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Private Equity - September, 2024

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• Amazon's Soured Solar Deal Suit Misses Mark, PE Firm Says
• Latham, Davis Polk Steer AI-Focused Chipmaker's IPO
• Private Trading Platform Scraps SPAC Merger In Favor Of IPO
• Chancery Sidelines Squarespace Merger Doc Suit For Now
• Activist Investor Urges Basic-Fit Gym Operator To Sell
• Ropes & Gray, Kirkland Guide PE-Backed Education Co.'s IPO
• Morgan Stanley Investment Arm Nabs $750M For Climate Fund
• PE-Backed IT Provider Ingram Micro Files Long-Awaited IPO
• Marsh McLennan Paying $7.75B For McGriff Insurance
• AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys
• Steward Health CEO Sues Senate Panel After Contempt Vote
• 5 Firms Guide DirecTV, Dish On $10B Debt Exchange Merger
• Early Trump Media Backer Dumps Shares As Lockup Expires
• 'Varsity Blues' Suit Flips The Script On 'Victim' USC
• Off The Bench: College Sports Dominates Legal Landscape
• Alvarez & Marsal Tax Appoints Former Weil Official
• Life Sciences Firms Energize IPO Market As Recovery Builds
• Polsinelli Adds Debt Finance Shareholder In Denver
• Chicago Tribune Journalists Say Pay Bias Suit Can Continue
• Ault Disruptive To Dissolve After Failing To Ink SPAC Deal
• Ill. Justices Won't Hear Baker McKenzie's London Transfer Bid
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Skadden, Cleary
• Fried Frank-Led StepStone Clinches $7.4B Secondaries Fund
• SEC Accuses NC Business Owner Of $28M Ponzi-Like Fraud
• Obesity Drug Developer Leads 2 Upsized IPOs Totaling $310M
• VivoPower Keeps HQ In UK To Qualify For $21B Gov't Program
• Investor Ordered To Deposit $336K In Pot Co. Contract Suit
• Qualcomm Eyes Massive Buyout Of Intel, Plus Other Rumors
• Southwest Airlines Touts Big Changes Amid Activist Pressure
• 3 Firms Rep As Citi, Apollo Form $25B Private Credit Program
• In-House Counsel To Play Central Role At AI Cos., VCs Say
• Barry Manilow Sued By Hipgnosis Over Sony Royalties
• UpHealth Wins Most Of $115M Award In Glocal Merger Dispute
• IP Protection Firm's $426M SPAC Merger Is Scrapped
• E-Bike Maker Argues In Del. Supreme Court To Salvage Sale
• Cannabis Co., Investor Must Take Contract Suit Back To Court
• Cancer Detection Biz To Go Public Via $694M SPAC Merger
• NYSE Cancels Proposal To Extend SPAC Merger Deadlines
• Cleary-Led Apogee Buys UW Solutions In $240M Cash Deal
• Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Chancery Told SwervePay Deserves Sanctions In Earnout Suit
• Everton Finds New Buyer In US Billionaire
• SEC Settlement Holds Important Pay-To-Play Lessons
• 7 Attys In M&A, Real Estate Join Jones Walker In New Orleans
• Star Witness Against Bankman-Fried Gets 2 Years In FTX Case
• King & Spalding, Skadden Rep $1.7B DE Shaw-Macquarie Deal
• Ropes & Gray Chair To Serve 2nd Term; Firm Picks Vice Chair
• Favre Parkinson's Reveal Overshadows Welfare Fraud Hearing
• Boeing Ruling Is A Cautionary Tale For Trade Secret Litigants
• What To Expect From Calif. Bill Regulating PE In Healthcare
• Commercial REIT Unveils $251M IPO As Pipeline Builds
• Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
• 3 Firms Rep As Blackstone, Vista Ink $8.4B Smartsheet Buy
• SEC, CFTC Issue $118M Fines In Latest Text Message Actions
• Linklaters-Led Gulf Energy Biz To Buy Enviro Co. For $1.4B
• Ex-Adviser Can't Seek Due Process Update, Justices Told
• Petco, Shareholders Battle In Chancery Over Controller Clout
• CFTC Fines Piper Sandler $2M In Latest Text Messaging Action
