Servicios Funerarios GG, S.A. de C.V. v. Advent International Corporation

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Case Number:

1:23-cv-10684

Court:

Massachusetts

Nature of Suit:

Other Fraud

Judge:

Indira Talwani

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  1. December 10, 2024

    Advent Says Chancery Rulings End Funeral Co. Suit

    Private equity firm Advent International told a Boston federal judge that a heated fraud lawsuit tied to its sale of a Mexican funeral business must be dismissed due to rulings from a Delaware judge upholding agreements it entered with the buyer limiting claims related to the transaction.

  2. October 18, 2024

    Verbose BigLaw Attys Irk Judge: 'Not Serving You Well'

    A Boston federal judge on Friday laid into attorneys for Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, and Ropes & Gray LLP for what she called needlessly aggressive and voluminous court filings in heated fraud litigation involving the sale of a Mexican funeral business.

  3. April 23, 2024

    PE Giant Faces Sanctions Bid For Mexico Corruption Claim

    Advent International Corp. and its counsel at Ropes & Gray and Quinn Emanuel allegedly fabricated claims that a Mexican corporation's lawyers corruptly influenced prosecutors and judges in the country to freeze the private equity firm's assets and issue arrest warrants for executives, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.

  4. April 24, 2023

    Advent Intl. Slams Funeral Co. Buyer's 'Extortion' Suit

    Advent International Corp. on Monday fired back at accusations that it hid financial troubles with the $225 million sale of a Mexican funeral business, attacking the buyer's assorted legal actions as "calculated extortion arising out of a plain-vanilla private equity transaction."

  5. March 30, 2023

    PE Giant Advent Accused Of Fraud In $225M Funeral Co. Sale

    Global private equity firm Advent International Corp. allegedly cooked the books of its Mexican funeral services business to trick a buyer into paying nearly $225 million for the financially strapped, negatively valued company, according to a lawsuit filed in Boston federal court.

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