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Private Equity - June, 2013

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• Ex-Execs Duck Bribery Claims Over Rival's Hospital Buy
• Burkle's Yucaipa Sues Morgans For $10M After Board Battle
• Choppy Debuts May Darken Private Equity's IPO Exit Path
• Hartford Off Hook In PE Firm's Suit Over Stock Purchase
• Clearwire Suit Ends Quietly As $3.6B Sprint Offer Takes Root
• Japan's Lixil Puts Up $542M For Top Bathroom Fixture Co.
• Carlyle Group Closes $517M New-Issue CLO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Anglo American, Murdoch
• Deutsche Bank, LBO France Sell $1.3B French RE Portfolio
• Kleiner Perkins Can't Ship Sex Bias Suit To Arbitration
• Deals Rumor Mill: ING, KKR, Amgen
• Precision To Pay $600M For Aerospace Co. Permaswage
• Spotlight On Rule 13e-3
• Founder 'Nowhere Close' To Controlling Dell, Strine Says
• Venable Escapes Suit Over $11M Facebook IPO Fraud
• Jones Day Adds PE Partner From Winston Strawn In NYC
• Twin City Says It Needn't Cover PE Firms In Contract Fight
• Fortress, Relativity Can't Ditch Fraud Claims In $44M Suit
• 3 HSR Lessons From Case Against MacAndrews & Forbes
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Duane Reade Execs' Fraud Convictions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Riverstone, Total
• $1.4B Getco, Knight Capital Tie-Up Wins Investor Approval
• US Trustee Protests IGPS Plan For Ch. 11 Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Total, Thai Life, Sumitomo
• Seibu Shareholders Reject Cerberus' Bid To Shake Up Board
• Norway Pays $254M To Boost Cermaq Stake As PE Deal Looms
• Club Med Board Approves $732M Fosun, AXA Buyout
• What To Know About The Common Interest Privilege
• Partners Group Spends $270M For Big Stake In IT Servicer
• Goodwin Procter Lands Prosecutor For Securities Team
• Scooter Store Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Auction In August
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• Anderson Kill Corporate Law Pro Jumps To Davidoff Hutcher
• 'No Documents For You?'
• Bankrupt Oncology Centers Reveal $125M Offer On The Table
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carrefour, Pharmstandard, Lloyds
• Lafarge Reaps $700M For Gypsum Biz In Ongoing Asset Sale
• Thoma Bravo Inks $395M Buyout Deal For Keynote Systems
• Gibson Dunn Guides Tenet In $1.8B Vanguard Health Buy
• PE-Backed Neiman Marcus Preps For $100M IPO
• KKR Puts Up $1.3B For Clinical Trial Provider PRA
• Casden Wins In Merger Loan Suit Lobbed By Cerberus Unit
• Perelman Firm Strikes Deal In FTC's Filing Violation Case
• Judge Denies PE Giants' Bid To Reconsider LBO Collusion Suit
• Apax Closes $7.5B Fund For Growth-Oriented PE Investments
• Texas City Panel Postpones Taxes For 600-Acre RE Project
• OCC Issues Final Rule On Counterparty Lending Limits
• Strine Rejects Quick Trial For Dell Plaintiffs
• Morgan Stanley Avoids Block Of Going Private Deal, For Now
• Marine Harvest Scraps $1.7B Cermaq Offer Amid Weak Support
• Electra Pays $66M For UK Audio Mixing Co. From Bain Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Local TV, Leonard Green
• PE Firms, Get Ready For Your 'Presence' Exams
• Taking No Chances With SEC, Icahn Reports Dell Tweet
• Sens. Look To Promote Foreign Investment In US Real Estate
• Blackstone Pays $10M To End $1B Extended Stay Buyout Suits
• Skadden Can Collect Disputed $4M Fee In Radnor Ch. 11
• Intrepid Mines Survives Quantum Vote To Oust Board
• Take Advantage Of China's Economic Hiccup
• Riverstone Steamrolls Target With $7.7B Close For Latest Fund
• JPMorgan-Owned Highbridge Closes $3B Specialty Loan Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Unilever, Nets, Microsoft
• Sony Shrugs Off Hedge Fund's Spinoff Plan At Annual Meeting
• Carlyle To Hold Stake In Aussie Equipment Rental Co.
• Carlyle To Pay $280M For Italian Motor Maker
• Allied Wins $33.5M Replacement Loan Over Yucaipa Protest
• Burger Chain Johnny Rockets Sold To Sun Capital Unit
• Shareholder's Securities Suit Against Nautilus Tossed
• Investor Sues To Block Suspected Icahn Herbalife Deal
• Private Equity Exits Slow To A Crawl In Europe
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, KKR, SunGard
• Patriot Coal In Ch. 11 Plan Talks With Hedge Funds
• PE-Backed German Publisher Seals $4.4B BC Partners Buyout
• Where Private Equity Meets Physician-Owned Hospitals
• Kodak Captures $406M In Equity Financing For Ch. 11 Exit
• BC Partners To Pay $4.2B For German Publishing Co.
