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Private Equity - November, 2013

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• Europe's Real Estate Recovery Gains Momentum
• Velti, Blackstone Units Rip Creditors' Ch. 11 Sale Gripes
• Goodwin Procter Leads TA Associates In RE Software Co. Buy
• RBS Sells WorldPay Stake To Advent, Bain Capital
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Brody
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Grace Speights
• Nordic, CVC Net $137M In Exit From Swedish Candymaker
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Compuware, Panasonic
• Dechert, Sullivan Steer CVS To $2.1B Infusion Biz Buy
• Warburg Pincus Affiliate Drops $157M In MEG Energy Shares
• Rothschild PE Unit Spins Off, Becomes Keensight Capital
• Yucaipa Asks NY Court To Restore Allied Credit Agreement
• EnCap To Put $350M Into Texas Oil And Gas Startup
• Morgenthaler Sells Supply Chain Co. To Wine Logistics Co.
• SEC Charges Detroit Money Market Fund With Fraud
• With New Law, Mongolia Opens To Investors
• MSD Performance Gets Nod For $78M Sale To PE Firm
• Deals Rumor Mill: Repsol, Blackstone, RBS
• PE Firm Launches $100M Fund For Resort Residences
• Dish Slams LightSquared's 'Litigation Sideshow'
• UBS Can't Stop Highland Transfers In $686M Fraud Suit
• Aeropostale Opts For Poison Pill Amid Investor's Sale Push
• Simpson Thacher Reps H&F In $1.8B Applied Systems Deal
• Elliott Again Lifts Stake In $8.2B Buyout Target Celesio
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Libby Raymond
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Colleen Davies
• Men's Wearhouse Flips On Jos. A. Bank With $1.2B Tie-Up Bid
• ADT Agrees To $450M Share Repurchase Deal With Corvex
• Bankrupt Advantage Rent A Car To Hit Auction Block
• Lagoon Capital, HarbourVest To Partner On MENA Secondaries
• Greece's NBG Inks $882M Sale Of Majority Stake In RE Arm
• Reinsurer Spearheads Push For MFC Board Shake-Up
• GPT's $3B Offer Bumps Dexus Bid For Aussie Office Trust
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Glencore, Equity Residential
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Janet McDavid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Lisa Haile
• Carlyle Closes $13B US Corporate Buyout Fund
• Game Developer Giant Gets $3B PE-Backed Bid From Chairman
• Aetna Scoops Up PE-Backed UK Insurer InterGlobal
• Furniture Brands Wins Court Approval For $280M KPS Deal
• Watch Out For Custody And Compliance Rule Sanctions
• Judge OKs Sale Of 150 Fresh & Easy Stores To Yucaipa Units
• Apax Gobbles Up IK Investment Snack Unit
• Norwegian Oil Firm Sells Well Intervention Unit For $658M
• Canadian Pension Fund Inks $477M Sale Of Mall Portfolio
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Jane Smith
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Mary Ellen Powers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, BC Partners, Spotify
• Orrick Expands M&A, Private Equity Practices In Paris
• Best Practices For Valuing Preferred Stock
• US Trustee Balks At Fresh & Easy $42M Property Sale Plan
• Bill Gates Picks Up Atlanta Four Seasons Hotel For $62M
• DOJ Wants More Info On $1.1B Louisiana-Pacific Lumber Deal
• Hedge Fund Ramps Up Pressure On Olive Garden Owner
• Fried Frank Steers OMERS Unit in Caliber Collision Buy
• Deutsche Telekom Gets $2.7B For Online Marketplace Stake
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hilton, Loeb, Bain Capital
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Weil's Mindy Spector
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Sandy Collins
• Aeropostale Latest Retail Target Facing Pressure To Sell
• Hologic Opts For Poison Pill After Icahn Discloses Stake
• Bankrupt MSD Performance Takes $78M Offer From PE Buyer
• Ex-Goldking CEO Gets Ch. 11 Case Moved To Texas
• Edwin Watts Auction Plan OK'd After Stalking Horse Bails
• How Some Attorneys Succeed Where The 'Elite' Fail
• New Medicare Tax Lacks Specificity
• In-House Labs Require Health Investor Due Diligence
• Oversupply Worries In NYC Hotel Market Spook Investors
• Deals Rumor Mill: Icahn, Deutsche Telekom, TPG Capital
• Exhilway Global Closes $200M Mines And Minerals Fund
• Activist Demands Men's Wearhouse To Rethink $2.3B Buyout
