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Private Equity - February, 2025

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• SPAC Trio Raise $575M Combined As Market Recovers
• Assessing PE Risk After Mass. False Claims Act Amendments
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Former Flag Football League Exec
• MPLX Paying $715M For Full Control Of BANGL Pipeline
• Time To Abolish IPO 'Bureaucracy,' Law Professor Says
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Skadden
• Goodwin, White & Case Build BridgeBio's $949M SPAC Deal
• FCA Clears CVC's £5.4B Hargreaves Lansdown Takeover
• Real Estate Fund Says Property Cos. Lost Investor Funds
• Alsup Halts 'Illegal' Firings Of Probationary Federal Workers
• Davis Polk, Kirkland Steer Rithm Capital SPAC's $200M IPO
• O'Melveny Adds Ex-Paul Hastings Private Funds Partner In LA
• Anthropic Could Hit $62B Valuation, And More Deal Rumors
• Barry Manilow Pushes Dispute Over Royalties To LA Court
• Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 7-Eleven Owner Says $58B Bid Is Off Due To Financing Hitch
• Matterport Tells Del. Justices Ex-CEO Cash-Out Rulings Flawed
• GOP-Led House Panel Pushes Easier Rules On Capital Raising
• Simpson Thacher Guides $1B Real Estate Secondaries Fund
• Conn. Judge Tosses False Origin Claims In Atty's Firing Suit
• USC Escapes PE Exec's $75M 'Varsity Blues' Suit, For Now
• Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
• 3 Firms Rep On $1.8B Global Net Lease Property Sale
• Kirkland-Led Blackstone Wraps $5.6B Energy-Focused Fund
• Fladgate Boosts Private Equity Team With Avonhurst Hire
• SEC Is Asked For Background On Fugitive Trader's Death Docs
• Tampa Bay Rays To Return $200K In Alleged Ponzi Proceeds
• Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
• SEC's Small Biz Panel Seeks Relief For Venture Funds
• Nelson Mullins Brings On Corporate Ace From Fla. Boutique
• Perkins Coie Adds 3 Greenberg Traurig M&A, PE Pros In Texas
• Kirkland-Led Thoma Bravo Snags €1.8B For 1st Europe Fund
• SEC Could Loosen Income Limits On Startup Investments
• 'Varsity Blues' Suit Against USC An 'Uphill Battle,' Judge Says
• CVC Sells Stake In India Hospital Chain To KKR For $400M
• Trump Media Seeks Shareholder Approval To Leave Delaware
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Proskauer
• NinjaOne Valued At $5B After $500M Series C Funding
• Blackstone Paying $5.65B For US Marina Servicing Giant
• Fund Names Rule FAQs Leave Some Interpretative Uncertainty
• Skadden, Ropes & Gray Advising On 23andMe Buyout Bid
• How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
• 4 Firms Advise On Apollo's $1.5B Bridge Investment Buy
• Just Eat Gets €4.1B Offer From Dutch Investor To Go Private
• Skadden Leads Brookfield To Buy Renewables Biz For $1.7B
• Crypto Mining Machine Co. Bgin Blockchain Files $50M IPO
• B. Riley Founders, Board Sued In Del. Over Investment Losses
• Aerotech Can't Escape Workers' ESOP Investment Suit
• WilmerHale Corporate Ace Joins DLA Piper In California
• Barry Manilow Bids To Kick Hipgnosis Claim To LA Court
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Weil
• Trump Media Board Plans M&A Expansion Fund
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, V&E, Cravath, Dechert
• Citron Research Founder Ran 'Classic' Fraud Ploy, DOJ Says
• Select SPAC Targets Are Soaring Ahead Of The Pack
• Trump Executive Order Could Hinder Crypto Rules, SEC Suits
• Squire Patton Leads Valvoline On $625M Breeze Autocare Buy
• No Deal In Sight For DOJ's Case Against Amex GBT Merger
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Kirkland
• Musk's X Seeks Cash At $44B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
• Kirkland-Led GTCR Clinches $3.6B Strategic Growth Fund
• KKR Clinches Fuji Soft Majority Stake Ahead Of Take-Private
• Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ex-Perella Weinberg Partner Denies Plot To Split Firm
• Chancery Releases Cannabis Firm Founders From $13M Fee
• 'Death Knell' For SEC Dealer Rule As Regulator Drops Appeal
