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Welcome to Fully Invested, a podcast series from Ropes & Gray’s global asset management practice that provides insight into essential considerations associated with current and emerging asset management topics. Given the still-growing popularity of co-investments—both from the perspective of fund sponsors and fund investors—Isabel Dische, Adam Dobson, Nicole Krea and Jessica Marlin provide an overview in this episode of the basic structures used for co-investment transactions, as well as related issues that commonly arise in these deals. They also briefly touch on how the SEC’s proposed private funds rules from earlier this year may shift the co-invest paradigm.

This episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Non-binding Guidance explores recent FDA guidance on recall readiness and other recall-related hot topics. In recent months, we have seen a trend of increased FDA inspection and enforcement activity as the impact from COVID-19 starts to lessen. Earlier this year, FDA also finalized guidance on the Initiation of Voluntary Recalls under 21 CFR Part 7, Subpart C, which explores FDA expectations regarding the process companies should already have in place ahead of a potential recall situation. Join Ropes & Gray FDA regulatory attorneys Josh Oyster and Beth Weinman as they provide a quick refresher on recalls and discuss the latest recall readiness suggestions from the Agency to help companies make decisions about how and when to recall their FDA-regulated products and how to involve FDA in that process. They also discuss FDA’s recent recall-related actions that invoked rarely-used legal authorities applicable to medical devices.

In this edition of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series On the Ropes: Enforcement Risk Roundtable, litigation & enforcement partner María González Calvet is joined by Fred Gebauer, a partner in Ernst & Young’s forensics practice, Kristiana Bankova, a senior manager with Ernst & Young’s forensics practice, and Andrés O´Farrell of Marval O´Farrell Mairal, to discuss the unique currency market and controls in Argentina, the risks presented by these regulations, and key considerations for companies that conduct business in Argentina.

In the latest installment of Ropes & Gray’s ETF podcast series, asset management partner Brian McCabe and counsel Jessica Reece discuss the ongoing impacts of the Russia/Ukraine conflict on ETFs, including questions related to valuation and custody of Russian and Russian-related assets.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management attorneys Isabel Dische, Adam Dobson, Jessica Marlin and Billy Zhang discuss some of the issues sponsors, investors and secondary buyers will want to have in mind as they navigate the intersection of co-investment transactions and GP-led fund recapitalizations. They discuss some considerations for sponsors and investors at the time of the initial co-investment, preparing for the possibility of a future GP-led fund recapitalization, as well as considerations for secondary buyers contemplating a potential GP-led fund recapitalization involving co-investment positions.

Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Talkin’ Trade explores the world of Section 337 unfair import investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission. All too often, little attention is paid to what happens after the ITC issues an exclusion order in a Section 337 investigation. In this episode—the third in a three-part series on remedies at the ITC—Ropes & Gray intellectual property litigators Matt Rizzolo, Matt Shapiro, Brendan McLaughlin, and Rebecca Gentilli address the myriad of issues surrounding enforcement of Section 337 exclusion orders by U.S. Customs & Border Protection, and discuss the procedural options available to both complainants and respondents.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, finance partners Patricia Lynch and Patricia Teixeira are joined by associate Justin Gaudenzi to discuss the use of asset-backed leverage facilities by credit funds, how they can benefit the funds, and review some of its key terms.

This episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Non-binding Guidance continues our exploration of recent trends and updates on the use of real-world evidence in drug development. Join Ropes & Gray FDA regulatory attorneys, Kellie Combs and Sarah Blankstein, as they discuss four new draft guidance documents released by FDA in 2021 addressing the use of real-world evidence to support FDA decision-making on safety and effectiveness. Tune in to this episode to learn more about FDA’s current approach to real-world evidence, these recent draft guidances, and what we can expect from FDA looking ahead in 2022 and beyond.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management and tax attorneys Isabel Dische, Lindsey Goldstein, Dan Kolb, Jessica Marlin and Billy Zhang discuss fund recapitalization transactions, including what these deals are and why a fund and its limited partners may want to pursue a fund recap. This episode also touches upon typical structures for these deals and certain considerations fund sponsors will want to keep in mind, as well as how to reduce deal execution risk

In this episode of our ongoing podcast series addressing emerging issues for fiduciaries of 401(k) and 403(b) plans to consider as part of their litigation risk management strategy, Doug Hallward-Driemeier, chair of Ropes & Gray’s appellate & Supreme Court practice; Amy Roy, a litigation & enforcement partner; and Josh Lichtenstein, a benefits partner and head of the ERISA fiduciary practice, discuss some important updates in the ERISA retirement plan litigation space, including the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Hughes v. Northwestern University and a new decision in the ongoing saga of Anderson v. Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee.