Private Equity Archive » January, 2015

Private Equity - January, 2015

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• Chancery Trims Renco Suit In Humvee JV Row With MacAndrews
• Deals Rumor Mill: Maersk, Marquette Transportation, Dick's
• Blackstone Bankrolls New Heavy Equipment Group
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Emmes, Capital One, Times Property
• Tackling Energy Loan Defaults At A Time Of Cheap Oil
• Chancery Finds Ancestry.com Stock Price Fair In $1.6B Deal
• TPG, Apax Shed Much Of $1.1B Hellas Clawback Suit
• 10 Significant 2014 Developments Affecting Private M&A
• Spark Therapeutics Soars After Raising $161M In Upsized IPO
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Tips On Calif. Wage-And-Hour Law
• REIT Pays Ohana $360M For Laguna Beach Resort
• Manatt Adds Ex-Debevoise Real Estate Pro In NY
• Deals Rumor Mill: BOC Hong Kong, Sysco, Lions Gate
• Market Rumors: Spotify, Aena, Travelex
• VC-Backed Flex Pharma Stumbles After Pricing Upsized IPO
• Kirkland Reps Starwood In $1B JV Deal For Suburban Offices
• Plaintiffs Push For LBO Collusion Settlement Approval
• EU's Russia Sanctions And Tips For The Year Ahead
• TPG Accuses Ex-Spokesman Of Stealing Info, Extortion
• GE Capital Backs Constellium In $1.4B Wise Pickup
• Hershey Dips Into Meat Snacks Industry With Jerky Maker Buy
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Allied Creditors' Claims Against CEO Not Core To Ch. 11
• Cancer Biotech Kolltan Pharmaceuticals Pulls $86M IPO
• 3rd Circ. Shuts Down IDT Suit Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: SS&C, London Stock Exchange, KT Rental
• KKR Dives Into Israeli Tech Scene With ClickTale Buy-In
• China PE Posted Record Volumes, Soaring Values In 2014
• Bain, Pacific Equity Scrub $695M Bid For Bradken
• VC-Backed Spark Therapeutics Boosts IPO Target To $157M
• PE-Backed French Laundry Co. Targets €700M IPO
• Caesars Wins Forum Fight To Keep Ch. 11 In Chicago
• Concierge Medicine Market Offers Investment Opportunities
• Caesars Venue Fight Will Test Daring Creditor Move
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Caesars Plugs Windy City As Proper Place For Unit's Ch. 11
• Deals Rumor Mill: Informatica, HSBC, TE Connectivity
• Blackstone Sells Fund Manager Valad Europe In $165M Deal
• Market Rumors: Center Parcs, Altice, Sunrise
• Latham, DLA Piper Lead M&A Advisers At End Of 2014
• 3rd Time A Charm As Ropes Steers Bain's TI Automotive Buy
• Slice Of Silverstein's 3 WTC Debt Put On Crowdfunding Site
• Kirkland Grabs Its First LA Tax Lawyer From Skadden
• Caesars' Bankruptcy Plan Already Under Attack?
• CVC Pushes Forward With Swiss Telecom IPO
• European Property Loan Deals Hit Record $92B In 2014
• Chinese Food Delivery Co. Raises $350M From Investors
• Court Square Gets Research Now Stake From TA-Led Group
• Inversion Rules Could Apply To Inbound Structures
• Caesars, Creditors Square Off Over Ch. 11 Venue
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, KKR, Arcadia
• PE Firm Raine Group Closes Tech, Media Fund At $850M
• Pension Funds Up PE Allocation Despite Fee Concerns
• Lone Star Puts Up $1.02B For UK Hotel Chain Jurys Inn
• Blackstone Sells Aussie Icon For $329M To Dalian Wanda
• Insurers Fight To Keep Up As Deal Insurance Goes Mainstream
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Liggins
• Major Caesars Lenders Sue To Block Restructuring Plan
• Tory Burch's Ex Steers Clothing Chain Into Ch. 11
• PE-Backed Michaels Draws Up $508.5M Stock Offering
• 2 IPOs Raise $375M As Slew Of Others Prepare Debuts
• PE Middle Market Notches Record Year With $385B In Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Electricite, Banco Santander, Dodgers
• Apollo's Handling Of Caesars Ch. 11 Threatens Presidio Deal
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: UniCredit SpA, Lerner, Kaisa
• Pulling Up Stakes: Greenberg, Gibson Dunn, Fenwick
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Wachtell, Weil
• Berkshire Partners, New Balance Drop $280M On Adidas Unit
• Expedia Pays $280M For Travelocity
• Cloud Co. Box Soars 40% In IPO After Pricing Above Range
• China's Draft Foreign Investment Guidance Is Encouraging
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Optim Energy Says Blackstone 'Manufactured' $190M Claim
• Market Rumors: Box, Aena, Office
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Deals Rumor Mill: Refresco Gerber, AVIC, Google
• Terminix Parent Co. Investors Eye $690M Secondary Offering
• Venture-Backed Inotek Targets $100M In IPO, Note Offering
• Euro Drop Opens Up M&A Opportunities To Daring Deal Makers
• Battery Maker To Launch Plant At Vacant Mich. GM Site
• Weil Reps Centerbridge In $1.2B Deal For Wind Turbine Co.
