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Day Pitney represented Medalist Partners LP and its management team (collectively "Medalist") in a "spinout" of their business unit from Candlewood Investment Group, LP, an established corporate credit and structured credit investment manager ("Candlewood"), which successfully spun out its operations in 2010 from Credit Suisse. Among other things, the Day Pitney Investment Management and Private Funds team, consisting of Peter Bilfield, Greg Kahn, Mike Cummings and Jeff Kole, along with Steve Ziobrowski and Aaron Kriss on tax matters, and Cathy O'Connor on intellectual property matters, negotiated on behalf of Medalist, all transaction documents with Candlewood, including a licensing agreement to utilize the Candlewood mark for certain fund vehicles, separation agreements for employees and portfolio managers and employment agreements with Medalist, and the general partner operating agreements governing the distribution of carried interest in the funds to Medalist and an affiliate of Candlewood.
The team also structured, drafted and negotiated the terms of the partnership agreement of the new formed investment manager and registered Medalist with the SEC as an investment adviser. The group provided tax and structuring advice on the formation of the new investment manager as well as tax advice on the sale of interests in the carried interest vehicles from an affiliate of Candlewood. In addition, the Day Pitney team worked closely with Cayman Islands counsel on international aspects to ensure the funds and their affiliates complied with all applicable Cayman Islands regulatory requirements.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's annual Day Pitney Palm Beach Family Office Forum, which had originally been scheduled for April 28 and 29, has been postponed to hopefully be rescheduled for later this year.
On January 31, David Waizer will be speaking at "Drafting Lasting Business Contracts: Simple, Powerful Strategies That Stand The Test of Time," a program and live webcast presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, a division of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
On January 15, Brian Fischer spoke at "When Good Deals Go Bad – Pitfalls to Avoid During the Sale Process," an Exit Planning Exchange (XPX) program held at The Hartford Club in Hartford, CT.
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Hedge Fund Law Report covered Erik Bergman's move to Day Pitney's Stamford office in an article posted March 12.
Day Pitney LLP represented Pula Capital Management LP (Pula), a newly formed investment manager based in Virginia, in connection with (i) the acquisition of a minority ownership interest in Pula by Felton Group, LLC (Felton Group), and (ii) an investment by Felton Group in Pula Capital Fund, LP, a newly formed fund managed by Pula that intends to employ novel mathematical techniques and a proprietary, systematic predictive model to trade a diversified long-short portfolio of liquid U.S. equities.
Daniel Gottfried, chair of Day Pitney's International Transactions practice was quoted in an article, "Who Can You Trust in the Cryptocurrency Economy?," published by the Robb Report.
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