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Private Equity - October, 2016

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• Chancery Keeps Comverge-HIG Capital Merger Suit Alive
• Judge Extinguishes Tilton's SEC Misconduct 'Smoking Gun'
• Third Rock Closes Fourth Biotech Venture Fund At $616M
• Biz School Prof Rejects PetSmart's $8.7B Merger Value
• SEC Says PwC Auditor Should Have Caught Fund Fraud
• Deals Rumor Mill: DraftKings, Brocade, InvenSense
• UK Firm Misys Pulls $637M IPO, Citing Market Conditions
• Shanghai Electric Power Pays $1.77B For Stake In K-Electric
• Blackstone's Credit Biz Closes $6.5B Mezzanine Fund
• Warburg Pincus Teams With Chinese Firm On Data Center JV
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 2
• 3 Firms Steer Blackstone's $6.1B TeamHealth Deal
• 6 Predictors To Identify Attractive M&A Targets
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 7
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Tilton Accuses SEC Of Misconduct In $200M Fraud Trial
• K&L Gates Adds Energy And Infrastructure Veteran In Chicago
• Rainmaker Q&A: Stroock's Todd Lenson
• Permian Basin A Hot Spot For Deals Despite Low Oil Prices
• PE-Backed Ahlsell Beats European Slump With $667M IPO
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Skadden, Sullivan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Agrium, GE, Calsonic Kansei
• Unity Biotechnology Rakes In $116M From Investors
• PE-Backed Golf Co. Acushnet Leads 3 IPOs Totaling $582M
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 6
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 1
• SEC's Tilton Trial Gets Steamy Over Accountant's Emails
• Diamond Resorts Shareholder Challenges $2.2B Apollo Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: CenturyLink, McDonald's, Playboy
• PE Group Ardian Wins Battle For German Lighting Co. SLV
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 5
• Freeport Financial Clinches $960M Private Credit Fund
• China's New Social Credit System Presents Complications
• Tilton, Hedge Fund Clash Over Docs In SEC Fraud Case
• Cornerstone Ex-CEO Tells Jury PE Fund Stole Prime Deal
• VC-Backed Ra Pharmaceuticals Raises $92M In Upsized IPO
• Why Asset Managers Must Become Data Leaders
• Deals Rumor Mill: Snapchat, Dr Pepper Snapple, RPC Group
• Medical Tech Co. ConvaTec Nets $1.8B In London IPO
• Ropes & Gray Guides Gridiron Capital To $850M Fund Close
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 4
• Health Care PE Firm Perceptive Advisors Closes $323M Fund
• Tilton Blasts Cozy Relationship Between SEC, Witnesses
• Mineral Processor Hits Ch. 11 With Prepack Plan In Hand
• Fraudster Gets 2 Years In $5M Twitter, Uber Ponzi Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pacific Controls, Coca-Cola, Clydesdale
• Simpson Thacher M&A Atty Lands At Clifford Chance
• Russia-Led Group Puts €250M Into Glass Tableware Maker Arc
• PE-Backed Smart Sand Primes $175M IPO
• Wells Fargo Says Investors Wrongfully Compare RMBS Suits
• Investcorp Snags 3i's Debt Management Unit In $271M Deal
• China's FGC Stands By $728M Aixtron Deal Despite Pushback
• Singapore's CapitaLand Closes $1.5B China-Focused Fund
• J.W. Childs Sells European Office Products Co. In $333M Deal
• Capital Tourism Co. Takes $75M Contract Fight To DC Circ.
• Kirkland Adds Ex-Freshfields Corporate Partner In Houston
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 3
• Bridging The Gap Between Outside And Inside Counsel
• Oil Co. Restructuring Deals Bring Unwanted Tax Burdens
• Using Audits To Safeguard Law Firm Trust Accounts
• Tilton Knocks SEC's 'Hell Of A Fraud Case' In Opening Args
• American Midstream Partners To Buy JP Energy In $2B Deal
• Carlyle-Backed LDiscovery Grabs Competitor In $410M Deal
• Platinum Equity To Sell Mactac's American Biz In $375M Deal
• Chinese Co. Pays $2.7B For Life, Mortgage Insurer Genworth
• Francisco Partners Closes $600M Tech-Focused Fund
• Weil Guides HNA Group In $6.5B Hilton Stake Buy
• Rainmaker Q&A: Choate's Christian Atwood
• 2nd Circ. Told SEC Wrongly Froze $118M In Oak Fraud Case
• Jevic Could Be Most Consequential Ch. 11 Decision In Years
• PE's Rising Enchantment With Unconventional Fund Terms
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 2
• So You Want To Be A Partner? You Need A Mentor
• Tilton, SEC Prep For Unprecedented Face-Off In $200M Case
• Investors Say Calif. Suit Dooms Wells Fargo's Dismissal Bid
• PE Fund Turns To High Court In Texas Hospital Buy Suit
• $5.2B Talen Energy Buyout Sparks Del. Investor Suit
• 6 Firms To Steer 7 IPOs Totaling $2.6B Led By Blockbuster
• HealthEquity's PE Backers Shed Stakes In $89.6M Offering
• 3 Firms Steer $87M NYC Apartment Deal, KKR Loan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qualcomm, HollyFrontier, Xella
• McDermott Gains Transactional Partner From Locke Lord
• Crestview's $125M Accuride Buy Shorts Investors, Suit Says
• Temasek Partners With Asian Healthcare Co. In $250M Deal
• Providence Strategic Growth Invests $115M In PaySimple
• Taxation With Representation: Vinson, Wachtell, Latham
• Opportunity Abounds Despite Q3 Dip For PE Real Estate Deals
• Axis Says Tilton Bought $5M Policy While Under SEC Scrutiny
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 1
• Ex-TransCare Workers Get Class Cert. In Suit Over Layoffs
• PE Halifax Group Affiliate In Del. Ch. 7 Over $65M Debt
• Tilton, Patriarch Ask Appeals Court To Nix Fraud Claim
• Pipe Maker, Biotech Price IPOs Raising $439M
• Sheppard Mullin Adds 4 Corporate Partners In New York
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qatar, Saudi Arabian Govt., Samsung
• Trial Pros' Secret To Courtroom Success
• 100 Days Of Cayman Islands Limited Liability Companies
• CDPQ Buys $155M Stake In Logistics Co. From KKR, Goldman
• FERC OKs Riverstone's $5.2B Buy Of Talen Energy
• Neuberger Berman Closes $750M Private Debt Fund
• Private Equity Flows To Oil And Gas As Prices Stay Low
• Rainmaker Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Eric Klein
• PE Fund Denies Poaching Execs In $700M Texas Hospital Suit
• Online Chinese Travel Co. Valued At $4B In Go-Private Deal
• Snack Maker Utz Gets PE Backing For Golden Enterprises Buy
• Acadia Healthcare Sells Behavioral Facilities For £320M
• Biotech IPO, Two Follow-On Offerings Top $350M
• Rainmaker Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Daniel Mahoney
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Vista Equity Partners, Chevron
• American Capital Dodges Suit Over $52M MBS Deal
• Atlantic Street Closes $210M Lower-Midmarket Fund
• Snap-On Makes $155M Deal For Car-O-Liner
• Starwood Sells US Hotel Portfolio Stake To China Life
• Carlyle Tries Longer Investment Horizons With $3.6B Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Tatts Group, Royal Dutch Shell
• Real Estate Rumors: Brack, Blackstreet, Philips
• SM Energy Picks Up West Texas Acreage In $1.6B Deal
• Oasis Petroleum To Pay $785M For ND Drilling Acreage
• Tech 'Unicorn' Twilio Unveils Offering With 7M Shares
• PE-Backed Biffa Slashes IPO Amid Choppy London Markets
• Feds Float Altered Probation For Embattled Ex-Trader
• Ysios Capital Closes $139M Euro Biotech, Health Care Fund
• Quark, GF Securities Launch $500M Health Sciences Fund
• Beacon Capital Pays $467.5M For Chicago Office Tower
• Asset Firm Settles SEC's $30M Fraud Claims
• Rosneft, Trafigura, UCP Team Up For $13B Essar Buyout
• Blank Rome Works On $280M Wells Fargo Loan To Rockpoint
• Haight Brown Absorbs CVM To Form Transactional Practice
• Real Estate Rumors: TTC, Rockpoint, Ladder Capital
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mentor Graphics, Pekao, Banco Patagonia
• PE-Backed Acushnet Tops 5 IPO Launches Totaling $907M
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In September
• Russia, India Partner To Form $1B Private Investment Fund
• PE-Backed Chinese Logistics Co. ZTO Primes $1.3B IPO
• Morningstar Picks Up Data Provider PitchBook In $180M Deal
• OPINION: 3rd-Party Litigation Funding Needs Transparency
• Supervalu Inks $1.37B Sale Of Save-A-Lot To Onex
• Coty To Pay $510M For Lion Capital's Hairstyling Brand
• How To Help PE Clients Survive The Strict Regulatory Climate
• Och-Ziff: Takeaways From Landmark FCPA Case
• PE Firms Pay $3.25B For Online Marketplace Co. Allegro
• US Election Will Shake Up Activism, Okapi CEO Says
• Cosmetics Co. To Pay $5.6M To End Suit Over Bungled Merger
• 3 Firms To Lead IPOs Totaling $518M As Deals Begin To Slow
• High Court Told Undoing Jevic Deal Would Harm Creditors
• Infoblox Investor Asks Del. Court To Speed Merger Suit
• Circor Nabs Downstream Oil, Gas Biz In $210M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sinochem, OAO Rosneft, Xella
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• SoftBank, Saudi Arabia Launch $100B Tech Fund
• Tilton Abandons Latest SEC Crusade To Face Admin Hearing
• PPPs: Structuring For Efficient Infrastructure Renewal
• Kayne Anderson Capital Closes Roughly $2B Energy Fund
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Jones Day, Cravath
• Why PE Players Should Set Their Sights On Australia
• Texas Hospital Chain Tells Jury PE Firm Cost It $700M
• Venture Capital Funding Drop Not A Cause For Panic
• Macquarie Says Syncora Fraud Claims Should be Nixed
• TI Fluid Systems Becomes Latest Euro Co. To Scrap IPO Plans
• Deals Rumor Mill: Snapchat, Robert Bosch, Anglo American
• Solera Says Challenge To $6.5B Merger Should Be Tossed
• Sale Of Stanley Cup Champs Pittsburgh Penguins Put On Ice
• Kirkland Guides Arsenal Capital In $1.3B Fund Close
• Ardian Forms North American Direct Investment Division
• Monroe Capital Clinches $1.5B Private Credit Fund
• Investor Suit Over OM Group's $1B Sale To Apollo Tossed
• O'Melveny Reps DigitalGlobe In $140M Deal For Analytics Co.
• Seafood Supplier Thai Union Buys $575M Red Lobster Stake
• Rainmaker Q&A: Levenfeld Pearlstein's David Solomon
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brigham Resources, Actis, Advent
• Kenyan PE Firm Targets $100M For Africa-Focused Fund
• The Art Of Silence At Trial
• Dragoneer Inks Deal For New Mountain's AmWINS Stake
• Investor Says Fresh Market Chair Rigged $1.4B Apollo Deal
• Hanson Sues Lone Star Over Unpaid $100M Earnout Bonus
• $4.3B Rackspace-Apollo Deal Faces Del. Class Challenge
• Deals Rumor Mill: CenturyLink, OMV, LPL Financial Holdings
• Greylock Partners Nabs $1B For Early Stage Tech Fund
• Fortress Affiltate Investor Gets Do-Over In $1.4B Deal Suit
• Partnership Tax Guidance: Disguised Sales And Liabilities
• Biotech Zymergen Banks $130M From Private Investors
• Texas Oil Co. Luxe Energy Picks Up $524M From NGP
• GE Drops $1.65B To Bring Wind Turbine Maker In-House
• Cooley Nabs Tax Partner From PwC, Growing VC Practice
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Latham, Kirkland
• 4 Firms To Steer IPOs Totaling $1B Amid Energy Rebound
• Pimco Founder Evidence Row Best Left To Jury, Judge Says
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• HarbourVest Extends SVG Offer In Challenge To Rival Bid
• Frank's Pays $321M For Oil And Gas Services Co. Blackhawk
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Amaya, Delta Lloyd
• PE Fund Closings Slide In Q3 But Look Set To Rebound
• Middle Market PE Investor Highview Gets $500M For 1st Fund
• NXT Capital Closes Total $900M Private Debt Fund
• Recreational Vehicle Co. Leads 2 IPOs Totaling $290M
• Total Strikes $3.2B Deal To Sell Chemical Unit
• PE Lender Loses $5M Constellation Collateral Payout Bid
• 4 Firms Steer IPOs Totaling $672M Led By 'Unicorn' Coupa
• Paul Hastings Nabs Pillsbury Exec Compensation Pro
• Deals Rumor Mill: Snapchat, CSN, Rosneft
• New State Capital Closes $131M PE Fund, Buys Rehab Centers
• SVG Drops Earlier Deal For $950M Sale To Goldman, CPPIB
• Coming Soon: The 3-D (And 4-D) Brief
• Standard General Says Dov Charney Got Secret Legal Advice
• Vinson & Elkins Adds Ex-Ashurst PE Partner In London
• PE Duo Buys $1.22B Telecom Biz Wharf T&T
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, Jose Cuervo, Leslie's Poolmart
• Private Investor Seacoast Capital Nabs $239M For 4th Fund
• Brexit Unknowns Cause European PE Deals To Stall In Q3
• Extreme Plastics Sale Plan Hinges On Stalking Horse Bidder
• InfraVia Capital Closes €1B European Infrastructure Fund
• Kirkland Assists As Health Care PE Shop Closes $365M Fund
• Caesars Given Litigation Breather Until Confirmation
• The 'Tough Noogies' Doctrine: Rights But No Remedies
• SEC Says Tilton's Latest Challenge Is Barred By Prior Case
• Caesars, Creditors Ask Judge To Stay Guaranty Lawsuits
• SVG Capital To Shed Half Of Portfolio For £379M, Wind Down
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sears, Wharf Holdings, Gannett
• Silicon Valley VC Firm Hit With Wage Class Action
• Solar Co. Tweaks $150M IPO Plan, Mammoth Sets Terms
• Philippine Energy Co. Drops $1.2B On Power Plant Stakes
• A Step Toward A Limited-Purpose Fintech Charter
• Private Equity Firm Ducks Trade Secrets Suit In Fla. Court
• UPDATE: Delos PE Fund Settles Claims Against Former Top Exec
• No End To IPO Flurry As 4 More Firms Reveal Plans
• Deals Rumor Mill: Royal Philips, Bai Brands, Concordia
• DLA Piper Nabs Latham Real Estate Fund Specialist
• Fortune Magazine Knocks Secrecy In Oxbow Chancery Case
• What Attys Need To Know About Asia's PE Slump
• Private Investors Plug $95M Into New European Oncology Firm
• Bass Pro Shops Inks $5.5B PE-Backed Cabela's Deal
• PE-Backed Medical Tech Firm Seeks $1.8B In London IPO
• Janus Capital, Henderson Agree To Form $6B Asset Manager
• What US Lawyers Need To Know About Passporting