• KKR Derails Train Ticket Co.'s IPO Plans With $680M Deal
• FSOC At It Again, Places Asset Managers In Its Crosshairs
• Fox Rothschild Nabs Flaster Greenberg RE Veteran For Philly
• Deals Rumor Mill: Citgo, Permira, Alibaba
• Alternative Assets Near $7T As Hedge Funds Lead Growth
• Market Rumors: Uber, Red Star, PT Ciputra Property
• EFH Seeks More Exclusivity Time To Craft Ch. 11 Plan
• Feds To Explore Revamping SIFI Designation Process
• Buzzing Pot Industry Poised For M&A Evolution Despite Risks
• Riverstone Injects $180M In Canadian Oil And Gas Co.
• Ethos Dips Into $688M Fund To Scoop Up AutoZone
• Google, Fidelity Buy $1B Stake In SpaceX
• Obama's Leverage Fee Faces Long Odds In Congress
• Wet Seal Gets Interim Thumbs-Up For $20M DIP Loan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hillhouse, Orbitz, Salix Pharmaceuticals
• Zayo Eyes $700M Notes Offering To Back Latisys Deal
• LightSquared Cleared For Voting On Falcone-Backed Plan
• Hong Kong Co. To Pay $3.8B For PE-Owned British Rail Biz
• PE's Big Fish Make Life Hard In Smaller Ponds
• Infrastructure Investor John Laing Eyes $198M London IPO
• Biz Owners Say Pepper Hamilton Counsel Hurting Their Shares
• GPS Cos. Seek End To LightSquared, Harbinger Liability Suits
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Mirach, Cammeby's
• Shake Shack Hopes Hungry Investors Will Snap Up $80M IPO
• Ackman Poaches Kirkland M&A Veteran For Activist Fund
• Retail PE Powerhouse Sycamore Ends Express Takeover Talks
• What PE Fund Managers Can Learn From 2014 SEC Enforcement
• Top Restructuring Firms Face Off In $10B Caesars Battle
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saint-Gobain, Sysco, China Telecom
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Drug Developer Lays Out Terms For $87M IPO
• Arden, TPG Dodge Class Action Over $394M Gelson's Buy
• Covington, DLA Piper Attys Start Firms In Europe, Middle East
• As Deal Makers Sniff Out Insurance, One Segment Shines
• Leucadia Lends FXCM $300M To Help Firm Stay Afloat
• Top Momentive Bondholders Again Fail In Collateral Suits
• Pulling Up Stakes: Kelley Drye, Skadden
• Lloyds Pays $465M For UK Venue Co. In Take-Private Deal
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Richards Kibbe's James Walker
• Natural Gas Partners Raises More Than $5B For Latest Fund
• Patriot National IPO Raises $116M After Pricing Below Range
• Practice Points For New Single-Bidder Sale Paradigm
• Caesars Ch. 11 Gambit Pits Creditors Against Apollo
• Perkins Coie Adds Ex-Neal Gerber Health Pro
• Deals Rumor Mill: EFS Midstream, Advent, Foschini
• Travelport Lands William Hill's GC For Top Legal Role
• Ex-CalPERS Exec. Kills Himself Before $3B Pay-To-Play Trial
• InvestX Aims To Give Small Investors A Piece Of PE Action
• Software-Focused PE Shop TVC Rakes In $115M For 3rd Fund
• PE Shop Ares Wins $700M Commercial RE Debt Mandate
• Blackstone Drops $166M On 22-Story NY Office Tower
• Five Point Raises $450M For Midstream PE Funds
• Caesars' Voluntary Ch. 11 In Ill. Halted By Del. Judge
• BC Partners Bulks Up Springer Science Ahead Of Possible IPO
• Caesars Ch. 11 Kicks Off $10B Restructuring Fight
• House Vote To Ease Volcker Hints At More Dodd-Frank Fights
• Stock Heir Says Franklin Resources' Ex-CEO Hid $156M
• Wachtell Says Prior Ruling Bars Icahn's Malpractice Claim
• American Laser Skincare Reaches Ch. 7 Financing Deal
• China To Set Up $6.5 Billion Innovation Fund
