Private Equity Archive » February, 2015

Private Equity - February, 2015

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• $118M Rennert Verdict Serves As Costly Cautionary Tale
• SEC's $300M Wyly Judgment Is Only Half The Battle
• Public Cos. Fill Week's IPO Void With Follow-On Offerings
• Kleiner Men Dished About Sex, Porn On Work Trip, Jury Told
• Skadden Blasts 'Vexatious' Radnor Founder's Fraud Claims
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Tishman, Starwood, Panasonic
• February M&A Confirms Big Pharma Deals Still In Vogue
• Pulling Up Stakes: Dickstein, Bryan Cave, Seyfarth Shaw
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Paul Weiss, DLA Piper, Cadwalader
• Deals Rumor Mill: Samsom, NY Daily News, Banco BPI
• CyberArk's VC Backers Prepare For $200M Secondary Offering
• Rennert Hit With $118M Verdict Over MagCorp Bankruptcy
• Thai Union Eyes $400M Offering To Fund Bumble Bee Buy
• Malin Biotech IPO To Raise Up To $365M For Acquisitions
• 2 Delaware Cases May Slow Appraisal Arbitrage Momentum
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Kleiner Sidelined Pao After Harassment Report, Jury Told
• Deals Rumor Mill: Enel, Atkins, Terra Firma
• Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Morgan Lewis Atty To Securities Group
• LightSquared Stockholder Floats Rival Ch. 11 Plan
• TPG Bites Off $146M Stake In Indian Hospital Operator
• Catamaran Inks $405M Deal To Boost Workers' Comp Biz
• Permira-Backed Investor Eyes $535M Exit From Chemical Co.
• Israeli Textile Printer Lines Up $115M US Public Offering
• Chico's To Shutter 120 Stores After PE Buyout Talks Stall
• Caesars Juniors Want Kirkland DQ'd Over Sponsor Ties
• Oil Cos. Are Exploring Alternative Investment Financing
• NY AG To Push Whistleblower Rewards Program
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Berger Singerman's Siddiqui
• Kleiner Partner Held All-Male Al Gore Dinner, Jury Told
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit IDT Suit Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• Acquisition-Hungry Zayo Plans $500M Follow-On Offering
• Objector Says LBO Antitrust Attys Want To Relitigate Fee Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pharmacyclics, Sycamore, HP
• Caesars 2nd-Tier Lenders Fight To Hold Seat At Ch. 11 Table
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Bloomberg, WeWork
• HanesBrands Drops $200M To Pick Up Knights Apparel
• Forum Selection Pays Off For Big-Ticket Deal Makers: Report
• Blackstone, Anbang Kinship May Spark Steady Deal-Making
• Texas Legal Market Stays Hot Despite Plunging Oil Prices
• Activist Reignites Calls For Shakeup At Electra PE
• Behavioral Health And Other Rumblings From JPMorgan 2015
• Kleiner Perkins' Dirty Laundry Aired As Bias Trial Opens
• Greed, Luck Blamed As $118M Rennert Looting Trial Wraps
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Cushman, BlackRock, Westport
• Deals Rumor Mill: CSC, Lotte Group, Boston Scientific
• Investors' Attys OK Staggered Payout In LBO Antitrust Suit
• PE Firm Baring Raises $4B For 6th Asia-Focused Fund
• Kirkland, Gibson Guide $530M Times Square Hotel Deal
• Market Rumors: Wizz Air, Douglas, TravelCenters
• Ad Tech Co. MaxPoint Sets Terms For $75M IPO
• Boot Barn's Backers Look To Trim Holding 4 Months After IPO
• PE-Backed Aldermore Bank Rejiggers To Smaller London IPO
• How Activists Use Lack Of Information To Achieve Results
• Deals Rumor Mill: 21st Century Fox, Arle, PTC Therapeutics
• Ex-Quiznos Execs Can't Skirt Discovery Stay In Investor Row
• Market Rumors: Postal Savings, HKBN, China Three Gorges
• Blackstone Raises $4.5B For 2nd Energy-Focused Fund
• BMS To Pay Up To $1.25B For Cancer Drugmaker Flexus
• UK Furniture Retailer Eyes $904M Valuation In London IPO
• Japan's Sosei Keeps Pharma Deals Churning With $400M Buy
• 2nd Circ. Lays Out New Rules For Restitution
• This Week In Congress: Avoiding A DHS Funding Showdown
• Activist Marcato Pushes Sotheby's For $500M Share Buyback
• SEC's Stein Sees 'Red Herring' In Anti-Waiver Reform Args
• Akin Gump Snags Paul Hastings Real Estate Partner In LA
• Deals Rumor Mill: Valeant, Sika AG, Berkshire Hathaway