• USC Lies Fueled 'Varsity Blues' Case, Exec Says In $75M Suit
• Boston-Based PE Firm Wraps Debut Fund With $220M In Tow
• Natural Gas Co. Must Pay $6.8M To Ex-Trader In Bonus Fight
• Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
• RSV Vaccine Biz Secures $100M For Series B Funding Round
• Latham-Led Aerospace Giant StandardAero Preps $1B IPO
• Ex-Comtech CEOs Push For New Board, Strategic Changes
• Paul Weiss Gains PE, M&A Partner From Ropes & Gray
• Debevoise Reps KKR On $4.6B Middle-Market Fund
• IPO Trio Looks To Raise $536M Combined As Autumn Begins
• Agriculture Tech Biz's $147M SPAC Merger Is Scrapped
• Fed's Surprise Rate Cut Gives M&A Markets Needed Relief
• BNP Paribas Plugging $5B Into Apollo-Backed Atlas
• It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers
• Cardinal Health Pays $1.12B For Integrated Oncology Network
• Off The Bench: Favre Flops, Dolan Escapes, Betting Cos. Sued
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Holland & Knight
• DOE Picks 25 Battery Projects For $3B Of Awards
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Joins Willkie's Asset Management Dept.
• EQT To Buy Indian Affordable Housing Finance Biz For $210M
• Senate Panel Holds Steward CEO In Contempt After No-Show
• Simpson Thacher Reps ICG On $1.9B North American Fund
• Sidley-Led Knowles Sells Microphones Biz For $150M
• Weil Continues Building Funds Group With Ex-Goodwin Atty
• Pink Floyd, NFL And PE Take Limelight In Latest Deal Rumors
• 3 Firms Lead Vistra's $3B Buy Of Leftover Stake In Nuclear Biz
• Close Brothers To Sell Wealth Manager To Oaktree For £200M
• PureCycle Investors Seek Final OK Of $12M Settlement
• Split 5th Circ. Upholds Oxy's $38M Win Over Wells Fargo Bank
• Vista Rejects MNC's Latest Offer, Recommends Czech Co. Bid
• Parent Of UK's TGI Fridays Falls Into Administration
• 7 Takeaways For Investment Advisers From FinCEN AML Rule
• Netflix's 'Varsity Blues' Setback Puts Media On Watch
• Clifford Chance Hires Investment Management Attorney In DC
• GameStop CEO Pays $1M For Failure To Flag Bank Stock Buy
• Federal Judge Won't Abstain From Pot Payment Co. Dispute
• Travers Smith, Simpson Thacher-Led PEs In £1.4B Builder Buy
• Chancery Sides With Truth Social Backer In SPAC Deal Payout
• Mitigating Risk In Net Asset Value Facility Bankruptcies
• What VC Fund Settlement Means For DEI Grant Programs
• VivoPower Plots $1.13B Merger After Unit's SPAC Deal Closes
• White & Case Foreign Investment Pro Joins Paul Hastings
• In-House Atty Brings Bias Suit Over Firing After Miscarriage
• Travel Tech Co. Hotel Engine Books $2.1B Valuation
• US Utility AES Sells 30% Stake In Ohio Unit For $546M
• Guardian In Talks To Sell The Observer To Tortoise Media
• Freshfields-Led Warburg Pincus Sells IT Biz Shares For €153M
• Ex-GT Attorney Joins Jones Day's Real Estate Ranks
• Euronext Buys UK Stock Market Research, Data Software Biz
• 70% Of Insurance Underwriters Fear Replacement By AI
• Top UK Banks Push Payments Infrastructure Reform Plan
• Skadden, Freshfields Guide Midea's $4B Hong Kong Listing
• Swiss Seize $15M From Bank For 'Serious' Market Violations
• Red Lobster Exits Bankruptcy Protection
• CFT Capital Raises $781M For 2nd Co-Investment Fund
• Silver Point Wraps $4.6B Opportunistic Credit Fund
• 5th Circ. Rejects Favre's Hail Mary In Sharpe Defamation Fight
• Gibson Dunn Taps Akin Gump Atty For Private Credit Growth
• Natural Gas Co. BKV To Raise Up To $315M In IPO
• Carlyle Commits $1B To Clean Real Estate Finance Co.
• A&O Shearman Hires Finance Pro From Latham In Paris
• Thoma Bravo's $5B Bid For Darktrace All Set For Completion
• Ares Tops $3.3B For Latest US Distressed Real Estate Fund
• The 2024 Regional Powerhouses
• Truth Social Founders Take Trump Fight To Fed Court
• Investors Greenlight Carbon Credit Co.'s $213M SPAC Merger
• Vista Hails Sweetened CSG Bid, But Leaves MNC Door Open
• Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks
• 2 Life Sciences Cos. Start Trading After Raising $540M Total
• Plane Leaser Avolon To Fly Away With Aircraft Fleet For $5B
• High Court Sanctions £2.2B Deal For Network International
• Former Y Combinator GC Joins Freshfields In Silicon Valley
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• PE Giant KKR's Plan To Buy Entertainment Biz Gets EU Nod
• Ropes & Gray Helps Kohlberg Net $4.3B For 10th PE Fund
• Steward Health Care CEO Faces Contempt For No-Show
• Navigating A Potpourri Of Possible Transparency Act Pitfalls
• Del. Justices Uphold Chancery Toss Of $1.2B NCino Deal Suit
• A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President
• Sedgwick Lands PE Investment At $13.2B Enterprise Value
• Nippon's Push To Save US Steel Buy And Other Deal Rumors
• Wilson Sonsini Hires Tax Pro From Slaughter and May
• Digital Media Solutions Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Sell
• A&O Shearman-Led Cinven Buys 50% Of UK Insurance Expert
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Springer Nature's German IPO
• Mastercard To Buy Recorded Future Security Co. For $2.65B
• Madison Realty Lands $2B For Latest Real Estate Debt Fund
• Energy Biz Bowleven Edges Closer To Quitting LSE Listing
• Litigation Spending To Rise As Cases Grow More Aggressive
• Top Calif. Biz Bills Sitting On Gov. Newsom's Desk
• How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies
• Studio Behind 'Sound Of Freedom' Worth $1.6B In SPAC Deal
• Proskauer Lands Fried Frank's Arbitration Head In London
• Investor 'Blindsided' By Dye & Durham's Increasing Debt Load
• Trademarks Surge As UKIPO Transforms Digital Platform
• Dickson Minto Breaks Tradition With Walker Morris Hire
• Atlanta VC Fund Folds Black-Only Grant Contest To End Suit
• Trustpilot Kicks Off £20M Share Buyback, Returns To Profit
• EQT Leads €93M Round For Belgian Biotech's Cancer Venture
• Dentons Adds 2 Corp. Pros In Dublin From US Rivals
• Ex-PE Boss Denies Owing Fee For €150M Investment In Fund
• Paul Hastings-Led ICG Clinches $17B Direct Lending Fund
• Latham Hires Senior Tax Pro From Travers Smith In London
• Blink Fitness Lands $105M Bid From PureGym
• Truth Social Founder Ordered To Disclose Investor Details
• TPG, Rosatom Seek To Bar Jailed Oligarch's $14B Fraud Claim
• Vista Delays Investor Vote On MNC Capital's $2.15B Bid
• V&E Launches New Dublin Office In Aviation Finance Push
• Holland & Knight Grows In DC With Ex-IDB Invest Counsel
• Troutman Pepper Adds Duane Morris Private Equity Co-Leader
• Healthcare Real Estate Firm Pays $80M For 277 US Properties
• White & Case Guides £100M Hedge Fund Deal For Spectator
• Brookfield Pledges Over $1B To Ultra-Low Carbon E-Fuels Co.