• Casino SPAC Shareholders Sue Execs Over Failed Merger
• SL Green Can't Escape Property Transfer Fraud Suit
• Silver Point Knocks SEC Suit Over Attorney Info Access Rules
• WaPo Can't Blame Source In Libel Suit, Trump Media Says
• How Private Securities Suits Complement SEC Enforcement
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Simpson Thacher Adds Litigator, Private Funds Pro In Boston
• Pandemic No Excuse To Alter $150M Notes, Alter Domus Says
• Trump Media Blames Rising Loss Partly On SEC Legal Bills
• Sidley Expands In Calif. With Latham Emerging Cos. Atty
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
• Compliance Boss Took $9M In Clients, Investment Firm Says
• RBI Takes Control Of Burger King China, Seeks Local Partner
• Dechert, Paul Hastings Guide Barings' Takeover Of Artemis
• Property Co. Assura Says £1.6B KKR Bid Undervalues Biz
• UK Healthcare Property Biz Assura Rejects £1.6B KKR Bid
• Joy Dish Soap Deal Caused $12M Loss, Manufacturer Claims
• 'Not For Sale': OpenAI Rebuffs Musk's $97.4B Takeover Bid
• Alston & Bird Leads PE-Backed Michigan Bank's $151M IPO
• 1st Circ. Chides SEC, Judge In Atty Stock Scheme Case
• Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
• Asset Manager Fiera Broke Bonus Promises, Ex-Exec Says
• Simpson Guides KKR On $850M-Plus Real Estate Credit Fund
• Kirkland-Led Bain Buys Facilities Manager From PAI Partners
• Judge In SEC Case Asks If Fugitive Trader Really Died
• Chancery OKs Appraisal Suit Fix For Sears Damage Ruling
• In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
• Clark Hill Adds Ex-Gordon Rees Corporate Atty In Pittsburgh
• In-House Legal AI Co. Eudia Raises Up To $105M In Series A
• Musk's $97B OpenAI Bid Dubbed A 'Stunt' Amid Other Rumors
• Musk Says He'll Drop OpenAI Bid If It Scraps 'For Profit' Plans
• Growth Equity Firm Plugs $150M Into Video Monetization Biz
• Willkie-Led Defense Firm Karman Prices Upsized $506M IPO
• Paul Hastings, Cooley Lead Obesity-Focused Aardvark's IPO
• Travers, Foley Lead Steve Madden On £289M Kurt Geiger Deal
• Kirkland, Davis Polk Steer SailPoint's Upsized $1.38B IPO
• UK Greenlights PE Biz's £840M Deal For Workplace E-Trainer
• OpenAI Says Musk Takeover Bid 'Exposes' Intent Behind Suit
• Poultry Producers Can't Dodge Bid-Rigging Claims In MDL
• PE Exec Says USC Can't Escape $75M 'Varsity Blues' Suit
• Davis Polk Guides Irish Sensor Co. On $2.3B Stateside Buy
• McDermott Adds Litigation, Private Funds Partners In NY
• Sidley Litigator Tapped For Treasury GC Post
• Power Generation Co. Going Public Via $770M SPAC Deal
• Takeaways From CFTC's Private Fund Rule Amendments
• Software-Focused PSG Secures $8B Across 2 New Funds
• NYSE Plans To Launch New Exchange In Texas
• Crypto Platform EToro Confidentially Files IPO Proposal
• Trump Picks Crypto Policy Advocate Quintenz To Lead CFTC
• Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• UK Clears £2.55B BlackRock Bid For Data Biz Preqin
• Quantum Computing Secures TRO In Battle With Investor
• Crypto Bills A 'Test Case' For AI Regs, GOP Senator Says
• Proskauer-Led Rocktree Buys Atria, Secures $350M Financing
• Bain Scraps Fuji Soft Tender Offer In Bid War With KKR
• Activist Elliott Targets Phillips 66 Again Over Lack Of Progress
• Investor Oaktree Closes $16B Distressed Debt Fund
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Latham
• Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
• Novartis To Buy US Pharma Biz Anthos For Up To $3.1B
• NY Funds Say Paramount 'Bound' To Mull $13.5B Sale Option
• Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B OpenAI Takeover Bid
• Conn. Judge Flags 'Extraordinary' Error In $10.4M Fraud Suit
• Lexitas Selling Registered Agent Unit To Dutch Co. For $415M
• A Look At Collateralized Loan Obligations Post-Reform
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Investor Urges US Steel To Dump Deal After Trump Comments
• Sidley Adds White & Case Energy Ace In Houston
• Orrick Lands 13-Atty VC Team From Gunderson Dettmer In LA
• Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
