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Private Equity - July, 2014

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• OPINION: Lawyers Should Think In Terms Of Big Data
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Highland Holds Onto $2.8M Atty Fees In Fight With Ex-Exec
• Hometown Firm Big Winner As GTCR Invests New $3.85B Fund
• Zodiac Pool Wades Into Ch. 15 After $1B UK Restructuring
• MacAndrews Pushes To Have Renco's JV Claims Tossed
• Volksbank Ditches More Assets Under EU Scrutiny
• Deals Rumor Mill: Harvard Drug, Canaan, Alibaba
• Blackstone-Backed Drug Tech Co. Raises $823M In IPO
• CCMP To Pay $890M For Belgian Chemical Co.'s US Biz Unit
• Blackstone Funnels Up To $800M Into Asian Energy Venture
• Shaw Communications To Pay $1.2B For ViaWest Data Centers
• REIT Throws Down $1.32B For Portfolio Of Home Communities
• Dealmakers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Jen Carlson
• Dealmakers Q&A: Seward & Kissel's Craig Sklar
• Investing In Chinese Real Estate Will Soon Be Simpler
• DC Judge Asked To Nix CFTC Cross-Border Swaps Rules
• Bankrupt Natrol Gets Nod For Cerberus Settlement
• Carlyle Profits Surge With Strong European Exits
• DOJ Forces Sale In $330M PE-Backed Aviation Merger
• PE Deals See Wind-Down Of Post-Crisis, Go-Shop Provisions
• Worker Fired For Reporting Harassment At PE Firm, Suit Says
• Kirkland Reps GTCR In Latest Deal For Health Tech Company
• 3i Group Sticks To Exits In Competitive Deal Market
• JinkoSolar Nets $225M PE Injection For Downstream Solar Biz
• Dealmakers Q&A: Moses & Singer's James Alterbaum
• Dealmakers Q&A: Nixon Peabody's Phil Taub
• A Case For Synthetic Investment In US Real Estate
• Death Rattle For Unfinished Business Claims?
• KFN, KKR Seek To Ax Chancery Suit Over $2.6B Deal
• Big Banks Shed Loans Under Regulatory, Business Pressure
• Suit Alleging Shareholder Caused ProxyMed Bankruptcy Is Cut
• Electra Snubs Sherborne's Bid To Join Board, Review Firm
• Activists Notch Win In Darden Fight, Vow To Keep Up Battle
• Affinity Gaming Ends Shareholder Feud With Board Change
• Cliffs Investors Pick All 6 Casablanca Nominees For Board
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pepe Jeans, Leighton, Sprint
• India's Flipkart Rakes In $1B In Fresh Funding
• Bain Unloads 49.9% Stake In Japanese Call Center Biz
• Waste Management Seals $2B Sale Of Renewables Unit
• How To Successfully Get Engaged By A Cayman Liquidator
• Dealmakers Q&A: Morris Manning's David Calhoun
• Dealmakers Q&A: Troutman Sanders' Larry Cerutti
• Deal Makers Gobble Up Food Assets As M&A Surges
• PE Shops Nab Australian, Romanian Bank Loan Portfolios
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Kirkland, Davis Polk Advise On $1.3B JPMorgan Debt Deal
• Camelot Boss Can't Ax DA's $9M Investor Theft Action
• Ingredients Right For Healthy Food Chains' IPOs, Experts Say
• The Rich Look To Get Richer With Upped PE Allocation
• Blackstone Pays Brookfield $543M For London Office Tower
• Harbinger COO Admits Wrongdoing In SEC Settlement
• Perkins Coie Snags Squire Partner To Grow VC, PE Groups
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC, Fox, Danone
• KKR Comes To Assistance Of Frac Sand Provider With $680M
• Safeway Shareholders OK Albertsons' Revised $9B Takeover
• McGuireWoods Beats Hospital's Suit Over Suspect LBO
• Dealmakers Q&A: Burns & Levinson's Josef Volman
• Icahn To Cash In As Family Dollar OKs Rival's $8.5B Bid
• SDNY Weighs In On Third-Party Releases In Bankruptcy
• Darden OKs Starboard Nominees To Prevent $750M Default
• Pulling Up Stakes: Kaye Scholer, Withers Bergman, Dentons
• Herbalife, Allergan Lead To Questions Over Ackman Strategy
• Club Med Backs Italian Financier's $1.1B Takeover Offer
• TripAdvisor Inks $200M Deal For Activity Booking Co.
