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Private Equity - March, 2023

316 articles

• Kraft Heinz Escapes Consolidated Derivative Investor Suit
• Credit Suisse Escapes Delisted Trade Note Suit, For Now
• Fund Slams FCC's Procedural Maneuvers In $8.6B Tegna Deal
• Inside The Largest PE Funds From 2023's First Quarter
• McAfee Says Favre Using Defamation Suit To Stifle Critics
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Crone Law Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Biotech Firms Pursue Alternatives While IPOs Remain Cold
• Gibson Dunn Clients Can't Nix Sanctions Over $1M Fee Fight
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Vinson, Wilson
• Pfizer Led Top 10 M&A Deals Of Q1 As Values Hit Record Low
• Wigdor Asks To Drop Out Of Rape Suit Against Ex-Apollo CEO
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 3 Firms Guide Drug Co. Sartorius' €2.4B Bid For Polyplus
• Private Equity Deals Getting Closer Antitrust Scrutiny
• Mass. Securities Cop Probes First Republic Execs' Stock Sales
• Female M&A Panel Says Creativity, Diversity Key To Survival
• Coty Inc. Stockholders Settle $1.7B Controller Deal For $35M
• US Banking Industry Fears Zap Optimism For 2023 M&A Rally
• Community Banks Uniquely Poised To Grow ESG Movement
• Cannabis Lender Secures $100M Additional Capital
• Manchester United Sees Mixed Financial Results In Fiscal Q2
• Fox Ex-Producer Case Is A Lesson In Joint Representation
• PE Giant Advent Accused Of Fraud In $225M Funeral Co. Sale
• Kirkland Steers Close Of Prysm Capital's $305M Growth Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Amazon, Musk, Commanders
• 3 Firms Lead Investor's Market Debut After £13M Fundraise
• Accel-KKR Raises $5.3B Across 2 Tech-Focused Funds
• Media Union Wants In On $8.6B Tegna Deal Fight At DC Circ.
• Latham, Kirkland, Pillsbury Advise Webhelp-Concentrix Talks
• Volta Investor Seeking Docs Sues In Del. Ahead Of Shell Buy
• Fed's SVB Review Will Be 'Unflinching,' Lawmakers Told
• Why The SVB Collapse Is Not A 2008 Repeat Story
• 2 Firms Steer Tech-Focused Blank Check Firm's $60M IPO
• Clearlake Reiterates $3.8B Bid That Blackbaud Rejected
• Inside The Emergence Of 'Bridge Banks'
• Trump-Linked SPAC Gains Reprieve After Delisting Threat
• FTC Calls Juul-Altria Settlement Offer 'Woefully Short'
• Energy Co. Investors Nab Partial Class Cert. Over $6.1B Deal
• PE Firms Look To Slip Tuna Price-Fixing Claims
• Burford Asks Court To Nix Sysco's Litigation Funding Suit
• US Chamber Backs Sysco In Litigation Funding Dispute
• Crescent Point Will Acquire Spartan's Alberta Assets For $1.2B
• CFTC Chair Warns Of 'Disaster,' Mass Layoffs If Budget Is Cut
• Fed, FDIC Officials Back Stronger Rules After Bank Blowups
• Envestnet Adds 3 New Board Members After Activist Criticism
• DC Circ. Asked To Force FCC's Hand On $8.6B Tegna Deal
• Stanford Law Protest Highlights Rise Of Incivility In Discourse
• Nixon Peabody Guides RE Social App In $150M SPAC Merger
• Deal Lessons From Del. Ruling Against Seller CEO And Buyer
• White & Case Settles $8.3M SPAC Merger Fee Suit
• Tech Co. Sued In Del. For Books On $2.6B Vista Buyout
• German SpaceTech Biz Collects $165M In Fundraising Round
• Fed's Barr Says SVB Failure Was 'Textbook Mismanagement'
• Varsity Brands To Pay $43.5M In Deal With Cheerleading Gym
• Don't Let Judges Redefine Words In IP Cases, Justices Told
• 7th Circ. Judge Asks If Ancestry Sale Enough To Trigger GIPA
• 5 Firms Guide Chinese Electric Vehicle Biz $1.2B SPAC Merger
• Shipping Firm, RV Rental Platform Eye 2 IPOs Totaling $60M
• Energy Transfer To Buy Lotus Midstream Ops In $1.45B Deal
• Ropes & Gray-Led Parthenon Lands $4.5B For 7th Fund
• Dispute Prevention Strategies To Halt Strife Before It Starts
• Brookfield-Led Group To Buy Origin Energy In $12.4B Deal
• Philanthropic Software Co. Rejects $3.8B Takeover Bid
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• MoFo Expands M&A Group With PE Partner In San Francisco
• K&L Gates Adds 3 Corporate Attys From Winston & Strawn
• Federal Judge Downs 'Rapid Release' Tylenol Suit
• First Citizens To Buy Failed Silicon Valley Bank From FDIC
• Wachtell-Led Salesforce Avoids Proxy Fight With Elliott
• Winston & Strawn Picks Up Cadwalader Corporate Pair
• Parents Want Cheer Co. Punished For Sanction Motion
• Patent Biz Wins $11.1M Jury Verdict In Texas
• Ga. Investment Adviser Cops To $110M Fraud Scheme
• Customers Ask To Pause Kroger's $25B Albertsons Deal
• GOP Senators Say Fed Missed Signs Of SVB's Poor Health
• SEC Weighs Requiring More Disclosure From Private Startups
• Gov't Using Stall Tactics, Litigation To Quash M&A, Attys Say
• Icahn Calls Illumina's Grail Move 'A New Low' Amid Proxy War
• Space Startup's Ex-CEO Must Face SEC's Fraud Suit
• Australian Elder Care Co. Mulls AU$775M Takeover Bid
• Don't Miss It: Cleary, King & Spalding Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Deutsche Bank Settles Suit Over $1.6B In Madoff Claims
• Sidley Austin Adds Middle East M&A Pro To New York Office
• Short Seller's Defamation Suit Should Be Tossed, Judge Says
• Attys Slapped With Sanctions In Suit Over Real Estate Scheme
• Del. Corp. Officer Liability Shield Challenged In Third Suit
• Debt Availability Poses Key Challenge To M&A Activity
• Three Arrows Co-Founder Ordered To Answer Subpoena
• Cooley Guides Indonesian Digital Credit Biz's $270M Fundraise
• Bankrupt Dirt Bike Co. Gets OK of $73 Million Ch. 11 Sale, DIP
• Masimo Unveils Board Changes Amid Politan Suit In Delaware
• Kirkland Steers STG's Close Of $4.2B Tech-Focused PE Fund
• Practical Skills Young Attorneys Must Master To Be Happier
• Toshiba Board Accepts Consortium's $15.2B Takeover Bid
• Parsing The New Enforcement Moment At SIFMA Conference
• Deals Rumor Mill: Commanders, FTX, Baxter International
• Finnish Builder To Pull Back Support For €1B Offer From Bain
• $1.2B Space SPAC Hit With Stockholder Suit In Chancery
• Qihoo Sees $9.3B Investor Suit Trimmed
• Pot Co. Inks $2.9M Deal To End Investors' Stock Drop Suit
• 2 Firms Lead Force Pressure Control's $240M SPAC Merger
• Trump-Tied SPAC Fires CEO Amid Mounting Scrutiny
• McDermott Lands Deals Attys From Pillsbury, Gibson Dunn
• SEC Expands Push To Require Electronic Filings
• 2 Firms Steer JP Morgan's Buy Of VC-Focused Software Biz
• 3 PE Firms Clinch Separate Funds Totaling Around $1.13B
• Angry Birds Owner Ends €683M Takeover Talks With Playtika
• UK Raises Concerns Over Broadcom's $61B VMware Takeover
• 'Free Dinner' Investment Scammers Owe $1.3M, Judge Says
• Company Seeks $20B From Canada Over Nixed LNG Project
• JPMorgan Seeks To Arbitrate Frank Founder's Firing Claims
• Plaintiffs' 'Reckless' Conduct Kills Cheerleading Apparel Suit
• $285M Fee In $1B Dell Settlement Faces Close Chancery Look
• NFL Hall Of Famers' Defamation Brawl Shifts To Federal Court
• DSW Stock Tipper Gets 1 Year After 'Heated' Court Debate
• DOJ Vowed 'Difficult Cases.' It Still Bowed To UnitedHealth
• Citadel Securities, Others Want Biotech Spoofing Suit Nixed
• Israeli Fintech Valued At $3.5B Months After Failed SPAC Deal
• After SVB Collapse, A Lesson In Patents As Debt Collateral
• Utilizing Advance Notice Bylaws In Activist Investor Defense
• Australian Agriculture Tech Co. Braiin Inks $215M SPAC Deal
• Perkins Coie Steers Close Of $605M SaaS-Focused Fund
• Freshfields Guides Publisher On Selling £78M Biz To PE Firm
• SVB Can't Transfer Accounts From Silicon Valley, FDIC Says
• DOJ Quietly Abandons UnitedHealth Merger Appeal
• Regulators Extend SVB Bidding, Give OK To Signature Deal
• Feds Say No Harm In Late Wiretap Notice To Stock Tipper
• Orrick To Rep Ex-SVB CEO In Shareholder Suits
• Vitamin Shoppe Parent Co. Receives Over $1B Buyout Bid
• FleetCor Inks Deal With Activist To Change Board, Review Biz
• 3 Firms Steer Tanker Services Provider's $261M SPAC Merger
• Illumina Says Icahn Nominees Would 'Damage' Core Business
• SEC's Proposed Custody Rule Changes And What They Mean
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Deerpath Capital Clinches 6th Fund With $1.5B Committed
• Proskauer-Led JMI Equity Closes $2.4B Growth Equity Fund
• Software Service Co. Sued In Del. To Break PE Firms' Control
• For-Profit Coding School Hit With Student-Led Class Action
• Finance Co. Must Face Rival's Defamation Claim
• SVB's Fall Portends Even Leaner Times For Private Startups
• Shareholder Activism Landscape Changed By Universal Proxy
• Women, Minority-Owned Firms Jump In 2022 Despite Market
• WeWork Restructuring Debt With SoftBank, Others
• ABA Opinion Should Help Clarify Which Ethics Rules Apply
• Would-Be Pot Co. Rainmaker Not Liable For Alleged Fraud
• Baker Botts Adds Corporate Pro From Paul Hastings
• Biden Says It Should Be Easier To Punish Failed-Bank Execs
• John Wood Wins Deadline Extension For Apollo's £1.6B Offer
• Stock Tipper Says Feds 'Sandbagged' Him With Secret Wiretap
• Don't Miss It: Norton Rose, Winston Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Silicon Valley Bank Parent Files For Ch. 11 In NY
• Private Equity Firm Buys Embattled Pornhub Parent
• Yellen Defends Depositor Rescue As Sens. Debate SVB Bust
• Ex-BlackRock Trader Sues Over Firm's ESG, Diversity Efforts
• Parents Defend Firm Choice In Cheerleading Monopoly Suit
• Kraft Heinz Shareholders Can't Pause Del. Suit, Court Says
• BigLaw Attys Predict More Securities Trials As Industry Roils
• Casino Game Co. Financiers Move For $5.8M Conn. Judgment
• Consulting Firm Can't Ditch $2.5B Stock Deal Shorting Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: SVB, Trump's Truth Social, Michael Jordan
• SEC Mormon Church Action Is Form 13F Reporting Reminder
• Curtailing Offshore Tax-Advantaged Investment In China
• Nasdaq Delisting Russian Retailer Ozon Over Political Strife
• SVB Hit With Another Investor Suit For Hiding Financial Woes
• How Crypto-Friendly Bank Failures Will Change Tech Industry
• AMC Nixes $800M Debt Buyback Plan Over Market Conditions
• Gowling To Expand In Germany With Taylor Wessing Partners
• Latham-Led Saudi Fintech Co. Lands $150M From Goldman
• 4 Ways To Reboot Your Firm's Stalled Diversity Program
• Unity Software Investors Who Challenged $4.4B Deal Seek Fee
• When A Litigation Funder Is Accused Of Taking Over The Case
• Shareholders Seek Sanctions In Telecom Co. Award Fight
• Chancery Awards $1 More Per Share In Mindbody Merger Suit
• Bank Failures Shine Light On Corporate Governance Risks
• DOJ And Others Take Down $3B Crypto Laundering Scheme
• Gramercy Says Peru Hasn't Paid $100M Arbitration Award
• Icahn Says Illumina Stance 'Insulting' As Proxy War Brews
• Top Questions, And Lessons, After Banking's Wild Weekend
• DOJ's Google Sanctions Motion Shows Risks Of Auto-Deletion
• Haynes Boone, Other Firms Augment Teams Over SVB Fallout
• Firms Battle To Steer Clayton Dubilier-Cornerstone Deal Suits
• SEC's Crypto Suit Shines Light On Novel Securities Theory
• Investor Blasts Freshpet $350M Capital Raise In Fragile Market
• PE-Backed Biz Interrupts $425M Merger Of Biotech Firms
• Allen & Overy Continues US Growth With New M&A Partner
• Financial Advisers Eye £19M Bid For Energy Investor
• Feds Eye 4 Years For Stock Tipper After Cooperation Flip-Flop
• 2 Law Firms Guide PE Biz's £320M Bid For Events Organizer
• Dems Float Hearings, Trot Out Banking Bill In Post-SVB Push
• Signature Bank's Closure Was Not Tied To Crypto. Or Was It?
• 5 Things To Know About The Atty Heading SVB 'Bridge Bank'
• Ritchie Bros. And IAA Shareholders Greenlight $7.3B Merger
• 1-800-Flowers Investor Suit Tossed After 2nd Circ. Remand
• SEC Says Owner Used Investor Funds As Private Piggy Bank
• Eos Energy SPAC Investor Sues B. Riley Sponsor In Del.
• What To Expect From A Litigation Finance Industry Recession
• 4 Firms Guide Mexican Developer's $810M SPAC Merger
• Goodwin Expands Investment Group With Stradley Ronon Atty
• Simpson Thacher-Led Blackstone Buying Cvent In $4.6B Deal
• Casino Co., Plan Manager Must Face Suit Over $1.6B 401(k)
• TransDigm Group To Buy Calspan In $725M Deal
• Apollo Funds Taking Univar Solutions Private In $8.1B Deal
• Cannabis Co. Says It Trusted Lies As Pot Investment Soared
• Paul Hastings, Wilson Sonsini Steer $1.5B Momentive Deal
• Jane Doe Says JPMorgan, Deutsche Can't End Epstein Suits
• SVB Failure Spurs Fed Soul-Searching, Political Blame Game
• How Public Companies Are Responding To SVB's Collapse
• J&J Wants Rival's 'Meritless Delay Tactic' Denied
• SVB, Execs Hit With 1st Shareholder Suit Over Implosion
• SPAC Investor Sues Over 'Abysmal' $16B Mortgage Biz Merger
• SVB Flameout May Spur Gov't Probes With Social Media Twist
• A Look At The Feds' Extraordinary Reaction To SVB Collapse
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Cheer Brand Wants Parents Sanctioned For Class Cert. Bid
• Illumina Hit With Proxy Contest By Activist Investor Carl Icahn
• Work Product Doctrine Protects NY Firm In $30M Loan Spat
• Aeries Goes Public At $656M Market Cap Via SPAC Deal
• SVB Parent Forms Restructuring Committee After Collapse
• Indian Warehouse Co. Raises $200M From Singapore PE Fund
• 5 Firms Guide $12.5B Sale Of Qualtrics To Silver Lake, CPP
• SVB's UK Unit Sold To HSBC By Regulators For £1
• Feds Step In To Protect Depositors As Another Bank Falls
• Fintech Founder To Pay SEC $1.1M To Settle Fraud Claims
• SVB's Swift Demise Unsettles The Private Financing Sector
• Don't Miss It: Cravath, Latham Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Software Startups Should Address IP Considerations Early On
• Ex-Kirkland Corporate Partner Rejoins Faegre Drinker
• Tech Co. Airship, SPAC Sign Letter Of Intent For $290M Merger
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Fenway Sports Secures Life Partnership With LeBron James
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Wachtell, Davis
• Schroders Gets Green Light To Launch Long-Term Asset Fund
• All Eyes On Regulators As SVB Failure Tests Bank-Crisis Prep
• Video Game M&A Stays Resilient Amid Wider Slowdown
• Black Rifle Coffee Can't Shuck Would-Be Investor's Suit
• Three Firms Get To Lead Bumble Shareholder Suit In Chancery
• DOJ Gets More Overlapping Board Members To Resign
• SEC Asks Justices To Hear New Challenge To In-House Courts
• Altria To FTC: There's No More Juul Investment To Challenge
• Real Estate Co. Asks 4th Circ. To Nix Loss In Bid-Rigging Fight
• House Panel Focuses On Expanding JOBS Act Benefits
• Business Software M&A Slowing Amid PE Retreat
• Gibson Dunn Adds Finance Pro In Houston From Akin Gump
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche Bahn, Subway, Boardriders
• Navigating A Smooth Job Changeover In Private Equity
• Oilfield Services Provider Begins Trading After $324M IPO
• 2 Firms Lead Publisher's $940M Buy Of Business Events Co.
• Dominion Presses Fox To Retract 'Lies' Ahead Of Hearing
• White Collar Atty Confirmed As Silicon Valley's Top Prosecutor
• 2nd Circ. Reinstates REIT Co-Founder's $3.2M Decision Appeal
• Combating Russia's Evolving Sanctions Evasion Efforts
• Thoma Bravo's Offer 'Insultingly Low,' Magnet Investor Says
• Kirkland Leads Ares $375M Brand Management Firm Infusion
• 2 Firms Drive Electric Powertrain Maker $306M SPAC Merger
• Solenis To Buy Diversey In $4.6B PE-Backed, Go-Private Deal
• Abraaj Founder Fails To Block Extradition To US Over Fraud
• Fried Frank Steers Close Of Permira's €16.7B Buyout Fund
• BigLaw Vets Launch Remote-First Firm Focused On Small Biz
• Blackstone, Thomson Reuters Sell £2B In LSEG Shares
• VC Firm Owes Mo. Bank $8M After Hospital Buyer Defaults
• Chancery Approves $39.9M Settlement For Cannabis Co. Tilray
• 2 Firms Steer Chinese E-Commerce Co.'s $200M IPO Filing
• Ex-SEC Officials Side With Slack Investor In High Court Appeal
• 2 Firms Steer $150M Women's Tennis, CVC Capital Partnership
• Ritchie Bros. To Offer Dividend If $7B IAA Merger Is Approved
• TPG Makes $1.22B Offer For Australian Funeral Services Co.
• Kinesic Capital Proposes Value Creation Plan To ON24 Board
• Abraaj Founder Seeks To Fight Extradition To US Over Fraud
• John Wood Rebuffs PE Firm Apollo's Latest £1.6B Offer
• Kraft Heinz Investor Sues Board Over Cost-Cutting 'Failure'
• SEC's Uyeda Decries Attempts To 'Overregulate' Markets
• Latham Guides Golden Entertainment On $361M Gaming Sale
• 4 Firms Steer A Pair Of SPAC Mergers Exceeding $1B Value
• Real Estate Rumors: Urban Green, Cafaro, Sequoia Equities
• Justices Leave Questions Open On Dual-Purpose Atty Advice
• Angelo Gordon Clinches $1.3B Market Dislocation Fund
• Silver Lake, CPPIB Lob $12.4B Takeover Bid At Qualtrics
• New Policies And Programs Can Help Seal Smaller M&A Deals
• Activist Investor Rips Into Comscore, Wants Director Gone
• O'Melveny Hires Corporate Finance Partner From Baker Botts
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Altria To Pay Up To $3.25 Billion For E-Cig Maker NJOY
• No Proxy Fight With Bath & Body Works, Third Point Says
• SEC Fines Unregistered Firms $7.3M Over Pre-IPO Share Sales
• Condo Sale Can Help Pay $142M Awards Against Restaurateur
• Tech, Media-Focused SPAC Cancels $75M IPO Plans
• Coinbase Buys Crypto Arm Of Conn. Hedge Fund One River
• Don't Miss It: Willkie, Dykema Gossett Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Equinor To Buy Suncor Energy's UK Assets For $850M
• Weil Atty Joins Simpson Thacher As Restructuring Team Lead
• Chipmaker Arm Opts For US Float Over UK In Snub To Gov't
• Investment Biz Buys €26M Stake In Irish Financial Adviser
• 2 Firms Steer Battery Tech Co. Sakuu's $705M SPAC Merger
• SEC's Investor Panel Tackles Private Markets Surge
• Korean Media Glass Maker Inks $309M Go-Public SPAC Deal
• Tech-Focused SPAC To Dissolve After Failure To Merge
• Lessons In Chancery Toss Of Claims Against CoreLogic CEO
• Skadden Can Go After $400K In Fees In Lottery.com Case
• 2nd Circ. Cans Leon Black Suit Against Wigdor, Rape Accuser
• GQG Plows $1.9B Into Adani As India Probes Fraud Claims
• Game Over For Skillz Investors' Suit Over Post-SPAC Woes
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Weil
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Altria, Stripe
• NYC Investment Firm Sues For Deceased Shareholder's Stock
• Fed. Circ. Hangs Up On Call Service Tech Biz's Appeal
• ​​​​​​​EQT, Canadian Fund Buy Digital Infrastructure Co. For $3B
• Aecon Inks CA$235M Sale Of Ontario Road Building Unit
• Uruguayan Fintech DLocal Sued Over IPO In New York
• Northleaf Closes 8th Global PE Solutions Fund At $675M
• Trump-Linked SPAC Seeks To Appeal Nasdaq's Delisting Plans
• Suit Over Foreclosure Bids Resumes After Ch. 11 Dismissal
• Asia Insurance Startup To Go Public Via $250M SPAC Merger
• Proposed SPAC Merger Values Clearday Health Biz At $250M
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland
• Enbridge Strikes $1B Deal With Food Waste Conversion Co.
• Euronext Drops €5.5B Unsolicited Bid For Allfunds Tech Biz