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Private Equity - January, 2013

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• Suit Over Ness Sale Strong Enough, Vector Tells 2nd Circ.
• Denham Capital Pours $300M Into New Oil, Gas Venture
• Judge Cans Class Action Over BJ's $2.8B Buyout
• BlackRock Buys 8% Of Manchester United Common Stock
• Green PE Firm Backs Power Testing Co. ComRent
• Morgan Lewis Advises Apollo On $410M Twinkies Bid
• Dutch Financial Services Co. In Talks For $1.8B PE Infusion
• Judge OKs School Specialty's $50M DIP Despite Objections
• Saban Capital Takes Controlling Interest In Israeli Mobile Co.
• Ridgemont Equity Takes Partnership Stake In Unitex
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal
• Hybrid Bonds Help Fill Europe's Real Estate Funding Gap
• Kinder Morgan Strikes $5B Deal For Copano Energy
• Skadden Reps JLL Partners Unit In Medical Tech Buys
• School Specialty Creditors Say $50M DIP Is For Lender's Gain
• Morgan Lewis Picks Up McDermott PE Pro
• Private Equity Team Offers Hostess $400M For Twinkies Brand
• PBGC Says RG Steel Parent Hid Deal To Duck $97M Bill
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• 3 Bingham Energy Partners Join Orrick In New York
• Elliott Ups Pressure To Split Hess After $800M Stock Buy
• GGP Pays Blackstone, Fairholme $633M For Stock Warrants
• Judge OKs $3B Deal Handing Aussie TV Co. To 2 PE Firms
• Apollo Already On The Move With McGraw-Hill Education
• Activist Investor Builds Up Stake In British PE Outfit 3i
• Teledyne Buys PE-Backed Underwater Imaging Co.
• Ingenico Shells Out $484M For Payment Service Co.
• 7 Areas Commodity Operators Should Watch In 2013
• Ex-Health Marketing Co. Exec Says HIG Owes $450K Bonus
• Ivanhoe, TPG Put Up $415M For London Office Tower
• Lesson From Icahn, Ackman Feud: Look For Fuzzy Deal Terms
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• LodgeNet Checks Into Bankruptcy With Official Ch. 11 Filing
• Encouraging Signs For Leveraged Loans In 2013
• PE-Backed Warendorfer Picks Up Cabinet Co.
• Agrium, Jana Partners Trade Blows Over Co. Strategy
• Bankrupt School Specialty To Sell Assets To PE Firm
• Icahn, Transocean's New Top Investor, Pushes For Dividend
• Hess Divests As Elliott Bids Up To $800M For Stake
• Ackman vs. Icahn: The Gloves Come Off
• Allied Creditors Move To Bury Owner Yucaipa's Claims
• Brookside-Led Group Buys Clearview Furniture Unit
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
• HCA Must Pay $162M For Deal Breach, Judge Says
• Telus Settles Hedge Fund Row Over Revamped Share Structure
• Compuware Declines $2.3B Bid In Favor Of Own Growth Plan
• Jackson Partners, Energy Co. MEG End Ownership Stake Row
• CFIUS Annual Report: Emerging Trends In Review Process
• Taxable COD Income Now More Likely In Restructurings
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• TPG Buys, Merges ConvergEx Investment Software Cos.
• Duane Morris Adds Private Equity Pro To NJ Office
• SEC Probes Focus Media Over Acquisitions, Resales
• Reed Smith Adds Goodwin Procter PE, M&A Partner In NY
• Darwin PE Unloads Baby Food Co. In Plum Organics Merger
• Veteran Akin Gump PE Partner Joins Covington In NY
• Sidley Austin Reps Starwood In $1B LNR Property Buy
• Simpson Thacher Guides KKR's Buy In Risk Investment Firm
• Target Boards: An Ounce Of Prevention Goes A Long Way
• Half Of Dodd-Frank Rules Remain Unfinished, GAO Finds
• Blackstone Forms Energy Co. With Ex-Iberdrola Team
• Ex-Black Diamond Exec Spooked Investors, Atty Says
• Marketing Co. Vertrue Scores OK For Ch. 11 Plan
• Hostess Creditors Say Breakup Fee Promises Too Much Dough
• Kirkland Snags Paul Weiss PE Expert For Hong Kong Office
• S. African PE Firm Ethos Secures $800M For 6th Fund
• Gibson Dunn Reps Investcorp In Tech Security Co. Buy
• Hilco UK Buys Up Bankrupt Music Retailer HMV's Debt
• Venture Capital Investment Plummets In Fla. In 2012
• Apollo-Led Group Ready To Unwrap Twinkie Bid
• Blackstone, Warburg Want Out Of Kosmos IPO Suit
• American Capital Cheated PE Guru Out Of $45M, Suit Says
• UK Greenlights £1.5B Airport Sale, Ending Mandated Deals
• Aragon Owes Investigator For Citadel Case, Suit Says
• Thai Billionaire Ups Ante For F&N To $11B
• Vertrue Urges Judge To Confirm Ch. 11 Reorganization Plan
• TNS Investor Sues Over Planned $862M Sale To Siris
• Life Technologies Feeds LBO Rumors
• Duff & Phelps Go-Shop Shows No Deal Is Immune To Suits
• Ropes & Gray Guides TSG PE Injection Into Planet Fitness
• Advent Ups Mediq Buyout Bid To €819M To Win Holdouts
• Goodwin Procter Gains Financial Reg, Investment Whiz In NY
• Redpoint Ventures Brings In $400M For Tech Startup Fund
• SurveyMonkey Aims To Raise $800M With Google's Help
• Canadian REIT H&R Offers $4.6B For Primaris
• Morgan Lewis Adds Dorsey Corporate Duo In Orange County
• Shearman Aids Symphony's Buy Of LexisNexis Screening Biz
• Legg Mason Brings Miller Unit Into ClearBridge Fold
• Symantec's Reported Altiris Sale Draws PE Interest
• MBK Puts Up $520M For Chunk Of Korean Outdoor Co.
• Deutsche Bank Says $1B CLO Fraud Claims Are Too Weak
• Lowe's, Others Back Sungevity In $125M Funding Round
• PE Shareholder Urges Clearwire To Rethink $2B Sprint Bid
• EIG Drops Protest Of TCW Sale To Carlyle
• Duff & Phelps Investor Sues Over $665M Sale To Carlyle
• Accel, Spectrum Put Up $103M To Back Online Learning Co.
• Oil And Gas — Seeking The Hand Of Private Equity
• Carlyle, Providence Swallow Big Loss In $1B Tech Sale
• Advent Plans $477M Stock Sale To Exit Airport Retailer Dufry
• L&L Lands Manhattan Office Building In $165M Deal
• VisionChina Fights $60M Attachment Order In Merger Row
• Riverside Co. Grows Portfolio With Trucking Data Bolt-On
• Dell Buyout Would Test PE's Appetite For Megadeals
• Investcorp Reaps $550M Through Insurance Software Co. Sale
• Japan's Advantage Partners Unloads Komeda Coffee Chain
• Fiserv Scoops Up Finance Software Firm, $1B Of Debt
• Apollo, NRI Launch $300M Coal-Mining Partnership
• Madoff Victims Lose 2nd Bid to See Simpson Thacher Files
• Huron Capital Surpasses Target With $500M For 4th Fund
• PE-Backed Packaging Co. Buys Biopharma Container Maker
• PE-Backed French Solar Plant Gets €80M From German Banks
• NJ Panel Targets Political Cash From Casino-Investing Funds
• Billabong Gets $555M Buyout Bid From VF Corp., Others
• McDreamy's Charm Didn't Taint Tully's Auction, Judge Says
• Investor Aims To Shut Down $1.1B Buy of Nuclear Servicer
• Intervale Adds Aegis Chemical To Oil Field Services Portfolio
• Ex-Cowboy's Investing Partner Pleads Guilty To $40M Scam
• Pa. PE Shop Picks Up Ala. Burger King Franchisee
• Del. Corporate Litigation: 2012 In Review
• Ecuador-Suit Investor Accused Attys Of Fraud, Chevron Says
• Herbalife Defends Against Ackman's 'Pyramid Scheme' Attack
• Japan Holds Off China As Asia's Top M&A Buyer in 2012
• Summit Drops $513M On Blackstone-Backed Midstream Co.