• RE Rumor Mill: Salesforce, Blackstone, JFK Airport
• Dealmakers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Darrell Windham
• Litigator's Perspective: 5 Tips On Arbitration Provisions
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Real Estate Investment Firm Sues Denihan Over Surrey Hotel
• Dewey Trustee Sues LCN Capital For Back Fees
• Starboard Sues To See Darden Docs On $2B Red Lobster Sale
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Trilantic In Energy Partnership Deal
• Duane Morris Nabs Ex-Benesch Health M&A, PE Pro In NY
• PE-Backed Findus Eyes $269M PIK Dividend Recap
• House Reps. Press For Change After Ackman Allergan Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: BSkyB, SodaStream, Islandsbanki
• KKR's Earnings Soar 1000% In Hot PE Exit Market
• Deal Value Soars To $982B In 1st Half Of 2014, Study Says
• White House Launches $10B Rural Infrastructure Fund
• Valeant Files Another Complaint Over 'False' Allergan Info
• Dealmakers Q&A: Kramer Levin's Howard Spilko
• Amid M&A Uptick, Bidders Must Heed UK Code Changes
• Kenya Gets Native PE Fund As Foreign Investment Picks Up
• NYG Capital CEO Hit With $850M Intern Sex Harassment Suit
• Repsol Approaches Talisman In Potential Buyout Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: JPMorgan, Fox, Fullscreen
• Wis. High Court Dismisses Challenge To $455M Permira Buy
• Ex-Quiznos Brass Defrauded Investor Funds, Suit Says
• What PE Funds Need To Know About Sovereign Immunity
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bird & Bird's Alexander Schroder-Frerkes
• Dealmakers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's John Haggerty
• Trial-Ready In 180 Days: Prepare For SDNY's Rocket Docket
• IRS Struggling To Audit Large Partnerships, GAO Says
• Judge Pleads With Argentina, Funds To Settle Bond Dispute
• Benihana Scores Double Win In Trademark, Libel Suits
• BlackRock, Others Urge Boards To Boost Investor Engagement
• Activist Investor Ackman's Herbalife 'Deathblow' Backfires
• Judge's Marriage Bars Other SDNY Judges From Hearing Suit
• Allen & Overy Reps Blackstone Co. In $764M Max Property Buy
• Summit Partners Nabs New Vet Business After Selling Another
• AppDynamics Becomes Latest Tech Startup Worth Over $1B
• Gibson Dunn Adds PE, Sports Expert From Boies Schiller
• Dealmakers Q&A: Katten Muchin's Victoria Shusterman
• TA Associates Flips Piece Of Cath Kidston To Baring Asia
• 5 Takeaways From Latest US Sanctions Against Russian Cos.
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fox, Allergan, Elliott Management
• Flush With Cash, PE Secondary Market Gains New Cachet
• Universal Robina Pays $609M For Snack Maker
• German PE Shop Picks Up Scholl Unit From Reckitt Benckiser
• Valeant Tells Regulators Allergan Is Misleading Investors
• Wall Street Lobbyists Defend Suit Over CFTC Swap Rules
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Carl Schwartz
• Senior Momentive Lenders Sue For Creditor Deal Breaches
• Skadden Reps Asian Investors In Forbes Majority-Stake Buy
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Simpson Thacher
• Latin America Misses Out In Hot Year For M&A
• Blackstone-Backed Catalent Aims For $935M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: General Atlantic, Line Corp., Alibaba
• Carlton, Sapir's $12.3M Commission Fee Row Sent To Trial
• Swedish Firms Sell $3.1B Stake In Norwegian Debt Collector
• Pulling Up Stakes: Sullivan & Worcester, Orrick, Kirkland
• Powerful Tools For Discovery And Litigation Strategy
• Dealmakers Q&A: Locke Lord's Bill Swanstrom
• Big Deals, Strong Economy To Keep M&A Cooking
• Kirkland Reps GTCR In $480M Thermo Fisher Carveout
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Shire, Murphy Oil
• Kirkland & Ellis Nabs Skadden Tax Pro In NY
• PRISM Scatters Attorney-Client Privilege
• Strong Returns Had VC Partying Like It Was 1999 Last Year
• $53B Allergan Bid Risks Collapse If No Deal In 2014
• Deutsche Bank Again Dodges PE Firm's Suit Over $1B CLO
• FINRA Appoints New Securities Arbitration Task Force
• Blackstone Nabs $8.7B Mortgage Portfolio After Record Q2
• Orbitz Further Freed of PE's Reign With Latest Stock Sale
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jenner & Block's Tom Stromberg
• Bullish Behavioral Health Market Drives Investment
• Dealmakers Q&A: Squire Patton Boggs' Dan Berick
• OPINION: Let's Financially Reward Law Firm Diversity
• Icahn And Ackman Hug, Publicly End CNBC Feud
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Blackstone, Sanofi
• Latham & Watkins Lures Ex-Vinson & Elkins Corporate Atty
• Bankrupt Natrol Inks Pact With Cerberus, Quells Trustee Bid
• EU Clears Weichai's $1B Deal for Kion Group Stake
• Hot Prices Haven't Deterred PE Secondary Market Deal Making
• Onex Puts Up $1.3B For York Risk Services Group
• Starwood Loans $452M For London, Amsterdam Properties
• The Troubled Track Record Of The Proxy Strike Suit
• Crucial Predictive Coding Case Law: Progressive V. Delaney
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Craig Circosta
• Dealmakers Q&A: Rutan & Tucker's Gregg Amber
• Treasury Chief Wants More Cybersecurity At Financial Firms
• M*Modal To Emerge From Ch. 11 With $350M Less Debt
• OPINION: Advance Conflict Waivers Send Wrong Message
• KKR Takes BlackGold Stake To Boost Hedge Fund, Energy Biz
• 8th Circ. Affirms Hallmark's $31M Trade Secrets Verdict
• Tower Arch Capital Raises $272M For Debut Fund
• RE Rumor Mill: Jane Street, Answers.com, Lone Star Funds
• Littlejohn Raises $2B For Fund, Exceeding $1.5B Target
• Foley Nabs Ex-Pillsbury M&A, Securities Pro In LA
• CalPERS Returns Surge To 18 Percent In Latest Fiscal Year
• Finders Can Put The Brakes On Capital Raising
• Dealmakers Q&A: Chadbourne & Parke's Talbert Navia
• Dealmakers Q&A: Skadden's Todd Freed
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• LightSquared Puts Ergen At Center Of New Ch. 11 Exit Plan
• Investor Claims Against Puda Coal Underwriters Survive
• Willkie Farr Snares Kirkland Duo To Bolster London Practice
• European Banks To Divest €584B In RE Assets, Report Says
• Amended Sabine-Forest Oil Merger Deal Raises Eyebrows
• CRV Raises $393M For 16th Fund, Turns Eye To West Coast
• Fieldfisher Adds 3 Legal Pros To Paris Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: Elementia, VistaJet, Hony Capital
• Mall REIT Hit With Class Action Over Wheelchair Access
• Allergan Lobs More Criticism Amid $53B Valeant Buyout Push
• Sullivan & Worcester Adds Ex-Winston Partner To NY Office
• Noble Group, EIG Forge Energy JV To Snag $2B In Assets
• GIP Fund To Drop $850M On Freeport LNG Stake
• Jones Day PE Atty Jumps To Morris Manning's Tech Group
• Silver Lake Inks 1st Energy Sector Deal With Quorum Buy
• Dealmakers Q&A: Thompson Coburn's Fred Strasheim
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibbons' Frank Cannone
• Heller Ehrman Takes Ex-Partner Clawback Battle To 9th Circ.
