Private Equity

  • January 31, 2025

    Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case

    A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.

  • January 31, 2025

    Off The Bench: NIL Deal Skeptics, Padres Feud, Rozier Probe

    In this week's Off The Bench, critics get their knives out for the NCAA's $2.78 billion class action settlement with college athletes over name, image and likeness rights, the family feud over ownership of the San Diego Padres intensifies, and a federal gambling probe ensnares Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier.

  • January 31, 2025

    Explosives Biz Plugs €200M Into Finland TNT Facility

    Comprehensive explosives service company Forcit unveiled plans Friday to invest over €200 million ($207.4 million) into the construction of a new TNT facility in Finland, with state-owned private equity shop Tesi helping to negotiate investments in the production plant project.

  • February 14, 2025

    Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.

  • January 31, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Gibson Dunn, Milbank

    In this week's Taxation with Representation, Eversource Energy sells Aquarion Water Co., Diversified Energy Partners acquires oil and gas company Maverick, Lantheus Holdings buys Evergreen Theragnostics, and NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson becomes the majority owner in the Legacy Motor Club racing team.

  • January 31, 2025

    4 Firms Guide Pair Of Biotech IPOs Raising $415M Combined

    Shares of obesity-focused drug developer Metsera and kidney disease-focused Maze Therapeutics began trading Friday after the companies raised $415 million combined through initial public offerings, guided by four law firms, fueling an uptick of biotechnology-related IPOs.

  • January 30, 2025

    Kirkland-Led Oil And Gas Producer Infinity Prices $265M IPO

    Oil and gas producer Infinity Natural Resources priced a $265 million initial public offering Thursday within its range, represented by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and underwriters counsel Latham & Watkins LLP, adding to a recent wave of energy-related IPOs.

  • January 30, 2025

    Loeb & Loeb Leads $150M Greek Shipping Execs' SPAC IPO

    Blank-check company Stellar V Capital Corp., which was formed by Greek shipping executives, launched its projected $150 million initial public offering Thursday, with Loeb & Loeb LLP representing Stellar and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP advising the underwriters.

  • January 30, 2025

    Industrial Services PE Firm Lands $425M For Debut Fund

    An industrial services-focused private equity firm, guided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, said Jan. 30 it wrapped its inaugural fund with $425 million in tow.

  • January 30, 2025

    Amex GBT Calls Judge's Sept. DOJ Trial 'Manifest Injustice'

    American Express Global Business Travel Inc. asked a New York federal judge Wednesday to reconsider waiting until September to hear the U.S. Department of Justice challenge to its planned $570 million purchase of CWT Holdings LLC, arguing it needs an answer much sooner.

  • January 30, 2025

    Chancery Reverses Magistrate Toss Of Paramount Doc Suit

    A Paramount Global pension fund stockholder has won a Delaware Court of Chancery reversal of a magistrate's dismissal of a suit for company books and records on events surrounding a proposed multibillion-dollar merger between Paramount and Skydance Media, in a decision heavily focused on unnamed sources.

  • January 30, 2025

    Rumors Fly As Trump Seeks Deal To Keep TikTok Alive

    President Donald Trump seems to be getting exactly the "bidding war" he wanted as multiple entities fight for a role in keeping TikTok available in the U.S. Here, Law360 provides a rundown of the latest rumors and developments in the TikTok saga, along with other notable rumors from the past week.

  • January 30, 2025

    Wachtell Repping Penn Entertainment Amid Activist Pressure

    Sports content and casino gaming experiences provider Penn Entertainment Inc. has tapped Wachtell as it faces a proxy contest from activist investor HG Vora Capital Management, which has nominated three director candidates and ripped the company's existing board as having "wasted billions on online sports betting investments despite zero industry expertise or credibility."

  • January 30, 2025

    Cooley, Latham Steer Beta Bionics' Upsized $204M IPO

    Shares of insulin-delivery device maker Beta Bionics Inc. soared in debut trading Thursday after it priced an upsized, $204 million initial public offering at the top of its increased range, represented by Cooley LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • January 29, 2025

    SEC Says PE Firm Defrauded Investors In $1B Fund

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued a private equity firm in Florida federal court Wednesday, alleging that it defrauded investors in a $1 billion fund by, among other things, falsely promising to segregate their assets and by transferring tens of millions of dollars into bank accounts held by the fund's leading executives.

  • January 29, 2025

    Brother Hits Back In Family Feud Over Padres Ownership

    The late owner of the San Diego Padres did not give control of the Major League Baseball franchise to his widow, and his brothers are not wrongly withholding assets and control of the team from her, one of the brothers argues in his reply to her Texas state lawsuit.

  • January 29, 2025

    2 Blank Check Cos. Plan IPOs Totaling $325M

    Two special purpose acquisition companies, Cartesian Growth III and Gesher Acquisition Corp. II, have launched plans for initial public offerings, expecting to raise a combined $325 million.

  • January 29, 2025

    Jurors Find Fund Can Keep $11M From Short-Swing Trades

    A Denver federal jury unanimously found a hedge fund is exempt from a law that would otherwise require it to return $11 million in profits from the short-swing trades of a biopharmaceutical company's stock, delivering a verdict after less than an hour of deliberation Wednesday.

  • January 29, 2025

    Milbank Lands Kirkland Private Equity Ace In LA

    Milbank LLP continues expanding its corporate team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP private equity expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

  • January 29, 2025

    Nelson Mullins Hires Akerman PE Attorney In DC

    Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP has hired a former Akerman LLP attorney who focuses his practice on advising financial sponsors and corporate clients on a range of transactional issues and other matters, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • January 29, 2025

    KKR Plugs $250M Into Healthcare Biz Henry Schein

    Healthcare solutions provider Henry Schein Inc., advised by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Wednesday announced that it received a $250 million investment from Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led private equity giant KKR, resulting in the private equity shop becoming the company's largest non-index fund shareholder.

  • January 29, 2025

    Paul Hastings Adds V&E's REIT Group Co-Lead In DC

    Paul Hastings LLP has hired the former co-head of Vinson & Elkins LLP's real estate investment trust and corporate real estate practice, who told Law360 Pulse he wanted to bring his practice to the firm to join forces with some recent hires.

  • January 28, 2025

    Ex-SEC Enforcement Chief Says Staff Faced Uptick In Threats

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently departed enforcement chief said Tuesday he wishes he could have done more to insulate his staff from the uptick in threats they received while he headed the program, and he urged his successor to do what they could to protect the agency's attorneys.

  • January 28, 2025

    Founder Can't Explain Hedge Fund's Filing Mismatch To Jury

    A hedge fund founder told a Denver jury Tuesday that he doesn't know why some of the fund's regulatory filings don't identify it as a director for a Colorado biopharmaceutical company, in a suit brought by stockholders who claim the fund must return $11 million earned from short-swing trades.

  • January 28, 2025

    Citron Research Founder Slams DOJ's Fraud Suit

    Citron Research's founder urged a California federal judge to throw out the federal government's securities fraud case alleging he published unfavorable reports about companies to manipulate stock prices, arguing Monday he never published false information about any public company, and prosecutors fail to allege he intended to defraud his audience.

Expert Analysis

  • Navigating A Potpourri Of Possible Transparency Act Pitfalls

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    Despite the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's continued release of guidance for complying with the Corporate Transparency Act, its interpretation remains in flux, making it important for companies to understand potentially problematic areas of ambiguity in the practical application of the law, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President

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    For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies

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    An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • Navigating New Enforcement Scrutiny Of 'AI Washing'

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent lawsuit against Joonko Diversity, its first public AI-focused enforcement action against a private company, underscores the importance of applying the same internal legal and compliance rigor to AI-related claims as other market-facing statements, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Increased Scrutiny Raises Int'l Real Estate Transaction Risks

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    Recently proposed regulations expanding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' oversight, a White House divestment order and state-level legislative efforts signal increasing scrutiny of real estate transactions that may trigger national security concerns, say Luciano Racco and Aleksis Fernández Caballero at Foley Hoag.

  • How Fund Advisers Can Limit Election Year Pay-To-Play Risks

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    With Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz now the Democratic candidate for vice president, politically active investment advisers should take practical steps to avoid triggering strict pay-to-play rules that can lead to fund managers facing mutli-year timeouts from working with public funds after contributing to sitting officials, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • FTC Focus: What Access To Patent Settlements Would Mean

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    Settling parties should adopt a series of practice tips, including specifying rationales to support specific terms, as the Federal Trade Commission seeks to expand its access to settlements before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, say Shannon McGowan and David Munkittrick at Proskauer.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • 9 Liability Management Tips As Debt Maturity Cliff Looms

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    As the debt maturity cliff swiftly approaches in this challenging environment, attorneys at Winston & Strawn highlight the top considerations for boards of directors and finance professionals to think about when structuring and executing liability management transactions, including reviewing capital structure, evaluating debt covenants, and more.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

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