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Private Equity - December, 2011

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• Real Estate Finance Co. Merchants Seeks Ch. 11
• Judge Scraps Jameson Inns Unit's Ch. 11 For Bad Faith
• Prospect Capital Seeks Judgment For $37M Energy Loan
• Catterton Sells First Watch Chain To Freeman Spogli
• Paul Hastings Handles Exor's $294M Alpitour Sale
• CVC, ConvergEx Deal On The Rocks Amid US Probes
• Strengthening EIE Regulation In China
• Ropes Aids Genstar To Purchase Auto Insurer IAS
• 121 House Members Ask For Delay On Volcker Rule
• Franklin Templeton Fund Buys Stake In Brazilian Parking Co.
• Carlyle Scoops Up Belgian Emissions Detection Co.
• Lone Star Buys Lloyds' $1.4B Real Estate Debt Portfolio
• Boston-Power Lands $30M In Backing For Chinese Plant
• VC Firm Seeks To Slip $25M Fraud Action
• Jones Day, Blank Rome Advise JF Lehman In Doss Buy
• Bay Grove Adds To Growing Cold Storage Portfolio
• Lionsgate, Saban, Celestial Form Asian Entertainment Co.
• Renaissance Asset Managers Buys $252M Griffin Fund
• Williams Buys $750M Pa. Pipeline To Chase Marcellus Gas
• Thoma Bravo To Reel In Top Digital Media Provider
• CVC, Johor Win OK For $1.5B Bid For Malaysian KFC Unit
• OpenGate's Publishing Co. Picks Up French Fine Art Mag
• Vitro Ordered To Pay Bondholders Interest On $1B Debt
• EQT Pays $304M For Norway's No. 2 Telecom
• Biggest Whole Foods Investor Leonard Green Plans Exit
• Interim Measures In International Arbitrations
• Pembrook Sells NY Property To PE Group For $93M
• Chinese Capital Fund Raises $50M For Gaming Co. Razer
• New VC Fund To Invest $75M In Early-Stage Health Cos.
• Buchanan Steers EverPower In Wind Farm Deal
• Lyondell Trustee Goes After Smaller Shareholders
• Latham Aids Solar Co. In $130M Korean-Led Funding Round
• Simpson, Milbank Aid KKR, Google In Solar Investment
• Dexia To Sell Luxembourg Unit To Qatari Fund For $954M
• KPCB Leads $35M Financing Round For ERecyclingCorps
• 3i Hits Brazilian Market With $55M Cable Co. Stake
• Talbots Rejects Sycamore's $205M Takeover Bid
• 8 Tips For Private Funds With Euro Exposure
• Vector Breached Nondisclosure Deal In Tidel Buy: Suit
• REITs Buy Up Senior Housing As Private Firms Divest
• Recurrent Capital Bilked Out Of Share In $40M Deal: Suit
• UK Retailer Jacques Vert Takes $64M Sun Capital Bid
• Honigman Reps Huron On $40M Sock Co. Recapitalization
• UK Pension Manager Still In Takeover Talks with CVC
• Saudi Prince Sinks $300M Into Twitter
• Fortum Sells Heating Subsidiaries To EQT For $260M
• Accel Invests In Indian Web Content Player Trivone
• Metals Co. Urges Stockholders To Reject Icahn Bid
• Nordic Capital Bids $292M For Swedish Software Firm Orc
• PPG, Platinum Settle Dispute Over $500M Glass Unit Sale
• White & Case Helps Harvest Partners To Buy Driven Brands
• Centre Partners Gobbles Up Frozen Food Co.
• Liberty Wins Remand Of $6M Coverage Suit Against USSIC
• PE Firm Catalyst Buys Stake In Wedding Website For $11M
• PE Co. Apollo Unveils Merger, Acquisition Double Deal
• Dykema Aids Platinum Equity In Diversified Machine Buy
• Weil Adds Banking Partner From Gide To Paris Office
• PE Group Pays €1.5B For Vattenfall's Finnish Energy Units
• Patriarch Partners Completes $108M Hussey Copper Buy
• PE Venture Leads $217M Swedish Candy Merger
• Credit Agricole Proposes Sale Of Private Equity Unit
• Allen Helps CVC Capital Sell Taminco To Apollo For $1.4B
• Q&A With Lane Powell's Ben Lenhart
• Friendly's Creditors, PE Owner Settle Credit Bid Fight
• CVC, Johor Bid $1.5B For Malaysian KFC Unit
• Nixon Peabody Aids US Bank In Funding For Solar Co. KDC
• WestLB Can't Close Sale Of Real Estate Arm To Apollo
• Q&A With Arnold & Porter's Kevin Lavin
• General Maritime, Creditors Reach Deal On $75M DIP Loan
• Tweaking Tax On Foreign Investments In The US
• Reed Smith Nabs Berwin Partner To Start Euro PE Group
• Blackstone, Hotel Chef Cook Up Deal To End OT Action
• Blackland Adds Parts Maker Prikos To Aerospace Portfolio
• Merck Sells NJ Office Building To PE Venture
• New Ch. 11 Plan To Emerge As GSC Ends Creditor Feud
• Whiterock, PE Firm Snag 9 Office Properties For $143M
• General Maritime Pushes For $75M DIP Loan
• Aragon Bets On Kansas City Market With Apartment Buy
• Stoneleigh Nabs Minority Stake In Hotel Management Firm
• Slaying A 'Zombie' No Easy Task For Limited Partners
• J.Crew Gets Final Nod On $16M Deal Over PE-Led Buyout
• TPG, SurveyMonkey Team Up On MarketTools Buy
• Q&A With Foley Hoag's Peter Rosenblum
• Choate Hall Aids Investment Firms In HealthMEDX Buy
• Sale Order May Not Protect You From Everything
• Carlyle Group Nabs 42% Stake In Saudi Fast Food Co.
• Yahoo Should Release Letters Inviting Bids: Investor
• Blue Coat Investor Challenges $1B Thoma Bravo Deal
• Aussie PE Firm Champ Picks Up Advertiser For $163M
• CalPERS Nets $700M Profit Off PE Investment
• SecondMarket Bungled Facebook Share Sale: Atty
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's David Sands
• Friendly's $267M Debt Transfer Was Legal: PE Owner
• PE Joint Venture Sells Fla. Building Complex
• Freeman Spogli Nabs Boot Retailer From Marwit Capital
• Another Milestone For The AIFMD
• Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Venable Investment Expert
• Dechert Guides Court Square To Purchase Encompass
• General Maritime Creditors Balk At Oaktree Ties
• Warburg Slashes Stake In Max India For $55M
• Sara Lee Snags Dutch Coffee Chain Ahead Of Split
• US Pension Giants Loath To Take Canadian PE Path
• PE-Backed Patara Buys $200M Apache Texas Gas Portfolio
• Star Capital Nabs Thyssen Shipbuilding Units For $200M
• Battle Over Timing of Volcker Rule Heads To SEC
• Private Equity MVP: Latham & Watkins' Howard Sobel
• NBGI Snaps Up 4 Eastern European Properties For $99M
• Neuberger PE Fund Scores Stake In Quant Firm CFM
• Emissions Tech Co. Energy 1 Seeks PE Takeover
• Cognetas Pulls Gas Station Co. From Auction Block
• JPML Tells 6 Discount Club Fraud Suits To Stay Put
• OPIC Commits $53M To New North African Fund
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's David Willbrand
• Targeting Adviser Compliance Deficiencies
• American Laser Gets Go-Ahead For $13M Bankruptcy Loan
• Montana Recommends $103M Carlyle Water Utility Buy
• Commercial Metals To Review Icahn's $15 Per Share Offer
• PE Firm Warburg Pincus Puts $355M In Clean Energy Tech
• PE Firm Nabs Parking Company Begun By Obama Advisers
• Q&A With Edwards Wildman's Alan Roth
• Covington Lures MoFo M&A Partner To London Office
• Private Equity MVP: Skadden's Rick Madden
• EQT Fund Sells German Retailer To Sun European
• Swedish Online Payment Co. Klarna Nets $155M Buy-In
• 2011 Year In Review: Chekhov's Gun
• Kirkland Guides Thoma Bravo In $1.3B Blue Coat Buy
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Paul Harter
• Dubai Group Hands Off $1B Portfolio To PE Firm Silverpeak
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags Brown Rudnick Finance Partner
• Patron, Halcyon Pay $59M For Insolvent Von Essen's Hotels
• Viking Partners Fund I Snaps Up Mich. Shopping Mall
• Grey Mountain Takes Stake In Software Co. Stratix
• Private Equity MVP: Cadwalader's Rocky Lee
• Blackstar Launches $99M Takeover Of Mvela Group
• Bracing For Volcker
• Paladin Sues Developers Over $24M Biodiesel Investment
• Holding Co. Principals Not Upholding Bargain: Cayman Fund
• Pacific Sunwear Grabs $160M Funding For Turnaround
• Summit Partners Settles Sudden-Termination Claims
• Ventizz Co. Snags Austrian ID Security Outfit
• HealthpointCapital Takes On Surgical Tool Maker Blue Belt
• Under Simpson, Silver Lake Energy Fund Aims For $1.25B
• Small Bone Gets $43M In Credit From New Health Capital
• Clifford Chance Helps Bridgepoint Close £180M Wiggle Buy
• Kirkland & Ellis PE Pro Decamps To Chinese Law Firm
• Curtis Nabs Thum & Cie Founder, 2 Corporate Pros
• Q&A With Gibbons' Thomas Griffin
• Conrad Group Sues Agincourt Over $512M Fund
• Latham Cinches $465M Excellere Fundraising
• 'Recovery' Looks A Lot Like Recession
• Winston Aids Sycamore In $202M Takeover Bid For Talbots
• AmEx Can Arbitrate Discount Club Fraud Claims: Judge
• A&P Lays Groundwork For Ch. 11 Exit With $490M Deal
• Auto Parts Maker Fights Irving Place's $28M Debt Claim
• Lehman Calls Developer's $1.3B Archstone Bid Inadequate
• Heitman, Nursing Home Co. Team Up In $120M Venture
• Colony Capital Battles Debtor Jameson Inns' Bankruptcy
• HKW Sheds Furminator To Pet Supply Co. For $140M
• Q&A With Freshfields' Matt Herman
• Chinese Bank Teams Up With Permira, TPG, KKR
• France Clears Altarea's $142M Bid For E-Retailer
• Getting Ahead In The PACE Funding Race
• Icahn Gets Tough In Commercial Metals Takeover Bid
• Bain Capital Wants Samsonite Labor Suit Sent Packing
• PBGC Rips Sun Capital Bid To Nab Friendly's Out Of Ch. 11
• TPG, Apax Sued For €268M Over Hellas Notes
• Tekelec Shareholders Sue To Halt $780M Sale To Siris
• Creditors Seek Info On Cerberus, NewPage Relationship
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs Ex-SNR Denton Energy Deals Pro
• Under The Microscope: FINRA Rule 5123
• Shamrock Fund Deals For Radio Programmer Learfield
• PE Alliance Invests $750M In Chesapeake Energy Unit
• PE Firm TCV Takes Stake In Danish Software Co. SiteCore
• Oaktree Founder Hands Duke $50M Donation
• Kirkland & Ellis Guides PE-Owned Grocer's $230M IPO
• Skadden Clinches Spinoff Of HSBC Private Equity Arm
• Commercial Metals Rebuffs Icahn's Acquisition Bid
• Q&A With Phelps Dunbar's Mark Jeanfreau
• AXA Exits Shipping Container Co. After Turnaround
• KKR Backs China Outfitters IPO With $60M Investment
• First Reserve Invests $150M In European Wind Farms
• RioCan Caps Acquisition Of Toronto's Sheppard Centre
• Five Mile Aims To Finish Purchase Of Chicago Realty Trust
• Volcker Rule Risks Robbing Private Equity Of Players
• JZ Capital Unloads Stake In Health Services Co.
• Brynwood Fund Snaps Up Beauty Products Co. Newhall
• Hedge Fund Bites Off Bigger Portion Of Wendy's Biz
• Resort Owner Sues Hilton Over Undisclosed Agreements
• PE Firm Great Point Deals Bioscience Co. To Corning
• Q&A With Edwards Wildman's Sarah Camougis
• K&L Gates Helps Organic Foods Co. Launch $100M IPO
• Endeavour Capital Raises $75M For Oregon Shipbuilder
• Paul Weiss Aids Harvest In Legal Services Investment
• An Annual Review For Private Fund Managers
• Morgan Lewis Lures PE Expert From Simmons
• Private Equity Could Boost Yahoo's Competitive Edge
• Judge OKs $89M Del Monte, Barclays Investor Settlement
• Falconhead Takes Major Stake In Rita's Water Ice
• Q&A With Seyfarth Shaw's David Warburg
• Andrews Kurth Aids Maxim On Oil Field Services Co. Buy
• Aussie PE Firm Ups Bid For Spotless Group To $727M
• Carlyle Unit Adds French Medical Casting Biz
• K&L Gates Steers Riverlake Buyout Of Heavy Hauling Co.
• Case Study: SV Investment Partners V. Thoughtworks
• Lone Star To Sell Korea Exchange Bank Stake For $3.5B