Private Equity Archive » April, 2015

Private Equity - April, 2015

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• Flextronics Expands Auto Biz With $494M MCi Deal
• IFM Acquires 2nd Debt-Ridden Toll Road Operator For $610M
• Saladworks Gets Nod For $16.9M PE Stalking Horse
• Mayer Brown Reps Dow Chemical In Latest Unit Sale For $860M
• Agriculture Biotech Co. Arcadia Sets Sights On $100M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Monsanto, Nokia, Time Warner
• Italian PE Firm Scores 90% Roberto Cavalli Stake
• Francisco Partners Forks Over $438M For ClickSoftware
• Investors Hungry For Self-Storage Portfolio Trades
• Stroock Nabs Ex-Kelley Drye Real Estate Pro For LA
• Bakrie Execs Urge NY Court To Toss $380M Bond Suit
• Ill. Court Won't Touch $6M Malpractice Verdict Against IP Firm
• Twitter Puts Up $533M In Stock To Buy Marketing Tech Firm
• Chinese Consortium Pays $2B For OmniVision Technologies
• Blueprint Medicines Upsizes IPO Amid Cancer Biotech Craze
• New Indonesia O&G Law May Have Investors In A Muddle
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• 4 Tips To Help Your Client Ward Off Unwanted Advances
• French Solar Energy Company Postpones $192.5M IPO
• Strategic Hotels To Shed Calif. Hyatt In $118M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bombardier, OmniVision, Salesforce
• Penn National Pays $360M For Tropicana Las Vegas
• Data Startup Infinidat Raises $150M In Latest Funding Round
• Africa Finance Nabs $750M In Debut Eurobond Offer
• Vinson Guides Biomass Energy Co. Enviva In $200M IPO
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: UBM, NYC FC, Margaritaville
• Utilizing Section 336(e) Elections In PE Acquisitions
• Dish, Ergen Escape Harbinger's $1.5B Suit Over LightSquared
• Spectrum Brands Picks Up Armor All Maker In $1.4B Deal
• Market Rumors: Malakoff, Guolian, Interactive Data
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Advent, Telx Group
• Skadden, Kirkland Steer Carlyle's Investment In Rede D'Or
• 5 Proxy Battles To Look Out For This Season
• Hudson's Bay Investors Cut Down Stakes In $363M Offering
• Davis Polk Steers MasterCard's $600M Analytics Co. Buy
• PE Backers Trim $123M From Stake In Freshpet
• Bridgepoint Pays $550M For Stake In Nordic Cinema Group
• Debunking The Myth: Why Activism Is Tough In Canada
• Bojangles' Eyes $122M IPO As Restaurant Craze Ramps Up
• Vegas Showroom REIT Sets Terms for $185M IPO
• Weil Reps American Securities In Royal Adhesives Buy
• Andrews Kurth Scoops Ex-Gardere Trial Pro For Dallas
• Del. Chancery Backs ATK In Bushnell Accounting Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: General Electric, Sobi, Caliber Midstream
• Mayer Brown Charts Equipment Loan Co.'s $116M IPO
• Manatt Nabs 3 Squire Patton Boggs Corporate Partners
• 5 Biotechs Set Stage For $415M Wave Of IPOs
• Adaptimmune Set To Join Rush Of Cancer-Focused IPOs
• Ropes & Gray, Dechert Guide $1.9B Fiber Network Cos. Merger
• INC Research's PE Backers Plan $237M Secondary Offering
• DLA Piper Guides Blackstone In Large UK Warehouse Deal
• Celgene Grabs VC-Backed Cancer Biotech In $485M Deal
• Loan-To-Own Investment Strategies After Fisker
• 3 Ways Firms Can Weather A Massive Deal Collapse
• Tall Oak Hits $850M In Financing With New EnCap Injection
• Egyptian Diagnostic Co. Sets IPO Range For London Offering
• Caesars Juniors Press Bankruptcy Judge To DQ Kirkland
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Alibaba, BAE Systems
• Vinson Set To Lead Week's IPO Activity With 2 MLP Debuts
• Carlyle Unloads French 3-D Software Co. To Astorg Partners
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Kirkland, Shearman
• Pulling Up Stakes: Paul Hastings, King & Spalding
• VC Firm IVP Raises $1.4B For Latest Tech-Focused Fund
• Chancery Limits Preferred Stock Mandatory Redemption
• Kirkland Fights To Remain At Helm Of Caesars Bankruptcy
• Wilson Sonsini-Led Software Co. Apigee Prices $87M IPO
• Kleiner Perkins Won't Seek $1M Fees If Pao Backs Down
• Chassix Wins Hard-Fought OK On Ch. 11 Plan Disclosures
• Ex-Soros Fund Manager's Bid For $3M In Fees Gets Axed
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche, Morgan Stanley, PZU Group
• Parkit, PE Firm Och-Ziff Form $500M Parking Property JV
• Atlanta Hawks Ink Sale To PE Guru-Led Group
• Calculus Of Going Hostile: Recent Lessons From The Field
• Investor Hunger For Growth Fueling Restaurant IPO Craze
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Playboy Club, Magnum, Starwood
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: BP, Nokia, Atlanta Hawks
• SEC Fines Goldman-Tied Real Estate Firm For Missed Filings
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Shearman Guides Francisco Partners' $240M Procera Buy
• Google VC Arm Wants Out Of Uber's Philly Cab Fight
• Blackstone-Backed Quebec-To-Queens Pipeline Gets Final OK
• Maximizing Value In The Disposition Of Portfolio Cos.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Baring Private Equity, Canon, BC Partners
• 11th Circ. To Hear Fight Over Shareholder, Pension Payments
• Ex-SEC Chair, Investors Urge Political Spending Disclosures
• Lexington Raises $10B For Its Largest Secondary Market Fund
• Brandon Capital Raises $154M For Aussie Biotech Ventures
• Boies Nabs O'Melveny Corporate Pro To Grow NY Office
• Brazilian Steakhouse Chain Fogo De Chao Charts $75M IPO
• 2 Approaches To Ponzi Fraud Treatment — Which Is Right?
• PE-backed Showroom Co. Eyes $200M IPO To Refinance Debt
• Bankruptcy Talks Collapse Between Caesars, Bank Lenders
• Meager 4% Of Wall Street Attys Are Female Partners
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Encana, Tesla Motors
• TPG General Counsel Ronald Cami To Leave Firm
• The Rising Stars Of Private Equity
• Cancer-Focused Blueprint Medicines Prepares $115M IPO
• DLA Piper Nabs 2 Energy Specialists from K&L Gates
• Health Insurance Startup Oscar Valued At $1.5B In Financing
• TPG Capital Leads PE Players' Cirque Du Soleil Buy-In
• Kirkland Reps PE Group In Buy Of $360M Ticket Monster Stake
• Running A Private Equity And Hedge Fund Side By Side
• Biomass Co. Enviva Sets Terms On $210M IPO To Fuel Growth
• Raytheon Pays Vista Equity $1.9B For Cybersecurity Co.
• Nomad Holdings Swallows Iglo Foods In $2.8B Deal
• Tips For Guiding Your Client Through The Mediation Process
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• REIT Prologis To Pay $5.9B For KTR Capital Partners
• Chassis Maker's Creditors Object To Proposed Claim Releases
• Banks Lose Ground In Revolving Door Race
• ThyssenKrupp Dumps Metals Business In Lindsay Goldberg Deal
• Goodwin Procter Nabs Ex-King & Wood PE Partner In London
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cirque du Soleil, Vessel, Deutsche Bank
• KSL Delivers $100M Refi To St. Regis Aspen Resort
• Winston & Strawn Lures Another Ex-Pillsbury Finance Partner
• 7 Cos. Rake In $1.3B In Week's Flood Of IPO Activity
• Hony Capital Unloads $1.3B In Shares Of CSPC Pharma
• MRI Radiation Therapy Maker ViewRay Pulls Plug On IPO
• Taxation With Representation: Norton Rose Fulbright, Skadden
• Kirkland Steers Lovell Minnick's $100M Finance Co. Investment
• Judge Largely Finds For Money Manager In SEC Fraud Case
• High-Frequency Trader Virtu Financial Raises $314M In IPO
• Caesars Ch. 11 Examiner Gets Winston & Strawn For Probe
• Deals Rumor Mill: Procter & Gamble, Hony Capital, Stemcor
• Party City Raises $372M In Debut As IPOs Pick Up Steam
• Ex-Revel Utility Maligns Straub's Proposed Power Plans
• Lynn Tilton Presses Bid To Freeze SEC In-House Case
• BLT Sheds Single-Family Rental Portfolio For $150M
• NY Courts Can Decide Brazil Investment Battle, Ruling Says
• 4 Tips To Help Assemble The Perfect Team For An M&A Deal
• REIT Pays Blackstone $83M For DC Area Offices
• Pillsbury Leads Asia Alternatives To $1.8B Fund Closings
• Brait Pays $1B For Virgin's Private Equity-Backed Gym Co.
• Appraisal Rights Waivers After Halpin V. Riverstone
• Rising Star: Shearman's Simon Burrows
• New Revel Owner Says Deal Unlikely In Casino Power Struggle
• Online Crafts Marketplace Etsy Draws $267M In IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Avon Products, Groupon, Alcatel-Lucent
• Watchdogs Push Congress To Act On Investor Disclosures
• Store Analytics Co. RetailNext Nabs $125M For Acquisitions
• 2 Routes To Hourly Rates For Lawyers
• Clarus Nixes $86M IPO After Testosterone Drug Falls Flat
• 3 Biotechs Rake In $272M In IPO Rush
• Nestle In Exclusive Talks To Sell Davigel To PE-Backed Co.
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: GLPI, Blackstone, Federal Capital
• Mandatory Subordination And The Fate Of Equity Claims
• Cleary Gottlieb Counsels In $1B Pakistan Bank Privatization
• KPMG Can't Shake Ron Burkle's $10M Blown Tax Shelter Suit
• Hedge Fund Gets Jury Trial In JPMorgan Revenue Dispute
• Sills Cummis Unveils Regulated Substances Practice
• Deals Rumor Mill: Altera, ThyssenKrupp, Nestle
• Feil, Rockpoint Snag $120M Stake In Manhattan Office Tower
• NY Biz Court Considers Barring Low-Dollar Arbitration Cases
• PE Backers Of Ex-Chesapeake CEO Exit Trade Secrets Suit
• Ivanhoe, Blackstone Take $183M Bite Of Sydney Office
• Latham Leads Energy Capital's $500M Investment In Next Wave
• Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Jason Freedman
• Concordia Nabs $735M In Upsized Offering To Back Covis Buy
• Immuno-Oncology Biotech Aduro Boosts IPO Target To $119M
• Deals Rumor Mill: ConocoPhillips, Affina, Cemig
• Matan Closes $100M Fund For D.C.-Area Industrial Properties
• Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Jesse Sheley
• Abraaj Raises Nearly $1B In Latest Sub-Saharan Africa Fund
• Simpson, Paul Hastings Steer Blackstone REIT's Share Sale
• PE Owners Trim Smart & Final Stake In $182M Follow-On
• Wilson Sonsini-Led Software Co. Apigee Fine-Tunes $87M IPO
• Debevoise Guides Exponent PE In Closing Of $1.5B Fund
• Taft Lures McDermott Partner To Grow Indiana PE Practice
• Builders FirstSource Buys ProBuild Holdings In $1.63B Deal
• How To Weather Media Inquiries In High-Profile Cases
• Practical D&O Insurance Considerations For PE Firms
• Ropes & Gray, Jones Day Guide Week's 2 IPOs Raising $105M
• Shearman Snags Former BofA Merrill Lynch M&A Banker
• Etsy, Party City Lead $1.2B Pack Of IPOs Set To Break Lull
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Ropes & Gray, Vinson
• Habit Restaurants Investors Trim Stakes In $155M Offering
• Ergen Not Giving Up On LightSquared Ch. 11 Injunction
• GE To Sell Off GE Capital Assets, Return $90B To Investors
• DC Tour Co. Sues Gov't Over $81M National Mall Contract
• Riverstone Injects $300M In New Meritage Canadian Venture
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bombardier, CVC Capital, Cirque Du Soleil
• Simpson Thacher Reps Blackstone In $1B Excel Buyout
• Rising Star: King & Spalding's Matthew Stewart
• How Russian CFC Rules Affect Inbound US Tax Planning
• Committee To Scrutinize Fees In Caesars Ch. 11
• SEC Names New Acting Exams Chief
• Edge Therapeutics Raises $72M For Brain Injury Drug
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: GE, North River, Morton Salt
• Deals Rumor Mill: Intel, Kik Interactive, Holcim
• Rising Star: Debevoise's Sally Gibson
• Alcoa Unit Secures $500M Gas Deal After Apache Energy Sale
• France Slaps HSBC With €1B Bail In Formal Tax Evasion Probe
• Riverstone Sinks $500M Into Latest Edition Of Oil Startup
• How US Sanctions Can Affect Cos. With Russian Investors
• Holland & Knight Nabs Investment Fund Pro To Co-Head Team
• Select Medical JV Readies Debt Plan For $1.1B Concentra Buy
• Maine Biorefinery Assets Tied To Lynn Tilton Up for Sale
• Lions Gate Investor Trims $320M From Stake In Stock Sale
• New Mountain To Acquire Zep In $692M Take-Private Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Procter & Gamble, First Eagle, C&M Co.
