Increasingly, it seems like not a day goes by without my reading some story in the financial press about the growth of and developments in private capital markets. For example, earlier this week, the WSJ ran a story about Goldman Sachs’ plans for a new “Capital Solutions Group,” an institutional development seemingly related to the surge of private credit markets. And the private company market is also hot! So, Professor Christina Sautter and I wrote a short paper called “Democratization of the Private Markets?” for Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law. In this paper, we explore the market for private company equity with a particular focus on closed-end funds (CEFs) like ARK Venture Fund and Destiny Tech100. It’s a piece related to Transactions’ yearly Connecting the Threads Symposium, which is always a fabulous event and one of my favorite conferences of the year!

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PhD (Wharton) Professor Baker is an expert in banking and financial institutions law and regulation, with extensive knowledge of over-the-counter derivatives, clearing, the Dodd-Frank Act, and bankruptcy, in addition to being a mediator and arbitrator.

Previously, she spent time at the U. of…

PhD (Wharton) Professor Baker is an expert in banking and financial institutions law and regulation, with extensive knowledge of over-the-counter derivatives, clearing, the Dodd-Frank Act, and bankruptcy, in addition to being a mediator and arbitrator.

Previously, she spent time at the U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Business, the U. of Notre Dame Law School, and Villanova University Law School. She has consulted for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and for The Volcker Alliance.  Prior to academia, Professor Baker worked as a legal professional and as an information technology associate. She is a member of the State Bars of NY and TX. Read More