• Roark Capital Nabs Majority Stake In Carl's Jr. Owner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Jami McKeon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Gourley
• Hedge Fund Pitches 4 New Directors For Luxury Hotel REIT
• Blackstone Cedes SeaWorld Control In Latest Stake Sale
• Bankrupt Hotel Staffing Co. Gets OK For $7M DIP
• Unsecured Creditors Question 'Rushed' Velti Sale Plan
• Goldman PE Unit To Pay $900M For Kelso & Co.'s PSAV
• Bankrupt Coda Gets WARN Settlement Approved
• Judge Urged To Nix BofA's $8.5B 'Frankenstein' MBS Deal
• Fortress Unit To Pay $1B For Senior Housing Portfolio
• FATCA Compliance Uncertainties Keep Lawyers Up At Night
• Deals Rumor Mill: JPMorgan, Devon Energy, Verizon
• Wiley Rein Lands WilmerHale M&A Pro For DC Office
• A Balanced Proposal For Equity-Based Crowdfunding
• GPT Duels Dexus With $3B Bid For Aussie Office Trust
• DSM Inks $2.6B Spinoff Deal With JLL Partners
• Carlyle, Madison Dearborn Merge Packaging Manufacturers
• Singapore Developer Inks $482M Commercial RE Deal In India
• Starwood Drops $589M On 7 Swedish Retail Centers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Miller Canfield's Megan Norris
• Expert Deposition Tips For Young Lawyers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchanan's Wendy Newton
• 2nd Circ. Says It Won't Rehear Argentina's $1B Debt Appeal
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Rajaratnam Appeal
• Weil Builds Dallas Office With Norton Rose Finance Partner
• Schweitzer-Mauduit Pays $232M For Filtration Producer
• Fresh & Easy Cancels Ch. 11 Auction, Goes With Yucaipa Bid
• Oil Firm Fights Ex-CEO's Bid To Move Ch. 11 Cases
• Ex-Landmark Partner Says Jury Shorted Him With $1M Award
• Kirkland, Paul Hastings Steer Starwood In $1.6B Mall Buy
• Infrastructure Development In Africa: Watch This Space
• Ex-Lexis CEO, Warburg Plan To Bid On Bankrupt TLO's Assets
• 9 Firms Surge Onto GC All-Stars List
• Skadden The Firm Most Loved By General Counsel
• Weil Gotshal Reps American Securities In Tekni-Plex Buy
• LightSquared Sues Dish, Ergen Over Debt Acquisition
• 9 Top Firms Tumble From List Of GC Favorites
• Geithner Joins Warburg Pincus As President
• Fairfax Buys Steakhouse Chain In 1st Move Since BlackBerry
• Aberdeen Puts Up $1B For Lloyds Asset Management Unit
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• More Firms Get Serious About Keeping GCs Happy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apple, AIG, RRJ Capital
• When It Comes To Law Firms, Size Doesn't Matter, GCs Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Irell & Manella's Andra Greene
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Emily Parker
• Activist Threatens Legal Action, Proxy Fight For ValueVision
• Advent Puts Up $1.6B For Dutch Software Co. Unit4
• Ackman's Pershing Square Nabs Stakes In Fannie, Freddie
• Arsenal Accused of Securities Fraud in Capitalization Deal
• Cantey Hanger Adds Former Shackelford Tax Atty
• Fairholme Changes The Game For Fannie And Freddie
• Peltz's Trian Fund Divests $122M Stake In State Street
• Coda Estate Defends Settlement From PE Buyer's Objection
• Silver Lake Can't Go Solo In Antitrust Suit Against PE Giants
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Kim Johnson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Dominica Anderson
• PE Owners Mull $1.2B Sale Of Medpace Clinical Research Unit
• PAG Real Estate Arm Closes $1.5B Asia Investment Fund
• Reed Smith Reels In 2 Finance Aces From Thompson & Knight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Forbes, Uralkali, Blackstone
• Compuware Not Eyeing Sale Despite Activist Pressure
• Google, KKR Invest $80M In 106-MW In Solar Projects
• Icahn Discloses $2B Apple Stake Amid Buyback Push
• Jos. A. Bank Scraps $2.3B Men's Wearhouse Buyout Campaign
• Liberty Hall Buys Boeing Supplier For Aerospace Venture
• Bankrupt Grocer Plans $41.5M Property Sale To Fortress Unit
• Global Aviation Can Launch Second Ch. 11 In Del., For Now
• Starboard Joins Activist Call For Compuware's Sale
• Physiotherapy Holdings Poised For Quick Ch. 11 Turnaround
• Fintech Pays $960M For Control Of Telecom Argentina
• Burkle Loses Bid For New Morgans Hotel Board Election
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, Snapchat, Daniel Loeb