• Bankrupt Dune Energy Gets Approval To Sell Assets In June
• French Clinical Diagnostic Co. Seeks $346M Paris Debut
• Tribune's PE Owners Trim Stakes In $569M Stock Offering
• American Capital Pockets $750M In Mirion Technologies Sale
• 4 Crowdfunding Tips From The Trenches
• EB-5 Program: An Alternative Financing Source
• SEC Exams Chief Bowden Leaving For Private Sector
• Caesars Ch. 11 Examiner Wants Winston & Strawn For Probe
• Corporate Firms Take Aim At Delaware's Appraisal Laws
• NFL Spins Off Event And Hospitality Business
• Deals Rumor Mill: Royal Dutch Shell, Vivendi, Tao Group
• Pemex, First Reserve Ink $1B Energy Infrastructure Deal
• LightSquared Punts On Ergen's Ch. 11 Protection Demand
• Munger Reps Berkshire Arm In $560M Deal For Axalta Stake
• CORRECTED: Fried Frank Guides Buyers In $5.3B Informatica Go-Private Deal
• UK Cancer-Focused Biotech Adaptimmune Eyes $150M US IPO
• Calif. Biotech Eyes $86M IPO To Fund Muscular Dystrophy Med
• Restaurant Chain Bojangles' Files $100M IPO
• Lessons In Preserving The Atty-Client Privilege In M&A
• General Atlantic Settles Suit Over ProxyMed Bankruptcy
• Bristol-Myers Set To Partner With Gene Therapy Co. UniQure
• O'Melveny Scores M&A, PE Partner From Jenner & Block
• Health Care Analytics Firm Press Ganey Eyes $100M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: LetterOne, Informatica, Canon
• UK Closes Investment Manager Disguised Fee Tax Loophole
• 3 VC-Backed Drugmakers Fire Up $200M In IPO Plans
• Law Quintet Guides Ventas' $1.5B Ardent Deal, REIT Plan
• Private Equity-Backed Party City Plans $372M IPO
• High-Speed Trading Firm Virtu Plans $314M IPO
• Aduro Prepares $80M IPO After Inking Novartis Partnership
• Contribution Caution: Mitigating Risks From Pay-To-Play
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Buyers In $1.9B Shanda Go-Private Deal
• Hospital Group Says PE Funds Can't Dodge $45M Poach Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reynolds American, Land & Buildings, SFR
• Painkiller Developer Collegium Pharmaceutical Eyes $86M IPO
• Latham To Lead Week's Only IPO Expected To Top $50M
• BDCs: Navigating Uncertain Markets
• Pulling Up Stakes: Dechert, White & Case, Freshfields
• Tough Disclosure Issues In Take-Private Transactions
• M&A Soars To $902B In Highest 1st-Quarter Clip Since 2007
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cerberus Capital, Genworth Financial, Belk
• 2015 Disappoints So Far With Dramatic Dip In IPO Activity
• Ex-Bush Flack Says TPG Smeared Him For Blowing Whistle
• Lux Capital Raises $350M To Fund 'Futuristic' Tech Ventures
• 2 Men Charged With Inside Trading Before Tire Co. Merger
• White & Case-Led Kornit Raises $71M In Reduced IPO
• Kirkland Reps KKR-Backed Firm In Anadarko Oil Fields Buy
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Invesco, Starwood, Blackstone
• When A Simple Spinoff Is Not Simple
• Vedder Nabs Dentons Partner To Grow NY Corporate Office
• Upstart UK Bank Shawbrook Valued At $1B In IPO
• Bankrupt Wet Seal Gets Nod For Sale To Versa Unit
• PE Real Estate Fundraising Hit $29B In Q1, Report Finds
• PE Firms See Potential Boom Amid Oil Price Bust
• Deals Rumor Mill: Didi Dache-Kuaidi, Focus Media, Holcim
• JZ Capital, RedSky Drop $97.4M On Four Miami Properties
• PE Adviser Tilton Lobs Latest Suit Over SEC In-House Courts
• Discovery Strategies To Protect LLC, LP Member Identities
• Wilson Sonsini-Led GoDaddy Draws $460M In Upsized IPO
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider