William W. Clayton

Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School

430 JRCB

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602

United States

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The Private Equity Negotiation Myth

37 Yale Journal on Regulation 67 (2020), BYU Law Research Paper No. 19-01
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2020
William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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private equity, bargaining power, fiduciary duties, securities laws, limited partnerships

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Preferential Treatment and the Rise of Individualized Investing in Private Equity

11 Virginia Law & Business Review 249 (2017), Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 532
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2021
William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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private equity, separate account, co-investment, customization, direct investment, bespoke contracting, exit rights

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High-End Bargaining Problems

75 Vanderbilt Law Review 703 (2022), BYU Law Research Paper No. 21-20
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 28 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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law and economics, bargaining, optimal contracting, market realism, private equity, contract law, corporations, alternative entities, securities law

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High-End Securities Regulation: Reflections on the SEC's 2022-23 Private Funds Rulemaking

14 Harvard Business Law Review 71 (2024), BYU Law Research Paper No. 22-22
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 06 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2024
William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Private Equity Fund Bargaining: What We Know (and Don't Know)

Forthcoming in Research Handbook on the Structure of Private Equity and Venture Capital (Broughman & de Fontenay eds., Elgar Publishing 2024), BYU Law Research Paper No. 23-21
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2024
William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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How Public Pension Plans Have Shaped Private Equity

81 Maryland Law Review 840 (2022)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Slack v. Pirani: Brief for Amici Curiae Law and Business Professors in Support of Respondent

Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 4391777, The Wharton School Research Paper
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Mar 2023
Joshua Mitts, John C. Coffee, William W. Clayton, James D. Cox, Wendy Gerwick Couture, Merritt B. Fox, Jeffrey N. Gordon, Thomas Lee Hazen, Michael J. Kaufman, Donald C. Langevoort, James J. Park, Hillary A. Sale, Joel Seligman, Marc I. Steinberg, Daniel J. Taylor, David H. Webber, Charles K. Whitehead and Arthur E. Wilmarth
Columbia Law School, Columbia Law School, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School, Duke University School of Law, University of Idaho College of Law, Columbia University - Law School, Columbia Law School, University of North Carolina School of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington University in St Louis, School of Law, Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Boston University School of Law, Cornell Law School and George Washington University Law School
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securities law, direct listings, Section 11, tracing, FINRA, investor protection

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Private Equity Negotiations

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity (Cumming & Hammer eds.), 2024, BYU Law Research Paper No. 24-03
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 02 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2024
William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Public Investors, Private Funds, and State Law

72 Baylor Law Review 294 (2020), BYU Law Research Paper No. 20-13
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 24 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2020
William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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public pension plans, private funds, private equity, fiduciary duties, conflicts of interest, state lawmakers, pension underfunding

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Comment Letter on Proposed SEC Private Fund Advisers Rule ('Private Fund Advisers; Documentation of Registered Investment Adviser Compliance Reviews')

BYU Law Research Paper 22-16
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 04 May 2022
William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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Moelis and Private Equity in the Public Market

Yale J. Reg., forthcoming 
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 03 Mar 2025
Gladriel Shobe, Jarrod Shobe and William W. Clayton
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School and Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
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