Private Equity Archive » September, 2012

Private Equity - September, 2012

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• Carlyle Closes 3rd CLO Fund Of Year At $615M
• Private Equity Ramps Up FCPA Due Diligence
• PE Firm Drops $360M On Onex-Backed Tomkins' Axle Biz
• Deutsche Hit With Fraud Claims Over $1B CLO Deal
• Cargo Carrier Southern Air Touches Down In Ch. 11
• A Developing Risk For Private Investment Fund Sponsors
• Blackstone, Others Chase Mom And Pop With Listed Funds
• Packaging Co. Sues PE Firms Over Forced Fire Sale
• Bank Threw CEO Under The Bus Over Refco Fallout, Suit Says
• Insurer Must Cover TCF Settlement Over Portfolio Co. Buy: Suit
• MoveOn Calls For DOJ Probe Into Romney's Bain Statements
• Allocating Acquisition Financing Risk In PE Buyouts
• Insurer Says Policy Doesn't Cover CDC In PE Firm Row
• Olympus Partners Swings $550M Deal For Concessionaire
• Chinese Budget Hotel Chain To Go Private In $634M Cash Deal
• Cerberus To Sell $2.5B Stake In Aozora Bank
• EIB Kicks In £55M For Wind Farm Transmission Link Buy
• Blackstone Unveils $960M Traded Credit Fund
• NYSE, Nasdaq Weigh In On Exec Pay Adviser Independence
• Vitro Claims Bondholders Revealed Restructuring Secrets
• Cosmetic Co. Investor Sues To Halt $65M Takeover Deal
• Woongjin Scuttles $1.1B Coway Unit Sale
• PE Firm Champ Lands $206M Stake In Oil, Gas Service Co.
• KKR, Hines Form JV To Develop 971-Acre Houston Office Park
• Onex Inks $736M Deal For Machinery Maker KrausMaffei
• Easy Refis Buy PE Firms Time As Hold Periods Stretch
• Ex-Principal Blasts Pantheon Ventures For Age, Sex Bias
• Arsenal Capital Snaps Up Dutch Chemicals Maker IGM
• $323M Brookfield Fund To Focus On US Rental Properties
• Hedge Fund Exec Ordered To Pay $1.6M In Misused-Funds Case
• Sidewinder's $242M Drilling Co. Bid Draws Fire From Firms
• Glencore To Take Smaller, $1.4B Bite Of Kazakh Zinc Mine
• Providence Equity Sells Stakes To Longtime Investors
• Interpreting CERT Regulation After 23 Years
• Indian Project Bond Market Gets $128M Boost From ADB
• Carlyle-Backed Ball Bearings Co. Cancels $555M IPO
• Lindsay Goldberg Adds To Plastics Portfolio With Dutch Co.
• Rule 506: A 'Poison Pill' In The Safe Harbor?
• Brown Rudnick Hires Former Morgan Stanley RE Exec
• Freshfields Guides Advent In Proposed $1B Mediq Buy
• Making AFAs Work By Leveraging Project Management
• 6 Tips For Private Equity Firms When The SEC Comes Knocking
• Private Equity Firms Unlikely To Sweat SEC Payout Scrutiny
• Carlyle-Backed Lighting Co. Pays $60M For Malaysian Peer
• Wind Turbine Co. May Dodge First Wind's $60M Attachment Bid
• 3 States Join Constitutional Challenge to Dodd-Frank Act
• Bain Capital Bows Out Of Billabong Auction
• Congress Grills Experts On Capital Gains Tax Reform
• Cooley Guides BASF In $1B Purchase Of Agricultural Co.
• Carlyle May Build Power Plant At Philly Refinery
• House Bypasses SEC To Define Muni Bond Advisers
• Carlyle Pursues Voluntary Takeover Of German Data Provider
• Carlyle Group Sews Up Stake In Turkish Lingerie Leader
• WL Ross Gets OK To Buy Lehman's $110M Stake In Navigator
• Latham Guides Boston Scientific's Heart Catheter Maker Buy
• Franklin Templeton Buys Majority Stake In $9B Fund Manager
• SEC Probes Fund's Allegedly Bogus Pre-IPO Facebook Claims
• Ropes & Gray Aids Empire Investment In CSS Studios Buy
• Prescriptions For Life Science Investing
• Simpson Thacher Guides Blackstone's $2B Home Security Buy
• Ex-Soros Trader Awarded $4.6M In Spinoff Fund Fight
• SEC Fines Chicago Broker $1M For Misleading Energy Offerings
• Sealing The Deal: Paul Hastings Lets Target Speak For Itself
• VC Fund Sues Bankrupt Investment Co. Over $32M In Loans
• IDFC PE Unit Pays $28.7M For Indian Dairy Farm Stake
• LightSquared Lenders Seek Right To Pursue Harbinger Claims
• PE Firms Key As Alibaba Secures $8B Yahoo Share Buyback
• United Retail Group's Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed After Sale
• MoFo Boosts Beijing Practice With Ex-Orrick FCPA Pro
• Coverage For M&A Losses Surges In Popularity, Accessibility
• Carlyle Reports $2.9B Raised For US Buyout Fund
• Pryor Cashman Adds Securities Offerings Pro From Pillsbury
• Alliance Data, Talbots Partner Up On Credit Card Program
• Carlyle Buys Back Landmark Aviation From Private Equity Pair
• Paul Hastings Guides SC Capital In $530M Real Estate Fund
• Interpreting JOBS Act Ambiguities
• Basel's Rethinking Of Liquidity Rules May Force US Hand
• Bain, Others Must Show Harm To Shield Docs In Antitrust Case
• Apollo, Spectrum Lead Bids For Stanley Black & Decker Assets
• 2nd Circ. Revives $2M Delphi Bankruptcy Claim Suit
• UK Regulators Push Back Carlyle Deadline For Chemring Bid
• PE Group Pays $130M For Health Care REIT's Sunrise Manager
• Top FDIC Official Wants US To Abandon Basel Banking Accord
• BWT CEO Takes Control With $371M Mandatory Bid
• A Primer On Alternative Fee Arrangements
• Texas Agencies Grapple With Dodd-Frank Preemption Concerns
• Morgan Lewis Helps Perrigo Fetch Pet Care Co. For $285M
• Dodd-Frank Risk Council Failing At Communication, GAO Says
• Vero To Go Private In $150M Deal With Canadian Energy Co.