• 2 KKR Partners Resign From Rockwood Board
• Jones Day Helps Rangeland Secure $200M Equity Commitment
• BlackRock Buys Credit Suisse Exchange-Traded Funds Unit
• Schulte Reps Cerberus In $3.3B Deal For Supervalu Assets
• SEC Opens Herbalife Probe Following Pyramid Scheme Barb
• OpenGate's Golden Guernsey Dairy Files For Ch. 7
• Dry IPO Market Leaves Chinese PE Exits In Limbo: Report
• Clifford Chance, Skadden Guide Zais REIT's $140M IPO
• Harbinger Fights LightSquared Lenders Over $264M Loan
• Goodwin Procter Adds Paul Weiss M&A Pro In Hong Kong
• Investcorp Pays $120M For Houston, Chicago Office Parks
• Former Blackstone Counsel Rejoins Sidley Austin In NY
• Amazon, KTR Capital To Build $200M Distribution Center In NJ
• Apollo May Bid For Hostess Snack Business
• Goodwin Procter Helps Behrman Bag Cybersecurity Co.
• KKR Peppers Another $200M Into Vietnamese Sauce Co.
• Newly Registered Advisers — Cooperate Or Face Sanctions
• Crestwood Puts Up $258M To Take Control Of Marcellus JV
• Dell's Busy M&A Chief Heads To Blackstone
• SEC Settles Fraud Allegations Against Ex-NFL Star
• Thompson & Knight Aids EnCap's $100M Midstream Stake Deal
• Kramer Levin Aids Weld North's Organic Food Co. Stake Buy
• KKR To Invest Another $40M In Chinese Wastewater Processor
• Arsenal Portfolio Co. Buys Health Care Software Developer
• Ex-JPMorgan Investment Exec Heads To BlueMountain
• Carlyle Exits China Pacific With $792M Stock Sale
• SPACs Polish Tarnished Image With 2012 Successes
• VisionChina Held In Contempt Over $60M Payment In PE Suit
• Wereldhave Bows Out Of US With $720M Portfolio Sale
• Rockpoint Seals $282.4M Deal For NYC Office Tower Stakes
• A Preview Of Hedge Fund Enforcement Trends For 2013
• Latham Reps Energy Capital In Buy Of $1.1B Nuclear Servicer
• Aozora To Buy Back $1.7B In Stock From Cerberus
• Blackstone Hops On Dual-Track Trend In Sea World Dealings
• US Buyouts Hit Post-Lehman High In 2012
• Carlsbad Desalination Plant Nails Down $1B In Financing
• PE Firm Wants $35M From Capital Adviser For Bad Books
• Weil Gotshal Steers Irving Place In Rag & Bone Buy
• The Extent Of The Temporary Fiscal Cliff Solution
• How Traveling Structures Work In Leveraged Finance
• Swedish PE Firm Snaps Up $267M-A-Year Oil Field Servicer
• Cerberus Inks $320M Deal To Take Over UK Tavern Group
• Former Dodgers Owner's Ex-Wife Can't Depose Blackstone Exec
• Fresh Off $1.3B Raise, Hedge Fund Investor Keeps Spending
• Clearlake Closes PE Fund With $785M In Commitments
• KPS Capital Pockets $50M In Recap Of Home Goods Co.
• Investor Group Takes Full Control Of NYC High Line Complex
• Cleary Gottlieb Blasts Subpoena In $1.4B Argentina Debt Suit
• Life Sciences Forecast For Middle East And North Africa
• PPR Eyes $156M Sale Of Children And Family Division
• Ackman Backs Off On Push To Sell General Growth Properties
• PE Investment Ends Tory Burch's Knockoff Row With Ex
• Starwood Capital Drops $260M On Office Buildings
• Thor Makes $277M Bet On Madison Ave. Rebound
• Partner Imitated Firm To Poach Investors: Blackford Owner
• Sun Capital Snaps Up 2 More European Packaging Cos.
• Warburg Pincus Puts Up $195M For Specialty Drug Co.
• Ex-Partner Sues PE Firm Over Restoration Hardware IPO
• CVC Pays Bain, Clessidra $1.5B For Italian Credit Firm
• 'Don't Ask, Don't Waive Standstills' Revisited (Rapidly)
• Carlyle-Led PE Group Inks $665M Deal For Duff & Phelps
• PE Firms Face Pressure To Shake Off Recession In 2013
• 2013 M&A Will Be A Test Of C-Suite Confidence
• Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year
• M&A Cases To Watch In 2013