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Private Equity - November, 2023

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• IP Forecast: Beauty And The Copyright-Protected Beast
• Pharmavite Acquires Women's Health Co. Bonafide For $425M
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Nuveen's Shareholder Voting Limits
• Del. Power Struggle For NY Lithium Battery Co. Heats Up
• What Lawyers Must Know About Calif. State Bar's AI Guidance
• Industry Must Elevate Native American Women Attys' Stories
• Favre Taking Sharpe Defamation Suit To 5th Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Humana-Cigna, Shein IPO, Occidental
• Former TPG Deputy GC Rejoins Debevoise In San Francisco
• Ariel Buys Stake In Multicultural Media Biz At $400M Valuation
• McNees Wallace Adds Auto Dealer M&A Atty In Md., DC
• A Breakdown Of The OCC's New Venture Lending Pointers
• Oil And Gas Majors Step Into M&A Spotlight Moving Into 2024
• French PE Firm Raises €1.2B To Invest In Green Infrastructure
• StraightPath Execs Charged In $386M IPO Fraud Scheme
• Fed. Circ. Told To Defer To ITC In Apple Watch IP Row
• Justice Thomas Eyes Public Rights Rule In SEC Courts Case
• 2024 Female Sports Revenues Predicted To Break $1B Barrier
• Oncology Co. Akumin Gets OK For Take-Private Ch. 11 Plan
• Two More SPACs Will Dissolve As Liquidations Mount
• Elliott Reveals $1B Phillips 66 Stake, Seeks 2 Board Seats
• Crypto, Audit Cases Dominate SEC's Enforcement Focus In '23
• Justices Cast Doubt On Future Of SEC's In-House Courts
• Perkins Coie Rehires MoFo Venture Capital Partner In LA
• AI-Focused VC Firm Closes 3rd Fund With $230M In Tow
• Understanding Discovery Obligations In Era Of Generative AI
• Blackstone Buying Pet Care Co. Rover In $2.3B Deal
• KKR To Pay $2.7B For Remaining Global Atlantic Stake
• Ferrovial Sells £2.4B Stake In Heathrow To Ardian, Saudi Fund
• Munger Tolles Mourns Death Of Co-Founder Charlie Munger
• Debtor Can't Also Be Creditor In Ch. 13, 7th Circ Rules
• Fund Manager Sues SBA Over PPP Forgiveness Denial
• Software Firm Veea To Go Public In $281M SPAC Merger
• Proterra Gets OK For $210M Battery Biz Sale To Volvo
• Fajr Capital-Led Consortium Paying $1B For Aster's Gulf Biz
• Ropes & Gray Steers Tower Arch Capital's $750M Fund Close
• Sens. Question Anesthesia Co.'s 'Monopolistic' Model
• Law Firm Leaders Cautiously Optimistic Heading Into 2024
• The 2023 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Bristol Myers Strikes Up To $2.3B Avidity Cardio Partnership
• Nelson Mullins Hires Venture Capital Partner In Boston
• SEC's High Court Opponent Is A Supreme Court Newcomer
• Investment Co. Can't Send Coverage Suit Back To State Court
• SEC Can't Get More Time To Fix 'Defects' In Buyback Rules
• Elliott Slams Crown Castle For 'Profound Lack Of Oversight'
• Crypto Game Co. Neon Says Investor Is 'Raiding' Its Coffers
• ESG Around The World: Mexico
• Proterra Pauses Bus Biz Sale After Customer Objections
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides $800M L3Harris Aviation Unit Sale
• Beard Energy Transition SPAC Axes Tie-Up With Solar Biz
• Latham-Led PE Firm Clinches $1.1B Infrastructure Credit Fund
• Gowling Guides VC Molten's £41M Tech Investor Buyout
• Paul Hastings Hires NY Investment Funds Atty From Skadden
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• CMA Blows Cold Air On Wolseley's Deal For Aircon Biz
• Icahn Investor Sues In Del. Over Alleged Ponzi Scheme
• IPO Market Still Kicking As End Of 2023 Draws Near
• The Case For Post-Bar Clerk Training Programs At Law Firms
• PE Shop To Buy Canadian Arcade Game Biz For $112.8M
• Simpson Thacher Guides Blackstone On $2.5B Civica Deal
• PE Firm New Mountain To Scoop Up Music Rights Giant BMI
• The Events That Have Shaped M&A Through A Volatile 2023
• GenesisCare Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan To Slash $1.5B In Debt
• Jurisdiction Woes Kill Claims In Fugees Fraud Suit
• Twelve Below Announces $108M Across 2 New Funds
• Covington, Morgan Lewis Lead OneMain $115M Foursight Buy
• PE Firm Faces 2nd Antitrust Suit Over Texas Anesthesia Biz
• PE Firm, Anesthesia Practice Ask To Toss FTC Antitrust Case
• SEC Whistleblower Action Spotlights Risks For Private Cos.
• Issue Of Releases Delays OK Of $65M Thoma Bravo-QAD Deal
• Attorneys Have An Ethical Duty To Protect The Judiciary
• Battery Manufacturer Going Public Via $490M SPAC Merger
• Ellenoff, Kirkland Steer Colombier's Upsized $150M SPAC IPO
• BNY Mellon, Lunate Invest $300M In MENA-Focused Fintech
• Blackstone, Permira To Buy Norway's Adevinta In $13.2B Deal
• Cross-Market Implications In FTC's Anesthesia Complaint
• $19M Settlement Proposed In Del. For Materials Co. Sale Suit
• Wave Of ERISA Suits Over BlackRock Funds Hit Hurdles
• Simpson Thacher-Led Riverwood Snags $1.8B For Tech Funds
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Gamers Battled AI Instead Of Humans, $1B RICO Suit Says
• Why The Debt Maturity Wall Is Still A Figment, For Now
• McDonald's To Buy Back Carlyle's Stake In China Operations
• Bullish Buys CoinDesk From Digital Currency Group
• Kirkland & Ellis Rehires Investment Funds Pro From Latham
• WWE Investors Sue McMahon, Others In Del. After TKO Deal
• Mexican Fintech Joins Wave Of Canceled SPAC Mergers
• Investor Research Firm Settles Wage Suit For $900K
• Chancery Grants Full $18M 'Mootness' Fee To Politan Counsel
• Everton FC Faces Relegation Over Penalty For Lost Revenue
• Health Care Holding Biz To Go Public Via SPAC Merger
• UpHealth To Sell Telehealth Biz To GTCR For $180M In Ch. 11
• AI Can Help Lawyers Overcome The Programming Barrier
• Rithm, Sculptor Close $720M Merger After Settling Del. Suit
• Are CCOs Really In The SEC's Crosshairs?
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Goodwin Procter
• LSE Owner To Launch £1B Share Buyback Plan
• Veteran French Aircraft Biz Raises €124M With Share Issue
• Covetrus Investors Say CD&R Took Advantage In $4B Merger
• Attys See More Borrowers Willing To Ditch Distressed CRE
• Olaplex Brass Misled Investors On Formula Change, Suit Says
• PE Firm Arctos Invests In Aston Martin Formula One Team
• HIG Europe Strikes $390M Deal For UK Parcel Co. DX Group
• Advent Builds On Payments Empire With MyPOS Buy
• Silicon Valley's 'Party Animal' VC Convicted Of Fraud
• Zendesk Hit With Class Suit In Chancery After $10.2B Sale
• Munger Tolles Adds Corporate Ace From Buchalter In LA
• Deals Rumor Mill: Starlink, Character.AI, 'Russia's Google'
• Cancer Drug Co. Says Efficacy Talk Didn't Mislead Investors
• 4 Firms Build $100M Investment In Tourism Tax Refund Biz
• Susman Godfrey Vies To Help Lead $7.3M Crypto Suit
• Ex-Platinum Portfolio Manager Avoids Prison In Fraud Case
• Mindbody Ex-CEO, Vista Fail To Get $27M Damage Offset
• TCW, Execs Hit With Chancery Suit Over SPAC Merger Bust
• HHS Releases Nursing Home Owner, Manager Disclosure Rule
• IRL Social Media Founders Brand 'Bot' Claim False In Del. Suit
• L Squared Capital Partners Locks Up $840M For 4th Fund
• Breaking Down The SEC's 2024 Examination Priorities
• PE Firm Flexpoint Ford Bets On NY-Based Music Investor
• Preparing Law Students For A New, AI-Assisted Legal World
• European Health Care Investor Clinches €740M Fund
• Ropes & Gray Gains New Private Funds Partner In DC
• SEC Fines Mean Cos. Should Review Anti-Whistleblower Docs
• Freelancing Co. Toptal Wins $16M At Trial Against VC Backer
• SmileDirectClub Investors Say Ch. 11 Releases Are Too Broad
• Meet The Panelists: Perils And Opportunities Of CRE Distress
• Trump-Tied SPAC Shows Losses As Parties Vow To Save Deal
• Sculptor Capital Settles Del. Litigation Over Rithm Merger
• Apollo Launches 'Hydria' Amid $50B Energy Transition Push
• ESG Around The World: South Korea
• General Counsel Need Data Literacy To Keep Up With AI
