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June 20, 2024
Chancery Preserves Most Of Hertz Shareholder Buyback Suit
Several Hertz directors who authorized $4 billion in stock buybacks in 2022 that vaulted a private equity-based shareholder into a controlling position will have to face claims in Delaware's Court of Chancery that they breached their fiduciary duties to the company.
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June 20, 2024
Cheer Parents Get Initial OK For $82.5M Varsity Brands Deal
A Tennessee federal judge is giving the preliminary go-ahead to an $82.5 million settlement between a class of cheer parents and a group of the biggest players in the American cheer industry, agreeing that the deal appears to be fair and equitable.
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June 20, 2024
6 Firms Build Hydrogen Developer's $1.6B SPAC Merger
Chinese hydrogen solutions company United Hydrogen Group Inc. on Thursday announced plans to go public through a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Aimei Health Technology Co. Ltd. in a deal that values the combined business at roughly $1.6 billion on a pro forma basis and was built by six law firms.
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June 20, 2024
Assa Abloy Says Deal Monitor Going Too Far
Assa Abloy has told a D.C. federal court that a monitoring trustee installed after the company settled a government merger challenge is taking things too far by trying to conduct a five-year, industry-wide study that's on pace to cost the company $20 million.
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June 20, 2024
Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle-KKR, Didi IPO, Open AI
The deals rumor mill is often overflowing with transactions that are reportedly close to being signed, so it can be hard to know which ones to stay on top of.
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June 20, 2024
AssetMark To Buy $12B In Assets From Financial Services Biz
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP-advised wealth management platform AssetMark Inc. on Thursday announced a strategic partnership with Morningstar Wealth under which AssetMark will acquire roughly $12 billion in assets from the Morningstar Wealth Turnkey Asset Management Platform.
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June 20, 2024
Skadden, Weil Guide Honeywell's $1.9B Defense Tech Co. Buy
Honeywell International Inc. said Thursday it plans to acquire defense electronics company CAES Systems Holdings LLC in a $1.9 billion all-cash deal guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP that Honeywell said would enhance its radio frequency technology offerings for military aircraft, missiles and drones.
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June 20, 2024
Dickinson Wright Brings On McDermott, Bell Nunnally Attys
Dickinson Wright PLLC added a pair of new members who include a commercial finance and real estate attorney from Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP based in Austin, Texas, and a tax and incentives attorney from McDermott Will & Emery LLP in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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June 20, 2024
A&O Shearman-Led Bridgepoint Makes £626M Offer For Rival
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Ltd. said Thursday that a company controlled by asset fund manager Bridgepoint Advisers is weighing a £578 million ($734 million) takeover and that it would recommend that to shareholders if it makes a formal bid.
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June 18, 2024
4 Firms Steer Family-Owned Baker Europastry's IPO Plans
Family-owned frozen bakery products giant Europastry S.A. said Tuesday that it plans to raise €225 million ($241.7 million) in fresh capital through an initial public offering on Spanish stock exchanges guided by four law firms, adding to a recent uptick in European IPOs.
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June 18, 2024
Blackstone Plans Takeover Of Japan's Infocom In $1.7B Deal
Blackstone said Tuesday it is planning to take Japanese digital comic distributor Infocom private in a deal that marks its largest private equity deal ever in Japan, worth 275 billion yen ($1.7 billion).
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June 18, 2024
Latham Guides Data Centers Biz In $2.2B KKR-Led Group Deal
A consortium led by private equity giant KKR, advised by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, announced Tuesday it agreed to invest up to $2.22 billion in Singapore-based data center provider ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, which is advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, in what the investors said marks the largest data infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia so far this year.
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June 18, 2024
Perkins Coie Names Private Capital And Fund Formation Chair
Perkins Coie LLP announced Jacquie Duval as the new chair of the firm's private capital and fund formation practice.
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June 18, 2024
Hamilton Lane Closes Its Largest-Ever Fund With $5.6B In Tow
Private equity shop Hamilton Lane, advised by Ropes & Gray LLP, on Tuesday announced that it has clinched its sixth secondary fund with $5.6 billion in tow, marking the firm's largest fundraise ever, according to a statement Tuesday.
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June 18, 2024
African Gold Miner To Go Public Via $500M SPAC Merger
African gold miner Namib Minerals said Tuesday it has agreed to go public by merging with special-purpose acquisition company Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VI at an estimated $500 million value, a deal said to be the largest SPAC acquisition involving an African business to date.
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June 18, 2024
Cooley Adds Ex-Kirkland Global Fund Formation Atty In NY
Cooley LLP has expanded its fund formation practice with the addition of an experienced fund formation attorney who previously worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and founded a venture advisory group for asset managers.
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June 18, 2024
Hargreaves Lansdown Backs £5.4B CVC, Abu Dhabi Bid
The board of Hargreaves Lansdown PLC said Tuesday that it would be willing to recommend to its shareholders a sweetened £5.4 billion ($6.9 billion) takeover offer from a consortium of private equity companies, including CVC and the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi.
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June 18, 2024
STG Partners' Bid For Gresham Wins Regulatory Approvals
Gresham Technologies PLC said Tuesday that an attempt by U.S. private equity firm STG Partners LLC to buy the U.K.-based software business for £146.7 million ($186 million) has received a boost by gaining regulatory clearances.
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June 17, 2024
Startup Wants To Add More Than $200M To Boeing IP Verdict
Zunum Aero Inc. is urging a Washington federal judge to significantly boost a $72 million jury verdict against the Boeing Co. for misappropriating the electric jet startup's trade secrets, including adding $162.5 million in exemplary damages and nearly $52 million in legal costs and interest.
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June 17, 2024
SEC Alleges Texas Man Offered Virgin Sham $200M 'Lifeline'
Securities regulators sued a venture capitalist and his investment firm in Texas federal court Monday, accusing the firm of making a bogus offer to invest $200 million into Virgin Orbit last year despite having less than $1 in its bank account and causing stock prices to swell before plummeting when the deal collapsed.
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June 17, 2024
Drugmaker, PE Investor Sued In Del. Over 'Unfair' Deal Terms
Clinical-stage biotechnology firm Omega Therapeutics' board entered into an "unfair" agreement to develop a new drug with the company's controlling private equity stockholder that was heavily tilted in favor of the majority equity holder and Omega insiders, an investor alleged in a lawsuit in Delaware's Chancery Court.
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June 17, 2024
Primo Water, BlueTriton All-Stock Merger Creates Water Giant
Primo Water Corp., the parent company of popular water brands such as Alhambra and Crystal Springs, on Monday announced plans to merge with the parent company of water brands Poland Spring and Arrowhead, BlueTriton Brands Inc., in an all-stock deal built by five law firms that is meant to create a North American water giant.
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June 17, 2024
Ares, Searchlight-Led Group Plugs £500M Into RSK Group
British sustainability company RSK Group Ltd., advised by Travers Smith LLP, on Monday announced that it is set to receive a £500 million ($634.5 million) preferred equity investment from a group led by private equity firms Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP-led Searchlight Capital Partners LP and Dechert LLP-led Ares Management Corp., which will be used to fund growth initiatives.
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June 17, 2024
Hertz Warrant Holder Sues In Chancery For Contract Breach
Two investment affiliates of Discovery Capital Management LP have sued Hertz Global Holdings Inc. in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging willful failure to redeem warrants issued in 2021 as part of the company's Chapter 11 and demanding at least $187 million plus interest.
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June 17, 2024
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Proposed amendments to Delaware's General Corporation Law that were prompted by several recent Chancery Court rulings sailed through the state Senate last week despite loud opposition from corporate law professors and other Chancery Court watchers, and Tesla shareholders filed two new suits against CEO Elon Musk.
Expert Analysis
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4 Ways To Refresh Your Law Firm's Marketing Strategy
With many BigLaw firms relying on an increasingly obsolete marketing approach that prioritizes stiff professionalism over authentic connection, adopting a few key communications strategies to better connect with today's clients and prospects can make all the difference, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law.
