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Capital Markets - April, 2015

312 articles

• Wachtell Lipton Founder Suggests Settling With Activists
• FINRA To Put CARDS On Ice To Consider Other Options
• Ashland Primes $1B Share Buyback After Strong Quarter
• CFTC Proposes Easing Options Requirements For End-Users
• Underwriters Can't Duck Violin Memory Investors' IPO Suit
• Puerto Rico Asks 1st Circ. To Revive Restructuring Law
• NY Fed's Dahlgren To Step Down As Top Wall St. Regulator
• Agriculture Biotech Co. Arcadia Sets Sights On $100M IPO
• Global Panel Highlights Risks In Algorithmic Trading
• 'Embarrassing' BNY Mellon Emails Unsealed In Investor Action
• RBS Earmarks $1B For Future Forex Settlements
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Pimco, WilmerHale, MoFo
• Milbank Advises Record $1.5B Argentina Energy Offering
• Bakrie Execs Urge NY Court To Toss $380M Bond Suit
• Stress Test Finds Fannie, Freddie Could Need $157B Bailout
• Fed's Tarullo Highlights Community Bank Reg Relief Options
• Blueprint Medicines Upsizes IPO Amid Cancer Biotech Craze
• Biotech Exec Lauds Bill To Ease Small-Company Disclosures
• BofA Will Pay $180M To Settle Forex Class Action
• BNY Mellon Seeks To Scrap Proposed Forex Investor Class
• Jones Day's Orr Champions Muni Settlement Model
• French Solar Energy Company Postpones $192.5M IPO
• SEC Pay-For-Performance Plan May Actually Boost Exec Pay
• Embattled Ariad CEO To Step Down In Sarissa Deal
• Court Won't Reconsider Zynga's Bid To Toss IPO Suit
• Chinese Oil Giant Rolls Out $3.8B Debt Offering
• SEC Floats Additional Cross-Border Swaps Rules
• Data Startup Infinidat Raises $150M In Latest Funding Round
• Feds Will Keep Firms Hustling Even As Bank Crisis Cases End
• China Further Reforms Foreign Direct Investment Rules
• Blank Check Co. Prices $75M IPO, Eyes Media Investments
• Africa Finance Nabs $750M In Debut Eurobond Offer
• SEC Knocks Robbins Geller's Wal-Mart FCPA Doc Request
• GW Seeks To Grow Cannabinoid Products With $179M Offering
• Barclays Raises Forex Provision To $3.17B
• Defense Contractor Alion Targets $100M IPO To Slash Debt
• Vinson Guides Biomass Energy Co. Enviva In $200M IPO
• Del. Chancery Axes $450M ADT Stock Repurchase Suit
• Three Vie For Lead Plaintiff In Airline IPO Class Action
• Market Rumors: Malakoff, Guolian, Interactive Data
• Oracle Plans Bond Sale Amid Stream Of Mega Debt Offerings
• HTG Prepares To Test Investor Appetite For Diagnostics
• Futures Industry Law Confab Canned Due To Baltimore Riots
• 4 Tips For Working With Banks In Capital Markets Deals
• Hudson's Bay Investors Cut Down Stakes In $363M Offering
• CFTC Commish Praises Steps Toward Swap-Trading Reform
• Skadden Guides Windstream's Tax-Free Spinoff Of REIT
• Toyota To Sell $4.3B In New Long-Term Shares To Fund R&D
• PE Backers Trim $123M From Stake In Freshpet
• China Galaxy Sets $3B Share Sale To Boost Lending Biz
• How The Defense Can Win Verdicts And Influence Juries
• 3 Top Considerations After Omnicare
• Bojangles' Eyes $122M IPO As Restaurant Craze Ramps Up
• Facebook Urges 2nd Circ. Not To Revive IPO Investor Suits
• Vegas Showroom REIT Sets Terms for $185M IPO
• CFTC Staffer Escapes Punishment For Banned Forex Trading
• Mayer Brown Charts Equipment Loan Co.'s $116M IPO
• Manatt Nabs 3 Squire Patton Boggs Corporate Partners
• 5 Biotechs Set Stage For $415M Wave Of IPOs
• Class Plaintiff Blasts Zynga's Bid To Toss IPO Suit
• Pros And Cons Of Preferred Equity Investments
• Adaptimmune Set To Join Rush Of Cancer-Focused IPOs
• Baker & McKenzie Guides $109M Biocartis IPO
• Cooley Shows Off Life Sciences Dominance With Aduro IPO
• Mixed Messages On Internal FCPA Probes Exasperate Attys
• INC Research's PE Backers Plan $237M Secondary Offering
• FINRA Targets Sales To Military Personnel With New Rules
• China To Crack Down On Insider Trading, Stock Manipulation
• Why Section 11 Class Actions Are Proliferating In Calif.
• NY Southern District Becomes Antitrust Hotspot
• Barclays 'Dark Pool' Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Egyptian Diagnostic Co. Sets IPO Range For London Offering
• Nasdaq Rebuts Market Power Claims In SEC Data Pricing Row
• 4 Hurdles The Gov't Faces In Monumental 'Flash Crash' Case
• Vinson Set To Lead Week's IPO Activity With 2 MLP Debuts
• Pulling Up Stakes: Paul Hastings, King & Spalding
• Davis Polk Advises Morgan Stanley On $2B Notes Offering
• Arguments For And Against A Venture Exchange
• Electrum Looks To Raise $150M With Latest Blank Check IPO
• German Watchdog Winding Down Deutsche Bank Libor Probe
• AT&T Sells $17.5B Bonds To Help Fund DirecTV Deal
• National Storage, Apigee Mark Week's Only IPOs
• China Eastern Plans $2.4B Share Offering To Buy New Planes
• Chinese Regulators Speed Up IPO Pace
• Wilson Sonsini-Led Software Co. Apigee Prices $87M IPO
• SEC Told Nasdaq, NYSE Prices Hit Returns In Market Data Row
• 7 Sauciest Lines From Deutsche Bank's Libor Traders
• Alleged 'Flash Crash' Trader Told UK Watchdog To Ban HFT
• 3 Takeaways From Deutsche Bank's $2.5B Libor Deal
• Vitacost Drops Beef With Ex-Counsel Over Botched IPO Docs
• Weight Loss Biotech Gelesis Inches Closer To $52M IPO
• HK Developer Plans $839M Rights Offering To Fund Resort
• Nasdaq Puts Up $31M To Settle Facebook Investor IPO Row
• MultiVir Sets IPO Terms Amid Run Of Cancer Biotech Debuts
• Oil Giant Sinopec Sells $6.4B In US, European Debt
• Alston & Bird Guides Terra Backed-Biz Dev Firm's $1B Offering
• National Storage REIT Misses Target In $260M IPO
• Deutsche Bank Pays $2.5B In US, UK Libor Deal
• Investor Hunger For Growth Fueling Restaurant IPO Craze
• SIFMA Tears Into Nasdaq Pricing In Market Data Row
• SunCoke Energy Eyes $1.25B Secondary Sale Of MLP Shares
• Precious Metals Dealers Must Face CFTC's $2.6M Fraud Suit
• Skadden Steers Southern Copper's $2B Notes Offering
• GrowLife Shareholder Settlement Offers Reforms, Little Cash
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Cleary Reps Brookfield In $1.7B Deal For Associated Estates
• CFTC Will Allow Swap Trade Fixes In Regulatory Overhaul
• Cushman & Wakefield Nabs Capital Markets Pro In London
• Black Stone Minerals Seeks $473M IPO To Repay Debt
• Nasdaq Defends Pricing Of Market Data In Duel With SIFMA
• Bio-Rad Investor Demands Books In Wake Of $55M FCPA Deal
• Currency Looms Large In Trade Package Amendments
• Overhauled Wolff & Samson Adds Nowell Amoroso Founder
• Helicopter Co. CHC Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $310M IPO
• Slovakia Eyes $1.1B IPO Of Slovak Telekom Stake
• Ex-SEC Chair, Investors Urge Political Spending Disclosures
• Lexington Raises $10B For Its Largest Secondary Market Fund
• CFTC, Feds Accuse UK HFT Trader Of Role In Flash Crash
• Dense Property Crowdfunding Field Demands Deft Vetting
• Boies Nabs O'Melveny Corporate Pro To Grow NY Office
• SEC Won't DQ BlackRock As 'Bad Actor' After $12M Settlement
• Brazilian Steakhouse Chain Fogo De Chao Charts $75M IPO
• Brookfield Plans $1B Stock Offering To Fund Deals
• China Mulls Revamp Of IPO Process In Securities Law Update
• A Look At The 1st Criminal 'Spoofing' Prosecution: Part 2
• PE-backed Showroom Co. Eyes $200M IPO To Refinance Debt
• Meager 4% Of Wall Street Attys Are Female Partners
• Barclays' Attempt To Quash HFT Suit Blasted By Brokerage
• SEC Won't Let Hedge Fund Jettison Shareholder Proposal
• GP Investments-Backed Blank Check Co. Plans $172.5M IPO
• GPM Looks To Separate From Fuel Supplier With $100M IPO
• Cancer-Focused Blueprint Medicines Prepares $115M IPO
• Withers Bergman Snags 5 Partners From Kelley Drye
• Green Bonds Flourish As Market Struggles To Define Standards
• Health Insurance Startup Oscar Valued At $1.5B In Financing
• Biomass Co. Enviva Sets Terms On $210M IPO To Fuel Growth
• American Realty Capital REIT Plans $125M Offer, NYSE Listing
• 2015 Begins With A Drop In FCPA Enforcement Activity
• China Securities Reg Says New Rules Not A Market Crackdown
• A Look At The 1st Criminal 'Spoofing' Prosecution: Part 1
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• Alibaba-Backed E-Commerce Co. Baozun Eyes $200M IPO
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Suit Over $63M BioScrip Stock Deal
• Clifford Chance-Led REIT Set To Headline Week's 3 IPOs
• Banks Lose Ground In Revolving Door Race
• Prologis Issues $324M Note Offering In Europe
• Ontario Aims To Raise $4B For Infrastructure Improvements
• Gunderson Flaunts Niche Prowess With Etsy IPO
• Goodwin Procter Nabs Ex-King & Wood PE Partner In London
• 7 Cos. Rake In $1.3B In Week's Flood Of IPO Activity
• Sullivan, Davis Polk Guide ING's $2.25B Bond Sale
• High-Frequency Trader Must Face 'Spoofing' Charges
• MRI Radiation Therapy Maker ViewRay Pulls Plug On IPO
• Volcker Underwriting: It's Simple, No Need To Overanalyze
• KemPharm IPO Raises $56M After Pricing Below Range
• Fast-Track Bill Could Hit Speed Bump On Currency
• Skadden-Led Fortress Transportation Unit Charts $100M IPO
• How To Dodge The Dangers Of Unregistered Securities
• High-Frequency Trader Virtu Financial Raises $314M In IPO
• Party City Raises $372M In Debut As IPOs Pick Up Steam
• Sidley, Skadden Guiding Starwood REIT's $286M Offering
• Atlantic City Says Borgata Lacks Standing In Bond Sale Suit
• Power Tools Co. WW Grainger Launches $3B Share Buyback
• BofA Reaches Settlement In Forex Class Action
• Chinese Brokerage Haitong Plans $670M Bond Offering
• Warren Blasts SEC, DOJ Over 'Slap On The Wrist' Enforcement
• Online Crafts Marketplace Etsy Draws $267M In IPO
• Alibaba Sends Pharmacy Biz To Affiliate In $2.5B Deal
• Watchdogs Push Congress To Act On Investor Disclosures
• SEC Chair Feels Heat In Congress Over Email Subpoena Power
• 2 Routes To Hourly Rates For Lawyers
• Clarus Nixes $86M IPO After Testosterone Drug Falls Flat
• Regulation A-Plus Faces Critical Test As JOBS Act Turns 3
• 3 Biotechs Rake In $272M In IPO Rush
• E-Commerce Software Co. Shopify Eyes $100M IPO
• Drop From Terrorism List Hastens Opening Of Cuban Market
• Cleary Gottlieb Counsels In $1B Pakistan Bank Privatization
• Pension Fund Asks Court To Join Exporter Shareholder Suits
• DaVita Healthcare Primes $1.5B Senior Notes Offering
• SEC Commish Says Agency Needs Data Strategy Office
• Renewable Energy Yieldco LightBeam Eyes $100M IPO
• EFH Floats Ch. 11 Plan To Restructure $42B In Debt
• 9th Circ. Comes Around On CAFA
• SEC To Crack Down On Retail Sale Of Complex Securities
• Sullivan Guides $930M Private Sale Of China TCM Shares
• CFTC Member Calls For Industry Fees To Fund Agency
• Concordia Nabs $735M In Upsized Offering To Back Covis Buy
• Alibaba Investors Want Suits Over $25B IPO Consolidated
• Immuno-Oncology Biotech Aduro Boosts IPO Target To $119M
• Activist Firm Jana Targets Chipmaker Qualcomm
• Storage Property Trust Tees Up $340M IPO
• Clifford Chance Steers $274M Peru Fiber Optic Project Bond
• Groupon Says Investors Are Misreading Halliburton In IPO Suit
• 5 Tax Tips For Rewards-Based Crowdfunding Campaigns
• Simpson, Paul Hastings Steer Blackstone REIT's Share Sale
• MGM Blasts Activist Shareholder Over 'Flawed' REIT Plan
• PE Owners Trim Smart & Final Stake In $182M Follow-On
• Charter Eyes $1.5B Note Sale After Bright House Buy
• Wilson Sonsini-Led Software Co. Apigee Fine-Tunes $87M IPO
• Taft Lures McDermott Partner To Grow Indiana PE Practice
• Does Regulation A-Plus Make The Grade?
• How To Weather Media Inquiries In High-Profile Cases
• Viking Therapeutics Sets Terms For Downsized $22.5M IPO
• Manhattan DA Probing WTC Contract Award To Legends
• IPOs Make Cos. Vulnerable To Patent Suits, Study Says
• Ropes & Gray, Jones Day Guide Week's 2 IPOs Raising $105M
• Etsy, Party City Lead $1.2B Pack Of IPOs Set To Break Lull
• GE To Provide Road Map For Firms To Escape SIFI-Dom
• PwC Says Securities Class Actions Followed IPO Boom
• Habit Restaurants Investors Trim Stakes In $155M Offering
• GE To Sell Off GE Capital Assets, Return $90B To Investors
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bombardier, CVC Capital, Cirque Du Soleil
• Treasury Punts On Labeling China As Currency Manipulator
• Taking Legal Analytics To The Next Level
• Restaurant Co. Cara Operations Draws $159M In Canada IPO
• Jefferies Sells Commodities Biz, Buys Currency Exchange Biz
• Latham Advises GF Securities In $3.6B Hong Kong IPO
• China Eases Bond Rules For Clean Energy, Other Key Sectors
• Hong Kong Exchange Expects To Up China Trading Quota
• Bank Of Nova Scotia Plans $1.1B Debt Offering
• Morgan Lewis, Hunton Steer Gramercy's $236M Offering
• Private Sector Group Reveals Plan To Boost Trade With Africa
• New Residential Sees Upsized Offering Amid $1.4B HLLS Buy
• S&P Says Chicago Needs Pension Fix To Shore Up Rating
• LeClairRyan Adds Ex-MLV Prez To Capital Markets Team
• EU Antitrust Chief Calls For Integrated Capital Markets
• Canada Securities Agencies Loosen Venture Issuer Rules
• Public REIT Market Poised For Bustling M&A Run
• Auto Co. Fenix Parts Eyes $100M IPO To Fund Merger
• O'Melveny Nabs Ex-Fried Frank Corporate Deals Pro In London
• China Relaxes Capital Controls On Foreign-Funded Firms
• Apps Are Reshaping Gov't Investigations — And Compliance
• How US Sanctions Can Affect Cos. With Russian Investors
• Caesars Debt Battle Escalates With Credit Suisse Suit
• Campus Apts. And Clarion Close $400M Student Housing Fund
• Emanuel Faces Wary Creditors In 2nd Chicago Term
• Ex-Financial Adviser Gets Prison Time For Winklevoss Lies
• Select Medical JV Readies Debt Plan For $1.1B Concentra Buy
• The Rising Stars Of Capital Markets
• Lions Gate Investor Trims $320M From Stake In Stock Sale
• 5 Must-Know Facts For Launching An Up-C IPO
• Nashville REIT Ryman To Sell $400M In Senior Notes
• Rising Star: Weil Gotshal's Lyuba Goltser
• Coal Co. Murray Strikes New $1.37B Deal For Foresight Stake
• French Clinical Diagnostic Co. Seeks $346M Paris Debut
• IMF Wants More Hands-On Regulation Of Asset Managers
• Tribune's PE Owners Trim Stakes In $569M Stock Offering
• Fiat Chrysler Plans $3B Note Offering To Trim Debt
• Asia Poised To Be Center Of FCPA Crackdown
• Energy-Focused Blank Check Co. Eyes $200M IPO
• Financing CLO Risk Retention — Options And Concerns
• Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Gwen Wong
• WTO Case Against China's Banking Regs Would Face Pitfalls
• Intercept Raises $367M As More Biotechs Pursue Follow-Ons
• Munger Reps Berkshire Arm In $560M Deal For Axalta Stake
• UK Cancer-Focused Biotech Adaptimmune Eyes $150M US IPO
• Chinese Co. Raises $404M For 379MW Solar Projects
• Calif. Biotech Eyes $86M IPO To Fund Muscular Dystrophy Med
• Restaurant Chain Bojangles' Files $100M IPO
• Chinese Bond Market Faces 1st Principal Default
• Rising Star: Skadden's Christopher Betts
• Banks Move To Nix Cases In Libor MDL Over Jurisdiction
• Further Fed Delay Creates Uncertainty In $3.7B Bank Merger
• Latham, Sidley Guiding REIT Realty Income's $259M Offering
• Health Care Analytics Firm Press Ganey Eyes $100M IPO
• Matador Resources Announces $350M Private Debt Offering
• 3 VC-Backed Drugmakers Fire Up $200M In IPO Plans
• Banks Say Fed Should Withdraw SIFI Surcharge Proposal
• Duke Approves $1.5B Stock Repurchase After Asset Sale
• Private Equity-Backed Party City Plans $372M IPO
• High-Speed Trading Firm Virtu Plans $314M IPO
• Aduro Prepares $80M IPO After Inking Novartis Partnership
• DOJ's Pursuit Of Admissions — And The Risks Of Settling
• Plastics Machinery Co. Milacron Seeks $100M IPO
• Kraft, Mondelez Hit With Class Action After CFTC Suit
• Facebook IPO Schemer Files For Chapter 11
• Painkiller Developer Collegium Pharmaceutical Eyes $86M IPO
• Latham To Lead Week's Only IPO Expected To Top $50M
• BDCs: Navigating Uncertain Markets
• Baker Botts Adds Dispute Resolution Duo To Dubai Office
• Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Jason Friedhoff
• Pulling Up Stakes: Dechert, White & Case, Freshfields
• Health Care REIT Eyes $144M IPO To Fund Property Buys
• Ropes & Gray Guides David's Tea Toward $75M US IPO
• Activist Investors Shy Away From Big Bank Fights, For Now
• Obesity Capsule Maker Wants $60M IPO After $22M Financing
• CFTC's Ambitious Kraft Suit To Test Dodd-Frank Powers
• 9th Circ. Says CAFA Exception Sends Bond Suit To State Court
• 2015 Disappoints So Far With Dramatic Dip In IPO Activity
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Robyn Zolman
• Playtech To Join Foreign Exchange Market For $499M
• Simon Unveils $2B Stock Buyback After Macerich Loss
• White & Case-Led Kornit Raises $71M In Reduced IPO
• Vedder Nabs Dentons Partner To Grow NY Corporate Office
• Upstart UK Bank Shawbrook Valued At $1B In IPO
• HK Securities Watchdog Fines Merrill Lynch Unit
• Omnicare Muddies Section 11 Opinion Liability Standards
• Banks Escape Real Estate Mogul's $100M Libor-Rigging Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Didi Dache-Kuaidi, Focus Media, Holcim
• Petrobras Inks $3.5B Deal With China Development Bank
• Rising Star: Cooley's Divakar Gupta
• US Firms Find Bargains In European Debt Capital Markets
• Osler Guides Mitel Stock Offering To Back $560M Mavenir Buy
• DLA Piper Lures Life Sciences Deal Maker From Morgan Lewis
• Goodwin-Led Insulin Pump Maker Asante Pulls Plug On IPO
• Latham Leads Consol Energy's Coal MLP To $250M IPO
• DLA Piper Snags Venture Capitalist To Grow Calif. Offices
• Wilson Sonsini-Led GoDaddy Draws $460M In Upsized IPO
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider