United States Fundraising

Private equity continues to play an important role in global financial markets, not only in North America and Western Europe, where the industry was born, but also in developing and emerging markets in Asia, South America, the Middle East and Africa. As the private equity industry has grown and become more geographically diverse, it has also faced increasing regulatory scrutiny throughout the world. Adding to this complexity, regulation of private equity is not uniform from country to country. The Private Equity Review, published by Law Business Research Ltd., provides observations and advice on private equity dealmaking and fundraising in 26 jurisdictions. In the United States Fundraising chapter, SRZ partner Joseph A. Smith and former SRZ lawyer Conrad Axelrod provide an overview of the current U.S. private equity fundraising landscape.