• Ex-CalPERS CEO Cops To Conspiracy In $3B Pay-To-Play Suit
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell
• American Apparel Defaulted After CEO Ouster, PE Firm Says
• Debevoise Reps Envision In 2nd Offering, Netting CD&R $1B
• Och-Ziff Taps Ex-SEC Director Becker As Compliance Chief
• Asset Managers Get Creative To Slash Costs, Grow Returns
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Telefonica, Cemex
• Itau Unibanco Calls Suit Against CorpBanca Merger 'A Waste'
• Silver Lake The Latest To Settle LBO Suit With $30M Deal
• Pulling Up Stakes: Troutman Sanders, Mayer Brown
• AIFMD Compliance: What Fund Managers Should Be Doing Now
• Blackstone Pays $609M For 2 Units Of Life Insurance Co.
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gilchrist & Rutter's Paul Rutter
• Dealmakers Q&A: White And Williams' Lori Smith
• RE Rumor Mill: Macklowe, Walton Street Capital, Shorenstein
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• US Fund Managers: Are You Cleared To Access EU Investors?
• What M&A Litigators Are Watching In The 2nd Half Of 2014
• Forest Oil, Sabine Oil & Gas Revise Deal Structure
• Deals Rumor Mill: Airbus, WH Group, KKR
• Providence Equity Is Latest PE Shop To Explore Africa
• Standard Chartered PE Arm Leads $124M China Property Deal
• Google Launches $100M VC Fund With European Focus
• Investcorp Acquires SPGPrints for $326M
• DLA Piper Can't Duck Hospital's Claims About Dodgy LBO
• How Firms Score When They Take On The SEC Or FINRA
• Dealmakers Q&A: Dechert's Daniel O'Donnell
• OPINION: A Victory For Vulture Funds
• Legal Forms And IP Rights: Yours, Mine, Ours Or Theirs?
• Bankrupt Military Supplier Gets Time To Find Boot Biz Buyer
• American Apparel Reaches Deal With Charney, Investor
• Thermo Fisher Can't Dodge Suit Over Cartel-Plagued Lab
• Kirkland, DLA Piper Named Busiest Deal Makers In 1st Half
• Debt-Heavy Private Equity Deal Valuations Hit Record High
• Quantum Foods Says Oaktree Schemed In Soured $54M Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Quiron, Televisa, Green Street Advisors
• Reed Smith Nabs Ex-Pinsent RE Finance Pro In London
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Jeffrey Chapman
• Harbinger Hits Dish, Ergen With $1.5B Suit Over LightSquared
• KKR Kicks Off Second Half With Pair Of Energy Deals
• How Activist Funds Are Breaking Bad
• Bankrupt Revstone Subsidiaries Submit Ch. 11 Plans
• Second Half PE Forecast: Get In While It's Hot
• Harbinger Again Dodges Class Claims In LightSquared Suit
• PE Firm Taking New $240M Stab At NY Casino Market
• Is Your Investment Fund A Ponzi Scheme?
