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Latest News in Private Equity

  • July 08, 2026

    Kirkland-Led Avant Wraps Latest Fund With $1B In Tow

    Avant Natural Resources, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, revealed Wednesday the Denver-based energy investment firm closed its latest fund at its hard cap after raising over $1 billion in total equity commitments.

  • July 08, 2026

    Lenders Left Out Of Serta Uptier Deal Win $400M In Ch. 11 Suit

    Creditors that were excluded from Serta Simmons' so-called uptier debt restructuring are entitled to $261 million in damages plus interest, a Texas bankruptcy court has found, ruling against lenders that participated in the 2020 transaction.

  • July 08, 2026

    M&A Private Equity Atty Rejoins Akin From Paul Weiss

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced Wednesday that a Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP mergers and acquisitions and private equity partner has returned to its New York office.

  • July 07, 2026

    SEC's 2026 Agenda Eyes Exec Comp, Recordkeeping Reforms

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a new rulemaking agenda that highlights its plans to reduce executive compensation disclosure requirements at publicly traded companies and possible changes to broker-dealer recordkeeping requirements, while both it and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission are exploring new cryptocurrency rulemaking.

  • July 07, 2026

    Trump Depo Needed In Fla. Merger Suit, Ex-SPAC CEO Says

    The former CEO of a special purpose acquisition company that helped take Truth Social public urged a Florida judge Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump's deposition, arguing it's necessary to defend against a claim that he was targeted in a conspiracy to sign a merger agreement without his knowledge. 

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