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Private Equity - February, 2021

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• Fidelity Nabs Bench Trial Win Over $100M Stock Sale
• SoftBank Settles WeWork Suits Over Failed $3B Tender Offer
• MultiPlan Investor Says Co. Lied About Revenue Drop
• Don't Miss It: Weil, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Cravath, Kirkland Craft $115M Equity Injection Into Evergy
• Weil-Led Blank-Check Co. Nabs $1.2B To Target Fintechs
• Kirkland Aids Starwood's Offer Valuing UK REIT At $653M
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes, Cahill, Davis Polk
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• IPOs Still A Hot Ticket As Post-Pandemic 'Normalcy' Beckons
• 3 Firms Steer AT&T's $16.25B PE-Backed DirecTV Spin Off
• GPB Capital Sues Bank To Get Back Virus Relief, Loan Money
• Fenwick-Led Crypto Exchange Coinbase Files Direct Listing
• 'Reverse' Veil Piercing Floated In Chancery Appraisal Suit
• Behavioral Health Biz BetterUp Valued At $1.7B In Series D
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Apollo Stole Litigation Funder's Valuation Secrets, Suit Says
• Cell-Based Drugmaker Cellarity Nabs $123M From Investors
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toast, Sportradar, Victoria's Secret
• Tax Takeaways From India's Proposed Budget
• Pot Investment Firm Australis Picks Up Half Of Cultivation Co.
• Credit Firm Moves To Block Investor's Merger With Rival
• Ex-MGM, CBS Execs' 7th Blank-Check Co. Lands $1.5B In IPO
• Transaction Toolkit For A More Litigious M&A Environment
• Latham, Skadden Rep Joby Aviation's $6.6B Go-Public Deal
• 8 Firms Power $8B SPAC Deal For Indian Clean Energy Giant
• Ares, Generation Land UK Student Housing Assets For $222M
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Belk Confirms $450M Ch. 11 Debt Slash In Less Than A Day
• Chancery Skeptical Of Tilton 'Mistake' In $6.5M Fee Settlement
• Investment Firm M31 Capital Preps Bitcoin Hedge Fund
• A Tough Road Ahead for Democrats' Ambitious Policy Agenda
• Nasdaq Hopes SEC Greenlights Revised Direct Listings Plan
• Real Estate Rumors: Alliance, Hertz Herson, Rex Discount
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• GTCR, Reverence Capital Ink $2B Deal For Wells Fargo Unit
• Class OK In Labaton Sucharow, Quinn Emanuel-Led Dell Suit
• Del. Justices Reverse Express Scripts' $82M Trial Loss
• Wilson Sonsini-Led Connectivity Biz Lands $1.4B Valuation
• 4 Firms Build $8.5B SPAC Deal For Metal Packaging Biz
• VC-Backed Startups Roblox And Oscar Health Ready Listings
• Davis Polk, Weil Power $11.75B Lucid Motors SPAC Merger
• 4 Firms Guide Cannabis Co.'s $1.9B Go-Public Deal
• Brookfield Lobs Takeover Bid Valuing Inter Pipeline At $5.6B
• Sidley, Graubard Steer Fintech Co.'s Go-Public At $4.7B Value
• Garrett Motion, Equity Holders Head For Ch. 11 Plan Mediation
• 3 Firms Guide $5B LNG Shipment Biz's BlackRock Tie-Up
• Infrastructure Privatization Can Still Be A Useful Model
• When Domestic Securities Fall Outside Scope Of Federal Law
• What CFTC Reporting Changes Mean For Pool Operators
• Cyxtera Technologies To Go Public In $3.4B SPAC Merger
• Shearman Nabs Ex-Jones Day Capital Markets Pro
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• Blank Rome Nabs LA Finance Partner From Buchalter
• Allied Universal Set To Win G4S Bidding War With $5.3B Offer
• Stockholders Say $1.1B Talos Energy Deal Rife With Conflicts
• In-Shape Approved For $45M Ch. 11 Sale Of Calif. Gym Clubs
• Don't Miss It: Debevoise, Mayer Brown Guide Hot Deals
• 3 Firms Pilot $120M PE Investment In Talent Recruitment Co.
• Real Estate Rumors: Kissaki Sushi, GL Homes, Apollo
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, White & Case, Sidley
• Davis Polk, Paul Hastings Rep Fintech SPAC's $250M IPO
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Political Donor Gets 12 Years After Hiding Foreign Agent Work
• Short-Notice Zohar Real Estate Sale Gets Court OK
• FTC Staff Fights Altria's Bid To Claw Back Juul Docs
• The Best Ways To Respond To Enforcement From SEC, CFTC
• A Look Under The Hood Of Independent Sponsorship In M&A
• Energy Distributor Sells Chemicals Biz To PE Firm For $570M
• 3 Firms Fuel $1.5B SPAC Deal For Satellite Imagery Co.
• Jones Day-Led Greystar Buys £291M Of KKR Student Housing
• Ex-SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Returns To Sullivan & Cromwell
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• Deals Rumor Mill: SpaceX, Marqeta, Aerion
• Blockchain.com Raises $120M Amid Bitcoin Bull Market
• Davis Polk, Willkie Steer $150M States Title Financing
• US-Style SPAC Launches In Germany Hunting For Tech Biz
• IHeartMedia Bolsters Ad Tech With $230M Deal
• Zohar Ch. 11 Lines Up Sale Of Tilton-Tied Snelling Staffing
• US Natural Gas Cos. Combine In $7.2B Deal Built By 5 Firms
• Serco Buys PE-Backed Defense Contractor For $295M
• Monteverde Attys Net $5.8M In Deal Ending Envision Sale Suit
• Garrett Motion Favors Mediation Over Competing Ch. 11 Plans
• Banking Tech Biz Personetics Nabs $75M From Warburg
• Optum OKs Review Reset On $13.8B Change Healthcare Buy
• 2 Craft Cos. Hope To Reap Rewards Of Hot IPO Market
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• Ropes & Gray Steers Hamilton Lane To $3.9B Fund Closing
• What DOJ's 1st PPP Fraud Settlement Can Teach Borrowers
• Latham-Led CoStar Competes For CoreLogic With $6.9B Bid
• 7 False Claims Act Enforcement Trends To Watch
• Monitor Ordered For GPB Capital After $1.8B Fraud Charges
• Va. Consumers Seek Class Cert. In Payday Lending Suit
• Davis Polk, Skadden Steer Cannabis SPAC's $175M IPO
• Calif. Sues Shuttered Bakery And Seeks $1.3M For Workers
• Don't Miss It: Fenwick, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cleary, Faegre
• Davis Polk, White & Case Steer SPAC Union For $2.4B Fintech
• SPAC Surge Could Have Ripple Effects Overseas
• Key Deliverables For SPAC Parties Amid Growth Trend
• Bidding Battle For Coherent Heats Up With II-VI's $6.5B Offer
• Pet Care App Rover Valued At $1.35B In Blank-Check Union
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Xos Trucks, Bilfinger
• Retirement Savings Fintech Receives $12.5M Capital Infusion
• Indian Payments Biz Valued At $900M In Series D Round
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• Investors Swoon Over Bumble's $2B Upsized IPO
• Energy Biz Inter Pipeline Rebuffs Brookfield's $10.6B Bid
• Apollo-Backed Co. Joins SPAC Wave With Upsized $600M IPO
• GPB Capital Exec Pleads Not Guilty In $1.8B Fraud Case
• Chinese Health Care Biz Valued At $1.7B In Take-Private Offer
• Driving Forces Shaping The Life Settlements Market
• Merger Due Diligence Considerations Amid Rising ESG Focus
• Former PE Exec Pleads Guilty To 'Varsity Blues' Fraud
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-DLA Piper Finance Partner
• Gibson Dunn Wants Investment Co. To Pay Nearly $1M In Fees
• Cooley, Kirkland Pilot SPAC Merger For $3.8B Air Taxi Startup
• Former GPB Capital CEO Denies Alleged Role In $1.8B Fraud
• SMTC Investor Seeks To Block Deal With HIG Capital
• Greenberg Leads Appgate In Merger To Go Public
• Apollo To Make An Up To $470M Investment In Health Care Biz
• Ex-Morgan Lewis Partner Joins Goulston & Storrs In Boston
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Simpson Thacher Hires V&E Energy M&A Partner In Houston
• Hyzon Motors Valued At $2.7B In SPAC Deal Driven By 3 Firms
• 3 Firms Steer Blank-Check Merger Creating $2.9B 3D Tech Biz
• Investment Co. Claims Fund Is Trying To Extort Weed Shares
• Judge Blocks Investors' $39M Spectrum Deal Amid Objection
• Bumble Upsizes IPO As More Companies Join Pipeline
• National Securities Settles Former Exec's Whistleblower Suit
• Education Software Investors Sue Over $2B Thoma Bravo Deal
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• COVID Construction Files: Oceanwide's San Francisco Project
• Banks Slam Eagle Hospitality Cost, Schedule In Del. Ch. 11
• Morgan Lewis Picks Up Former Sidley Partner In Chicago
• 5 Firms Construct $2.8B Go-Private Deal For Cubic Corp.
