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Private Equity - March, 2013

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• Sullivan & Cromwell Aids Colony's $70M Recap Of LodgeNet
• Bond Market Is Subject To Antitrust Law, High Court Told
• Dell LBO Was Southeastern's Idea — And Other Proxy Tidbits
• Ropes & Gray Aids TPG In $173M Chinese Pharma Buyout
• Constellation Pays IHG $457M For Luxe London Hotel
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Billabong, Lenovo
• DOJ Drops FCPA Probe Into DynCorp
• The Disappearing Act Of Ch. 11 Business Cases
• KKR's $4B Bid Stiffs Gardner Denver Investors, Suit Says
• MidOcean, Mystery Pension Fund Top Greenbriar's EDAC Bid
• Haynes And Boone Lures Back Ex-BofA In-House Atty
• Rising Star: Dechert's Kenneth Young
• MetroPCS Investor Leans On Report To Rip T-Mobile Merger
• After EU Veto, TNT Sells Off Chinese Delivery Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain Capital, Dell, BayernLB
• Litigation Support At A Crossroads
• BioMed Realty Strikes $640M Merger Deal With Wexford
• GIP Clinches $500M Loan For Ruby Pipeline
• Genworth Sells Wealth Unit In $413M Aquiline, Genstar Deal
• Ridgemont, Post Oak Commit $100M To Titan River Energy
• Citi Units Skirt Suit Over $348M Metal Co. Deal
• Nordic Capital Rolls In $782M In Sale Of Wheelchair Co.
• Blackstone Deal Reunites Dell With Old Foe
• Focus Media Investor Drops Challenge To $3.7B Buyout
• Westpac Banking Unit Buys 30% Stake In Asia Hedge Fund
• Cerberus Disputes Seibu's Claims About Cost-Cutting Plans
• Jones Day Picks Up Cadwalader Restructuring Partner
• Former Dodgers Owner's Ex Scores Answers From Blackstone
• Blackstone Inks $150M Land-Banking Deal With Beazer Homes
• Rising Star: Schulte Roth & Zabel's John M. Pollack
• Activist Fund Stages Proxy Battle For Struggling Gleacher
• Holland & Knight Lands M&A, Private Equity Pro In Miami
• Proxy Adviser Stalwarts Divided Over Agrium's Control
• Contractor Can't Halt Employee Defections To Rival Academi
• Davis Polk To Host $28B Heinz LBO Vote In NY Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, Random House, BNP Paribas
• Unregistered Brokers May Bring Aiding And Abetting Liability
• DLA Piper Emails A Wake-Up Call On Bill Padding
• CBS Pays $100M For Half Stake In TV Guide Network, Website
• Dissent Opens Door For Blackstone's Rare 'Jump' For Dell
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Jonathan Karen
• Cerberus Hits Snag From Seibu Over Proposed Stake Increase
• Rhone Capital Shells Out $1.35B For Bakery Supplies Biz
• KKR-Backed Japanese Temp Firm Valued At $720M In Sale
• Revel Looks To Slash $1B In Debt With Ch. 11 Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hulu, NEC Corp., Exxon
• Heinz $28B Buyout To Have Only Dollars, No Euros, In Debt
• Ch. 7 Trustee OK'd To Run Coupon Co. Ahead Of Auction
• 5 Tips For Making It Rain
• Takeaways From Tulane, Where M&A Elite Rub Elbows
• Argon Pays $363M For Angiotech's Device Business
• Simpson Thacher's Conflict Is Kirkland's Gain In Dell Saga
• Oracle Inks Deal For Mobile Data Services Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allianz, Samsonite, Exxon
• Fortress-Owned GateHouse Media Enters Debt Talks
• Shrinking PE Deal Indemnity Caps Signal M&A Uptick
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Justin Dolling
• Dell Dealings Heat Up With Offers From Blackstone, Icahn
• Westfield, O'Connor Capital Form $1.28B Mall Venture
• Gordon Brothers Lifts UK Blockbuster Unit Out Of Bankruptcy
• Bankrupt Coupon Company Draws Bid From Founders' Son
• Bankrupt Dairy Co. Secures $5.5M Stalking Horse Bid
• Rising Star: Latham's David Brown
• Carlyle JV Scoops Up Massive Mixed-Use Complex In Houston
• Wausau Inks $130M Unit Sale In Line With Activist Wishes
• Highland Can't Remove Special Master In Fight With Exec
• Former Dodgers Owner's Ex Seeks Blackstone Testimony
• Deals Rumor Mill: Life Technologies, PepsiCo, CVC Capital
• Heinz Note Tweak Helps Clear Path For $28B Buyout
• Regulators Push Banks On Leveraged Loan Underwriting
• Bankrupt Aluminum Smelter Melts Opposition to $90M DIP
• Reading The Tea Leaves As Dell's Go-Shop Ends
• Limited Partners Bullish On PE Secondary Funds, Survey Says
• Rajat Gupta Accuses PE Firm Co-Founder Of Power Grab
• Allied Creditors Get OK To Pursue $57M Suit Against Yucaipa
• Hallmark Falls Short In Bid For Court Fees From $31M IP Row
• Billabong Continues $555M Buyout Talks, But Halts Trading
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, KKR, RBS
• 7 Reasons To Do Pro Bono Work
• The Full Impact Of FATCA
• IP Atty Takes On Wall Street Over Herbalife 'Pyramid Scheme'
• Funds Need Game Plan As SEC Ramps Up Scrutiny Over Fees
• Hefner's $5M Deal With Playboy Investors Wins Court OK
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rockwood, Best Buy, Samsung
• Focus Media Says It's Exempt From Suit Over $4B Carlyle Deal
• Reader's Digest Creditors Blast $105M DIP Loan
• Rockpoint Closes New $1.95B Distressed RE Fund
• Sam Adams Maker Can't Tweak Contract Claims: 2nd Circ.
