Private Equity

  • September 30, 2024

    Latham, Davis Polk Steer AI-Focused Chipmaker's IPO

    Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence startup Cerebras on Monday filed plans for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, hoping to tap investors' enthusiasm for AI-linked companies, and with Latham & Watkins LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP guiding the process.

  • September 30, 2024

    Private Trading Platform Scraps SPAC Merger In Favor Of IPO

    Special-purpose acquisition company Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. I said Monday that its merger agreement with private investment platform Linqto Inc. has been terminated, while Linqto separately announced it will go public through an initial public offering instead.

  • September 30, 2024

    Chancery Sidelines Squarespace Merger Doc Suit For Now

    A Delaware Court of Chancery action to compel stockholder access to website builder Squarespace Inc.'s corporate records remained under a stay Monday, after a court finding that the suit aimed to preserve future review rights focused on a proposed $7.2 billion company take-private deal.

  • September 30, 2024

    Activist Investor Urges Basic-Fit Gym Operator To Sell

    Buckley Capital Management LLC made an appeal to the board of Basic-Fit NV on Monday recommending that the company undergo a strategic review with the intention of selling the business and going private.

  • September 30, 2024

    Ropes & Gray, Kirkland Guide PE-Backed Education Co.'s IPO

    Private equity-financed early childhood education provider KinderCare announced Monday it plans to go public in an estimated $600 million initial public offering, with Ropes & Gray representing the company and Kirkland serving as counsel for the underwriters, leading one of two companies scheduled to price their IPOs next week.

  • September 30, 2024

    Morgan Stanley Investment Arm Nabs $750M For Climate Fund

    Morgan Stanley's investment management arm revealed Monday that its climate private equity fund, which is focused on investing in North American and European companies working to avoid or remove one gigaton of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions from the atmosphere, closed at $750 million of equity capital commitments.

  • September 30, 2024

    PE-Backed IT Provider Ingram Micro Files Long-Awaited IPO

    Private equity-owned technology company Ingram Micro made public its U.S. initial public offering filing Monday, more than two years after the Irvine, California-based electronics distributor laid the foundation for its return to stock markets.

  • September 30, 2024

    Marsh McLennan Paying $7.75B For McGriff Insurance

    New York-based global professional services group Marsh McLennan said Monday it has agreed to buy insurance brokerage McGriff Insurance Services, an affiliate of TIH Insurance Holdings, for $7.75 billion in a deal that included guidance from Troutman Pepper, Wachtell Lipton and Simpson Thacher. 

  • September 30, 2024

    Steward Health CEO Sues Senate Panel After Contempt Vote

    The outgoing CEO of embattled Steward Health Care on Monday sued members of Congress who voted earlier this month to hold him in contempt for defying their subpoena to testify at a hearing into the downfall of the bankrupt hospital chain he heads.

  • September 30, 2024

    5 Firms Guide DirecTV, Dish On $10B Debt Exchange Merger

    DirecTV said Monday it has agreed to purchase EchoStar's video distribution business Dish DBS, including Dish TV and Sling TV, for a nominal $1 while absorbing nearly $10 billion worth of its debt, in a rare debt exchange-driven megadeal that is being led by at least five law firms. 

  • September 27, 2024

    Early Trump Media Backer Dumps Shares As Lockup Expires

    An early investor in former President Donald Trump's social media platform has unloaded most of its stake, marking the first divestiture following the expiration of a lockup period that restricted sales after Trump's entity went public earlier this year.

  • September 27, 2024

    'Varsity Blues' Suit Flips The Script On 'Victim' USC

    The University of Southern California could be forced to reveal unseemly details of its admissions process if it can't beat or settle a $75 million suit filed by a private equity executive who blames the school for his being ensnared in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal, experts told Law360.

  • September 27, 2024

    Off The Bench: College Sports Dominates Legal Landscape

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA and the athletes in the big name, image and likeness settlement try to redo the terms to satisfy the overseeing judge, Reggie Bush says his image has been exploited by his alma mater and the NCAA for years, and the Pac-12 claims that it's being strong-armed by a rival conference for coaxing away its teams.

  • September 27, 2024

    Alvarez & Marsal Tax Appoints Former Weil Official

    Alvarez & Marsal's tax affiliate announced it has appointed a former Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP executive as a senior official for the firm's compensation and benefits practice.

  • September 27, 2024

    Life Sciences Firms Energize IPO Market As Recovery Builds

    Initial public offerings are closing the year's third quarter on an upswing, led mostly by pre-revenue drug developers and select large companies that are seizing opportunities in friendlier capital markets buoyed by interest-rate cuts, generating momentum that experts say could carry over into next year.

  • September 27, 2024

    Polsinelli Adds Debt Finance Shareholder In Denver

    Polsinelli PC has boosted its transaction services in Denver with the addition of an attorney specializing in private credit who moved his practice after two years with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.

  • September 27, 2024

    Chicago Tribune Journalists Say Pay Bias Suit Can Continue

    Chicago Tribune journalists told an Illinois federal court that they supported their claims that the paper and its parent Alden Global Capital paid them less because of their sex and race, urging the court to not engage in a motion to dismiss.

  • September 27, 2024

    Ault Disruptive To Dissolve After Failing To Ink SPAC Deal

    Blank check company Ault Disruptive Technologies Corp. said on Friday that it plans to dissolve and liquidate because it will not be able to complete an initial business combination before Dec. 20.

  • September 27, 2024

    Ill. Justices Won't Hear Baker McKenzie's London Transfer Bid

    Illinois' top court has declined to take on a petition from Chicago-based Baker McKenzie urging the justices to send to London a malpractice suit accusing the firm of botching a client's bid to reacquire a Russian coal mine.

  • September 27, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Skadden, Cleary

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners acquire Smartsheet Inc., Macquarie Asset Management takes a stake in D.E. Shaw Renewables Investment Group, and Apogee Enterprises Inc. buys UW Interco LLC from Heartwood Partners.

  • September 27, 2024

    Fried Frank-Led StepStone Clinches $7.4B Secondaries Fund

    Private equity shop StepStone Group Inc., advised by Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Friday announced that it clinched its fifth secondaries opportunities fund and separate related accounts with around $7.4 billion of total investor commitments.

  • September 26, 2024

    SEC Accuses NC Business Owner Of $28M Ponzi-Like Fraud

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a suit in North Carolina federal court accusing an investment firm owner of defrauding investors through a $28 million Ponzi-like manufacturing debt investment scheme.

  • September 26, 2024

    Obesity Drug Developer Leads 2 Upsized IPOs Totaling $310M

    Obesity-focused drug developer BioAge Labs Inc. gained in debut trading Thursday after raising $198 million through an upsized initial public offering, leading one of two new listings that netted a combined $310 million under the guidance of four law firms.

  • September 26, 2024

    VivoPower Keeps HQ In UK To Qualify For $21B Gov't Program

    Sustainable energy solutions company VivoPower International PLC and hydrogen technology business Future Automotive Solutions and Technologies on Thursday outlined additional terms to their proposed $1.13 billion merger, including settling the combined company's headquarters in the U.K. in order to qualify for potential "significant and attractive" government incentives.

  • September 26, 2024

    Investor Ordered To Deposit $336K In Pot Co. Contract Suit

    A Nevada magistrate judge has ordered Capital Pure Assets Ltd. to deposit $336,000 with the court as part of a dispute with a cannabis payment company's subsidiary over a failed business venture, finding the subsidiary is likely to succeed on its claims that CPA tricked it into putting that amount into an escrow fund.

Expert Analysis

  • SEC Off-Channel Comms Action Hints At Future Enforcement

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    Although the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent enforcement action against Senvest does not shed light on how the agency will calibrate penalties related to off-channel communications violations, it does suggest that we may see more cases against standalone investment advisers, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Series

    Being An Equestrian Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond getting experience thinking on my feet and tackling stressful situations, the skills I've gained from horseback riding have considerable overlap with the skills used to practice law, particularly in terms of team building, continuing education, and making an effort to reset and recharge, says Kerry Irwin at Moore & Van Allen.

  • 4 Ways To Refresh Your Law Firm's Marketing Strategy

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    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.

  • What 3rd Circ. Trust Ruling Means For Securitization Market

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    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.

  • Behind Indiana's Broad New Healthcare Transactions Law

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    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.

  • 10 Tips For ESG Disclosure Compliance In Private Funds

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    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.

  • Highlights From The 2024 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting

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    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.

  • What FERC's Disclosure Demands Mean For Cos., Investors

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    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.

  • Series

    Whitewater Kayaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • This Earth Day, Consider How Your Firm Can Go Greener

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    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.

  • Opinion

    Post-Moelis Del. Corp. Law Proposal Would Hurt Stockholders

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    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.

  • Management Incentives May Be Revisited After PE Investment

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    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.

  • Practicing Law With Parkinson's Disease

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    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.

  • The Merger Cases That Will Matter At ABA Antitrust Meeting

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    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.

  • Series

    Playing Hockey Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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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