• Southwest Plans Board Shakeup Amid Activist Pressure
• Herbert Smith Freehills Hires Private Capital Partner In Asia
• Investors Sue Broker For Assisting $129M Forex Fraud
• Paul Hastings Taps Capital Markets Pro From Davis Polk
• Cooley Hires Team For Emerging Companies And VC Practice
• SEC Fines 9 Advisers $1.24M Over Marketing Rule Violations
• 7-Eleven Says No To Talks With Couche-Tard After $40B Denial
• MBX Biosciences Seeks Up To $136M In Upcoming IPO
• How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Fried Frank Finance Leader Joins Skadden In New York
• Five Point Energy Clinches 4th Fund With $1.4B In Tow
• Squarespace Gets 'Best And Final' $7.2B Offer From Permira
• Calif. Panel Rejects PE Exec's Excess Coverage Claims
• Sharpe Rips Favre's Nod To Palin-NYT Ruling As Irrelevant
• Navigating New Enforcement Scrutiny Of 'AI Washing'
• Morgan Stanley Fined $2M Over First Republic Exec's Trades
• Renewable Energy Biz Goes Public Via $386M SPAC Merger
• Baker McKenzie M&A Partner Jumps To Bell Nunnally
• Judge Says He'll OK 2U's $527M Debt-Cutting Plan
• Goodwin-Led Cancer Biotech Eyes Roughly $200M IPO
• 7-Eleven Parent Rejects Nearly $40B Buyout Offer
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Bennett, Orrick
• Increased Scrutiny Raises Int'l Real Estate Transaction Risks
• Class Attys Vie To Lead Drug Co. Insider Trading Suit In Del.
• PE Firm Argues Tossing of FTC Case Also Ends Workers' Suit
• Biden To Block US Steel-Nippon, And More Deal Rumors
• Ga. Investment Adviser To Pay $335K To End SEC Suit
• How Fund Advisers Can Limit Election Year Pay-To-Play Risks
• FTC Focus: What Access To Patent Settlements Would Mean
• Chancery Presses Pause On $450M Bolt Financial Financing
• Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
• Casino Queen Strikes Deal In Workers' ESOP Suit
• Debevoise, Cravath Steer Verizon's $20B Frontier Takeover
• Bird & Bird Recruits M&A Partner In Frankfurt Amid Growth
• CVC Raises €7.4B Of Capital In 1st Results After Listing
• SEC Lets Deadline Pass For 5th Circ. Private Funds Appeal
• PE Advisers Flouted Registration Requirements, SEC Says
• Icahn Enterprises Investor Sues Alleging 'Ponzi-Like' Scam
• Cheer Parents Request $35M In Fees, Costs For Antitrust Deal
• Ex-CEO Sues Ferry Co.'s Private-Equity Buyer
• Apollo Defends $570M Controller Deal In Chancery Suit
• Orrick-Led Epam Systems Buys Neoris In $630M Cash Deal
• Fintech Investor Tries To Undo 'Formulistic' Nix Of NCino Suit
• 9 Liability Management Tips As Debt Maturity Cliff Looms
• Nordstrom Family Makes Takeover Offer, Valuing Biz At $3.8B
• Kirkland-Led Warburg Pincus Lands $4B For Latest Fund
• Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
• Simpson Thacher-Led Blackstone Inks $16.2B AirTrunk Deal
• Investment Biz Sells Stake In UK Rival For Up To $258M
• Investors Get 3rd Extension For £253M Bid For Payments Co.
• Mishcon Helps Starwood Capital Buy UK REIT For £674M
• PE Firm Investors Say False SEC Filings Caused Big Losses
• Aspire Biopharma Inks SPAC Deal At $316M Valuation
• Adviser Lied About Wall Street Skyscraper Digs, SEC Says
• Kirkland Brings On Ex-Goldman Sachs Debt Finance Pro In NY
• Cozen O'Connor Adds 13 Clark Wilson Lawyers In Vancouver
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Paul Weiss Adds Ex-Fried Frank Atty To Lead Fund Finance
• 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
• Bain One-Ups KKR's $4B-Plus Bid In Battle For Fuji Soft
• Semnur Pharmaceuticals To Go Public Via $2.5B SPAC Merger
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Goodwin Tech M&A Partner In Boston
• Simpson Thacher-Led Blackstone Inks €1B Property Deal