• Energy Future Owes $725M After $43B Buyout, Fund Says
• $8M Facebook IPO Fraud Lands Ex-Ore. Politician In Cuffs
• Hostess' $800M Sale Of Twinkie, Bread Brands Approved
• Allen & Overy Guides PE Fund In German Auto Parts Co. Buy
• Sidley Austin Adds Vinson & Elkins Tax, PE Pro In Houston
• Liberty Media Puts Up $2.6B For 27% Charter Stake
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Gazprom, Deutsche Telekom
• Agrium Wins Key Support In Heated Jana Proxy Fight
• A London Stock Exchange Rewrite For Tech Cos.
• Ex-CalPERS Execs Face Charges In $3B Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Highland Wants To Boot Discovery Ref In Fight With Ex-Exec
• Term Sheet Tips For Emerging Cos. Seeking Venture Money
• Deals Rumor Mill: Marks & Spencer, Liberty Media, CPPIB
• Judge Again Axes Ex-Booz Allen Exec's $23M Carlyle Deal Suit
• Baring Lobs $105M Go-Private Proposal At Ambow Education
• Kirkland Aids Greenbriar In $104M Stock Deal For EDAC Tech
• Standard Chartered PE Latest To Back China's Kids Clothes
• Transocean Presses Investors To Reject Icahn Shakeup
• Dell Snubs Request For Records Related To $24B Buyout
• Spotlight On Private Equity Investing In Urgent Care
• Aluminum Smelter's $90M DIP Slammed By PBGC, Creditors
• Hostess Rips Unions' Objections To Upcoming Asset Sales
• Mayer Brown Adds Veteran Kirkland RE Partner In Chicago
• Ex-PE Firm Salesman Sues Over $4.8M In Commissions
• Carlyle Founders Pulled In $135M Each In 2012
• Deals Rumor Mill: IBM, GE, Forstmann Little
• CenterPoint Forms $11B Gas Venture With OGE, ArcLight
• 5 Tips On Crafting Loan Deals For REO-To-Rental Programs
• Reed Smith Names New Managing Partner Of NY Office
• Private Equity Giants May Dodge LBO Suit Yet
• Olympus Capital Dives Into Midmarket Lending Business
• $1.5B MetroPCS, T-Mobile Deal 'Grossly Unfair,' Investor Says
• Citadel Sells Remaining 10% Stake In E-Trade
• Judge Asked To Put Brakes On $3.7B Carlyle Deal Vote
• At $6.5B, Cinven Closes Largest Ever European Buyout Fund
• VC Firm Recruits Orrick Ace To Fight Sex Bias Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: EQT, Billabong, Chrysler
• Sidley Aids Deutsche In $2B Blackstone Rental Program Loan
• Tips For Buyers In M&A Transition Services Agreements
• SandRidge Defuses TPG-Axon Board Attack, Opens CEO Review
• Private Equity Giants Get LBO Collusion Suit Pared Down
• Carlyle Expects To Eclipse $1B In Madison Ave. Tower Sale
• $24B Dell Buyout's Foe Gains Access To Investor List
• With Megamergers Afoot, Tips For Keeping The Lid On
• Icahn, Banks Propping Up Herbalife Scheme, Short-Seller Says
• Bakers Union Fights Hostess Cake Buyers Over Jobs
• Wachtell Guides Sports Co.'s $226M Outdoor Channel Buy
• Steptoe Defamed PE Firm In CalPERS Probe, Suit Says
• Fla. House Panel Approves Bill To Beef Up State FCA
• Chinese Bank Injects $500M Into Liberian Palm Oil Project
• Entertainment Coupon Book Publisher Turns To Ch. 7
• Investors Can't Halt $610M CD&R Buy Of Water Treatment Co.
• Private Equity In The SEC Crosshairs
• PE Firms Shed 12% Evonik Stake In Pre-IPO Financing
• IMS Health Inks $100M Deal For Marketing Software Firm
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wal-Mart, Apollo, Koch Brothers
• Kirkland, Skadden Among Firms Riding $127B Megadeal Wave
• Hot Topic Undervalued In $600M Sycamore Deal, Investors Say
• PE Investors Eyeing Fertile Latin American Market: Survey
• Apollo Takes The Cake With $410M Twinkies Bid
• Stillwater Runs Deep For Investment Redemptions
• MetroPCS Urges Investors To OK $1.5B T-Mobile Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Carlyle, Lenovo
• EU Objects To €550M Mobile Communications Merger
• Ranieri Settles SEC's $500M Unregistered-Broker Claim
• Icahn's Threats Aren't Empty, But They Don't Always Work
• Cerberus Plans To Raise Stake In Seibu In IPO Shake-Up
• CFTC's General Counsel To Step Down This Month
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Hostess, CVC Capital
• Oaktree, NFR Drop $240M On Wells Fargo-Leased Offices
• Equistone, Cerea Take Majority Stake In French Equipment Co.
• Oppenheimer Pays $2.8M To Settle SEC's PE Fund Case
• Icahn, Dell Take $24B Buyout Row Behind Closed Doors
• TPG Capital's $880M Bid Wins Over Aussie Poultry Giant
• Dominion Reaps $650M In Power Plants Sale To Energy Capital
• SandRidge Board Can't Hinder Hedge Fund's Director Bids
• Deutsche Venture Lands $325M NYC Hotel Ground Lease
• Voting Deal Stacks Deck Against Potential Hot Topic Bidders
• US Wants Lifecare Ch. 11 Sale Nixed Over $24M Tax Bill
• 3i Drops $55M On Brazil Eyewear Co. Amid Activist's Scrutiny
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• FTC Clears Tempur-Pedic's $1.3B Sealy Buy
• Warburg Pincus Could Net $720M As It Exits FIS
• FERC Says PE Firm's Power Plant Buy Anti-Competitive
• $100M Apollo Debt-Buy Deal For Potash Mine Crumbles
• Veolia Sheds Morocco Biz In €370M Sale To PE Firm
• KKR Strikes $3.9B Deal For Industrial-Parts Maker
• Loeb & Loeb Nabs Neal Gerber M&A Pro In Chicago
• UK's ACS Pays $165M For PE-Backed Legal Software Unit
• Icahn Raises Herbalife Stake To 15.5% Amid Ackman Fight
• Icahn, Southeastern Reunite To Fight $24B Dell Deal
• LodgeNet, DirecTV To Partner Up Under Approved Ch. 11 Plan
• Icahn Seeks Ouster Of Transocean Chairman, Board Members
• Icahn Shakes Up $24B Dell Deal, Promises Protracted Battle
• Jana Takes Agrium Shakeup Pitch To Investors Before Vote
• Founder Of PE-Backed Transpacific Nets $164M In Stake Sale
• Qatar Fund Ups Tiffany Stake To 11.27%
• Winston Guides Sycamore's $600M Buy Of Hot Topic
• The JOBS Act: Important Questions For Private Funds
• Morgan Stanley PE Unit Drops $147M On Chinese Food Co.
• Jones Day Lures India M&A Expert From Clifford Chance
• Mintz Levin Adds Latham & Watkins Private Equity Pro In SF
• Investor Tensions Flare As Elliott Blasts Hess CEO
• Dell Special Committee Says $24B Buyout Offers Best Value
• Sun Capital Saves Chunk Of UK Bed Seller From Bankruptcy
• Political Intelligence: The Next Regulatory Frontier?
• North America Poised For Banner PE Year, Report Says
• Sidley Austin Lures Ex-King & Spalding M&A Pro
• Riverstone Ups Investment To $550M For Gulf Drilling Venture
• Canada Pension Plan Strikes $606M Deal For Food Portfolio
• Senate Bill Would Boost Dodd-Frank Cost-Benefit Analyses
• HSBC Inks $3.2B Deal To Shed Consumer Loan Portfolio
• Dell Showcasing PC Woes To Justify $24B Bargain: Investor
• MetroPCS Pushes Back Investor Vote On $1.5B T-Mobile Deal
• Carlyle, ClearRock Team To Buy Flatiron Office Tower
• Temasek Puts Up $1.35B For Repsol Slice
• White Deer Closes $1.38B Energy Fund
• Mayer Brown Aids Principal Unit In Hedge Fund Manager Buy
• Hedge Fund's Bid To Stack Board Stinks, Fertilizer Co. Says
• Investcorp Pockets €210M In Sale Of Industrial Supplier
• Bankrupt Chipmaker Conexant Wins Access To $15M DIP
• Fried Frank Adds Seasoned Aerospace, Defense Pro
• Best Buy Deadline Passes Without $8.8B Bid By Founder
• 3i Defends Strategy As Activist Investor Adds To Stake
• Maranon Takes $65M Slice Of Linden's $314M Dental Co. Buy
• Paulson Opposes 'Unfair' $1.5B MetroPCS, T-Mobile Merger
• Ropes & Gray Guides Genstar Buy Of Midwest Insurance Co.
• PE Firm SSI Hops Onto Segway
• Einhorn Drops Proxy Statement Suit After Apple Caves
• How PE Firms Can Avoid Getting Blindsided By The FCPA
• Bertelsmann To Buy Remaining BMG Stake From KKR