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What 3rd Circ. Trust Ruling Means For Securitization Market
Mercedes Tunstall and Michael Gambro at Cadwalader break down the Third Circuit's March decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. National Collegiate Master Student Loan Trust, as well as predict next steps in the litigation and the implications of the decision for servicers and the securitization industry as a whole.
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Behind Indiana's Broad New Healthcare Transactions Law
The high materiality threshold in Indiana's recently passed healthcare transaction law, coupled with the inclusion of private equity in its definition of healthcare entities, makes it one of the broadest state review regulations to date, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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10 Tips For ESG Disclosure Compliance In Private Funds
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
As regulators increase scrutiny of misleading claims about environmental, social and governance investments, private fund sponsors should consider several practical tips for communicating accurately with potential investors, drafting comprehensive disclosures and establishing internal policies that can keep pace with evolving compliance requirements, says Jonathan Rash at Ropes & Gray.
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Highlights From The 2024 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting
U.S. merger enforcement and cartels figured heavily in this year's American Bar Association spring antitrust meeting, where one key takeaway included news that the Federal Trade Commission's anticipated changes to the Hart-Scott-Rodino form may be less dramatic than many originally feared, say attorneys at Freshfields.
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What FERC's Disclosure Demands Mean For Cos., Investors
Two recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission orders reflect the commission's increasingly meticulous approach to reviewing corporate structures in applications for approval of proposed consolidations, acquisitions or changes in control — putting the onus on the regulated community to track and comply with ever-more-burdensome disclosure requirements, say attorneys at Willkie.
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Series
Whitewater Kayaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Whether it's seeing clients and their issues from a new perspective, or staying nimble in a moment of intense challenge, the lessons learned from whitewater kayaking transcend the rapids of a river and prepare attorneys for the courtroom and beyond, says Matthew Kent at Alston & Bird.
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This Earth Day, Consider How Your Firm Can Go Greener
As Earth Day approaches, law firms and attorneys should consider adopting more sustainable practices to reduce their carbon footprint — from minimizing single-use plastics to purchasing carbon offsets for air travel — which ultimately can also reduce costs for clients, say M’Lynn Phillips and Lisa Walters at IMS Legal Strategies.
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Opinion
Post-Moelis Del. Corp. Law Proposal Would Hurt Stockholders
The proposed Delaware General Corporation Law amendment in response to the Court of Chancery's recent opinion in West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund v. Moelis would upend the foundational principle of corporate law holding that directors govern corporations in the interest of stockholders — and the potential harm would be substantial, say attorneys at Block & Leviton.
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Management Incentives May Be Revisited After PE Investment
As the economic climate shifts, key parties in private equity investment transactions may become misaligned, and management incentive plans could become ineffective — so attentive boards may wish to caucus with management to evaluate continued alignment, say Austin Lilling and Nida Javaid at Morgan Lewis.
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Practicing Law With Parkinson's Disease
This Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Adam Siegler at Greenberg Traurig discusses his experience working as a lawyer with Parkinson’s disease, sharing both lessons on how to cope with a diagnosis and advice for supporting colleagues who live with the disease.
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The Merger Cases That Will Matter At ABA Antitrust Meeting
While the American Bar Association's Antitrust Spring Meeting this week will cover all types of competition law issues in the U.S. and abroad, expect the federal agencies' recent track record in merger enforcement to be a key area of focus on the official panels and in cocktail party chatter, say attorneys at Freshfields.
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Series
Playing Hockey Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Nearly a lifetime of playing hockey taught me the importance of avoiding burnout in all aspects of life, and the game ultimately ended up providing me with the balance I needed to maintain success in my legal career, says John Riccione at Taft.
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For Lawyers, Pessimism Should Be A Job Skill, Not A Life Skill
A pessimistic mindset allows attorneys to be effective advocates for their clients, but it can come with serious costs for their personal well-being, so it’s crucial to exercise strategies that produce flexible optimism and connect lawyers with their core values, says Krista Larson at Stinson.
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Private Capital Considerations Amid Market Revival
As improved market conditions position traditional financing to regain lost market share, it's also worth considering the pace and structure of private credit and other forms of private capital, especially when seeking to set unique terms or build new corporate relationships, say attorneys at Skadden.