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James Board Interviewed by Private Equity Law Report
06.23.21
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Funds Partner James Board was recently featured in a Q&A by Private Equity Law Report highlighting James’ recent move to Simpson Thacher and his thoughts on trends in the private credit fund space. The article identified several developments in the private credit market that stem from developments in the private equity industry at large. For example, James predicted that the success of secondaries in the PE space may have opened the way for private credit secondaries. James noted, “The fundamentals for a healthy secondaries private credit market have been there for a long time, and in many ways, it is surprising that it’s taken so long to take off.” The growth of the secondaries market itself may have allowed it to develop the bandwidth to branch out into other asset classes, he suggested.
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