Private Equity Archive » May, 2012

Private Equity - May, 2012

190 articles

• Europe's New Venture Capital Rules Draw Mixed Reviews
• Kleiner Perkins Blasts Female Partner's Sex Bias Claims
• PE Fund To Pay $1.6B For Stake In $18B China Gas Pipe
• Volcker Rule Should Build Hedging Firewall: Ex-FDIC Head
• Pay Practices Could Define Market Making Under Dodd-Frank
• Winston & Strawn Aids Sycamore In $369M Talbots Buyout
• Leonard Green Nets $6.25B For 6th Mid-Market PE Fund
• AXA Picks Up Stake In Digital Entertainment Co.
• Frank Floats Bill To Deny Clawback Coverage For Execs
• $1B Pep Boys Buyout Sunk By Soft Sales
• MoFo Lures Chadbourne Partner To Head PE Practice In NY
• AG Eyeing Claims Dartmouth Invests Endowment With 'Cabal'
• Riverwood Leads $140M Financing For LED Manufacturer
• Project Financing In Iraq: Weighing The Risks
• Goldman Buyout Arm In Joint $1B Deal For Interline
• AR Capital Secures $300M In Financing To Boost REITs
• Thomas H. Lee To Pay $400M For Fogo De Chao Chain
• Unserved Summons Lets VC Firm Off Hook In Derivative Suit
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• Highland Affiliates Want Out Of UBS' $686M CDO Suit
• Benihana Investor Sues To Nix $296M Angelo Gordon Buyout
• Bazaarvoice Pays $152M For PowerReviews
• China To Open State Companies To Private Investors
• Sycamore Partners Shelves $215M Talbots Purchase Offer
• Judge Tosses Investor Suit Over $1.6B Blackboard Acquisition
• Engel Pays $290M To Buy Back Senior Housing Portfolio
• Foe Says Blackstone's Green Power Line Could Cost Ratepayers
• DLA Piper Plucks Latham Tech M&A Ace For Silicon Valley
• GE Kicks In $300M For EBX Brazil Port, Mining Projects
• WilmerHale's Fund Formation Chair Joins Goodwin Procter
• Weil Aids Silver Lake, Partners' $1.25B Travel Co. Buy
• NJ Panel Advances Bill Speeding Class Cert. Appeals
• Defunct Carlyle Fund Pushes To Toss Shareholder Suit
• Open Range Trustee Seeks Damages From PE Lender
• Warburg Pincus Leads $1.1B Investment In Gulf Oil Startup
• Barclays Will Net $5.5B From Discounted BlackRock Sale
• PE Firm Fights For 5% Fracking Co. Stake
• Oaktree To Sink $225M Into Diamond Foods' Rebuilding Plan
• How SBIR/STTR Regulation Will Impact Investment Firms
• RailAmerica Weighs Possible $1.3B Sale Amid Buffett Rumors
• Ruskin Moscou Escapes Fortress' Suit Over $50M Dreier Theft
• US' PE Arm Ponies Up $30M For Palestine Business Fund
• Kleiner Perkins Partner Launches Sex Bias, Retaliation Suit
• Volcker Rule — Potential Perils To The Muni Bond Market
• Latham Adds 2 Vinson M&A Partners To Energy Group
• Best Practices For Corporate Social Responsibility
• Manatt Adds Latham Leveraged Finance Atty In LA
• Vista Picks Up Silverchair's Senior Care E-Learning Unit
• Accor Checks Out Of Motel 6 With $2B Sale To Blackstone
• Kirkland Helps Angelo Gordon With $296M Benihana Buy
• Goldman Execs' Evals Off-Limits In Buyout Price-Fixing Row
• Akin Gump Snags Hedge Fund Leader From Schulte Roth
• Paul Hastings Picks Up O'Melveny M&A Ace In Shanghai
• Skadden To Guide BlackRock In $1B Stock Buyback
• Cadwalader Adds 3 Jones Day Markets Experts In Hong Kong
• Investor Challenges $1.1B PF Chang's-Centerbridge Deal
• Icahn Seizes Control Of CVR Energy Board With 80% Stake
• Davis Polk Helps Chinese Co. With $2.6B Buy Of AMC
• Credit Suisse Shuts Down €6B German Property Fund
• Man Group To Drop Up To $144M On FRM Holdings
• Argo Tea Investor Abandons Scuffle Over Share Sale
• North Street Charts $322M Course For RV Maker Winnebago
• Allied Systems Faces Forced Ch. 11 Over $53M PE Default
• Kleiner Perkins Locks In $525M For Digital Investments
• Latham Securities Litigator Jumps To K&L Gates In Portland
• Kelley Drye Adds Cox Castle Real Estate, Private Equity Pro
• Forging Public-Private Partnerships In Turkey
• JPMorgan CEO To Take The Stand Before Senate Panel
• Robinson & Cole Adds PE, Employment Law Partners
• Molycorp Pump-And-Dump Investor Suits Punted To Del.
• Ackman's Pershing Square Wins Proxy Battle For Canadian Rail
• Japanese Retailer Leads $100M Investment In Pinterest
• Agilent Says $2.2B Dako Buy Will Boost Life Sciences Biz
• Up In The Air: JOBS Act Effect On Private Equity
• Legg Mason To Buy Back $1.25B In Notes From KKR
• British PE Firm Pulls In $57M For Wind Farm
• River Associates Reaps $222M For Sixth Fund
• $140M Certiport Buy Stretches Pearson's Assessment Arm
• Freshfields Counsels Cerberus In German Apartment Co. Buy
• KKR Injects $150M Into Fotolia With Hopes Of More In Loans
• Structuring Your VC Fund Under Dodd-Frank
• PE-Backed Group Bids $1.25B For Aussie Pipeline Co.
• Qualtrics Eyes Expansion With $70M Accel, Sequoia Infusion
• Uranium Energy Picks Up Texas Exploration Project
• Crestview Drops $100M For 50% Stake In Texas-Aimed Driller
• Edwards Wildman Picks Up Cross-Border Guru From Cameron
• OPIC Commits $88M To Canadian Fund Of Funds
• Biofuels Co. Says PE Firm Skipped Out On $7M Funding Deal
• Paul Weiss Pilots KPS' ThyssenKrupp Foundry Buy
• Blackstone Bets $1.5B On Cheniere's LNG Export Plans
• Alston Adds Dorsey Investment, Corporate Atty In Calif.
• Unclaimed Property In M&A Deals: Unwelcome Surprises
• LightSquared Ch. 11 Won't Halt Falcone Fraud Claims
• SBA To Open Research Awards To More Small Businesses
• Gaia, Starwood Invest $22.5M In Multifamily Portfolio
• Goldman Disputes $21M Bayou Arbitration Award In 2nd Circ.
• Platte River Deals Away Aerospace, Defense Unit
• Duane Morris Starts Europe PE Practice With Ex-Kirkland Atty
• LightSquared Seeks Ch. 11 As Lenders Tighten $1.7B Noose
• High Court Won't Hear KKR Appeal In Noteholder Battle
• Weil Steers Golf Town's $97M Buy Of Major US Golf Retailer
• BMC Rejects Elliott Sale Proposal With Poison Pill
• High Court Passes On Hedge Fund's Securities Offering Row
• PE-Backed Driller Sells $1B In Assets After Axing IPO
• Ally Puts ResCap Rumors To Rest With Prepack Ch. 11
• TARP Auctions: Considerations For PE Fund Managers
• LightSquared Taps Milbank In Big Test For Firm
• Buyout Shops Swallow Fee Cuts To Land Pension Billions
• KPS Capital Cooks Up Bid To Buy Hostess
• PE Firm Falfurrias Unloads Stake In Equipment Finance Co.
• JPMorgan's $2B Loss May Spur Volcker Rule Tightening
• Oaktree Earns $9M In Sale Of Spirit Airlines Shares
• UK PE Firm AnaCap Closes $563M Credit Opportunity Fund
• NY Extends Blackstone Power Line Debate As Public Tunes In
• The Latest FCPA Target: Private Fund Advisers
• REO To Rental: A New Paradigm For The US Housing Sector
• Appeals Court Says Vitro Units Owe Interest On $1B Debt
• American Capital Strikes $18M Settlement In Stock Drop Suit
• NY Official Downplays PE Role In Tappan Zee Rebuild
• HIG Ekes Out $49M Comverge Buy In Extended Tender Offer
• Latham Reels In Skadden Transactions Pro In LA
• Kodak Sells Off Special Effects Unit, Reignites Shutterfly Feud
• Capital Group PE Arm Raises $3B For Emerging Markets Fund
• More Ex-Dewey Partners Land At Rival Firms
• Platinum Equity Grabs $750M Majority Stake In Caterpillar Unit
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• Vinson PE Partner Joins Sidley Austin's Houston Office
• Oaktree, Woodridge Seal $200M Buy Of Historic SF Hotel
• Sidley Austin Invests In Covington Private Equity Atty
• New Bidders Doom Challenge To Quest Buyout, Atty Says
• Etsy Brings In $40M To Target Overseas DIYers
• First Round Closes Another $135M Internet Startup Fund
• Chinese Developer Inks $2B Project Deal With Abu Dhabi Fund
• HIG Extends $49M Comverge Offer After Failed Injunction Bid
• Squire Sanders Adds 4 Partners In China, Hong Kong
• Sweden's Niam Closes Record €719M Nordic Property Fund
• Unison Snags Japanese Drugmaker From Fellow PE Funds
• Marathon Pays $750M For Texas Shale Player Paloma
• Temasek, RRJ Capital Inject $468M Into Cheniere
• Delays Prompt Caris, MM Dillon To Drop Planned Merger
• PE Group Defends Tax Perks For Corporate Debt
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Foley Corporate Partner In Palo Alto
• Herrick Feinstein Nabs Katten Corporate Partner In NY
• Sussing Out Regulations A And D Of The JOBS Act
• $540M Debt Swap Gives Hedge Fund Majority Stake In Barneys
• Shareholder Tries To Stamp Out Shoe Giant's $2B Deal
• Dorsey Grabs Phillips Nizer Corporate Ace For NY Office
• Ropes & Gray Adds Kirkland PE Partner In Chicago
• Nassau Broadcasting's $48M Radio Station Sales Get Clearance
• Bankrupt Arcapita Bank Allowed To Pay Workers, Vendors
• Imperial Sugar Investor Sues To Block $78M Sale
• Inventor Accuses Sorenson Capital Of Holding Out On Royalties
• 15 NY Sens. Craft Bill To Block Blackstone Power Line
• Sycamore Bumps Offer To $215M For Struggling Talbots
• Icahn's $2.6B Offer For CVR Wins Shareholder Approval
• Goodwin Guides Alcion In SF Office Venture With TMG
• Paul Hastings Helps Tan-Eu Land 1M-Square-Foot Beijing Site
• VLP Law Adds Morrison Cohen Corporate Partner In NY
• Facebook Backers To Reap Billions In IPO Share Sales
• Centerbridge Unit Snaps Up Ski Resort Time-Share Property
• BofA Hands $250M Tower To REIT In TPG-Backed Deal
• Cleary Gottlieb Snags Shearman M&A Ace For Beijing Post
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• Low Gas Prices Drive Drillers To Deep-Pocketed Partners
• Carlyle Raises $671M In IPO After Knocking Down Price
• Rockwood, Four Corners Ink $90M Silicon Valley Office Deal
• Aircraft Co. Hawker Beechcraft Descends Into Ch. 11
• Beazer To Build REIT For Single-Family Rental Homes
• Groups Fear Obama Order Sends Excessive Power Overseas
• JPMorgan, PE Arm Snap Up €158M Stake In Technicolor
• General Maritime Set To Sail Out Of Ch. 11
• Clayton Dubilier-Owned Co. Drops $145M On Metal Panels Biz
• Bright Food Takes $2B Bite Of PE-Owned Cereal Co.
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• Sunstone Scoops Up $88M Chicago Hotel From Blackstone
• Blackstone-Owned RE Co. Leases 30K SF In Midtown East
• Silver Lake Hits Hollywood With Talent Agency Stake
• Navis Nets Tenfold Return In Sale Of Clothing Label Co.
• K&L Gates Adds Islamic Financing Expert In Qatar
• Tishman Raises $190M In 1st All-Chinese Real Estate Fund
• Lloyds Says Scottish Widows Isn't For Sale, Denies PE Bid
• Big Biz Hails Obama's Order To Align International Regs
• Gores Group Wavers On $1B Pep Boys Buyout After Slump
• Broker Takes Stake In International Arm From PE Owners
• Clifford Chance Scoops Up Dewey Insurance M&A Ace
• McGrath Helps Louis Dreyfus Put Up $78M For Imperial Sugar
• Vegas Hotel Lures $300M In Debt Despite Low Ratings
• Keds, Payless Parent Jumps At $2B Takeover Bid
• Weil Gotshal Aids PE Firm's $1.1B Takeover Of PF Chang's
• Dodd Frank Update: Clarifying Volcker