• Elliott Pumps Up Stake In $8.2B Takeover Target Celesio
• Ice Miller Brings NYC Transactional Atty To Midwest Office
• Health Management's New Board OKs $7.6B Takeover Bid
• Sealed Air Gets $125M For Sale Of Medical Packaging Biz
• Asian Economies Are Struggling — Again
• Goodwin Procter Reps WestView On $430M Growth Fund
• Z Capital Takes Majority Stake In Real Mex Restaurants
• Chatham Trustees Turn Down $565M PE Buyout Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain Capital, Lloyds, CalPERS
• Physiotherapy Holdings Looks To Rehab Debt In Ch. 11
• Pressured By Stockholders, Struggling Solta May Seek Sale
• Loeb's Third Point Buys Into FedEx, Backs Management
• Bear Stearns Liquidators Allege Ratings Agencies Ran Scam
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG Capital, Adcock, Carlos Slim
• Men's Wearhouse Open To $2B Rival Tie-Up, Hedge Fund Says
• Carlyle Plans To Sink $7B Into Energy, Power Funds
• Neuberger Nets $2B For Latest Secondaries Fund
• Bob Evans' Largest Shareholder Preps For Proxy Fight
• Deutsche Telekom Puts Up $734M For GTS Central Europe
• Dallas Firm Launches $1B Industrial Real Estate Fund
• A Close Look At Capital Call Facilities
• Transocean OKs $1B Dividend, Trims Board To End Icahn Row
• Highland Says Looper Reed Tried To Extort $2M In Pay Fight
• Actis Inks $220M Deal For AES' Cameroon Energy Assets
• 2nd Circ. Revives Lawsuit Over PwC Valuation
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms
• Niche Focus Key To Successful PE Real Estate Investing
• Deals Rumor Mill: AstraZeneca, ICBC, Johnson & Johnson
• Carlyle Unit Snaps Up Gas-Fired Power Plant In NJ
• Rimon Adds Ex-Hicks Motto VC Pro To New South Fla. Office
• Benihana Says Chef's FLSA Action Lacks Facts
• Liberty Resources Raises $350M For New Oil Venture
• The Downside Of SEC's New General Solicitation Rules
• Travelers Receives Sharp Rebuke In Heparin Discovery Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: AMR-US Airways, Rupert Murdoch, Vale
• Freeborn Nabs Ex-Mayer Brown Partner To Boost PE Team
• Nestle Trims Fat With Sale Of Jenny Craig To PE Firm
• Experian Drops $850M On Medical Billing Software Co.
• Activist Shareholders Check Into Lodging Markets
• Headland Offers $359M For Singapore Subsea Service Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, KKR, Telefonica
• Elliott Unveils 10% Stake In $8.2B Takeover Target Celesio
• Why High Stakes Legal Failures Happen
• NBK Capital Launches $300M Fund For MENA Investments
• Siemens To Get $866M For Water Treatment Unit
• Exhilway Plans $1B In Indian Buys Through New PE Fund
• Bankrupt Hotel Operators Seek Approval On $166M Sale
• Blaming Hertz Lease Deal, Advantage Rent A Car Hits Ch. 11
• Brentwood's Allen Edmonds Buy Lulls Men's Wearhouse Buzz
• Deals Rumor Mill: NYSE Euronext, One Equity Partners, KKR
• Ergur Hits Ohio Real Estate Co. With $50M Fraud Suit
• Frontier Airlines Parent Pushes Back $145M Sale Deadline
• Kellner's PPF Drops $3.3B For Telefonica's Czech Unit
• Investcorp Snags $250M Of Office Space In US Gateway Cities
• Open Text Puts Up $1B For PE-Backed Cloud-Computing Firm
• Sidley Adds Ex-Kaye Scholer Funds Chairman In LA
• Golf Shop Chain Lands In Ch. 11, Aims For $45M Sale
• Mobile Marketer Aims To Sell Units To Blackstone In Ch. 11
• Chinese Tech Firm Buyers Trim Offer Over Weak Performance
• Warburg Pincus Sells Transpacific Stake In $534M Placement
• Veritas Capital Will Pay $381M For Electronic Parts Co.
• Yucaipa Makes $265M Bid For Morgans Hotel Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, Anadarko, Telefonica
• Men's Wearhouse Again Stymies Rival's $2.3B Takeover Bid
• BlackBerry Scraps Sale Plans In Favor Of $1B Investment
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Stay In $1.4B Argentina Debt Appeal
• AA Seeks Exit From Cantor Claims In 9/11 Row
• Brown Rudnick Nabs Private Equity Atty From K&L Gates
• Private Equity Gets The FCPA Limelight
• Arbitration For Dummies
• Chinese PE Firm Puts Down $75M For Kazakh Oil, Gas Assets
• Euro Banks Launch $135M Balkan Infrastructure Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Twitter, Blackstone
• OrbiMed Forms $735M VC Fund To Invest In Health Industry
• Ariad Opts For Poison Pill After Hedge Fund Buy-In