Private Equity Archive » January, 2012

Private Equity - January, 2012

211 articles

• Avnet Acquires Canvas Systems From PE Firm
• Endurance Takes RE Loan Coverage Row To Federal Court
• Alston & Bird Guides Paramount Group In DC Office Buy
• Carlyle Scoops Up Swedish Community For $433M
• Developer, PE Firm Spar Over $42M Remediation Loan
• Blackstone, Others Disclose Stakes In Bankrupt Kodak
• Pillsbury Nabs Ex-Stroock Structured Finance Pros
• Gunderson Dettmer Advises Andreessen On $1.5B VC Fund
• Renco Sues Fluor, Massey Over $358M In Liability Coverage
• Talking Nontraditional Ch. 11 Strategies
• Versa Plucks Hair Removal Chain Out Of Ch. 11 For $40M
• Ex-JC Flowers Exec Barred From Biz, Fined $4.5M For Scam
• Ryan Seacrest's Co. Nets $300M From PE-Backed Clear Channel
• How To Lead A Practice Group
• Cadwalader Aids AngioDynamics In $372M Device Maker Buy
• Bank's Late Fraud Suit 'Hopeless' But Not Frivolous: Judge
• Blank Rome Snaps Up M&A, PE Pro From K&L Gates
• Ropes Guides Bain On $600M Venture Fund
• Japan's SBI Kicks In $90M To Set Up Indian PE Funds
• Talbots Opens Books To Sycamore After Rejecting Offer
• China's Sany Buys German Concrete Pump Maker
• German Co. Opens €200M Russian Cleantech Project Fund
• Skadden Helps Gores Group In $1B Pep Boys Buy
• Carlyle Raises $37M For European Real Estate Plays
• Ex-MacAndrews & Forbes Exec Wins $16M In Battle With Firm
• IFC, UK Pour $153M Into PE Fund For Green Projects
• Private Equity Manager's Assets Frozen Amid SEC Probe
• Ethiopian Brewery Draws $90M Injection From UK Firms
• Biorefiner ZeaChem Scores $233M USDA Loan Guarantee
• FBI Raids PE Firm Tied To China Reverse Mergers
• Taking Stock Of Tech Stocks — Private Vs. Public
• SEC's Kaplan Details Plan To Target Private Equity
• FINRA Floats New Private Placement Disclosure Rules
• Kreos Secures $160M For European Growth Fund
• Buyers Showing Strong Interest For Peacock's, KPMG Says
• Green PE Firm Closes $160M African Forestry Fund
• IGP Sells Manufacturing Business To Ametek For $175M
• Advantage Targets Japanese Remodeler Yasuragi For $166M
• Expanding Venture Capital Access To SBIR
• American Laser's Auction Plan Draws Creditor Objection
• Private Equity Can Clear Feared Wall Of Debt: Experts
• McGuireWoods Aids PE Firm Axum In BBQ Chain Buy
• Quiznos Dodges Ch. 11 With Restructuring Deal
• Lehman Investors Can't Move $640M Fraud Suit To State Court
• How Eurozone Breakup Would Affect Corporate Bonds
• Weil Aids Private Equity Firms In $750M Aerospace Co. Sale
• Bain Capital Raises $238M For Warranty Co. SquareTrade
• OpenGate Capital To Buy Getronics Latin American Units
• Canadian Pacific Balks At Investor's Board Shakeup Plan
• Head Of Proskauer's PE Group Leaves For DLA Piper
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr
• Bridgepoint Deals For Morgan Stanley Investment Unit
• UK Invites Industry Feedback On Private Fund Bonus Code
• Ares Capital Secures $200M Funding From Sumitomo
• 1 Size Does Not Fit All In Real Estate Equity
• Ex-McKinsey Exec's $40M Suit Against Fund Tossed
• Kirkland's London Chief Jumps Ship For American PE Firm
• Developer Snags Troubled Phoenix Mall From Receivership
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Eyeing Tax Rewards, Big Cos. And PE Firms Back Solar
• Latham Scoops Up Real Estate Vet From Allen & Overy
• SBA Takes Receivership Of Investor On Hook For $59M
• As Lehman Closes $1B Archstone Buy, Next Round Looms
• Gibson Dunn Steers Gulf Capital On Energy Co. Buy
• Winn-Dixie Shareholders Balk At $560M Bi-Lo Merger
• Related Raises $825M For Distressed Real Estate
• Sun Capital Unit Buys UK Retailer Bonmarche
• Apache Grabs Oil, Gas Acreage For $2.85B
• Del. High Court Revives $882M Seafood Co. Sale Row
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• PIPE Funds Liable For Short-Swing Profits: 2nd Circ.
