Private Equity

  • July 01, 2025

    State Of 2025 Energy Dealmaking: Midyear Report

    Energy dealmaking has been roiled by drastic policy shifts under President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress. Here, Law360 looks at factors that are causing investors to be cautious in some instances and rush to finalize projects in others.

  • July 01, 2025

    Oppenheimer Drops Suit Over Ex-Adviser's Ponzi Scheme

    Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. has dropped its suit against three North Carolina residents challenging whether they are entitled to arbitrate their case against the financial services giant over a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by a former employee, court records show.

  • July 01, 2025

    Willkie Lands Former Orrick Energy Leader In Houston

    The former global energy and infrastructure sector leader at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has moved his practice to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Houston, Willkie announced Tuesday.

  • July 01, 2025

    King & Spalding Adds Alston & Bird Partner To Atlanta Office

    King & Spalding has announced it hired a new partner from Alston & Bird who will join its real estate and funds team in Atlanta.

  • July 01, 2025

    Blackstone Can Raise Bid Amid Rival Offer For UK Investor

    Blackstone said Tuesday it is examining whether to table a new bid for Warehouse REIT, a logistics investor based in the U.K., after its takeover target agreed to a £485.2 million ($668.2 million) deal with rival Tritax in June.

  • June 30, 2025

    Chipmaker Wolfspeed Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Ax $4.6B Debt

    Semiconductor maker Wolfspeed Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court Monday with a plan supported by its senior lenders to slash about $4.6 billion of debt and emerge from the insolvency proceeding later this year.

  • June 30, 2025

    Judge Urges DOJ, Assa Abloy To Reach Deal On Extension

    A D.C. federal court urged the U.S. Department of Justice and Assa Abloy on Monday to reach an agreement over a request from Fortune Brands Home & Security to extend a supply agreement that was part of a 2023 merger settlement.

  • June 30, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Delaware's Supreme Court was kept busy this past week with litigants' attempts to challenge its previous decisions, as well as those of Delaware's Court of Chancery, which included an argument that the state's high court incorrectly ruled in favor of energy company Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP by rejecting the Chancery's decision upholding class claims branding the call-in of public shares unfair. In case you missed it, here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.

  • June 30, 2025

    Blackstone-Backed Cirsa Prices IPO For $2.9B Market Cap

    Private equity-backed Spanish casino operator Cirsa Enterprises S.A.U. on Monday launched plans for an initial public offering that would give the company a €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) market capitalization.

  • June 30, 2025

    Hong Kong's IPO Surge Creates More Competition For US

    Hong Kong led global exchanges on new listings for operating companies in the first half of 2025, partly benefiting from a U.S.-China rift that is prompting more mainland China companies to seek secondary listings in Hong Kong, according to new data released on Monday.

  • June 30, 2025

    Hyatt Selling Playa Real Estate Portfolio For $2B

    Hyatt Hotels Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell the real estate portfolio owned by Playa for $2 billion to Tortuga Resorts — a joint venture between an affiliate of private equity firm KSL Capital Partners and resort and hospitality company Rodina.

  • June 30, 2025

    Kirkland Debt Finance Ace Jumps To Reed Smith In Houston

    Reed Smith LLP announced Monday that it has fortified its global corporate group with a partner in Houston who was previously a debt finance partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • June 30, 2025

    Chancery OKs $19.25M Settlement In Weber Squeeze-Out Suit

    Grillmaker Weber Inc. public stockholders secured an up to 87-cents-per-share boost Monday over the company's purportedly unfair, $3.7 billion take private sale, when the Delaware Court of Chancery approved a $19.25 million mediated settlement.

  • June 30, 2025

    4 Firms Build $112.7M Take-Private Of Big 5 Sporting Goods

    Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp. on Monday announced plans to go private after being bought by a partnership that includes Worldwide Golf and Capitol Hill Group in an all-cash deal that was built by four law firms and is valued at roughly $112.7 million.

  • June 30, 2025

    White & Case-Led CVC, Tabreed To Buy PAL Cooling For $1B

    Private equity giant CVC Capital Partners said Monday that its infrastructure investment arm CVC DIF has teamed up with Tabreed, an Abu Dhabi-based cooling company, to acquire PAL Cooling from Multiply Group for approximately 3.8 billion UAE dirhams ($1 billion).

  • June 30, 2025

    High Court To Hear Fight Over Investment Fund Suits

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case that could limit the ability of private parties to assert contract violations against investment funds, with one activist investor accusing several closed-end funds of shutting it out of its voting rights.

  • June 30, 2025

    BP Marsh Raises Stake In RPC-Advised Broker To 39%

    Private equity investor B.P. Marsh said Monday that it has snapped up an additional 2% interest in Pantheon for £5.5 million ($7.5 million), expanding its holding in the Lloyd's market broker to 39%.

  • June 30, 2025

    Proskauer Taps Paul Weiss Atty To Lead US PE Deals Team

    Proskauer Rose LLP announced Monday that it has hired a former Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP attorney to lead its private equity transactions practice in the U.S. from the New York office.

  • June 27, 2025

    PE-Backed McGraw Hill, Consumer Researcher NIQ File IPOs

    Educational publisher McGraw Hill Inc. and consumer research provider NIQ Global Intelligence PLC filed plans for initial public offerings Friday, marking a pair of large private-equity-backed companies set to join a recovering IPO market.

  • June 27, 2025

    Judge Waits On Fortune's Bid To Join Assa Abloy Fight

    A D.C. federal judge left open the question of whether Fortune Brands Home & Security can intervene to enforce Assa Abloy's 2023 settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday, as the DOJ seeks to keep a supply agreement between the two companies in place.

  • June 27, 2025

    4 Firms Guide Blackstone's $2B CRE Loans Deal

    Blackstone and Atlantic Union Bank's holding company have closed Blackstone's acquisition of $2 billion worth of performing commercial real estate loans from the holding company in a deal guided by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Ropes & Gray LLP and Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, the companies jointly announced.

  • June 27, 2025

    Hinshaw Continues Finance Growth With Goldman Sachs Atty

    Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP announced today that a former vice president and senior legal director at Goldman Sachs Bank USA has returned to firm life as a senior counsel in its New York office.

  • June 27, 2025

    Off The Bench: Tatis Says Loan 'Predatory,' Tennis Player Suit

    In this week's Off The Bench, a Major League Baseball star wants out of a "predatory" loan from a future earnings investment company, a group of migrant workers keep alive their suit accusing companies that helped develop World Cup facilities in Qatar of exploitation and abuse, and the tennis Grand Slam tournaments may be in the crosshairs of players suing the sport's hierarchy.

  • June 27, 2025

    MoFo, Latham Lead Medical AI Co. Carlsmed's $100M IPO

    Carlsmed Inc., a spinal surgery solutions-focused medical technology company near San Diego, has unveiled plans for an initial public offering, telling regulators it is aiming to raise up to $100 million, with Morrison & Foerster LLP advising Carlsmed and Latham & Watkins LLP representing the underwriters.

  • June 27, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Sidley Austin

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Spectris backs a takeover offer from Advent, C&S Wholesale Grocers acquires SpartanNash, NBA team owners approve the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx to a consortium led by former limited partners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, and Illumina Inc. acquires SomaLogic from Standard BioTools.

Expert Analysis

  • Opportunity Zone Revamp Could Improve The Program

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    If adopted, the budget bill's new iteration of the opportunity zone program could renew, refine and enhance the effectiveness and accountability of the original program by including structural reforms, expanded eligibility rules and incentives for rural investment, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • At 'SEC Speaks,' Leaders Frame New Views

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    At the Practising Law Institute's recent SEC Speaks conference, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission leadership highlighted the agency's significant priority changes, including in enforcement, crypto and artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

  • The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References

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    As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Opinion

    The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit

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    The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.

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    Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.

  • Opportunities And Challenges For The Texas Stock Exchange

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    While the new Texas Stock Exchange could be an interesting alternative to the NYSE and the Nasdaq due to the state’s robust economy and the TXSE’s high-profile leadership and publicity opportunities for listings, its success as a national securities exchange may hinge on resolving questions about its regulatory and cost advantages, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • Review Risk Is Increasing For Foreign Real Estate Developers

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    Federal and state government efforts have been expanding oversight of foreign investment in U.S. real estate, necessitating careful assessment of risk and of the benefits of notifying the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, say attorneys at Troutman.

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    Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles

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    Law firms looking to recruit legal business talent should consider turning to paralegals, who practice several key skills every day that prepare them to thrive in marketing and client development roles, says Vanessa Torres at Lowenstein Sandler.

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    Playing Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Poker is a master class in psychology, risk management and strategic thinking, and I’m a better attorney because it has taught me to read my opponents, adapt when I’m dealt the unexpected and stay patient until I'm ready to reveal my hand, says Casey Kingsley at McCreadyLaw.

  • Does R-Squared Have A Role In Event Study Analysis?

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    With 2024 marking the second consecutive year to experience an increase in securities class action filings, determining the reliability of event study models is of utmost importance, but it's time to reconsider the traditional method of doing so, say analysts at StoneTurn Group.

  • Avoiding The Risk Of Continued AI-Washing Enforcement

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    A recent action brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice, alleging a software developer defrauded investors by lying about his app’s artificial intelligence capabilities, suggests this administration will continue to target AI washing, so companies should adopt practices to mitigate enforcement risk, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • What EU 'Killer Acquisition' Study Means For Pharma Deals

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    The European Commission’s recent study of pharmaceutical companies' acquisitions of emerging competitive threats, the first of its kind globally, has important implications for the industry, and may lead to increased awareness of merger control risks in collaborative agreements, say lawyers at Paul Weiss.

  • As Tariffs Hit The Radar, PE Counsel Should Review Strategies

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    As tariffs compound existing challenges in the private equity sector, counsel should consider existing headwinds such as interest rates and industry-specific impacts like supply chains and pricing power, which may help mitigate risks and capture opportunity, says Nathan Viehl at Thompson Coburn.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Becoming A Firmwide MVP

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    Though lawyers don't have a neat metric like baseball players for measuring the value they contribute to their organizations, the sooner new attorneys learn skills frequently skipped in law school — like networking, marketing, client development and case evaluation — the more valuable, and less replaceable, they will be, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • 9th Circ. Ruling Clarifies Derivative Suit Representation Test

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    The Ninth Circuit's recent ruling in Bigfoot Ventures v. Knighton clarifies the test used to assess the adequacy of a plaintiff's representation in a shareholder derivative action, and will likely prove useful to litigants by ensuring that courts can fully examine all relevant circumstances, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

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