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Private Equity - July, 2013

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• Scooter Store Gets Nod To Continue Ch. 11 Under Own Power
• Investor Loses Suit Over $1.5M In Lost Madoff Funds
• Guggenheim Soothes NY's Worries Over $1.3B Sun Life Deal
• Credit Suisse In Talks To Sell PE Unit To Grosvenor
• Ackman Takes 9.8% Air Products Stake In Biggest Bet To Date
• Sun Capital Ruling Exposes PE Funds To Pension Liabilities
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Accenture, Soros
• Dechert Reps NXT On $783M Private Equity Loan Fund Closing
• KKR To Buy Another Clinical Research Co., Plans Merger
• Alleghany Promises $1.25B In Exchange For Ares Stake
• Rainmaker Q&A: Taylor English's George Gaskin
• Abraaj Unloads African Bank Stake In 2nd Sale This Week
• Dell Won't Bend On Vote Count, But Offers New Record Date
• Black Diamond, Spectrum Top Yucaipa In Allied Debt Fight
• Mountain Funding Teams With Developers On Utah Community
• Kirkland Reps Gores-Backed Building Supply Co. In $182M IPO
• PE Pair Scoops Up Colombian Oil Player Vetra
• Deals Rumor Mill: Roche, Invensys, Rio Tinto
• Gores-Owned Hay Group Scoops Up German Auto Parts Maker
• Dana Puts Up $472M To Buy Back Centerbridge-Held Shares
• Apollo To Pay $400M For Pitney Bowes' Management Ops
• Kirkland Aids Hess In $1B Marketing Biz Sale
• PE-Backed Kinetic Drops $485M On UK Wound Care Biz
• Arnold & Porter Seals DC Capital's $397M Engineering Buy
• 3 Takeaways From Strine's Morton's Ruling
• Loeb Picks Up M&A, Private Equity Pro From Ingram Yuzek
• VPR Creditors Say PE Owner's $50M Claim Must Be Redefined
• Rainmaker Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Holt Foster
• Yucaipa Settles Allied Creditors' Suit In $58M Deal
• Telegraph Hill Closes Health Care VC Fund At $310M
• Patriot Coal Can Pay Hedge Funds $2M In Rights Offering Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Lee Equity, Samsung
• Laurus Snaps Up 15-Story O'Hare Hotel From Tishman
• Malaysia Sovereign Fund Pays $252M For Turkish Insurer
• Willkie, Wachtell Send Saks To Canada In $3B Deal
• Depot Deal Removes Stumbling Block To $39M iGPS Sale
• Bluefly Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $13M Clearlake Sale
• Bankrupt Life Uniform Secures Strategic $23M Sale
• Gardner Denver Raises $2.9B For KKR Buyout
• Fidelis, BlackRock Pay $126M For Houston Shopping Center
• XL, Stone Point Pour $135M Into New Reinsurance Venture
• MoFo Adds 2 Corporate M&A Pros In Singapore
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vivendi, Alibaba, Oaktree Capital
• Rainmaker Q&A: Pachulski's Jeff Pomerantz
• What A US-China Investment Treaty Would Mean For US Cos.
• Elliott Management To Roll Over $137M Into BMC Deal
• Maxcom Aims To Quickly Restructure $200M In Debt In Ch. 11
• Dell's Vote Crunch Shows Some Deal Protections Can Sting
• Handy Hardware Secures Ch. 11 Plan, Sale To PE Firm
• Almaz Raises $102M For Russian Venture Capital Fund
• Einhorn's Greenlight Capital Sues Rival Over Similar Name
• Syncora To Take Over Bankrupt Detroit Tunnel Operator
• Palladium Pays $58M Dividend After Recapping Portfolio Cos.
• BMC Gets Investor OK For $6.9B Sale, Settles Row Over Deal
• Michaels Taps $800M In PIK Notes To Pay Bain, Blackstone
• Deals Rumor Mill: Japan Post, GlaxoSmithKline, Raytheon
• Sun Capital PE Funds Count As Businesses, 1st Circ. Says
• Cengage Looks To Continue Exploring Apax Debt Buy
• Bridgepoint Ducking Subpoena Over Marketing, Calif. AG Says
• Printing Co. Gets OK On Ch. 11 Plan, $19M Sale To Rival
• Waller Lansden Snags Health Care Pro From McDermott
• Brookfield Closes $4.4B Real Estate Opportunity Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ally, Blackstone, Yankee Candle
• 500 Days Of The Revised Removal Statutes
• The Ins And Outs Of Asset Purchase Transactions
• UK Gets $615M In Northern Rock Loan Sale To JC Flowers
• Mexico's Maxcom Seeks Ch. 11 Protection
• Rainmaker Q&A: Linklaters' Sabrena Silver
• Michael Dell Sweetens Take-Private Bid, But With A Caveat
• Bankrupt iGPS Wins Nod For $39M Sale Despite Fierce Flak
• Strine Dismisses Investor Challenge To $117M Restaurant Sale
• Bogus Transfer Claim Settled In $10M Securities Fraud Case
• Hogan Lovells To Launch Luxembourg Office Aug. 1
• MSR, Five Mile Trade Jabs Over IP Assets From $1.5B Sale
• Bankrupt Smelter Can Cut Operations As It Awaits Utility Ruling
• Powerwave Ch. 7 Creditor Objects To Proposed IP Sale
• Goldman, PE Firm Team Up On $100M Oil Co. Investment
• Upstart Fund Rips TheStreet's Preferred Share Overhang
• Jones Day Helps TriGate Close $324M Real Estate PE Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, DuPont, Lotte Shopping
• Morgan Stanley Beats Counterclaim In $41M Gas Account Row
• Broe, Chicago Reach Early Deal For $500M Port Project
• Dividend Recaps Paced For Record Year After Scorching Q2
• Tricon Capital Buys LPs Out Of $333M US Housing Fund
• Did The Dell Majority-Of-The-Minority Clause Go Too Far?
• Cerberus Snags 2 German Retail Portfolios Out Of Receivership
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Onyx, Telefonica
• KKR Enters Indonesia With Food Co. Stake Acquisition
• Blackstone-Backed Extended Stay Files For $100M IPO
• CVC Beats Target With $13.8B For Latest Buyout Fund
• Roark Adds Miller's Ale House To Stable Of Restaurants
• Rainmaker Q&A: Pachulski's Bradford Sandler
• Bankrupt Pallet Co. Says $39M PE Sale A Square Deal
• $90B Humanitarian Fund A Sham, Ex-Im Co. Head Says
• National Envelope's $68M DIP Loan, Lender Deal Get OK
• A Long Shot For Dell: Switch To Tender Offer
• Conergy Plans To Sell Brand To Fla.-Based Kawa Capital
• Now Is The Time To Invest In Saudi Health Care Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Lloyds, Blackstone
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Blaze New Trails Worldwide
• TPG Wins Sanctions In Hellas Notes Case
• Apache Redirects Focus With $3.8B Gulf Asset Sale
• Cinven Puts Up $668M For Web Hosting Co. In Latest Big Buy
• Informa To Help Finance $180M Unit Sale To Providence
• Vivus Inks 11th-Hour Compromise To Avoid Proxy Fight
• PE Firms Blast Billabong's $364M Debt Rescue
• Rainmaker Q&A: Morgan Lewis' David Asmus
• Some RE Investors Ditch Equity For Debt As Deal Prices Rise
• Synagro Can Seek Votes For Ch. 11 Plan To Tweak $465M Deal
• Bain, KKR, Other PE Giants Can't Escape Collusion Suit
• Dell's Options: Stand Pat, Or Borrow From These Boards
• Cermaq Pockets $1B In Sale Of Prized Unit To Bain, Altor
• Deals Rumor Mill: PepsiCo, Petrobras, T-Mobile
• Willkie Farr Pilots Men's Wearhouse's $98M Designer Line Buy
• Rainmaker Q&A: Cooley's Michael Rhodes
• US Trustee Knocks Ex-OnCure CEO's Severance In Ch. 11
• Blackstone To Take Retail Property REIT Public In $100M IPO
• Billabong Says Rival PE Rescue Bid Came Too Late
• Dell Delays Buyout Vote To Rally Support
• F1 Head Indicted In Bribery Plot, Wants $650M NY Case Nixed
• BMC Airs Details Of $7B Buyout, Clears Path For Vote
• Dell Heads Into Do-Or-Die Buyout Vote With Thin Margin
• A Refresher On Private Placement Options
• Duane Morris Picks Up Corporate Tax Pro From Proskauer
• Warburg Sells Drug Co. Talon In Backloaded $206M Deal
• Sentinel To Raise $1.1B For 5th Private Equity Fund
• Paul Hastings Aids GI Partners' $550M Office Trio Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: AXA Private Equity, Dell, PepsiCo
• Lexington Partners Closes $1.6B PE Co-Investment Fund
• Equator Principles III Demand Deeper Due Diligence
• Apollo To Fully Exit Realogy In $1.2B Secondary Share Sale
• $3.9B KKR Buyout of Gardner Denver Wins Shareholder OK
• Activist Rejects Settlement Offer Ahead Of Vivus Proxy Vote
• Bankrupt Smelter Can Seek Better Power Deal, Court Says
• Dell's $24B Buyout Faces Final Test, But Vote Looks Tight
• $438M Steinway Tender Launches, But Awaits Go-Shop's End
• Lenders Can't Scrap Asset Claims In Row Over Auto Parts Co.
• Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Cameron PE Partner In London
• Activist Claims Vivus Proxy Vote Delay Cheats Shareholders
• Foley & Lardner Lands K&L Gates Investment Partner
• Thompson & Knight Aids EnCap's $150M Investment In Isis
• Platinum Equity Puts Up $225M For CBS Billboard Unit
• Nixon Peabody Adds Ropes & Gray Funds Atty In Boston
• MSR Slams Five Mile's Objection To $2M DIP
• Blue Cross Blasts Steward Suit Over $40M Hospital Deal
• Hedge Fund Demands Hotel Owner's Position On Possible Sale
• Billabong Nets $364M In PE Backing To Stave Off Debt Woes
• Deals Rumor Mill: Smithfield, Apple, Apollo
• Australia's ALS Puts Up $533M For Gas Industry Servicer
• Rainmaker Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Nancy Mitchell
• FTC Seeks More Info On Fidelity's $3B LPS Acquisition
• BlackRock Sells Seattle Office Property At $12M Loss
• Vivus Delays Annual Meeting, Blasts Activist Investor
• A Picture Of Health: Medical Tech Private Equity
• Centerbridge To Buy $216M Stake In Focus Financial
• Deals Rumor Mill: AlpInvest, JPMorgan, BCBG
• Navistar Deals With Icahn, Rachesky To Avoid Proxy Fight
• PE-Backed Driller KrisEnergy Plans $214M Singapore Debut
• Brazil's Oi Inks $772M Deal To Shed Fiber-Optic Assets
• PE-Backed Homebuilder WCI Aims To Raise $222M In IPO
• US Trustee Rips Latham's Retainer In OnCure Ch. 11
• Rainmaker Q&A: Seyfarth's Andrew Pearlstein
• IGPS Ch. 11 Auction Floor Too Low, Say US Trustee, Ex-CEO
• PE Firm Says NJ Hospital Conspired To Undermine Sale
• Glass-Steagall Revival Opens Door To Tough New Bank Rules
• National Envelope Signs Up Support For $68M DIP, Sale Plan
• PE-Backed Country Club Operator To Raise $100M In IPO
• KIT Digital Creditors Join Opposition To Ch. 11 Plan
• Don't Count On Appraisal, Dell Warns Shareholders
• Deals Rumor Mill: Smithfield, Swiss Re, GLG
• 10 Personal Liability Pitfalls For Directors And Officers
• Rainmaker Q&A: Paul Hastings' Michael Fitzgerald
• Aramid Entertainment Sues KBC To Stop $343M Portfolio Sale
• Icahn Unlikely To See MAC-Driven Dell Price Bump: Experts
• PE Firms Look To Cash In On Defense Market With Tods Buy
• MSR Slams Five Mile's Bid To Convert Bankruptcy To Ch. 7
• PE Returns From China Investments Plummet, Report Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Grohe, Carlyle
• Pepper Hamilton Adds Corporate Pro To Detroit Office
• Considerations For Private Funds After Lift Of Ad Ban
• PE Fund Dyal Capital Nabs Stake In $2.3B Investment Firm
• Regulating Global Oil Benchmarks Is Not So Easy
• Bankrupt Smelter Says Utility Deal Not A Contract
• End Of SEC Ad Ban Promises New Cash And Fresh Trouble
• SEC Votes To Lift Private Fund Advertising Ban
• Steinway Shareholder Sues To Stop $438M Take-Private Deal
• Equity Committee Says KIT Digital Plan Should Be Rejected
• PE Firm Accused Of Aiding Pipeline Co.'s Trade Secrets Theft
• Icahn Urges Dell Shareholders To Fight For Their Rights
• Midmarket, M&A's Once-Trusty Engine, Sputters In 1st Half
• Paul Hastings Reps Starwood In $735M InTown Suites Buy
• Five Mile Says MSR's Bidding Plan Wastes IP Assets
• KKR Raises $6B For Largest-Ever Pan-Asian PE Fund
• Icahn May Have Sunk Own Bid To Beat $24B Dell Buyout
• Asian PE Fundraising Tumbles In First Half, Report Says
• Debevoise Closes $3.6B HarbourVest Secondaries Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hulu, Glencore Xstrata, FedEx
• 7th Circ. Kills Suit Over Hedge Fund's $7M Freddie Mac Loss
• Goldman, Bayou Creditors Head To Mediation Over $21M Claim
• Patriot Capital Closes $250M Middle-Market Fund
• Enstar, Stone Point Nab Torus Insurance In $692M Deal
• TNS Investors Settle Suit Over $862M Sale To Siris
• If You Assign Your Plan Vote — Mean It
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Hulu, TPG
• Fried Frank Seals $64M CEO Takeover Of Chinese Jeweler
• Macquarie Unloads 22-MW Solar Development To PE-Led Pair
• Kirkland Reps MidOcean, Vulcan In Water Pik Buy
• Marlin Equity Passes Target With $1.6B For 4th Fund
• Akerman's Latin American Group Head Jumps To Jones Day
• Utility Wants Bankrupt Smelter Kept From Altering Energy Deal
• Jones Day Picks Up Ex-McDermott Banking Partner
• Ark. Bank Co. Enters Ch. 11 With $16M Recapitalization Offer
• TPG Bags $600M UK Education Unit From Charterhouse
• Pharos Sues Insurer Over Fees Tied To Gov't Contract Suits
• Envision Pharmaceutical Announces Sale To TPG
• Silver Point Seeks Full Interest Payment In K-V Bankruptcy
• Morgan Lewis Hires Finance Team From Gide Loyrette
• Canada May Strengthen Poison Pills, But It's No Stiff-Arm
• Vinson & Elkins Lands Capital Markets Pro From Debevoise
• A Template For Tamping Down Corporate Activism
• Automated Driving Co. Mobileye Closes $400M Equity Offering
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lloyd's, Blackstone, TPG
• ISS Blesses Dell's $24B Buyout As Vote Approaches
• Hedge Fund Sues Treasury Over Fannie, Freddie Takeover
• Quest Shareholders Can't Have Protected Docs In $3M Fee Bid
• Activism, All Grown Up, Is Real Winner In 2013
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, IMM, Billabong
• Private Equity JV Nabs $400M Senior Housing Portfolio
• Keynote Investor Sues To Stop $395M Sale To Thoma Bravo
• Five Mile Wants MSR Hotels' Bankruptcy Converted To Ch. 7
• Proskauer Adds Ex-Rockefeller Group CEO To RE Group
• Latham & Watkins Helps Carlyle Snap Up UK Packaging Co.
• BP, Shell Slammed With More Crude-Oil Price-Fixing Claims
• Burkle Seeks New Board Election In Morgans Hotel Fight
• HIG Capital Closes $1.1B Private Equity Euro Fund
• Weil Reps Avista Capital Fund In Dental Implant Deal
• EU Greenlights GE's $4.3B Avio Buy, After Concessions
• SanDisk Pays Silver Lake $307M For Smart Worldwide Unit
• Brambles To Unload $2B Document Storage Unit In Demerger
• Icahn's Financiers Get Breakup Fee Of Their Own
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Providence Equity, Toksoz
• ICP Hedge Funds Seek Ch. 15 Protection In NY
• Kuwait Plans To Invest $5B In UK Infrastructure, Report Says
• IGPS Auction Plan Gets Nod, But Judge Wary Of Price
• Icahn Nails Down $5.2B To Cover Dell Buyback Plan
• Cozen O'Connor Adds Corporate, Litigation Pros In Miami, LA
• Steinway To Go Private In $438M Sale To Kohlberg
• PE Real Estate Fundraising More Than Doubles In Q2: Report
• $367M Nets Hudson Pacific Entry Into Seattle Office Market
• Debevoise Helps Tribune Land $2.7B TV Station Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Blackstone, BC Partners
• Kirkland Reps Thoma Bravo In $1B Intuit Carveout
• Negotiating Control And Liquidity Rights In PE Deals