• OnCure Gets $25M Bankruptcy Loan Greenlighted For Now
• Denham's $100M Buy-In Adds Fuel To PE Scramble For Africa
• Icahn Calls For $15.6B Stock Buyback In Dell Buyout Fight
• Mexico's Maxcom Mulls Prepackaged Ch. 11 With Creditors
• Morgans Hotel Board Learns SandRidge 'Proxy Put' Lesson
• Mengniu To Pay $1.6B For Carlyle-Backed Chinese Milk Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Johnson Controls, Verizon, Apollo
• Evercore Closes $201M Mexican Private Equity Fund
• UK Joint Ventures: Sanctions And Corruption Risks
• PE-Owned Printing Co. Gets OK For $20M DIP Package
• Petroleum Co.'s PE Ties Worried DOT In $340M Loan Dispute
• Squire Sanders Adds Ex-Goltsblat Private Equity Pro
• V&E Reps Warburg In $600M African Oil Explorer Buy-In
• Piper Jaffray Focuses On PE With Edgeview Partners Purchase
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, AT&T, Fiat
• Latham Aids AXA's Stake Buy In $333.8M French Testing Co.
• PE Firms Bid $1.1B For Cermaq Unit, Jeopardizing Buyout
• KIT Digital Disclosure Statement, $25M Support Deal OK'd
• Cinven Strikes $2B Deal For Rockwood's CeramTec
• Smithfield Breakup Worth More Than $7B Sale, Starboard Says
• New Ways To Manage Old Pension Liabilities
• Zombie Fund Glut Bad For LPs, Good For Bargain Shoppers
• Yucaipa Slams Revisions To Allied's $33.5M Loan, Sale Plan
• PE-Backed CDW Preps $738M Public Offering
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, Siemens, KKR
• PetroChina Forms $6.5B Pipeline Venture With Asset Managers
• How To Evaluate Insider Threats And Trading Risks
• EQT Opts For $1B Springer IPO Over Proposed Buyout
• JPMorgan To Split Off $4.5B Private Equity Arm
• Shareholder Seizes Control Of Morgans Board
• Carlyle Lands $155M Ind. Pension Fund From Credit Suisse
• When Del. Lays Out Path For CEO Buyouts, CEOs Take It
• AsiaInfo Investor Challenges $890M Take-Private Deal
• Carestream Raises $2.5B In Dividend Recapitalization
• Is TAR Right For Your Discovery Project?
• Pursuit Of Monied Investors Drives Holding Co.'s Broker Buy
• NorthStar, Goldman Drop $925M On Real Estate PE Funds
• Bain, Carlyle Cos. Price 2 Big IPOs
• GE Offers Concessions For EU Approval Of $4.3B Avio Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Springer, TPG, Sinopec
• Catch Me If You Can: How To Serve Foreign Defendants
• Allied Partners, Brickman Pay $250M For NYC's Brill Building
• First Reserve Pours $500M Into New Midstream Energy Venture
• Orrick PE Ace Decamps To Dechert's Paris Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Marubeni, Vale
• The New Frontier Of Agreements To Negotiate
• Icahn To Raise Funds For Federal-Mogul Recap
• Fortress Strikes $25M Deal For Failed Electric Car Co. Coda
• 'Apples And Oranges' Bids Make For Tough Board Work
• US Can't Halt Payouts From LifeCare's $320M Sale To Carlyle
• National Envelope Lands $67.5M Loan To Keep From Folding
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Springer, Glencore Xstrata
• Fla. County OKs $62M Hotel Takeover For Airport Project
• Patriarch Tops MBIA In $100M CDO Contract Trial
• Suitors Scrap $8.2B Severn Trent Bid As Deadline Passes
• 1st Circ. Nixes Fund Manager's Securities Offering Row
• Dole CEO Joins Take-Private Trend With $1.5B Buyout Bid
• 5 FAQs About Burma Investment Reporting Requirements
• PE-Owned Dairy Co. Fetches $7.4M at Ch. 7 Auction
• LPs Skittish On Publicly Traded PE Firms, Survey Finds
• As The Web Kills Mail, Envelope Maker Hits Ch. 11 Again
• Distressed Investing In Cyprus: The Cyprio Bank Bail-In
• Drinker Biddle Snags Private Equity Pro From K&L Gates
• Deals Rumor Mill: Google, SnapChat, Asia Pacific
• SEC Probing Cardiovascular Systems Over PE Firm's Trading
• Suitors Say Severn Trent Putting $8.2B Buyout Bid In Jeopardy
• Investors Drove Out Fracking Sand Co.'s CEO, Suit Says
• Marubeni To Cut Gavilon Energy Arm From $3.6B Buyout
• Doughty Reaps $1.5B In Vue Sale To Canadian Pension Funds
• B&G Foods Pays $195M For Pirate's Booty Snack Brand
• FCPA Powerhouse: WilmerHale
• Do-Or-Die For Four M&A Deals This Week
• Deutsche Bank Dodges PE Firm's Suit Over $1B CLO
• Heinz 'Ketchup Provision' Was Nifty But Unneeded In $28B Deal
• Pallet Co. IGPS Wins $12M DIP Loan, Sets Stage For Sale
• Investors' $10M Facebook Appeal Won't Get Rehearing
• Consortium Lobs Sweetened $8.2B Bid At Severn Trent
• Glimcher To Pay $112M For Blackstone's Share Of Tampa Mall
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fiat, Icahn, HSBC
• Actis, Mainstream Team Up On $1.4B Chile Renewables Project
• Royalty Pharma Makes Sweetened $8B Bid For Elan
• An Oasis Of Liquidity In An Arid Economic Environment
• FCPA Powerhouse: Willkie Farr
• Walton Street JV Picks Up 530-Acre Houston-Area Community
• Key Plastics Investor Seeks Info On $75M Wayzata Credit Deal
• PE Firm Punished Managers For Leaving, Suit Says
• Cartesian, Thomvest Buy Canada Wireless Co. Public Mobile
• Bankrupt Pallet Co.'s $12M DIP Loan Bid Put On Hold
• Ousted Allegro CEO Sues To Get Post Back After 'Ambush'
• Tech Firm Draws $332M Bid As China's MBOs Keep Rolling
• KKR Steps Into Euro Real Estate With Portfolio Buy
• FCPA Powerhouse: Venable LLP
• China Natural Gas Director Fires Back At Bid To Ax Ch. 11
• Royalty In 'Wait-And-See' Mode With $6.3B Elan Tender Offer
• Starwood Picks Up 2 US Shopping Centers From Macerich
• Aussie Antitrust Agency Objects To Heinz Baby Food Co. Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: PepsiCo, CVC Capital, Credit Suisse
• Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
• Loan Manager CIFC Corp. Hit With $17M Bias Suit
• Bloomberg Forms $75M VC Fund For Tech Startups
• V&E Reps Summit Midstream In $460M Pipeline Assets Buy
• Pallet Co. Plans Quick Ch. 11 Sale To PE Group
• PE-Backed Publisher Eyes $1B IPO Amid Takeover Interest
• Burkle Backs Morgans' Board, Rips Dissident Slate
• LifeCare Says US Can't Freeze Funds From $320M Carlyle Deal
• Blank Rome Lands Ex-Harleysville GC As Partner In Philly
• Rakoff Grants Partial Win To Wexford In Suit Over $674M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rio Tinto, CVC Capital, Glencore Xstrata
• FCPA Powerhouse: Reed Smith
• New Opportunities For VC-Backed Life Sciences Cos.
• Edgewater V. HIG Demonstrates Article 9 Sale Standards
• Pushing Buyout, Dell Says Icahn's Math Doesn't Add Up
• Trustee Slams $25M Bid For Bankrupt Electric Car Co. Unit
• Conexant Set For Speedy Ch. 11 Exit After Plan Wins Nod
• Venable Pushes To Toss Suit Over $11M Facebook IPO Fraud
• Blackstone Snags $581M Refi For GE Capital Hotel Portfolio
• 2nd Circ. Revives Airline's Bid To Enforce Brazil Arbitration
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, Sprint, Porsche
• FCPA Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis
• Morgans Will Consider Sale As Proxy Fight Heats Up
• IBM Puts Up $2B For Cloud-Computing Firm SoftLayer
• Flagging Billabong Eyes Refinancing As PE Suitors Walk Away
• Bankrupt Smelter Ormet Gets OK For $130M Sale To PE Firm
• Private Equity Sees Bargains In Dinged-Up Chinese Stocks
• Skadden Denies Collusion, Seeks $4M Fees In Radnor Ch. 11
• Crown, Highgate Pay $1.3B For Madison Ave. Office Tower
• Bankrupt Hardware Wholesaler Seeks Sale To PE Firm
• American Realty Capital REIT Buys $1.45B GE Retail Portfolio
• Bingham McCutchen Picks Up Herbert Smith PE Pro
• UK Water Co. Severn Trent Rejects $7.9B Takeover Offer
• Websense Investor Says Board Rushed Into $1B Vista Deal
• FCPA Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn
• How To Defend Nontraded REITs In FINRA Arbitration