• Pillsbury Recruits Former Mayer Brown Tax Pro In NY
• Emerson Butts Heads With Elliott On $7.2B AspenTech Deal
• Chancery Tosses $3.4B Hertz Stock Warrant Redemption Suit
• NJ Statehouse Catch-Up: Offshore Wind, AI, Neurodiversity
• SPAC Market Hums Again Following Multiyear Downturn
• SolarWinds Accepts $4.4B Sale To PE Firm Turn/River Capital
• Del.'s Quiet Ambition To Tweak Chancery, Stem Feared DExit
• Texas Judge Ends Fund's SEC Suit Over 'Fishing Expedition'
• Activist Elliott Takes Aim At $7.2B AspenTech-Emerson Deal
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Cravath
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Latham, Skadden
• Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
• 3 Firms Guide Bain On $3.4B Japanese Pharma Co. Buy
• 3 Firms Build HIG's CA$1.3B Take-Private Of Converge
• Goodwin, Ropes Lead Cystic Fibrosis Co.'s Upsized $191M IPO
• SEC 'Exposes Lunacy' Through Its Dueling Suits, PE Firm Says
• Judge OKs 'Unorthodox' Deal To Fund Pa. Hospitals In Ch. 11
• Sam Altman Calls Musk's Claim Of Ban On Rivals 'False'
• Warner Music Nabs Top Stake In Owner Of Adele Song Rights
• How FTC Consumer Protection May Fare Under Reg Freeze
• Weil Hires PE, Sports Ace Away From Hogan Lovells
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• Hamilton Lane Clinches Inaugural Venture Fund At $615M
• AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
• Meta Eyes Texas Skies, Another Crypto IPO, And More Rumors
• Mobility Scooter Co. Gets Nod For $2.1M Deal In ESOP Fight
• Honeywell To Split Into 3 Entities After Activist Pressure
• Kirkland Guiding TPG On $2.2B Altus Power Purchase
• Paramount-Skydance Merger Block Sought Pending Del. Suit
• 'Dog Eat Dog' Contract Raises Connecticut Justice's Hackles
• Judge Won't Pause Crowdfunding Case After Fraud Indictment
• Chancery Tosses Challenge To $1.1B Smart & Final Sale
• Insignia Gets Third $1.9B Bid As Brookfield Joins The Fray
• Entertainment-Focused SPAC Raises $200M To Purse Merger
• When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
• MoFo Adds BraunHagey Corporate Leader In San Francisco
• Missile-Defense Firm Karman Launches Plans For $400M IPO
• Latham Adds Ex-SEC Pro, GC To NY Roster
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Healthcare Reg Partner From Troutman
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Debevoise
• Activist Nominates 4 Director Candidates To Kenvue Board
• OpenAI Judge Rips Musk's 'Broad' Bid To Block For-Profit
• SEC Receiver, Atty Agree To Settle Fraud Transfer Claims
• McKesson Paying $850M For Top Stake In Eye Health Co.
• Losing A Motion To Dismiss Ruling Isn't Necessarily The End
• Real Estate PE Firm Closes $125M Sunbelt-Focused Fund
• PE-Backed Identity Software Firm SailPoint Primes $1B IPO
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Greenberg Traurig Biz Pro Joins Holland & Knight In Texas
• 'Is This A Joke?' Judge Denies Atty Fees For Grocery Patrons
• KKR Raises Fuji Soft Offer In Blazing Battle With Bain
• Judge Rejects Blink Fitness Ch. 11 Plan Exculpations
• Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
• Pearl Energy Closes $999.9M Fund, Tioga Raises $125M
• Trump Taps GOP Senate Staffer For Treasury Bank Policy Role
• Mintz Adds Dentons West Coast Corporate Head In San Diego
• Advertising Biz StackAdapt Secures $235M Investment
• Texas' Bid To Launch Stock Exchange Moves Forward
• OpenAI, Microsoft Aim To Ax Musk's For-Profit Change Suit
• Top 10 Healthcare And Life Sciences Issues To Watch In 2025
• Del. Justices Uphold $10.4B Anaplan Inc.'s Thoma Bravo Sale
• Utah Court Urged To Preserve $8.3M In Messner Reeves Funds
• Steel Workers Seek Class Cert. In $60M Inflated Stock Suit
• CFIUS Head Under Biden To Join Latham
• Sidley Adds Paul Hastings Energy, Finance Pro In Houston
• Cystic Fibrosis Drug Developer Sionna Targets $150M IPO
• Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 3 Firms Advise On $3B Triumph Group Go-Private Agreement
• Weil Adds Ex-A&O Shearman Financing Pro As Partner In NY