• Cisco's $28B Bid For Splunk Goes Unchallenged
• PE Firm Buys The Body Shop Cosmetics Biz For £207M
• Weil Adds Private Funds Partner From Kirkland In DC
• BXP, Norges Close Boston Science Lab Deal At $1.7B Value
• Chancery OKs TRO In Suit To Oust Casino SPAC Manager
• DOJ Probing KKR Over Premerger Filings, Board Overlaps
• Law360 Webinar: Perils And Opportunities Of CRE Distress
• Canadian Silica Maker, Singaporean AI Firm Ink SPAC Deals
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Reed Smith Brings On Kirkland Attorney For Philly Office
• 6 Firms Build CA$257M Sale Of Capital Markets Software Biz
• Bradley Arant Adds Ex-McDermott Atty To Health Care Team
• BCLP Adds Ex-Akin Atty Focused On Real Estate Tax
• Massumi & Consoli Adds PE Pro In NY From Willkie
• Weil, Willkie Steer Closing Of PAI Partners' €7.1B PE Fund
• 3 Firms Steer Mach Natural's $815M Anadarko Basin Play
• AustralianSuper Denies Brookfield Offer On $12.4B Origin Buy
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• EQT To Take Japan Education Group Private In $1.4B Deal
• Inflexion To Sell Chambers To PE Firm In £400M Deal
• Willkie, Davis Polk Lead Hamilton Group's $225M IPO
• Ghanaian Businessman Says $60M Award Can't Be Enforced
• SPAC's Ch. 15 Is A Bid To Dodge Class Action, Investor Says
• Latham, Cooley Lead Cargo Therapeutics $281M IPO
• Chinese Luxury EV Brand Zeekr Revs Up US IPO
• Airline SAS Wins OK For Replacement $500M DIP Loan
• Pro-Market Groups Prod 5th Circ. To Ax SEC Hedge Fund Rule
• Virtual Reality Co.'s $655M SPAC Merger Plans Unravel
• Failed Tech Startup Founders Charged With $100M Fraud
• Real Estate Rumors: Blackstone, Griffith, Newmark
• Astra Space Founders Aim To Pay Fraction Of Prior Value
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shein, Siemens, BioMarin
• Health Care-Focused Canadian PE Firm Closes $275M Fund
• Benesch Hires Winston & Strawn Atty As PE Practice Co-Head
• Navigating Discovery Of Generative AI Information
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Latham Lead Hot Deals
• Aircraft Part Maker TransDigm To Buy CPI Unit For $1.4B
• Chancery Sets January Trial On Invictus Legal Fee Advances
• Don't Let Fenwick And Celebs Slip FTX Suit, Investors Say
• Finding Focus: Strategies For Attorneys With ADHD
• Simpson Thacher Leads MidCap-Apollo $3.4B Fund Merger
• Kirkland Adds Fried Frank Investment Funds Ace In DC
• EQRx Investor Sues In Del. For Docs On Battered SPAC Deal
• 3 Firms Lead Asia-Based Group In New $1.64B Hollysys Bid
• Feds Mismanaged 'Varsity Blues' Forfeited Funds, Court Told
• Freshfields Guides €500M Sale Of Global Fertility Services Biz
• Davis Polk Guides $5.3B Fundraise For PE Firm Harvest
• SmileDirectClub Gets Final OK For First $20M Of DIP Loan
• Chancery Flags 'Bizarre' Sculptor Capital Class Suit Exit
• Ardian Buys $2.1B Portfolio From Canada's CPP Investments
• The 2023 Law360 Prestige Leaders
• How Law Firms Build And Protect Stellar Reputations
• How Fla. Bankruptcy Ruling May Affect Equity Owners
• PE Firm Ascendent Makes $1.6B Offer For China's Hollysys
• SmileDirectClub Says Invisalign Maker Wants It 'To Disappear'
• 'Millennial' VC Demoted Partner And Hid Financials, Jury Told
• Workspace Provider WeWork Files For Bankruptcy
• Chancery Slows Invictus Fund's Bid For TRO Pending Talks
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Conservative Group Blasts Ga. VC Fund's Black-Only Grants
• Simpson Thacher Reps Rubicon Technology On $1.7B Fund IV
• How Shareholder Activists Are Targeting Insurers
• B. Riley-Linked Battery SPAC Urges Class Suit Toss In Del.