• Innovative Structures In Islamic Project Finance
• Carlyle Gains Controlling Stake In Brazil Furniture Co.
• Kirkland & Ellis Snags Ex-Goldman Sachs Counsel
• Wexford Subsidiary Sues Over $630M Sale Of Well Servicer
• TPG's $2B Par Pharma Buyout Bid Harms Investors, Suit Says
• To Ride Chinese M&A Wave, Firms Need More Than An Office
• Blackstone Can't Claim $4M For Sun Pharma Deal, Taro Says
• Willkie Farr Real Estate Expert Heads To Bryan Cave
• Bain, Others Bow To Pressure Over Sealed Docs In LBO Case
• 3SBio Priced At $331M In Go-Private Buyout Offer
• Mason Vows To Fight Ruling Barring Telus Shareholder Powwow
• Awaiting 2nd Circ. Spin On Bankruptcy Claims Trading
• Turning Lead Into Gold With Thorough Compliance
• Addressing The Scope Of CAFA In Supreme Court
• Kirkland Guides Thoma Bravo In $195M Mediware Buy
• White & Case Adds Swedish Transaction Atty From Linklaters
• Life Sciences Rise In Value Despite Venture Capital Dropoff
• China Hydroelectric Sues Shareholders Over Takeover Plot
• Goodwin Procter Adds Kirkland M&A, PE Partner In Calif.
• Ex-Exec Says North Pole, Warburg Caused China Exile
• 'Titanic' Effects Firm Enters Ch. 11, Plans Sale
• Troubled REIT Gets Blackstone's OK To Sell 13 Hotels
• New Challenges For Real Estate Restructurings
• KPMG Can't Get Fraud Suit Over Rangers Audit Tossed
• PE-Backed Drilling Co. Pays $1B For 38 Transocean Rigs
• Wexford Capital Sued Over $674M Sale Of Failing Well Servicer
• Emerging Markets Shine Despite Sluggish Global M&A Activity
• Tribune Creditors Can't Appeal $1.5B Bond Order: 3rd Circ.
• CFTC Publishes Final Rule On Swaps Registration
• Ex-Booz Allen Exec's $23M Suit Over Carlyle Deal Tossed
• TPC Group Urges Investors To OK $850M Go-Private Deal
• Banking Group Calls For Volcker Rule Rewrite In Congress
• Bradley Arant Picks Up Ex-Johnston Barton Deals Specialist
• Bain Gets FTC Approval For $1B Genpact Stake Buy
• Montreal Security Co. Goes Private With Apax In $1B Deal
• Blackstone Buys Majority Stake In Cell Tower Leasing Co.
• Mayer Brown Lures Financing Partner From Haynes And Boone
• Journal Register's $22.5M DIP Loan Gets Conditional OK
• Feds Poised To Fight Solyndra Ch. 11 Plan Over Tax Breaks
• Amending Rule 506 — Opportunities For Private Funds
• Vinson Guides Carlyle's Purchase Of Goldman Energy Unit
• GSC Lender's Defamation Claims Nixed In Asset Sale Row
• Baird Capital Makes PE Deal For Computer Help Co.
• Bain Matches TPG Offer With $711M Billabong Buyout Bid
• Fla. City Approves $133M Plan For 'Margaritaville' Resort
• Chinese, French Banks Launch $190M PE Fund
• LightSquared Lenders Object To $6M Incentive Plan
• PE Firms Reap $369M From Fueling Co. Sale
• Verso Paper Ends Talks To Acquire NewPage
• Judge Passes On Examiner, Taps Trustee For Fletcher Int.
• TPC Shareholder Sues To Stop $850M Take-Private Deal
• Blackstone Closes 1st Energy Fund At $2.5B
• Century Bridge Closes $170M China Housing Fund
• Polycom Hid Customer Losses, Voided $110M Deal: Sun Capital
• Investors Line Up For Low-Default Self-Storage Space
• Brummer Secures $500M For Long-Term Hedge Fund
• Patron Raises $1.1B For Fund, Eyes Distressed Euro Market
• Solyndra Reveals Up To $341M In Tax Breaks
• Snapshot: Japan's Post-Tsunami Energy Market
• Ropes & Gray Boosts DC Life Sciences Group With PE Pro
• Wind Turbine Maker Looks To Secure $60M Arbitration Award
• NY Private Equity Tax Probe Could Undermine Audit Process
• Chinese Auto Seller Pays $305M For PE Firms' Luxury Car Lots
• Morgan Stanley Leads $300M Chinese Hydropower Investment
• Thoma Bravo's $1B Deltek Buyout Cheats Investors, Suit Says
• Guggenheim, Partners To Buy Dick Clark Productions
• CVC-Owned Entertainment Co. Sheds Mag Division For $511M
• Fried Frank Aids Onex On $813M Graphics Services Co. Buy