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Private Equity - May, 2015

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• Dollar Tree to Sell 330 Stores To Private Equity Firm
• HMC Raises $133M For Tech-Focused Euro Private Debt Fund
• Airbus To Launch Silicon Valley VC Fund, Innovation Center
• 4 IPOs Eye $552M To Start June After Brief Slowdown
• Aramid Seeks Approval To Sell Stake In Film Co. For $2M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Humana, TCV, Intel
• 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
• Yucaipa Asks To Freeze Allied Ch. 11 Until Court Fights End
• Texas Justices Open Door To Close-Held Corp. Derivative Suits
• Stafford Capital Beats Target With $484M Timberland Fund
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: UBS, Blackstone, Neverland
• Lone Star Fund Scores $132M For Office, Retail Purchases
• Chancery Court Tosses Investors' Suit Against Molycorp
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Macquarie, VTB Bank
• Bankrupt Saladworks Gets Nod For $17M Sale To PE Firm
• Oak Hill Trims Stake In Dave & Buster With $267M Offering
• Las Vegas Sands Slams TRC's $119M Mini-Tender Bid
• Ironshore Formally Nixes IPO Plans For $1.8B Fosun Deal
• NXP Sheds Unit To Chinese Asset Firm In $1.8B Deal
• Apollo Pays $300M For Stake In Infrastructure Firm CH2M
• PE Firm Cinven To Buy France's Labco In $1.3B Deal
• Winsome Receiver Rightly Sued Atty Under UFTA: 10th Circ.
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Investors' $8M Five Mile Merger Settlement Gets Go-Ahead
• PE Firm Cortec Raises $1.1B For Latest Middle-Market Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flipboard, Warburg Pincus, Go Scale Capital
• Caesars Can Keep Kirkland And Exclusivity In Ch. 11
• PE-Backed MLP PennTex Midstream Eyes $225M IPO
• 2 VC-Backed Medical Device Cos. Aim For $147M In IPOs
• SIFMA Asks Del. Justices To Nix $76M RBC Liability Over Deal
• Evolent Health Sets Terms For $160M IPO
• 6 People Every IPO Deal Team Needs
• SEC Focus On Administrative Proceedings: Midyear Checkup
• A New Compliance Challenge For Cos. Doing Business In UK
• KKR Gets Nod For $39M Deal Ending Primedia Sale Row
• Fried Frank, Steptoe Guide SFX's $307M Go-Private Deal
• Canada Extends New Immigrant Investor Application Window
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, LVMH, CTBC Financial Holding
• PE-Backed Planet Fitness Submits IPO Plans
• Cooley-Led Alarm.com Charts $75M IPO
• Fla. Real Estate Primed For Wave Of Private Equity Financing
• PE-Backed Gener8 Maritime Floats $100M IPO
• Kirkland, Wachtell Advise Hot Topic's $122M Geeknet Deal
• 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Dacra, Heatherwood
• Ev Williams' VC Firm Raises $123,456,789 For 'Positive' Fund
• Ex-VC Exec Flees Amid Insider Trading, Fraud Charges
• Altice Deal Broadcasts Big Changes In Telecom Sector
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reynolds American, Time Warner, Uber
• 5 IPOs Nab $1B Ahead Of Slow Holiday Week
• DC Circuit Affirms SEC's 2nd Win Over Illicit Stock Sales
• NRD Partners Takes Frisch's Restaurants Private for $175M
• Fairway Says IPO Class Action Fails Under Omnicare
• Law Trio Aids Blackstone's $415M NYC Office Sale
• BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Seyfarth Shaw Global Transaction Pro
• Fried Frank Nabs London Finance Ace From Hogan Lovells
• Apax Investment Vehicle Charts $278M London IPO
• Another Lesson For Private Funds On Expense Allocation
• 3rd Circ. OKs Cutting Fired Workers Out Of Ch. 11 Settlement
• Arena Vendor Aramark Backers Eye $910M Secondary Offering
• Bain Capital, Japan Industrial To Sell 46M Skylark Shares
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Goldman, Raymour
• Venture Capitalist Charged In NJ With $2M CrossFit Fraud
• 2 E-Commerce Cos. Together Draw $241M In US Debuts
• SEC Sues Firm, Execs That Sued To Block In-House Case
• Car Rental Co. Europcar Eyes $528M French IPO
• Burr & Forman Nabs Ex-Roetzel & Andress Banking Partner
• A Route To Directors' Early Exit From Merger Litigation
• Latham-Led Press Ganey Nabs $223M In Target-Beating IPO
• Del. High Court Reinforces Director Liability Shield
• Pacific Rubiales OKs Alfa, Harbour $1.4B Takeover Bid
• What's Missing From The SEC's Forum Selection Guidance
• Deals Rumor Mill: United Technologies, Genesys, GE
• Chassix Creditors Say Debtor Was Undervalued By $150M
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Cornerstone, WeWork, MB Real Estate
• After Snub, Z Capital Pushes For Affinity Gaming Sale
• VC Firm Raises $215M For University-Research Startup Fund
• LightSquared Seeks Permisssion To Enter $1.75B Facility
• DOL Fiduciary Rules Will Negatively Affect Private Funds
• GP Investments' Blank Check Co. Draws $150M In IPO
• Weil Guides Black Knight Financial To $441M Public Debut
• Altice Enters US Cable Market With $9.1B Suddenlink Deal
• Optim Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• 2015 Law360 Minority Report
• The 50 Best Firms For Minority Partners
• Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Judge Weighs OAS Ch. 15 Status Amid Hungry Creditors
• NY Judge OK's $4M Deal To Fuel Culligan Investor Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flipkart, Metro AG, Hewlett-Packard
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Hinshaw, Pitchbook Data, Altegra
• Despite Phony Avon Bid, SEC May Resist Edgar Makeover
• Employee Bonuses Management Co. Files For $75M IPO
• Sidley Austin Nabs White & Case Deals Pro In Singapore
• Skadden-Led Shopify Boosts IPO Target To $141.7M
• STORE Capital Plans $451.7M Follow-On Offering
• Lobbying The EU: New Requirements For A 'Voluntary' Regime
• Bus Tour Co. Joins Rival's $81M Suit Over National Mall Deal
• Weil Leads Brookfield Unit In GrafTech Tender Offer
• CPPIB Joint Venture Pays $263M For Seoul Mall
• Stradling-Led Software Co. AppFolio Eyes $100M IPO
• Chevron Presses Dune Energy Over Oil Field Liabilities
• Deals Rumor Mill: Axis Capital, Bwin.Party, Uber
• Caesars Creditors Appeal Involuntary-Petition Blow
• Hitachi Says Adviser Owed No Fee For $1.3B Foundry Buy
• CNL Looks To Raise $1.31B Energy Fund
• Permira Snatches Up German Debt Collector GFKL
• HIG Capital Buys UK Shopping Center In $102M Deal
• Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
• Skadden Guides Endo In $8B Deal For Generics Co. Par Pharma
• Ex-LightSquared CEO Says Ch. 11 Plan Violates Priority Rule
• Fried Frank Guides Brait's $1.2B Deal For Women's Clothier
• Franklin Resources Seeks Sanctions For $156M Stock Heir Suit
• Important Lessons From Delaware For Structuring Earnouts
• 5 IPOs Set To Draw $973M After Disappointing Week Of Debuts
• Blackstone Bets On Hedge Fund Magnetar Capital
• Agriculture Biotech Arcadia Raises $61.5M In Slashed IPO
• Momentive Shifts Balance Of Power In Complex Chapter 11
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Walnut Creek Objects To Optim Ch. 11 Disclosure Statement
• Cypress Lobs $627.3M Rival Takeover Bid For Chipmaker
• Sidley Taps Ex-Simpson Thacher M&A Pro For 2nd LA Office
• Caesars' Creditors Demand Probe Of $31B Buyout
• Deals Rumor Mill: Avon, Advent, Standard Chartered
• UK Retailer Poundworld Gets $236M For Majority Stake
• Agriculture Biotech Co. Arcadia Trims IPO Expectations
• Galapagos Scores $275M As IPO Beats Sweetened Terms
• Lessons On Dueling 'Exclusive Remedy' Clauses In M&A
• Court-Appointed Experts — A Powerful But Rarely Used Tool
• Ex-SEC Head Urges Agency To Check Use Of In-House Court
• Caesars Execs Expect Payments On $81M In Debt
• SEC Enforcement Chief Extols Virtues Of Cooperation
• Glaukos Eyes IPO As Life Sciences Hit Rough Patch
• 3 Firms Guide $905M London Office Tower Deal
• SEC Official Sounds New Alarm Over Private Equity Practices
• Firms Must Brace For Tornado Of Telecom Consolidation
• PE-Backed Acromas Unloads $376M More Shares In UK's Saga
• Kleinberg Kaplan Lures K&L Gates Hedge Fund Partner
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cablevision, General Electric, Simplex
• VC Fund Exec Accused Of Insider Trading Hit With New Claims
• PayPal Inks 95,000-Sq.-Ft. Office Lease In NYC
• REIT Hansteen Sells UK Industrial Portfolio For $302M
• When Hindsight Is Not 20/20 In Purchase Price Disputes
• Chinese Investment Firm Terrific Sells AES Stake
• VC-Backed DocuSign Raises $233M In Latest Round
• SBA Seeks Return Of $13.7M Loan From Venture Capital Firm
• Advent Commits To Buy Dutch Conveyor Belt Co.
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Wells Fargo Hit With $78M Verdict Over Mismanaged Trusts
• McMillan, Burchells Steer $79M Canadian Casino Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Koninklijke, Pall Corp.
• Doughty Hanson Selling Eurofiber Stake In $981M Deal
• Schulte Roth Lands Former SEC Senior Counsel
• Key Considerations For Investing In Marijuana Companies
• Empire Petroleum Fuels Up For $100M IPO
• Lord & Taylor Hit With Class Action Over Unsolicited Texts
• CBRE Exec Sees US Finally Embracing Secondary Sales
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Google, KKR, Invesco
• Dell Wants To Probe T. Rowe Price's Vote In $25B Buyout
• Hedge Fund Sets Major Precedent With Tempur Sealy Victory
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, General Electric, Uber
• Tilton Scraps With SEC Over Commission Judge's Authority
• Pitney Bowes Unloads Marketing Unit In $310M Deal
• Blackstone Readies $2.67B Offering Of Hilton Shares
• Fiskars Drops $437M On PE-Backed Luxury Home Goods Co.
• 5 Reasons To Polish Your Permanent Capital Expertise
• Health Care Analytics Co. Press Ganey Targets $205M IPO
• Holland, Reed Smith Guide $90M Data Center Acquisition Loan
• Software Co. Epicor Plans Spinoff, $2.1B Debt Offering
• Weil Helps Black Knight Fine-Tune $400M IPO Plans
• PE-Backed DTZ To Buy Cushman & Wakefield For $2B
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides $570M Deal For Staffing Agency
• Ellen Pao Calls Kleiner's $1M Atty Fee Bid 'Outrageous'
• SEC Explains Thinking Behind Bringing Cases In-House
• Oil, Gas Investors Sharpening Activist Knives
• Carlyle Group Closes Year's 2nd U.S. CLO Fund At $610M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Visa, Uber Technologies, Exor SpA
• Week's 9 IPOs Set To Test Investors' Thinning Risk Appetite
• Pulling Up Stakes: K&L Gates, Montgomery, Nelson Mullins
• SEC Taps Agency Vet To Head Investment Management Unit
• Pepper Hamilton Helps Bojangles' Gobble Up $147M In IPO
• Five Urgent Care Models To Know For 2015
• American Apparel Founder Launches $30M Suit Over Ouster
• Collegium Prices $70M IPO As Another Biotech Postpones
• Texas Court 'Bound' To Grant Valerus Arbitration Hearing
• 4 Takeaways From The Current Proxy Season
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yelp, Golden Gate Capital, Blackstone
• Hogan Lovells Guides $326M Deal For Cloud Services Co.
• Summit Sends ND Oil Assets To Subsidiary For $255M
• VC-Backed Shopify Sets Terms For $108M IPO
• SunEdison Secures Clean Energy Projects, More Funding
• Skadden Reps Apax In $800M Quality Distribution Buy
• The Value In Independent Private Equity Fund Valuations
• Law Firms Could Learn A Lot From The NFL Draft
• Tilton Blasts DOJ's 'Vaguely Orwellian' Stance On SEC Judges
• Porter Hedges Adds Corporate Partner From Thompson Knight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dayco, Apple, Western Union
• Procopio, Simpson Thacher Guide Strata-Blackstone Apt. Deal
• HIG Realty Nets $131.5M In NYC Apartment Portfolio Sale
• Momentive Win Shifts Balance Of Power In Ch. 11 Process
• Kayne Closes $1B Oversized Real Estate Fund
• Proskauer Beefs Up London M&A Group With PE Maven
• Cooley Leads HTG In Week's 2nd Diagnostics IPO
• Cancer Biotech Adaptimmune Files $191M IPO
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Baker Botts Tech Partner To Austin Office
• Bojangles' Boosts IPO Target As Restaurant Debuts Heat Up
• Fund Manager Minority Deals — 3 Negotiating Points
• Social Media Use In M&A: Trends And Challenges
• Apax Fights Fraud Claim In $1B Hellas Clawback Suit
• SEC Mulls Guidance On Controversial In-House Court
• Homeland Security Facing Suit Over Investor Visa Denials
• Honigman Boosts Mich. Practice With 2 PE, Securities Pros
• Migraine Drug Developer CoLucid Slashes IPO Target
• King & Spalding Nabs Kirkland Partners For NY And DC
• Blackstone Pulls Out Of Pinnacle With $205M Offering
• Momentive's Watershed Ch. 11 Plan Withstands Attack
• Cravath Guides PE-Backed Evolent In $100M IPO
• Freescale Shareholders Sue To Stop $12B NXP Takeover
• Adeptus Health Unveils $152M Stock Offering Amid Expansion
• 1 Law Firm Dominates April IPO Activity
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, KKR & Co., BHP Billiton
• Builders FirstSource Eyes Stock Offering To Back $1.6B Deal
• Willkie Guides HealthEquity In $109M Secondary Offering
• Reps & Warranties Insurance Creeping Into Real Estate Deals
• Chinese Developer Sells Stake In Tech Park Unit For $212M
• Akerman Nabs Ex-Gibson Dunn Real Estate Pro In LA
• Latham Guides PE-Backed MasterCraft To $100M IPO
• Justices Won't Hear Lehman Trustee's $4B Fight With Barclays
• Recent Trends In Acquisition Finance
• Fosun Shells Out $1.8B For US Insurance Group Ironshore
• Tilton's 'Mundane' In-House SEC Case Must Go On, DOJ Says
• Weil Guides Aethon Energy In Deal For Encana Properties
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• IPO Activity Set To Spring Back As 14 Cos. Target $2B
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bright House, Pure Barre, McGraw-Hill
• REIT Chesapeake Lodging Pays $103M For LA Hotel, Theater
• Week's 4 IPOs Draw $795M As Market Revs Up For May Surge
• 5 Firms Drop Into Extell, Carlyle's $410M NYC Project Sale
• Hot Topic Will Pay $15M To End Lawsuit Over $600M Sale
• Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank Move To Nix RMBS Trustee Suits
• BakerHostetler Reps TransDigm In $496M Deal For Pexco Unit
• Reps And Warranties — Keeping M&A Liabilities In Check