• Shareholder Urges GFL To End Public Market 'Experiment'
• CEO Of New Bed Bath & Beyond Departs After Activist Push
• Hertz Stockholder Fails To Delay Chancery Buyback Suit
• 3 Firms Lead Bain's $5.3B Deal For PE-Owned Guidehouse
• WeWork Shares Stop Trading For 'Pending' Announcement
• Bankman-Fried Faces 'Uphill Battle' Appeal, Decades In Prison
• SmileDirect Creditors Want $55M DIP Delayed For Exec Probe
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Chancery OKs $3.1M Partial Sears Hometown Suit Settlement
• Bankman-Fried's Riskiest Bet Was Taking The Stand
• Private Equity Bullish On Tech M&A After Values Plummet
• Synlab Boards Won't Lean On Whether $1.3B Buyout Is Fair
• T-Mobile-Sprint Deal Challenge Can Proceed Without SoftBank
• Off The Bench: Soccer Ban, Favre's Loss, Trump's Bills Bid
• UK Clears $7.9B Deal For Nuclear Power Biz Westinghouse
• GCT Semiconductor Going Public Via $661M SPAC Deal
• Shareholder Decries $3.1B Go-Private Deal For Telecom Co.
• Latham-, Paul Weiss-Led PE Injects €1B Into Property Portfolio
• Cooley, Paul Hastings Steer Gene Therapy Firm's $100M IPO
• New Jersey Fund Exec Cops To Hiding $294M Trading Loss
• Blank Rome Bolsters Bankruptcy Group With Katten Hire
• Bankman-Fried Found Guilty Of Massive Fraud That Sank FTX
• Trade Groups Drop SEC Disclosure Suit Following Exemption
• Ex-Platinum Portfolio Manager Asks Court For No Prison Time
• Canadian Energy Biz Buys Power Generator Co. For $478.5M
• Real Estate Rumors: Continental, Tananbaum, Prestige Cos.
• SEC's 'Rapid-Fire' Rulemaking Draws Ire At House Hearing
• Unlocking Value In Carve-Out M&A Transactions
• Brookfield Amasses $6B For Record Infrastructure Debt Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC And Waystar IPOs, Carlyle, Alo Yoga
• LIVE COVERAGE: Day 18 Of Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial
• 'I Felt Like We Had Been Conned,' Atty Testifies In VC Trial
• Bankman-Fried Accused Of 'Bald-Faced Lies' As Trial Wraps
• Chancery Keeps Some Claims Alive In Katapult SPAC Suit
• Judge OKs $8.5M Talkspace Settlement With SPAC Investors
• AirAsia Parent Seeks US Listing Via SPAC Merger
• Cooley Arrives In Sunshine State With New Miami Shop
• Attorneys, Law Schools Must Adapt To New Era Of Evidence
• Kirkland-Led KPS Capital Lands $9.7B For Latest Funds
• Willkie-Led Hamilton Insurance Targets $255M IPO
• Juul Aims To Send More Antitrust Claims To Arbitration
• COVERAGE RECAP: Day 17 Of Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial