 November 2021
  Informa
  SuperReturn International
  Berlin, Germany
  Speaker: Patricia Volhard
  Speaking Engagements
• Marketing Restrictions for Private Funds - Overview of the New U.S. Regulations and Comparison to Recent Guidelines Issued in the EU
  3 November 2021
  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  Global Funds Monthly Regulatory Update
  Webcast
  Speaker: Marc Ponchione, Patricia Volhard
  Speaking Engagements
• Spotlight on GP-led Transactions – Single Assets vs. Co-investment, a Replacement or a Temporary Surge?
  20 September 2021
  InformaConnect
  SuperInvestor 2021
  London, United Kingdom
  Speaking Engagements
• LP/GP/Buyer Alignment in GP-leds: How to Create That ‘Win-Win-Win’
  20 September 2021
  Informa
  SuperInvestor 2021
  London, UK
  Speaker: John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• Sale and Purchase Agreement
  17 September 2021
  Invest Europe
  Invest Europe Secondary Transactions Training
  Webcast
  Speaker: Matthew D. Saronson, Jennifer Wheater
  Speaking Engagements
• Single Asset Deals: The Future of the Secondaries Market?
  20 May 2021
  Informa
  Secondaries Summit
  Webcast
  Speaking Engagements

• Private Debt Secondaries – Reaching Maturation?

  25 March 2021
  Accuris
  Private Debt Secondaries Webinar
  Webcast
  Speaking Engagements
• GP-led Secondaries: What Next?
  10 February 2021
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Alternative Strategies Series - Secondaries
  Virtual
  Speaking Engagements

• The Rise of Single Asset Deals

  10 February 2021
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Secondaries Roundtable
  Webcast
  Speaking Engagements
• Learning from Practitioners: GP-Led Secondaries
  19 November 2020
  Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
  EMPEA Member Programme
  Webcast
  Speaker: Gavin Anderson, John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• Secondaries in a Post-Pandemic World
  8 October 2020
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Summit 2020 – New Horizons
  Webinar
  Speaking Engagements
• The Secondaries Market: Challenges & Outlook
  16 September 2020
  Informa Connect
  European Secondaries Summit
  Webinar
  Speaking Engagements
• The Latest on GP-led Secondaries
  5 Feburary 2020
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Alternative Fund Strategy Series - Secondaries Forum
  London, UK
  Speaking Engagements
• New Tests for Private Equity
  4 December 2019
  Sahar Global Summits
  The 3rd Annual Private Equity and Secondaries Investor Summit
  New York, New York
  Speaker: Paul S. Bird
  Speaking Engagements
• GP-led deals: finding the path of least resistance
  19 November 2019
  SuperInvestor
  Secondaries Summit
  Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Speaker: John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• The Current State of the Secondaries Market
  11 December 2018
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Secondaries Roundtable
  London, UK
  Speaker: Katherine Ashton, Geoffrey Kittredge, John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• Issues and trends in GP-led fund restructurings
  11 October 2018
  British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Summit Conference
  London, UK
  Speaker: John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• The Rise & Rise of GP-Led Deals
  26 September 2018
  KNect365
  European Secondaries Summit
  London, UK
  Speaker: Katherine Ashton
  Speaking Engagements
• From Fund Restructurings to GP-Led Solutions - Where Next
  16 March 2018
  BVCA
  BVCA Secondaries Forum 2018
  London, UK
  Speaker: Katherine Ashton
  Speaking Engagements
• Key Trends in Fund Restructurings, Including GP-led Secondary Transactions
  11-13 March 2018
  IBA Private Investment Funds Subcommittee of the IBA Investment Funds Committee and the American Bar Association Business Law Section’s Federal Regulation of Securities Committee Hedge Funds Subcommittee
  19th Annual International Conference on Private Investment Funds
  London, UK
  Speaker: Andrew M. Ahern
  Speaking Engagements
• Fund Restructurings
  24 May 2016
  Private Equity International
  PEI Secondaries Breakfast
  London, UK
  Speaker: Katherine Ashton
  Speaking Engagements
• Alternative Sources of Liquidity: New Opportunities in the Sponsor-Led Restructuring Space
  19 May 2016
  C5
  5th Annual Private Equity Secondaries Conference
  London, UK
  Speaker: Katherine Ashton
  Speaking Engagements
• The Alignment of LP-GP Interest in the Sales Process
  3 February 2016
  British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  Alternative Fund Strategies: Secondaries Forum
  London, UK
  Speaker: Katherine Ashton
  Speaking Engagements
• Tail End Solutions: It Ain’t Over Till it’s Over
  29 January 2016
  Private Equity Lawyers’ Forum
  PELF Annual Conference
  Debevoise & Plimpton, London, UK
  Speaker: John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements
• Secondaries, Fund Extensions and Restructurings
  8 October 2015
  British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
  BVCA Summit 2015
  The Landmark Hotel, London
  Speaker: Katherine Ashton
  Speaking Engagements
• Secondaries 101: An introduction to secondary purchases and sales of PE fund interests
  16 April 2015
  Debevoise & Plimpton

  This breakfast seminar will provide a brief overview of PE secondary transactions, including:

  • a summary of the deal process from start to finish
  • typical legal documentation
  • key issues in negotiating the purchase agreement
  • key structuring and tax considerations
  • role of the GP and potential conflicts of interest
  Debevoise & Plimpton, London
  Speaker: Katherine Ashton, Geoffrey Kittredge, Cécile Beurrier, John W. Rife III
  Speaking Engagements