• Merrill Lynch Loan Wasn't Tax Scheme, SIG Partnership Says
• PE-Backed Arc Logistics, GE Put Up $216M For Crude Assets
• Man Group Drives Diversification With NewSmith Buy
• Silicon Valley Chip Designer Easic Seeks $75M IPO
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Anbang, Shorenstein, Lightstone
• Blackstone-Backed Catalent Plans $629M Follow-On Offering
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• When Negligence, However Gross, Is Not Enough
• Greenberg, Jaffe Raitt Guide KBS' $127M Sale To Fortress
• Tech VC Firm Nixes Trustee's Massive Fraud Suit
• Francisco Partners Plugs Over $100M Into Biz Software Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pinterest, ProSieben, SDI Media
• NY High Court Revives $300M Swaps Suit Against Barclays
• FERC's New Merger Review Proposal And Its Impact
• Market Rumors: Kenan, Virtu Financial, TransUnion
• Caesars Calls For End To Noteholders' Ch. 11 Committee
• PE Players Zero In On Indonesia As Next Hot Spot
• SEC Won $7.5M Forfeiture On Recycled Claims, DC Circ. Told
• Renewable Energy Tech Co. SolarEdge Files For $125M IPO
• PE Experts Predict Smaller Deals Among EU Firms In 2015
• Natixis To Buy Stake In France's DNCA For $625M
• Reddit CEO's Tryst Allowed In Kleiner Perkins Sex-Bias Trial
• Greenberg Shines In Time-Crunched Waldorf, Baccarat Deals
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal
• O'Melveny Antitrust Team Tapped By Sysco Amid Merger
• Market Rumors: Advent, BATS, Global Yatirim
• Uber Upsizes Latest VC Funding Round To $2.8B
• Deals Rumor Mill: Snapchat, GE, Rodan & Fields
• Caesars Noteholders Demand Access To Investigation Docs
• TPG Reaps Huge Gains With Indonesian Bank Stake Sale
• Cerberus Fights CDS Cash-Out Claims In RadioShack Ch. 11
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Anbang, Carrefour, Kushner
• Venture-Backed Inotek Raises $40M In Downsized IPO
• 3i Group Grabs $55.5M In Final Phibro Stake Sale
• PE-Backed Advantage Rent A Car Acquires E-Z Rent-A-Car
• Agriculture Biotech Co. Arcadia Biosciences Seeks $86.3M IPO
• Philadelphia Energy Solutions Files For IPO
• Seyfarth Shaw, Paul Weiss Guide $67M NY Soho House Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Japan Post Holdings, Lotte Group, Fosun
• Market Rumors: Frontier, Blackstone, China Development Bank
• Ferrero Says It's Not Up For Sale After Patriarch's Death
• Long Trial Looms In Pao's $16M Kleiner Perkins Sex-Bias Suit
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Warburg Commits $125M To Mall JV In First Indonesian Deal
• Anbang Inks Another $1B Deal, This Time For Korean Insurer
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Parnas, Starwood, Blackstone
• Kirkland Guides Carlyle Deal For Clearlake's PrimeSport
• Activist Seeks CEO Ouster, Board Shakeup At Tempur Sealy
• PE Firm Actis Forms $1.9B African Renewables JV
• Canada's Fairfax Pays £1.2B For Lloyd's Of London Insurer Brit
• This Week In Congress: DHS Funding Looms In Recess
• Caesars Seeks Examiner To Explore Contentious Deals
• Lone Star Buys $1.5B Real Estate Portfolio From UK Group
• PE-Backed Italian Retailer OVS Approved For Milan IPO
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Deals Rumor Mill: Freescale, POSCO, ProSiebenSat.1
• Yara Seeks Equity Partners For $740M Ethiopian Potash Mine
• Fortress Bets On Kyoto's Rihga Royal Hotel
• Bellerophon Therapeutics Raises $60M In Market Debut
• Ardian Locks In Deal For French Insurance Brokerage Firm
• Pulling Up Stakes: Vedder Price, McDonald Hopkins
• Saeta Yield Prices $545M IPO At Bottom Of Range
• Insulin Device Company Valeritas Seeks $90M IPO
• Deal-Happy Actavis Unloads Pharma R&D Unit To TPG
• Bain Buys Japan Spa Operator To Tap Into Olympics Tourism
• Wet Seal Floats Ch. 11 Restructuring Plan
• Make-Wholes Not Catching On After Momentive, Attys Say
• Chancery Won't Shift $25M Rural/Metro Fee Award Onto RBC
• Landlord Challenges Proposed C. Wonder Lease Sale
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• PE Firms Expect Few High-Quality Deals In 2015, Survey Says
• Vista Inks Add-On Deal For Language Generation Tech Co.
• Fosun's Gaillon Seals Long-Fought Deal For Club Med
• GE Moves To Allow Large Shareholders To Nominate Directors
• Why An Underfunded Spinoff Is A Bad Idea
• Squire Patton Boggs Should Face ERISA Claims, Alliance Says
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Normandy, CDW
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Partners Group Pays $264M For Pair Of Milan Properties
• Vedder Price Hires Sheppard Mullin, Stroock Aces In LA
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Sycamore Partners, Veolia
• Electra To Trim Annual Fee After Foiling Activist Campaign
• Fried Frank Reps CVC Capital In Wireless Logic Deal
• EU Releases Proposal For Regulatory Work In US Trade Talks
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• Yucaipa Slams Allied Creditors With $175M RICO Action
• Jones Energy Sells $250M Notes, Launches Follow-On Offering
• Investor Matchmaking: How It Works And Key Considerations
• Rite Aid Offers $2B For Pharmacy Benefit Manager
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• LightSquared Unveils New $210M Bankruptcy Financing Deal
• MagCorp Ch. 7 Judge Rejects Rennert's Trial 'Ploy'
• Vector Capital To Buy Saba Software In Take-Private Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecity, Bain Capital, William Hill
• PE Firm Francisco Partners Nets $2.9B For Tech Buys
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• Specialty Physician Practice Acquisition Trends In 2014
• Market Rumors: Ollie's, New Look, Ant Financial
• Kirkland Nabs Linklaters PE, Real Estate M&A Pro In London
• Blackstone-Backed Specialty Material Maker Lines Up IPO
• Spain's Aena Raises €3.87B In Europe's Top IPO Of The Year
• Permira Grabs $1.6B In Latest Hugo Boss Stake Sale
• 3 Issues Real Estate Fund Sponsors Should Follow In 2015
• China's Dalian Wanda Inks $1.2B Deal To Expand Sports Biz
• Skadden Hit With Bid For Fraud Sanctions By Radnor Founder
• Deal Bringing Morgans Debt-Swap Suit Near To End Gets Nod
• Nautic Partners Takes Back Solvent Co. IPS
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lanxess, IHH Healthcare, Tesco
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Oceanwide, Beacon Capital, Madison
• Caesars' Skipped Payment Not A Default, Swaps Panel Rules
• NGL Energy Inks $280M Deal For Natural Gas Facility Owner
• Harbinger Renews Attack On $1.7B LightSquared Guaranty
• Greenberg, Holland & Knight Lead Record $230M NY Hotel Deal
• Junior Debt Market Shows Signs Of Weakness In Bigger Deals
• 4 Key Drivers Behind The Tech M&A Surge
• HSBC Under Fresh Scrutiny Over Client Tax Evasion
• 3 Key Considerations For PE Co-Investment Transactions
• Caesars Swaps Case Tests Investors' Sway
• Oak Hill Cuts Stake In Dave & Buster's After $195M Offering
• Market Rumors: Planet Fitness, Eni, Dollar Tree
• Australian Watchdog OKs JBS's $1.25B Primo Acquisition
• Deals Rumor Mill: Quinpario, Exponent PE, Fairfax Media
• CVC's Sunrise Bags $2.2B In Largest Swiss IPO In 8 Years
• Charterhouse Exits Deb Group In Sale To SC Johnson
• Pulling Up Stakes: Watson Farley, Latham, Baker & McKenzie
• 2nd Circ. Says $7M For Duane Reade Investigation Too Much
• The State Of Play In 2015: Year Of The Regulator
• Credit Agricole, Ardian Team To Buy Italian Airport Stake
• Are Secured Claim Purchasers Under Attack?
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Baccarat, Kaisa, BofA and Apollo
• Wainscott Founder's Son Charged With Murdering Father
• Bankrupt Wet Seal Gets Nod For $25M DIP Package
• Hilton, PepsiCo. Tapped For Caesars Creditors Committee
• GPS Cos. Duck $2B Harbinger Suit; Can't Shake LightSquared
• Insight Ventures Drops $273M On Struggling Tech Co.
• Market Rumors: Aena, HKBN, Virgin Active
• Natural Gas Partners Puts $400M Toward New Energy Platform
• Hanson Building Withdraws IPO After $1.4B Lone Star Deal
• Beware Blurry Edges Of HSR's Investment-Only Exemption
• US Financial Watchdogs Tweak SIFI Designation Process
• TPG Seeks Immediate Injunction Following Second Leak
• Caesars Brings On Ex-Hertz Head As CEO Steps Down
• Wet Seal Scores Improved DIP With $5M Added To $20M Loan
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Ares In Deal For American Tire Stake
• Deals Rumor Mill: BT PLC, Total SA, Cinven
• Swaps Panel Weighs Briefs On $1.7B Caesars CDS Question
• Partners Pays $186M In Largest Post-Crash Baltics Buy
• CD&R Reaps £384M By Shedding Stake In UK Retailer B&M
• Family Offices Resemble Early PE In Direct Investing Shift
• Westfield Rakes In $925M For Stake In 3 US Malls
• Davis Polk Leads Crestview Partners To $3B Fund Close
• The Year Of FCPA Liability For Financial Firms?
• Avoid Spoliation Anxiety With Litigation Readiness Plans
• Wachtell Steers Smucker In $5.8B Pet Food Co. Buy
• Middle-Market Dealmakers Expect Strong Year For PE
• Rennert Attys Open Defense Of $118M MagCorp Payouts
• Market Rumors: GT Land, Spie, Presidio
• Oak Hill Prepares To Trim Dave & Buster's Stake
• Pershing Square Files For $700M Offering Of Platform Stake
• Sabre's PE Backers To Line Up $408M Secondary Offering
• Arcapita Doubles Its Money In $1B-Plus Pods Exit
• MagCorp Trustee Kicks Off $118M Rennert Looting Trial
• TPG-backed IASIS Healthcare Files For $100M IPO
• Genetic Testing Co. Invitae Eyes $80M IPO
• Chancery Dings Appraisals, But Deal Makers Still Vulnerable
• Holland & Knight Adds 3 Ex-Akin Gump Finance Attys In LA
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Clear Channel, RadioShack
• Milbank Opens Its 5th Asia Office In Seoul
• Paul Weiss Snags Kirkland Private Equity Rainmaker
• Hitachi Sued Over Adviser Fee For $1.3B Foundry Co. Buy
• Kleiner Perkins Demands Reddit Docs In $16M Sex-Bias Row
• Market Rumors: HKBN, Hootsuite, SH Kelkar
• $195M Attys' Fees OK'd In LBO Collusion Settlement
• Caesars Backs Ch. 11 Examiner To Scrutinize Asset Deals
• Sysco To Sell 11 Centers To Seal $3.5B US Foods Buy
• SEC, CFTC Budgets See Hefty Raises Under Obama Plan
• Intel Acquires PE-Backed German Gateway Co. Lantiq
• Ireland's Icon Puts Up $120M For PE-Backed MediMedia
• The Treatment Of Pension Claims In UK Insolvency Process