• MPs To Probe £530M LV Takeover Amid Competition Concerns
• Consultant, Cura Partners Trade Sanction Bids In Merger Fight
• Blackstone, GIP Team Up For $4.7B Signature Aviation Bid
• Don't Miss It: Covington, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Congress Should Make TCJA Income Definition Permanent
• Trio Of Fintech-Focused SPACs Raise $895M Total In IPOs
• Goodwin-Led Gene Therapy Co. Nabs $150M Via PIPE
• US Cos. Must Get Ready For EU Human Rights, Climate Policy
• Judges On Race
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• Construction Fintech Co. Built Raises $88M For Expansion
• 4 Firms Guide CoreLogic's $6B Takeover Deal
• Sana's Smash IPO Tops Biotech Trio Raising $811M Combined
• New York Life Loans $66M For Colorado Apartment Complex
• Real Estate Rumors: Related, LIM College, Angelo Gordon
• 7 Takeaways From Recent Del. Statutory Appraisal Litigation
• GPB Capital Founder, 2 Others Charged With $1.8B Fraud
• Latham, Ogier Steer PE-Backed Atotech's $498M Public Debut
• Deals Rumor Mill: WeWork, Nestle, Kraft Heinz
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• 23andMe Inks $3.5B Deal With Richard Branson-Backed SPAC
• SourceHOV Creditors Seek Injunction Over Stripped Assets
• Pair Of Tech IPOs Soar After Exceeding $1.3B Combined
• Cooley-Led Security Deposit Biz Closes On $52M Financing
• 5 Firms Guide Electric Vehicle Biz's Go-Public At $3.1B Value
• PE Firm Lands $2.75B For 2nd Middle Market-Focused Fund
• Top Sen. Banking Republican Seeks Capital Markets Bill Ideas
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• Insurance Software Co. Valued At $7B In Go-Public Deal
• SPACs Surged In January Following Record-Breaking 2020
• Real Estate Tech Biz Lands $110M In Tiger Global-Led Round
• Raising Capital For Real Estate Deals During The Pandemic
• Winston, Ropes Pilot $2.1B Deal For Satellite Launch Co.
• Brookfield Infrastructure Inks Complete $4.1B Sale Of Enwave
• Simpson Thacher-Led Bumble Eyes $1B IPO
• Ex-Partner Says Wall Street CEO Ousted Women, Minorities
• Ropes & Gray-Led Kohlberg & Co.'s Latest Fund Lands $3.4B
• Uber Swallows Up Latham-Led Alcohol Marketplace For $1.1B
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Arnold & Porter Nabs Ex-Jones Day Capital Markets Pro
• Arcapita Invests $120M In University Student Housing
• HIG Seeks To Bar Refiling Of False Claims Act Case
• Robinhood Raises $3.4B As Retail Stock Trading Soars
• 3 Firms Guide SPAC Deal Creating $3B Car Battery Co.
• NY Merger Ruling Offers Costly Lesson On Vague R&W Terms
• Blitz Of Biotechs Join Crowded IPO Lineup To Start February
• Arnold & Porter, Skadden Rep $2B Wheels Up Go-Public Deal
• Lender CURO Inks Up To $121M Deal To Buy Financing Co.
• Microcap Firms Agree To Arbitrate Part Of Client Theft Suit
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges
• Pulling Up Stakes: Proskauer, Latham, Milbank