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Capital Markets - June, 2015

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• Citibank Gets Claims Trimmed From Rogue-Trader Suit
• Kaye Scholer Brings 2 Corporate Partners From Katten
• Hogan Lovells Lures High-Profile Bilzin Sumberg Litigator
• Greek IMF Default Not 'Another Lehman,' But Worries Linger
• Euro Banks Safe From Greek Crisis For Now
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alpha Natural, Getrag, Banco Penta
• Greece Debt Crisis Raises Specter Of Eurozone Exit
• Spanish Telecom Co. Euskaltel Valued At €1.2B In IPO
• The Playful, Plainspoken Prose Of Justice Elena Kagan
• Justice Thomas Lets His Dissents Do The Talking
• Goldman Inks $7M Deal With SEC Over Options Fiasco
• Sony To Increase Image Sensor Production With $3.6B Offering
• China, Europe Score Top 5 Biggest IPOs So Far In 2015
• Cenovus Sells Royalty Biz For $2.6B To Ontario Teachers' Plan
• The 15 Biggest High Court Decisions Of The Past 15 Years
• A New Option For Restructuring Bonds?
• Boutiques Wipe The Supreme Court Floor With BigLaw Rivals
• Supreme Court Ends Term Sharply Divided
• Justices Pen More Dissents To Show Votes Aren't Political
• Manchester United Refinances Bond Debt With Senior Notes
• Three Justices Trusted With Most Controversial Opinions
• NFL Ventures Issues $620M In Grade 'A' Bonds
• Deals Rumor Mill: Airbnb, Henniges, Caixa Economica
• CFTC Proposes Cross-Border Margin Requirement Rule
• Top 15 High Court Class Action Rulings Of The Past 15 Years
• Amplify Snack's PE Backers Line Up $200M IPO
• Corporate Attys Want More High Court Action After Slow Term
• Energy, Tech Dominate 2015's 10 Largest IPOs
• 4 Pieces Of Real Estate Regulation To Watch In The 2nd Half
• American Farmland REIT Lines Up $100M IPO
• A Close Look At Arizona's New Crowdfunding Law
• Assessing SEC's New Reporting Requirements For Funds
• 5 IPOs Look To Raise $677M Before Long Holiday Weekend
• Holland & Knight Steers Fibra Uno's $387M Real Estate Fund
• Car Rental Co. Europcar Rakes In $981M In Paris IPO
• SEC Sets July Compliance Date For New Pay-To-Play Ban
• Corzine Bashes CFTC Bid To Block MF Global Discovery
• Appfolio, Xactly Price Low-Flying IPOs
• CNX Coal Slashes IPO Expectations To $120M
• Caribbean Telecom Co. Digicel Files For $200M IPO
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Egypt, Tianfang,Thor
• The Top 3 New Do's And Don'ts For Law Firm Websites
• Nasdaq's Facebook IPO Settlement Gets Tentative Green Light
• SEC's White Says Some Proxy Battles Can Be Avoided
• Ex-CNEP Exec Says Insurers Hung Him Out To Dry
• SEC Names New Deputy of Market Supervision
• McKenna Long Adds 5 Partners Ahead Of Dentons Merger
• PE-Backed Plastics Maker Milacron Lands $286M In IPO
• VC-Backed Glaukos Beats Expectations With $108M IPO
• SEC's Aguilar Wants Brokers Bound To Cybersecurity Rules
• PE-Backed Oil Tanker Co. Gener8 Draws $210M In IPO
• Diller's IAC Planning IPO For Match.com
• China Vows To Rein In Currency Interventions
• PE-Backed Diagnostic Imaging Co. Lantheus Misses IPO Target
• PE-Backed TransUnion Raises $665M In IPO
• A Few Lessons From FCPA Trial Of Ex-PetroTiger CEO
• Commish Urges CFTC To Finish Stalled Governance Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: WeWork, Vale, Scripps
• Beware Perils In Nontraded REITs' Deal Push, Experts Say
• Bluebird Stock Offering Lands $500M To Fund Drug Pipeline
• Forex Settlements Put US Cartel Penalties On Record Pace
• CFTC Blasts Corzine's Last-Minute MF Global Discovery Bid
• Fantex Primes 6th Football Player Brand's $2.7M IPO
• SIC Advisors Fund To Issue $2.25B In Stock
• Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings Raises $1B In Bonds
• Glaucoma Implant Maker Glaukos Boosts IPO Target
• 4 Social Media Pitfalls That Could Derail An IPO
• SEC Says Yes To Tweeting Reg A Securities Offerings
• Fed Says Stress Tests Evolving To Accommodate Insurers
• Oil & Gas Co. Freeport-McMoran Outlines IPO Plans
• Chinese Medical Equipment Lessor Seeks $546M In HK IPO
• Key Points From The Fed's Foreign Funds Volcker Relief
• The Global Hot Spots Of 2015
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2015
• The 5 Firms That Made The Biggest Global Gains
• Ambitious Global Firms Must Have Roots In These Cities
• Verizon Settles US Bank Suit Over Costs In Idearc Spinoff Row
• Rocket Internet Shareholders OK $5B Capital Raise
• Kirkland & Ellis Guides AAG Energy's $295M IPO
• New York REIT Plans $150M Buyback, Potential Asset Sale
• What Happens If Greece Defaults?
• Darden To Spin Off Property Holdings Into Public REIT
• PE-Backed Planet Fitness Files For $100M IPO
• New Senior Drops $640M For For 28-Home Senior Portfolio
• Goldman Says Investors Lack Proof Of Metal Price-Fixing
• The High Cost Of FINRA Membership For HFT Firms
• Solar Energy Yieldco 8point3 Draws $420M In IPO
• Australian Gene Therapy Biotech Benitec Eyes $70M US IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vantage Energy, Nielsen, Uber
• Yellen Says Fed Can't Provide Leak Docs To House Panel
• Conkwest Looks To Draw $173M In Latest Cancer-Focused IPO
• PE-Backed Coal MLP Bowie Resource Eyes $100M IPO
• Banks Owe Hundreds Of Millions For Forex Plot, Class Says
• 2 Years After Windsor, SEC Addresses Same-Sex Investors
• Prenatal Diagnostics Co. Natera Sets Terms For $100M IPO
• Commercial Mortgage REIT Polishes $300M IPO Plans
• SEC's Reg A+ Rules Unlikely To Be Derailed By State Suits
• Fairway Investors Say IPO Claims Meet Omnicare Standard
• Chanos Wins $422K In Attys' Fees In Wynn Defamation Row
• Financial Sponsor-Backed IPOs To Dominate Week Ahead
• 3 Takeaways From SEC Crackdown On Muni Bond Offerings
• Forex Plaintiffs Ask To Add More Cases To Consolidated Suit
• Brazilian Steakhouse Fogo de Chao's $88M IPO Tops Target
• China Opens Up Foreign Investment In E-Commerce
• Cooley Nabs Ex-Skadden Compensation And Benefits Pro
• CFTC Ends MF Global Metals Manipulation Suit
• Pneumonia Drug Developer Nabriva Eyes $92M IPO
• Sears Investor Sues To Halt $2.5B REIT Plan
• Seyfarth Shaw Nabs Ex-Locke Lord M&A, Capital Markets Pro
• AIFMD — From Reluctance To Action
• Biz Software Co. Mindbody Hits Target With $100.1M IPO
• HK Bourse Inches Toward Allowing Weighted Voting Rights
• Citic To Launch $1.3B Asset-backed Securities Biz
• Why Lateral Candidacies Fail
• Fenwick-Led Fitbit Lands Year's Largest US Tech Debut
• UK Gambling Co. Playtech Raises $361M For Acquisitions
• Barclays, Exchanges Say Private Dark Pool Suits Have To Go
• SEC Too Tough On Compliance Officers, Gallagher Says
• On-Demand Health Care Co. Teladoc Polishes $112M IPO Plans
• HK Securities Regulator Preps For Capital Markets Integration
• SEC Charges 36 Firms For Fraudulent Muni Bond Offerings
• PE-Backed Univar Raises $770M In IPO
• 2 Minority Views From The Top Of BigLaw
• Custom Joint Co. ConforMIS Prepares For Up To $144M IPO
• Google-Backed Cloud Infrastructure Co. Eyes $100M IPO
• Dems Say Regulators Paid 'Lip Service' To Diversity Goals
• Telecom Italia Raises $908M With Tower Unit IPO
• Holland & Knight Snags McDermott Corporate Pro For NY
• Gov't Probe A Hitch For Focus Media's China Listing Plan
• China Travel Site Ctrip Plans $1B Notes Offering
• PE-Backed Univar Raises IPO Terms To $735M
• M&A Stokes Red-Hot Life Sciences IPO Market
• Fenwick Steers Fitbit's $731M Public Debut
• House Committee OKs $5B Cut To Financial Services
• Extra Space Offers Stock To Help Fund $1.4B SmartStop Buy
• NY High Court Closes Door On Host Of Crisis-Era Suits
• Yellen Says Fed's 2008 AIG Actions Were Legal
• Brown Rudnick Nabs Clyde & Co. Pro To Grow London Team
• Lew Says Regulations Not Cause Of Bond Market Problems
• SEC Fines Silicon Valley Firm For Selling Illegal Swaps
• Alfa's Auto Parts Unit Nemak Looks To Raise $862M With IPO
• Alternative Leveraged Lending Structures And Limitations
• Deals Rumor Mill: Houlihan Lokey, NCR, Coty
• Genworth Must Face Investor Suit Over Delayed IPO
• Starwood Files For Vacation Ownership Spinoff
• IAP To Pay $7.1M To Settle Foreign Bribery Allegations
• Investors Fight To Keep Gold Manipulation Suits Afloat
• Microbiome Biotech Seres Sets Terms For $106M IPO
• Ex-PetroTiger CEO Avoids Prison In FCPA Case
• McKenna Long Nabs M&A Pro As Dentons Tie-Up Nears
• Euro Court Says ECB's Bond Buying Complies With EU Law
• Diagnostics Co. Lantheus Seeks $83M In Revived IPO
• Fitbit Steps Up IPO Target To $621M
• Sovereign Funds Snap Up Shares In Citic's $3.5B Placement
• Lenovo Parent Co. Legend To Seek $1.96B In Hong Kong IPO
• 16 Cos. Polish $2.8B In IPO Plans
• 2nd Circ. Jettisons BofA Investors' Mortgage Risk Suit
• Chicken Co. Wayne Farms Sets Terms For $250M IPO
• Watson Farley Launches New Practice With Fried Frank Duo
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cigna, Anthem, Deutsche Boerse
• Tips To Avoid Conflicts When Hiring In-House Lawyers
• PE-Backed TransUnion Beefs Up IPO Plans To $650M
• SEC Fights Robbins Geller Quest For Wal-Mart Bribery Info
• Glaucoma Device Maker Glaukos Sets Terms For $80M IPO
• PE-Backed Plastics Maker Milacron Sets Terms For $300M IPO
• Belgian Biotech Celyad Targets $99M US IPO
• Real Estate Crowdfunder Says Fledgling Industry Will Soar
• Forex Plaintiffs Aim To Expand Claims And Target More Banks
• United Tech Confirms Plan To Sell Or Spin Off Sikorsky Unit
• Bank Of Jiangsu Plans Potential $6.4B Shanghai IPO
• Chinese Regulators Draft Rules To Cap Margin Trading
• PE-Backed Oil Tanker Co. Gener8 Sets Terms For $270M IPO
• When Reporting Employee Crime Leads To Defamation Suit
• Ex-PetroTiger CEO Takes Plea In FCPA Trial
• Tech, Biotech Take Center Stage As 10 IPOs Target $1.6B
• Midsize Bank Stress Tests May Spur More Regulatory Relief
• Fortune Brands Issuing $900M In New Debt
• Medical Device Co. Invuity Hits Slashed Terms In $48M IPO
• SEC Judge Refuses To Say Whether He Favors Agency
• Pulling Up Stakes: Nelson Mullins, K&L Gates
• A Recovering Egypt Issues $1.5B Bond Offering
• Polsinelli Snags Dentons' Middle-Market M&A Pro For KC
• HK Exchange Plans System To Curb HFT Risks For 2016
• Why Law Firms Collapse
• King & Spalding Guides Wingstop In $110M IPO
• Activist Elliott Seeks To Halt Samsung Unit's $600M Share Sale
• Investor Moves To Remand Suit Over IDreamSky's IPO
• Eletrobras Taps Hogan Lovells To Look For FCPA Violations
• Former SEC Chief Mary Schapiro To Join LSE Board
• Electrum Mining Acquisition Unit Raises $175M In IPO
• Prosensa Investors Urge Redo On Suit Over Failed Drug
• Cybersecurity Co. Rapid7 Zeroes In On $80M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apollo, GE, Alstom, Novartis
• Ex-PetroTiger Atty Says He Misspoke At Trial
• Royal Resources Targets $100M IPO In Latest MLP Debut
• Akin Gump Snags Stroock Debt Finance Pro For NY Office
• Parkinson's-Focused Biotie's US IPO Hits Increased Target
• Dementia Drugmaker Axovant Draws $315M In Upsize IPO
• UK Gov't Reaps $1B By Selling Part Of Royal Mail Stake
• SEC's Stein Reiterates Need For Agency Data Strategy Office
• Feds Want Ex-Alstom Exec's Evidence Barred From FCPA Trial
• Deals Rumor Mill: Digital Realty Trust, Goldman, Nemak
• Intec Becomes Latest Parkinson's Drug Maker To Eye IPO
• Solar Power Cos. Eye $400M IPO For Calif.-Focused Yieldco
• DLA Piper Snags Latham Real Estate Finance Veteran In NY
• Acquisition Co. Buys STG For $165M, Plans To Take It Public
• Samsung Unit Sells Shares In $8B Merger Fight
• Alibaba Shareholder Class Actions Consolidated In SDNY
• New Residential REIT Prices $505M Follow-On Offering
• Fantex Pays Athlete Stock Dividend For Bengals' Sanu
• MSCI Indexes Exclude China Stocks Over Market Openess
• Blue Buffalo's $500M IPO Latest For Pet Food Makers
• New Rule Brings Nonbank Auto Lenders Under CFPB's Glare
• China Biologic Nabs $315M In Upsized Follow-On Offering
• House Unveils Spending Bill At Odds With Obama's Goals
• Sweden's TeliaSonera Takes $115M Stake In Spotify
• A 5-Point Plan To Save Our Juries
• 2nd Circ. Says Atty Stock Fraud Rulings Need Backup
• Sears REIT Seritage Launches $1.57B Rights Offering
• Ex-PetroTiger Atty Admits Tax Fraud On Stand
• Forex Allegations Continue To Roll In Against Big Banks
• UK Court Says Ex-Dewey Partner Must Repay $540K Loan
• Agencies Issue Diversity Hiring Standards For Banks, Brokers
• Morgan Stanley Plans $500M 'Green Bond' Offering
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Ex-Samsung Chemical GC To Corporate Group
• Wingstop Ups IPO Target As Another Restaurant Sets Terms
• VC Firm Made $230M From Chipmaker's Bad Accounting: Suit
• Bohai Pharma Hit With Suit Claiming Securities Shenanigans
• Jury Hears Secret Tape Of Ex-PetroTiger CEO In Bribery Trial
• SEC To Weigh In-House Court Claims In Timbervest Appeal
• Global Technology Debt Issuance Hits Record-Setting $77B
• Gateley Raises $46M In First UK Law Firm IPO
• 5 Simple Ways To Become A Rising Capital Markets Star
• Univar Plans For $440M IPO, $350M Private Placement
• Business Management Software Co. Mindbody Eyes $100M IPO
• Facebook To Object To Nasdaq's $31M IPO Suit Settlement
• Drug Development Service Patheon Eyes $100M US IPO
• Regulators Moving Forward With New Interest Rate Risk Rules
• Swedish Hotel Operator Pandox To Raise $686M With IPO
• Chinese Regulators To Update Margin Trading Rules
• Changing Approaches To SOX Compliance — And Implications
• Defendants See Achilles Heel In SEC's Admin Judge Hiring
• UK Finance Agency Taps Hong Kong Official As Top Enforcer
• Blackstone Unit Raises $338M To Fund Mortgage Buys
• Deals Rumor Mill: SunGard, RBS, HP
• Lawsky Led The Way In Regulating Financial Arena
• Joe's Crab Shack IPO Suit Ends In $1.8M Settlement
• Pulling Up Stakes: Jones Day, Proskauer, Holland & Knight
• June IPO Market Chugs Forward As 6 Cos. Target $500M
• EndoChoice Draws $95M In IPO At Low End Of Range
• Evolent Prices $196M IPO Above Expectations
• BofA Investors Claim Omnicare Revives Mortgage Risk Suit
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags Greenberg Traurig Corporate Pro For NY
• 7th Circ. Greets SEC In-House Court Claim With Skepticism
• Perkins Coie Lures 2 Capital Markets Pros To Calif. Offices
• SEC Asks SEC Judge If He Is Biased Towards SEC
• European Biotechs Catch US IPO Fever
• Ex-Petro Tiger Atty Says CEO Ordered Bribery, Kickbacks
• PE-Backed MLP PennTex Draws $225M In Public Debut
• Irish Housebuilder Cairn Homes Eyes $450M IPO
• Dems Press DOL Head On Felon Banks' Waiver Requests
• ADT Corp. Shakes Another Stock Repurchase Suit
• ADM Averts DQ With Waiver After $54M FCPA Fine
• PE-Backed Software Co. SunGard Plans for IPO
• Fed's Tarullo Says SIFI Tag Unlikely For Big Asset Managers
• Bogus Avon Buyout Bid Sparks SEC Fraud Suit
• Unified Capital Markets Not Cure-All For EU, Group Says
• Duane Morris Brings Back Corporate Law Pro In Philly
• Frontier Raising $2.5B For 3-State Verizon Purchase
• Senate May Soften Dodd-Frank's Blow To Insurers
• China's BYD Looks To Raise $2.4B In Share Placement
• Alibaba Pictures Plans $1.6B Share Sale To Fund Acquisitions
• Atty Admits Taking 'Dirty Money' In PetroTiger FCPA Case
• SEC's Gallagher Rues Slow Market Structure Reform
• Catalent's PE Backers Draw $406M In Secondary Offering
• Wall St. Lobby Fights Fiduciary Fire With Fiduciary Fire
• Massad Says CFTC Will Consider Automated Trading Regs
• MoFo Guides HMS Income Fund In $1.5B Offering
• Sophos Plans $100M London IPO To Trim Debt
• Cystic Fibrosis Drugmaker Nivalis Sets Terms For $64M IPO
• Wendy's Serves Up $1.4B Share Repurchase Program
• SEC Commitee OKs Equity Exemption For Private Cos.
• Focus Media To List In China Through $7B Reverse Merger
• Stock Building, BMC Merge To Create $1.5B Industry Giant
• China Banks To Offer CDs In Step Toward Liberalizing Rates
• SEC's Piwowar Urges Overhaul Of Accredited Investor Policy
• Ex-Terra Exec. Blames Attys For Bribery Conviction
• Orrick Adds Ex-Davis Polk Atty Who Advised On Pandora IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ashley Furniture, At Home Group, Kaufhof
• Midsize Banks Face June Deadline For Stress Test Releases
• Starbucks Prices $850 Million Of Senior Notes
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Cooley Corporate Partner In Calif.
• Prenatal Diagnostics Co. Natera Eyes $100M IPO
• Office Space-Focused REIT Eyes $1.1B IPO
• Former FINRA Honcho Joins Shulman Rogers
• Wingstop Cooks Up $75M IPO Plan
• Global Regulators Discourage Over-Reliance On Bank Models
• Baker & McKenzie Guides HK Brokerage On $500M Share Sale
• Wearable Tech Co. Fitbit Sprints Toward $448M IPO
• 5 Insights From Schneider Electric GC Peter Wexler
• Reg D Versus Reg A-Plus, And How To Prepare For Offerings
• 1 Year In, Massad Starts To Turn CFTC Ship Around
• Surgical Lighting Device Co. Invuity Sets $73.6M IPO Terms
• 1 Firm Tops May IPO Activity With Record MLP Debut
• Playtech To Pay $698M For Forex Trading Co. Facing Probe
• GE Puts Commercial Lending Unit Up For Sale
• Merrill Lynch To Pay SEC $11M Over Bad Short-Sale Data
• Latham & Watkins-Led Teladoc Charts $100M IPO
• Axovant Sciences Sets Terms For $269M IPO
• PE-Backed 3SBio Seeks $711M In Hong Kong IPO