In January 2021, McGuireWoods launched Black Professionals in Private Equity & Finance (BPE), an initiative to help Black private equity and finance professionals develop business opportunities, share ideas and drive progress toward a more diverse and inclusive community. Recognizing the business value of diversity and motivated by the lack of significant change in the private equity and finance industries, McGuireWoods, led by partners Greg Kilpatrick and Gerald Thomas, seeks to bring together Black professionals from across the evolving investment landscape to network, cultivate relationships, explore business opportunities and promote change in the industry.