• Market Rumors: China Huarong, Etsy, KKR
• Ballard Spahr Nabs Greenberg M&A Veteran For Atlanta Site
• Deals Rumor Mill: Boehringer, TI Automotive, TransDigm
• Paul Hastings, Ashurst Guide Starwood's $313M London Deal
• TPG Leads $186M Funding Round For Online Education Outfit
• Zayo Expands Data Center Biz Through $675M Pickup
• Drivers Challenge Trucking Co.'s Ch. 11 Deal In 3rd Circ.
• Swiss Telecom Sunrise Communications Plans $1.35B IPO
• Bellerophon Eyes $69M IPO After Spinoff From Ikaria
• Caesars Unit Preps Imminent Illinois Ch. 11 After Court OK
• House OKs Bill To Ease Volcker Rule Requirements
• Alibaba Buys Controlling Stake In Chinese Internet Ad Giant
• The Top 10 D&O Stories Of 2014
• House Postpones Vote On Bill To Ease Volcker Rule
• SEC's 2015 Exam Plans Take Broad View Of Saver Risk
• Goodwin Nabs Kelley Drye PE Group Chair For DC Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: CIMB Group, Xstrata, TowerBrook
• Market Rumors: Mindbody, OneMain, Hyundai Motor
• Ballymore Joins Eco World To Develop $3B London Project
• Russian Tycoon Flirting With Brooklyn Nets Sale, Reports Say
• Caesars Hits Resistance From Lenders On Restructuring Plan
• Platform Specialty Eyes $900M Offering To Fund Arysta Deal
• Grocery Startup Instacart Grabs $220M In Latest VC Funding
• American Securities Closes $5B Fund Amid Investor Demand
• Freshfields Guides Cinven In $697M Deal For GTCR Credit Co.
• SEC Examiners To Focus On Cybersecurity, Alt Funds In 2015
• Jones Day Guides Riverside In Pair Of Deals
• Of Broken Leases And 'Broken Windows'
• NY Biz Court Getting Fed Up With 'Merger Tax' Suits
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Facebook, MBK Partners, Alibaba
• Onex Nabs UK Safety Equipment Co. From Warburg For $680M
• Prestige Cruises Junks $250M IPO After Norwegian's $3B Buy
• PE Group Harvest Partners Dips Into Direct Debt Lending
• Ropes, Milbank Guide $2.5B TPG–Deutsche Loan Deal
• Troutman Sanders Nabs Ex-Kelley Drye PE Partner In NY
• PE-Backed Tool Supplier HSS Targets Growth With $156M IPO
• Helios Closes $1.1B Africa Fund In Face Of New Competition
• Making Sense Of Delaware's Cigna V. Audax Decision
• Junior Bondholders Try To Force Caesars Bankruptcy
• Footprint Power Gets Final $1B Financing For Gas Plant
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR & Co., Macquarie, Moelis Capital
• Del. Confirms Continued Validity Of Advance Notice Bylaws
• Prezzo Investors OK $485M TPG Buyout, Sidelining Activist
• Swedish Antitrust Officials Clear $767M ICA-Apotek Merger
• Pulling Up Stakes: Greenberg, Squire Patton, Bradley Arant
• Bespoke Buys Synthetic Wine Cork Maker In 2nd Deal Ever
• Cloud Storage Co. Box Inc. Relaunches $162.5M IPO Plans
• SEC's Foreign Corrupt Practices Spotlight Shines On PE
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• Dutch Liquor Co. Unveils Plans For $147M Amsterdam IPO
• Six Firms Guide REIT Columbia Property Trust's $588M Buys
• Online Ticket Seller Trainline Plans $113M London IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Societe Generale, DIC, Lavazza
• First VC Buy-In Has Budding Pot Industry Buzzing
• Rape Case Against PE Managing Director Dismissed In NY
• Myers Sells Lawn & Garden Biz To Wingate In $115M Deal
• Market Rumors: UTAC, Jost Group, Nirakue
• Nestle Revives Asset Sale Push With Frozen Foods Unit Deal
• Fried Frank Hires Two M&A Partners in NY and London
• Kaye Scholer Guides JW Childs Deal For Motorcycle Gear Co.