• Carlyle Takes China Pacific Stake Below 5 Percent
• Proskauer Rose Adds 3rd SJ Berwin Partner In London
• Standard Chartered Pays $74M For Stake In Commodity Co.
• Paul Hastings Helps Artemis Close $436M Property Fund
• Fried Frank Hires M&A Partner For Hong Kong Office
• Citic Offers To Take Software Co. AsiaInfo-Linkage Private
• How The Entrepreneur Capital Act Could Impact Startups
• Turkish PE Firm To Throw Hat Into Ring For Saab
• Fenwick Bolsters PE, M&A Groups With Ex-Perkins Partner
• Pension, Bertelsmann Unit Raise $85M For Web Game Co.
• Santander Brasil Spawns $2B PE Management Co.
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• Private Equity Losing Ground To Real Estate Backers
• PE Firms Swap Debt For Equity In Strapped Nutrition Co.
• RockBridge Puts Up Millions For Ala. Hotel Revamp
• TPG Capital, Singapore Give Chinese Retailer $118M Lift
• Evergrande Regains Rest Of China Development For $162M
• Cerebrus, Renco Pump Cash Into Ailing RG Steel
• Keyuan To Build New Petrochemical Facility In China
• Monetizing Utility Infrastructure Assets
• WaMu, Firms Call Investors' Info Request A Stall Tactic
• Kayne Anderson Boosts Newton Energy With $75M Infusion
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• Quantum Capital Launches $200M US Tech Venture Fund
• PE Firm Matlin Should Pay $17M To Brazilian Airline: LAN
• Blackstone Gains 25% Stake In 2 World Financial Center
• How STOCK Act Could Restrict 'Political Intelligence'
• Macfarlanes Acquires Hedge Fund Boutique DHCI
• Asian Buyout Firm Takes $100M Stake In DM Healthcare
• Feds Charge 7 In $62M Insider Trading Plot
• Brookfield Scuttles Atlantis Deal After Court Ruling
• Cassidy Turley Lands $80M Financing For BPG's Va. Offices
• Judge Nixes Settlement In Rural/Metro Buyout Suit
• Starwood Energy Unit Nabs 40% Stake In Fla. Power Plant
• Disney-Area Hotel Scooped Up By RE Investor, Hedge Fund
• Sun Capital Sells Del Monte Canada To ConAgra
• PE Investor Corestate Bags Berlin Apartments For €230M
• Biofuel Co. Raises $70M To Boost Plant-To-Fuel Production
• Buchanan Ingersoll Guides Kennametal's €277M Deloro Buy
• Correlation Caps $165M Fund After Surpassing Target
• Weil Nabs Securities, Private Equity Pro From Skadden
• PE Fund Manager Took $9M For Personal Use: SEC
• Burkle Bags Stake In Soho House For Reported $383M
• TPG Keeps Pruning With $71M Houston Office Sale
• Lender Drops NY Suit Over Jameson Inns Foreclosure Sale
• IDB Launches $30M Green Energy Fund For Latin America
• PE Firms Play With Fire In Chinese Co. Buyouts
• Acacia Nabs Wireless Co., 4G Patent Cache For $160M
• Spirit, Bascom Create Apartment Investment Venture
• Titanium Co. Buys Rival From PE Firm For $182M
• Delta, TPG Capital Said To Weigh Bids for AMR
• Black River Gets $3M Award Tossed In Profit-Sharing Suit
• DLA Piper Aids TrueBridge In Closing Of $342M Fund II
• KKR Latest To Scale Up Senior Lending Business
• Sheppard Mullin Snags Ex-Latham & Watkins Finance Pro
• Starwood Capital Lands $312M Loan, Real Estate Portfolio
• Mintz Levin Nabs 3 Proskauer, Baker & McKenzie Attys
• Wells Fargo Refinances Apollo's $298M MBS Debt‎
• Pre-Public Funding — Lessons From Facebook
• India's LIC To Raise $96.5M For Urban Development Fund
• Paul Weiss Reps Universal American In $228M APS Buy
• PREI Joins Lodging Capital In Texas Four Seasons Venture
• A Primer For Non-US Investors In US Real Property
• CFTC Approves Rules Regulating Swaps Market
• Paul Hastings Advises Shuanghui On $5B Restructuring
• OPIC Invests $50M In Ukrainian PE Buyout Fund
• Yellow Wood Unveils $225M Fund With Ropes & Gray's Help
• Novo Pays PE Firm $708M For Stake In Chr. Hansen
• Ex-Latham Corporate Co-Chair Jumps To Weil
• Flagship Ventures Nets $270M For 4th VC Fund
• US PE Firms Join Forces To Tap Caribbean Gas Industry
• Icahn Drops $2B Hostile Bid For Commercial Metals
• Blackstone, DDR Team Up In $1.4B Retail Center Deal
• American Laser Cleared To Auction Assets In Ch. 11
• Enviro Deal May Be Near For $2B Blackstone Power Line
• KKR In Talks To Buy Australia's Pacific Brands
• Simpson Thacher Helps Snow Phipps Sell Off FiberVisions
• Weil Reps Sanofi On $125M Biotech Venture With VCs
• Hengeler Mueller Aids KPS In Bosch Brake Biz Purchase
• Chinese Manufacturer Nets 75% Yacht Co. Stake For $478M
• Sabal Financial Grabs $204M Real Estate Loan Portfolio
• Search Co. InfoSpace Picks Up TaxACT For $288M
• A Comparison Of Investment Adviser Reporting Forms
• Wall Street Icon Sanctioned Over Calix Trading
• PE Firm Takes Control Of Top Jamaican Fuel Distributor
• Morrison Cohen Adds Herrick Feinstein Partner
• Vornado, HFZ Buy Manhattan Building For $170M
• Accommodating Early Stage SBIC Funds
• Magic Johnson's Fund Backs $160M LA Development
• Citadel Capital Parts With NPC Egypt For $147.5M
• Milbank Leads Baring's $48M Buy Into Chinese School Co.
• Pension Fund Trumps Firms To Lead $6B Sino-Forest Suit
• Indonesian Merchant Bank Launches With $1B Fund Goal
• Spotless Sets $760M Price Tag In PE Buyout
• Macfarlanes Guides SEP In £95M Cleantech Fund Buy
• Indian Solar Co. Gets Funding For 5MW Energy Farm
• Bryan Cave Helps Sigma-Aldrich In $350M Deal
• SK Capital, IBA To Form $229M Medical Imaging Venture
• Carlyle, SAIC Team With Enova On $225M Biomass Plant
• Europe Pension Fund Capital Rules Scare Private Equity
• Plaintiff Blasts Settlement Of Suit Over Rural/Metro Deal
• Starwood, South Street Buy Beach Tower On The Cheap
• Aisling Capital, Others Inject $48M Into Roka Bioscience
• Arent Fox Brings Bankruptcy Pro To DC Office
• Canadian Bank Regulator Takes Aim At Dodd-Frank
• Morgan Creek Pulls In $103M For New Venture Fund
• Apollo Real Estate Arm Raises $75M For New Fund
• Volcker Rule In Flux
• Mayer Brown Guides PE Firm In Vantage Chemicals Buy
• Baker Team Splits To Launch PE, M&A-Focused Firm
• Summit Partners Notches $3.2B In Fundraising Spree
• Schein Buys Oak Hill's Stake In Vet Supply Unit For $155M
• Bain, BC, Goldman Joint Fund Sells $403M Brenntag Stake
• Simpson Helps Carlyle Raise $2.34B For Real Estate Fund
• Kirkland Helps PE Firm Francisco Acquire Manufacturer
• Scottish Equity Partners Closes New $310M Fund
• Middle Market Funds Thrive In The Battle For Capital
• Amended Rule 2019 — Clarity And Confusion
• DLA Piper Guides PE Firm In Philly Parking Garage Buy
• Clifford Chance Leads CVC In $7.5B Credit Business Tie-Up
• Vedder Price Adds M&A Pro To DC Corporate Group
• Ropes & Gray Adds Ex-Oppenheimer Exec In London
• Carlyle Subsidiary Raises $91M For Open-Ended Fund
• Latham & Watkins Aids $410M Staffing Agency Buy
• Continental Realty Banks On Ky. With $97M Investment
• American Laser Trustee Protests Speedy Sale
• Reed Smith Reps Essex In $118M Biologics Deal
• Lucrum To Invest $155M In Singapore Retail Project
• Carlyle Nabs 48% Stake In Turkish Private School Co.
• Platinum Equity Adds Heavy-Hauler To Portfolio
• Vero To Sell Alberta Gas Assets For $207M
• Prospect Recapitalizes VanDeMark With $31M Financing
• Case Study: Goldman Sachs V. High River
• Assessing The European Financial Crisis
• PE Firm Intervale Brings In $63M For 2nd Energy Fund
• Lawn Doctor Buyer Levine Leichtman Eyes Big Growth
• Grey Mountain Sues Over Alleged Bolttech Buyout Fraud
• Gores Group Nabs German Engine Supplier
• Holland Helps Blue Wolf Buy Channel Technologies
• Dry Powder Could Fire PE Past Dampers In 2012