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We help private capital managers develop products and shape terms, structures and marketing strategies to support their fundraising efforts.

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We advise clients in the private capital industry on all of their tax and structuring requirements across advisory, transactional and dispute matters.

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We provide integrated accounting and valuations advice on a wide range of financial, strategic and regulatory matters for private capital clients.

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Sector Intelligence

June 2025

How private capital can thrive amidst tariff uncertainty

In this report, we examine how tariff uncertainty creates both challenges and opportunities for private capital funds (PCFs) navigating cross-border transactions.

June 2025

Navigating single asset continuation funds: Part 2

In part 2 of our series on single-asset continuation funds, we focus on some of the technical and commercial developments in this space, as the SACF becomes a fourth exit for private capital managers of all shapes and sizes.

Investor Intelligence

May 2025

Unpacking private credit secondaries

In this article, we break down the types of private credit secondary transactions – including LP-led sales, GP-led restructurings and securitisations – and examine the key drivers shaping this fast-evolving part of the market.

May 2025

Private credit continuation funds: a developing frontier for secondary transactions?

In this article, the authors consider the use of continuation funds in private credit by comparing and contrasting their adoption with increasingly popular private equity continuation fund transactions.

UK pension schemes report

UK pension schemes report

UK pension schemes report

UK pension schemes report

UK pension schemes report

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UK pension schemes

This updated report takes stock of the ongoing pension reforms and their impact on each sub-sector of the UK occupational pensions market and the opportunities and challenges they may pose for private capital.

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Key issues to consider when private credit is given the keys to a borrower

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LLP tax - an update on SMR and the latest on Vermilion, miscellaneous income and mixed member disputes

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Handpicked private capital insights from macfarlanes.com

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HMRC publishes new guidance on reporting carried interest in personal tax returns

VAT compliance "nudge" letters from HMRC target private equity firms

The Court of Appeal’s decision in the BlueCrest salaried member rules case

Pillar Two: what investment funds need to know

Handling HMRC enquiries: tips for success

Preventing unnecessary VAT leakage in a private capital setting

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