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: KKR, Sapir, Limitless
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• Jeffer Mangels Targets Aramid Deal's Funds For Unpaid Fees
• SEC Mulls Releasing Cybersecurity Sweep Exam Report
• Deals Rumor Mill: 3G Capital, Suzlon, Doughty Hanson
• Trump Resorts Unsecured Creditors Want More Icahn Docs
• Market Rumors: Trainline.com, Genkyotex, Dick's
• Cyprium Partners Raises $460M For Fourth Non-Control Fund
• Carlyle Reacquires AxleTech After 6-Year Hiatus
• Blackstone, TPG Funds Pick Up Lehman's Mortgage Co.
• Chase For Property Fuels More Forward Real Estate Deals
• Corporate Partner Returns To Kirkland From PE Firm
• Ares Locks In $2.1B For Two New Real Estate Funds
• Dairy Co. Launches Spate Of Clawbacks Seeking $3.4M
• Activist Elliott's Founder Lifts Stake In Swiss Health Fund
• Secrets To In-House Cost Control
• Spotlight On Fraud Liability Of Target Co. Directors
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Workers' Comp Provider Patriot National Seeks $172M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chinese Gov't, Verizon, Wendel Group
• Kirkland Reps Brentwood In Excelligence Learning Buy
• Dutch Flour Cartel Fine Puts PE On High Alert
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Perkins Coie's Richard Ross
• EFH Highlights Pitfalls For Large-Enterprise Fiduciaries
• Spain's Abengoa, PE Firm Form Renewables-Focused JV
• Coach Sizes Up High-End Shoes In $574M Stuart Weitzman Buy
• Chancery Greenlights Bid To Appraise Ancestry.com Stock
• Jones Day Reps Wasserstein In Paris Cosmetics Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: NPS, Morgan Stanley, Club Med
• Centre Partners Takes Major Slice Of Juice Co. Sun Orchard
• 2014 Marks Record Year For Private Equity Exits
• Canadian Solar Sells 2 Ontario Plants To PE Firm
• Ardian Scoops Up $1.8B Portfolio From Pa. Pension Fund
• AxelaCare Moves Into Southeast With Florida Health Co. Buy
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Thor, KTR Capital, Mercedes-Benz
• American Energy Merges Marcellus, Utica Units
• Gibson Dunn Guides Rockpoint's $218M Manhattan Apt. Buy
• China OKs Private Equity Funds From Domestic Insurers
• Nasdaq Puts Up $225M For PE-Backed Indexer Dorsey Wright
• IPO Boom Comes With Costs For PE Firms, Insurers
• Wainscott Capital Founder Shot Dead In Manhattan Apartment
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• 7 Trends That Will Drive Private Equity In 2015
• LightSquared Floats $200M Breakup Fee For Plan Proponents
• Kellogg Wins Battle To Buy Egypt's BiscoMisr With $144M Bid
• BC Partners Sells Half Its Stake In $2.7B Migros Deal
• Burger Chain Shake Shack Files IPO To Beef Up Expansion
• Verso Paper Agrees To DOJ Demands In $1.4B NewPage Buy
• 4 Ways Activists Will Continue To Run The Show In 2015
• KKR Ends 2014 With Massive Payday
• Blackstone Inks $500M Partnership With Linn Energy
• 10 Key Issues For Private Equity In 2015
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice
• Mixed Year For Madoff Recovery, Clarity For Private Funds