Private equity sponsors have historically invested in PIPE transactions, says Weil, Gotshal & Manges, but to a lesser extent than venture capital and hedge funds. PIPE transactions are typically structured as a minority investment in a publicly listed company and the investor does not receive the full panoply of control rights and protections that a private equity sponsor is used to receiving in a customary leveraged buy-out transaction.
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