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Private Equity - May, 2013

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• FCPA Powerhouse: Debevoise
• Blackstone Bags Hilton Hotel Quartet From Apollo, Sage JV
• Bankruptcy Judge Blasts Allied's Proposed $33M Loan
• Take Care In The Single-Bidder Sale Process
• Retail Deals Show Low Debt, High Cash Always In Fashion
• Hersha Inks $93M Deal For SoCal, Miami Hotels
• Dell Sets Vote On $24B Buyout, Begins Persuasion Campaign
• Citigroup Suit By British PE Mogul Revived By 2nd Circ.
• In Re MFW — Del. Chancery Got It Right
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cerberus Settles, RBS Scrambles
• Strine Lays Out Controller's Path To Bulletproof Takeover
• Santander Unloads Half Of $2.7B Asset Management Unit
• Blank Rome Escapes $7.5M Learning Annex Malpractice Suit
• Strine's M&F Worldwide Decision Tees Up Clearwire Fight
• Reed Smith Adds Orrick Private Fund Partner
• Dell Investors Sue Over CEO Proxy Statements In $24B Buyout
• Choate Hall Moves To Toss Investor Suit Over Botched Deal
• Procurement: The Hidden Path To Maximizing Profits
• FCPA Powerhouse: Davis Polk
• Petraeus To Run KKR Think Tank After CIA Ouster
• Encore Inks $192M Deal For Majority Stake In Cabot
• Fla. Panels Advance $147M Margaritaville Resort Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: The British Are Coming
• Del. High Court Won't Move $10M Carlyle MBS Suit To Kuwait
• Allied Creditors Look To Regulate Use Of $15M D&O Policy
• Bain Looks To Sell $332M Stake In Child-Care Co.
• GSK Pays $321M For Swiss Vaccine Developer Okairos
• Warburg Consortium Puts $200M Into Vietnamese RE Co.
• Carlyle Snaps Up Stakes In Chinese Mall Duo
• EU OKs Syniverse's €550M Mach Buy With Conditions
• FCPA Powerhouse: Crowell & Moring
• Willkie Farr Reps Insight In $2.6B Tech Fund Close
• LifeCare Settlement Approval Paves Way For Carlyle Sale
• Arcapita Seeks $175M Bankruptcy Loan From Goldman Sachs
• Moving Past Avon Bid, PE-Backed Coty Plans $1.2B IPO
• FCPA Powerhouse: Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• Fidelity Strikes PE-Backed $3B Deal For Mortgage Co. LPS
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rosneft, KKR, TPG Capital
• Fosun, AXA Make $700M Bid for Club Med
• Is Immigrant Investment Right For Your Project?
• High Court Refuses Appeal In Hedge Fund Price-Fixing Suit
• Valeant Puts Up $8.7B For PE-Backed Bausch & Lomb
• Weil Guides Sequoia In $183M Chinese Veggie Grower Buy
• Allied Seeks Permission For Asset Auction, New DIP Loan
• ING Gets 3 Bids For S. Korean Insurance Division
• Law360 Names 10 FCPA Powerhouse Firms
• Clearlake Pays $13M For Bluefly In Fire-Sale Deal
• Burkle Made 'World War III' Threats, Morgans Investor Says
• Cerberus Settles Ex-Managing Director's Retaliation Suit
• $28B Heinz Buyout Expected To Close In June After China OK
• EU Orders Divestitures In Ahlstrom-Munksjo Merger
• Extell, Carlyle Must Pay $5.8M Interest On Condo Refunds
• Deals Rumor Mill: Valeant, Google, Suntory
• Decimalization Revisited: Does Every Penny Count?
• Carlyle-Led PE Group Closes $3.7B Focus Media Buyout
• Rebounding 3i Wants Barclays European Infrastructure Unit
• Full Speed Ahead For Bankrupt PE-Owned Ohio Printers
• Starboard Seizes Control At Tessera With Last-Minute Deal
• SEC Files $1.7M Insider Trading Suit Against Cushing Broker
• Deals Sizzle, BBQs To Follow For Busy Deal Makers
• China Natural Gas Demands Toss Of Involuntary Ch. 11
• Blackstone Teams With Prologis On $960M Industrial Deal
• Black Diamond Co-Founder Wins $6M Carried Interest Appeal
• Carlyle-Backed GDC Technology Files For $75M US IPO
• Bankrupt REIT Gets $50M In Deal With BlackRock, Lenders
• KKR's Del Monte Dips Toe In M&A Pool With Pet Food Deal
• Apax To Buy Rue21 For $1.1B As Apparel Buyouts Roll
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yankee Candle, THL Partners, Volvo
• Midway Though Proxy Season, Staggered Boards Falling Hard
• PE-Owned Ohio Printers Seek Ch. 11 As Buyer Looms
• Financial Services Co. Funneled Millions To Execs' Kin: Suit
• KIT Digital's $25M Ch. 11 Deal Delayed By Equity Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Saks, Sony
• Archer Inks $244M Deal To Sell Unit To Clearlake
• Feds Oppose Settlement Behind $320M LifeCare Sale
• NetSpend Investors Can't Block $1.4B Sale Over PE Favoritism
• NFP Directors Sued Over $1.3B Madison Dearborn Deal
• Dechert Advises Morgan Creek In Signet Funds Deal
• Novo To Lay Down $700M For Antibiotics Specialist Xellia
• Herbalife Preys On Latinos, Nonprofit Tells FTC
• McCarter Nabs Sullivan & Worcester PE Fund Pro In NY
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dish, Alere, Raytheon
• KKR To Sell $255M Stake In Australia's Seven West Media
• BlackRock Buys PE Adviser To Double Real Estate Holdings
• GOP Sens. Hammer Lew On IRS Targeting Scandal
• Venable Shouldn't Shake $11M Facebook IPO Suit, ESG Says
• CORRECTED: Fraud Claims Over Iron Data Sale Can Proceed
• Tessera Proxy's Write-In Option Draws SEC's Eye
• BMC Investor Sues To Block $7B Sale To Bain, Golden Gate
• Qatari Firms To Launch $1B Energy Infrastructure Fund
• Ropes & Gray Reps Blackstone In $680M Pactera Bid
• Vista Equity Puts Up $1B For Security Software Co. Websense
• Dell Tells Icahn Hands Tied By Silver Lake Merger Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Freeport-McMoRan, Blackstone, Billabong
• Bankrupt Smelter Says $130M Sale Kept It From Liquidating
• Investor Says Bain's $7B Bid For Software Co. Is Too Low
• S. Korean Investor Drops $218M On Chicago Office Tower
• Fund Managers Struggling To Reach 1st Close: Report
• Falcone, Execs Wrongly Forced Out Casino Co. CEO, Suit Says
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• Elliott, Compuware Extend Standstill, Keep Proxy Door Open
• Icahn Loses Transocean Dividend Fight, But Wins Board Seat
• Shearman & Sterling Snags Weil Trio For London PE Group
• Tessera, Under Siege, Attracts Another Hedge Fund
• PE Investors Should Consider Behavioral Health
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Advent, Blackstone
• A Year After Martin Marietta, Deal Drafters Still Skittish
• Herbert Smith Adds Norton Rose PE, M&A Vet In Germany
• Tracking Emerging Growth Cos. Under The JOBS Act
• LandAmerica Trustee Sues To Erase PE Firm's $10M Claim
• Deals Rumor Mill: Marine Harvest, Actavis, Elliott Management
• Hess Makes 11th-Hour Deal To End Elliott Proxy Fight
• Jones Day Reps DDR In Deal For $1.5B Mall Stake
• Shearman Snags 3 Weil Attorneys For London PE Team
• Edwards Wildman Plants Flag In Turkey With Local Aid
• JC Flowers Puts Up $1.2B For British Debt Collector
• Monomoy Cut Auto Co. Out Of Acquisition, NY Court Told
• HIG Europe Scoops Up Nordic Consumer Loan Business
• Funds Struggle To Exit Portfolio Co. Investments, Study Says
• True Religion Shareholders Sue To Block $835M Buyout
• Baring PE Asia Pays $258M For Stake In Lafarge India
• Morgans Director Wins Injunction To Halt Yucaipa Deal
• 4 Tips To Help Rookie Funds Woo Investors
• Deals Rumor Mill: OMERS, GE, Sony
• Deals-Oriented Law Firms Profit As Apollo Rides IPO Wave
• Going-Private Deals Slowed Down In 2012, Survey Says
• Cozen Nabs Pair From McCarter & English, Klehr Harrison
• Elliott Proposes Revamped Board To End Hess Proxy Fight
• Pension Fund Tells 1st Circ. PE Cos. Are Businesses
• CVC Drops Betfair Takeover Bid After $1.5B Offer Is Spurned
• Morgans Hotel Recap Should Be Blocked, Judge Hears
• Tough Going For First-Time Fund Managers
• Transocean Chair To Retire Following Pressure From Icahn
• Synagro Ch. 11 Auction OK'd After Stalking Horse Bid Grows
• Foley & Lardner Raises $2.6M For New Venture Capital Fund
• Davis Polk Leads Citic In $890M Software Co. Buy
• MSR Seeks lP Asset Sale While Dodging Fund Suit In Ch. 11
• Sun Capital Escapes WARN Act Claims In Bankruptcy Court
• Bain Capital Adds German Auto Parts Co. To Its Dashboard
• Alliant Drops $315M On Rifle, Shotgun Giant
• Pangea Hits Cohen & Gresser With $10M Malpractice Suit
• Thermo Fisher Hid Mexico Plant's Cartel Woes, OpenGate Says
• Carlyle Buys Minority Stake In Jordan's Nabil Foods
• Z Capital Blocks Poison Pill In Casino Co. Power Play
• Dell Committee Wants Specifics On Icahn's Rival Buyout Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Partnership Assurance, UBS, Euronext
• Elliott's Hess Nominees Say They'll Work For No Bonuses
• The Who, What And Why Of Public-Private Partnerships
• KKR Can't Dodge Investor Suit Over $525M Primedia Sale
• Ex-CEO's Suit Against North Pole, Warburg Sent To Arbitration
• Willkie Aids Warburg On $11B Fund, A Post-Crisis Giant
• Hess Shuffles Management Plan As Proxy Showdown Looms
• Icahn, Southeastern Put Up Bid Against $24B Dell Buyout
• TPG Rakes In $305M In Shriram Transport Finance Stake Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Carlyle, Dish
• TowerBrook Capital To Pay $835M For True Religion
• German Banker Drops Appeal Of Formula 1 Bribery Sentence
• Cerberus Unit Pays $504M For Lloyds' Real Estate Loans
• Synagro's Top Creditor Offers To Fund Longer Ch. 11 Sale
• Paulson Puts MSR Hotel REIT In Ch. 11 To End 'Terrorization'
• Learning Annex Asks NY Court To Revive Blank Rome Suit
• Post Stocks Cupboard With $158M PE-Backed Cereal Buy
• SEC Asset Management Chief Jumps To Prudential
• WilmerHale Leads $241M Carlyle Sell-Off Of SS&C Shares
• Littlejohn Unloads Thriving Food Unit In Sale To THL
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Facebook, Billabong
• Ferro, Activist Investors Reach Deal In Proxy Fight
• China Dairy Giant Drops $410M To Boost Stake In Supplier
• Apollo Founders, Investors Sell Down As IPO Lockup Ends
• 3i Nets $605M In Latest Sale Since Activist Turned Up Heat
• Ex-Waterford VP Fired To Avoid Incentive Payout, Suit Claims
• 5 Reasons For Optimism In The Venture Capital Community
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Bain Capital, Bankia
• Icahn Boosts Herbalife Stake Amid Battle For Co.'s Future
• Blackstone Set To Exit Mall Owner GGP With Stake Sale
• Starboard Vows To Keep Up Proxy Fight Despite Tessera Offer
• Alco Stores Fends Off Activist Investor With Poison Pill
• After Candy Co. Buy, Brynwood Flips TrueNorth Snack Brand
• Venable Tries To Ax Suit Over $11M Facebook IPO Fraud
• Betfair Lifts Profit Forecast After Spurning $1.4B CVC Bid
• Spotlight On Affiliated Lender Provisions And Debt Buybacks
• PE Keeps Caffeine Buzz Going With Java Detour Takeover
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warburg Pincus, Carlyle, Telefonica
• Hertz's PE Backers To Divest $1.2B In Shares
• Porter Hedges Nabs M&A Pro From Seyfarth Shaw
• Stroock Picks Up Energy Deals Pro From Chadbourne
• Kirkland Helps PE Firm CCMP Acquire Budget Gym Chain
• SAIC Crafts $225M Sale, Leaseback For Virginia HQ
• Hess Board Picks Blast Hedge Fund's Proxy Tactics
• Kirkland, Wachtell Go 3 For 3 In Year's Biggest LBOs
• Biomet Accused Of Breaking Patent Deal
• Onex Puts Up $950M For Nielsen Trade-Show Business
• Bain, Golden Gate Partner On $6.9B BMC Software Takeover
• Starwood Capital Snaps Up $159M Conn. Mixed-Use Center
• Syncora Didn't Investigate Toll-Road Bonds, Macquarie Says
• A Model For Facing Meritless Derivative Suits In Pa.
• How Crowdfunding Could Impact Film Financing
• Deals Rumor Mill: Neiman Marcus, Icahn, TPG
• JPMorgan Takes Stake In Billabong While PE Offer Hangs
• Ex-Cowboys Player's PE Partner Gets 10 Years For $40M Fraud
• Brazil Pushes Antitrust Fixes In $694M Mach-Syniverse Deal
• A Significant Impact On Private Investment Funds
• Heinz Buys Back $2B Of Debt As Buyout Zooms Toward Close
• Transocean Again Presses Investors To Reject Icahn Shake-Up
• Choate Hall Lures Back Boston Real Estate Pro
• Under Pressure From Jana, Oil States Mulls Asset Spinoff
• InterMedia Ups Bid To $259M For Outdoor Channel
• BC Partners Offers $1.3B For Livestock Tag Co. Allflex
• $253M Telular Sale To Avista Is Too Cheap, Investor Claims
• Sprint Critics Gain Support As Clearwire Vote Nears
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Temasek, TPG
• Investor Lifts 3i Stake As Pressure For Change Mounts
• School Specialty Creditors Appeal $24M 'Make-Whole' Penalty
• Black Diamond Atty Disputes Co-Founder's Carried Interest
• Ohio's First Casino Raises $570M For Refi, Real Estate
• Pilot Flying J Faces Fuel Rebate Suits After FBI Crackdown
• Maxim Didn't Botch Promissory Note Deal, 2nd Circ. Says
• Steward Accuses Blue Cross Of Blocking $40M Hospital Deal
• Sun Capital To Merge Units Into $2.5B Packaging Powerhouse
• Apollo, Apex Team Up On Northeast Shale Property Venture
• Deals Rumor Mill: IBM, Unipol, Cerberus
• Appriva Investors Win $250M Jury Award In Contract Fight
• Carlyle MBS Suit Belongs In Kuwait, Del. High Court Hears
• Ex-CEO, Investment Firm Escape A&P Shareholder Suit
• Quantum Puts Up $225M For Majority Stake In Canadian Oil Co.
• Hellman's Construction Co. Closes $100M Private Placement
• PE-Backed Pearson Candy Snags Nestle's Bit-O-Honey Brand
• Arsenal Capital Snaps Up Tire Flatproofer Arnco
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yahoo, Bain Capital, Fin
• Buffett Spends $2B For Rest Of International Metalworking