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Private Markets Fund Terms Review & Negotiation Memo
Create an LP fund terms review and negotiation memo covering economics, alignment, governance, key-person protections, conflicts and priority asks. Turn proposed fund terms into a structured LP review, exception list and negotiation plan.
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- Fund & economics: Manager, Fund, Strategy, Target fund size, Management fee, Carry & hurdle, GP commitment, Fee offsets
- Governance & protections: Fund term & extensions, Key-person provisions, Removal & termination, LPAC & conflicts, MFN & side letters
- Facilities & negotiation: Recycling, Subscription facility, Policy deviations, Priority negotiation asks, Recommendation
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Executive summary
Fund Manager is raising Proposed Private Equity Fund VIII, a $6.0bn North American upper-middle-market buyout vehicle. This memo evaluates the proposed economics, alignment, governance and LP protections.
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Economics
Management fee: 2.0% during investment period; 1.5% thereafter on invested cost. Carry and hurdle: 20% carry after an 8% preferred return with European waterfall. Fee offsets: 100% offset for transaction, monitoring, director and similar fees.
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GP alignment
2.5% of aggregate commitments, funded substantially in cash
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Fund term & extensions
10 years plus two one-year extensions, the second subject to LPAC consent
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Key-person protections
Automatic investment-period suspension if two of four named key persons cease substantial involvement
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Removal & termination rights
Cause removal by majority in interest; no-fault suspension by 75% and termination by 85%
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LPAC, conflicts & valuations
LPAC reviews conflicts, valuations, cross-fund transactions, extensions and affiliate arrangements
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MFN & side-letter treatment
Broad MFN subject to regulatory, tax, commitment-size and strategic-right exclusions
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Recycling & fund-level facilities
Recycling: Up to 120% of commitments during the investment period, excluding recallable distributions. Subscription facility: Target 180 days; maximum 20% of commitments; report levered and unlevered returns.
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Policy exceptions
Second extension control and recycling cap are outside preferred policy
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Negotiation priorities
Require LPAC consent for both extensions, cap recycling at 110%, and strengthen key-person replacement rights
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Recommendation
Proceed subject to resolution of priority asks and satisfactory final side-letter review
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Template 1.0 · Reviewed 13 August 2026