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Latest News in Private Equity

  • July 06, 2026

    Blue Owl Buys Minority Share Of NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers

    A sports-funding subsidiary of Blue Owl Capital has purchased a minority stake in the Cleveland Cavaliers, the sixth NBA franchise the private equity fund has invested in, Blue Owl announced Monday.

  • July 06, 2026

    A Potential Turning Point For Short-And-Distort Claims

    A California federal jury's conviction of Andrew Left signals that the historically blurry line between securities fraud and legitimate criticism of companies is growing clearer, and that there is a viable recourse against so-called short-and-distort campaigns intended to create a false impression of the market, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • July 06, 2026

    Paul Weiss-Led Data Center Operator CSquare Eyes $1.3B IPO

    Data center owner CSquare said Monday it aims to raise $1.3 billion in an initial public offering next week advised by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP.

  • July 06, 2026

    Lockheed Martin Strikes $3.5B Deal For Ultra Maritime

    Global defense company Lockheed Martin, advised by Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Monday unveiled plans to acquire private equity-backed undersea warfare solutions company Ultra Maritime in a $3.45 billion deal.

  • July 06, 2026

    How Maine's Expanded Health Deal Reviews Complicate M&A

    A pair of recently approved Maine competition laws establish notice and approval requirements for certain healthcare transactions and expand state antitrust oversight, creating new hurdles for dealmakers as states take a more aggressive role in policing healthcare consolidation, especially involving private equity, say attorneys at McDermott.

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