• Troutman Sanders Nabs RE, M&A Partner In Shanghai
• PE-Run Military Supplier Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sales
• Premier Law Firms Making Bank In Valeant-Allergan Battle
• Ex-Greenberg Traurig Litigation Co-Chairs Join DLA Piper
• Deals Rumor Mill: Barclays, North Star Realty, SSP
• 5 Insights From Home Depot GC Teresa Roseborough
• Major PetSmart Investor Joins Shareholder Push For Sale
• Standard General Confirms Talks With American Apparel
• Dealmakers Q&A: Troutman Sanders' Andrea Farley
• A Step Toward Alleviating Growing Discovery Problems
• RE Rumor Mill: Tishman, Ben Shaoul, Joseph Sitt
• Ex-Soros Manager Launches $20M Wrongful Termination Suit
• BDT Capital Partners Raises $3.5B For New Fund
• Kirkland Reps Thoma Bravo In Sparta Systems Buy
• Don't Miss It: Other Deals We're Following This Week
• Jones Day Guides Ares' $114M Brussels Office Park Buy
• Pershing Square Reveals 6 Picks For Allergan Board
• Lexington Partners Raises $1B For Middle-Market Fund
• Z Capital Raises $750M For Distressed Investing Fund
• Vantage Energy Aims To Raise $400M In IPO
• Morgan Stanley's Asian PE Unit Raises $1.7B For New Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: American Apparel, BHP Billiton, Alibaba
• Apollo Execs To Get Greater Access To Latest Fund Returns
• Argentina Says Judge Went Too Far Voiding Bond Payment
• Food Deal Mania Continues With ADM's Landmark $3B Buy
• Director Tenure Is Just 1 Element In Board Independence
• Dealmakers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Andrew Weidhaas
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jones Day's Scott Cohen
• Lawyers And Email: Ethical And Security Considerations
• Deals Rumor Mill: American Apparel, AbbVie, Lululemon
• PE Thirst For Chinese Dairy Continues With $100M Huaxia Deal
• BlackRock Fined For Error In Disclosure On UniCredit Stake
• Dealmakers Q&A: Cleary Gottlieb's Pamela Marcogliese
• Regent Capital Closes $7.2B Global Buyout Fund
• Lincolnshire Strikes Settlement In Row Over $99M Award
• Ingenico Enters Talks For $1.12B GlobalCollect Buy
• Data Collection Presents Banks' First Volcker Hurdle
• Optim Judge OKs PE Group As $82M Coal Plant Stalking Horse
• Castle Harlan Aims To Quash $25M Suit Over Mining Co. Deal
• TPG Partners With Hong Kong Co. To Back Asia Hedge Funds
• Sweden's Altor Raises $2.7B For Buyout Fund In 3 Months
• Former PE Chief's Taxes Draw Scrutiny In Ill. Gov. Bid
• Pulling Up Stakes: MoFo, Haynes And Boone
• Jana Takes PetSmart Stake, Hints At Sale Plans
• Everybody Out Of The (Public Arbitrator) Pool
• Don't Miss It: Other Deals We're Following This Week
• Optim Taps PE Group As $75M Coal Plant Stalking Horse
• New York, IGPS Buyer Can Wrap Tax Audit, Begin Deal Talks
• Cliffs Offers Casablanca 3 Seats On Smaller Board
• Deals Rumor Mill: Samsung, Shutterfly, BMW
• 5 Tips To Make A Small Fund Successful
• $10B Vodafone-ONO Deal Gets EU Antitrust Regulators' OK
• Food Deal Frenzy Puts Sector In Focus As Next M&A Hot Spot
• Genco Lands Court Approval To Exit Bankruptcy
• Goldman, Morgan Stanley Named Top Dealmakers In 1st Half
• Investors Seek Final Approval For $15M Balboa Settlement
• Venture Capital Deals Growing In Size, Report Says
• FTC Asks For More Info On $13.4B Zimmer-Biomet Deal
• Goodman Fielder Agrees To Reduced $1.2B Takeover Offer
• VIDEO: What Investment Managers Should Know About AIFMD
• Private Equity Has Fun With A Different Kind Of Green
• Arsenal Capital Nears Settlement In Suit Over Recapitalization
• PE Keeps Booming As Exits Hit $138B, Dry Powder At $1.2T
• KKR's Gardner Denver Settlement Serves As Cautionary Tale
• Kirkland Nabs Energy Transaction Pros From V&E, Baker Botts
• Valeant Puts Allergan On Defensive In $53B Buyout Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: ConvaTec, United Biscuits, ING
• Ex-CalPERS CEO To Plead Guilty In $3B Pay-To-Play Suit
• RE Rumor Mill: Mirvac, Silverstein, 80 Broad
• 2014's Top Activist Plays So Far
• JPMorgan, Fortress, Cerberus Back New LightSquared Plan
• Texas High Court Changes Shareholder Dispute Landscape