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Private Equity - April, 2012

186 articles

• Lion Capital Eyes Deal For French Optical Retailer
• LightSquared $2B Talks Extended As Falcone Rumors Persist
• Hedge Fund Sues CDC Software Over Alleged Smear Campaign
• Wall Street Groups Say Risk Rule Shouldn't Cover Nonbanks
• Software Co. Heads To $291M Merger Vote After 2 Settlements
• Direct Investment Reporting — What PE Funds Must Know
• Jury To Hear Huffington Claims Over Doomed Carlyle Fund
• Qatar To Invest $250M In Barclays PE Energy Plays
• Terra Firma Inks $1.3B Deal To Buy UK Health Co.
• PE Firm To Pay $752M For Food Service Co. Spotless
• China Cord Blood Closes $65M Debt Financing With KKR
• Vulpes' New Global Equity Funds Draw Tudor Investment
• Kerzner Unloads Atlantis Resorts In $2B Restructuring
• DOE Broadens Enviro Review Of $11B Blackstone Power Line
• Headway Sets $373M Benchmark For New Fund
• Simmons Adds DLA Piper Private Fund Partner In London
• LightSquared Bankruptcy Could Spell Harbinger Head's Ouster
• Globaltrans Puts Up $540M For Russian Iron Ore Rail
• Bright Food, Brit PE Firm Mum On Rumored £1B Cereal Buy
• Large Private Equity Deals Rarer In 2011, Report Says
• Great Wolf Investors To Settle Suit Over Apollo Buyout
• Cal-Bay Buys Half Of $200M Calif. Commercial Development
• Ametek Takes German Blower Maker Off Triton's Hands
• Crowdfunding — Who In Their Right Mind Would ...
• Senate Dems Want Final Volcker Rule Issued By Summer
• Kleinberg Kaplan Picks Up Versatile Commercial Litigator
• Kinder Morgan To Pay $300M For Half Of Gas Pipeline System
• Mexican PE Fund Raises $160M Under New Pension Rules
• Icahn Ditches Amylin Suit After Chat With CEO
• Hodgson Nabs Ex-Jones Day Energy Pro For RE, Finance Group
• Navis Capital Offers $373M For Malaysian Education Co.
• Kohlberg Capital's CFO May Face SEC Suit
• Dallas-Area Westin Hotel Lands $75M Refinancing Loan
• The Latest On The Carried Interest Fairness Act
• Unions Rip Blackstone Power Project While NYC Pol Backs It
• Chicago Approves $1B Public-Private Infrastructure Trust
• Citi Units Burned Buyer In $348M Metal Co. Deal, Suit Says
• BLP Continues Magic Circle Raid With Allen & Overy Hire
• Reluctant Toy Maker Agrees To Talk Takeover With Oaktree
• Marsh & McLennan Takes Stake In Reinsurance Investment Co.
• Suit Against Hunton & Williams Over Frac Sand Deal Revived
• Alston Adds McGuireWoods Corporate Finance Partner In LA
• Pricing Risk: Contracting With A SIFI
• Gibson Dunn Helps CVC Capital Nab $1B Stake In AlixPartners
• Slaughter & May Guides PE Fund's £807M BAA Airport Buy
• SEC Sues Former CalPERS CEO Over Bogus Documents
• BVF Partners Pursues Appeal Over Genetics Co. Sale
• OrbiMed Debuts $222M Israeli Life Sciences Venture Fund
• Judge Expedites Icahn's Suit Over $3.5B Amylin Takeover Bid
• Sunoco, Carlyle Mull Philadelphia Refinery Deal
• Sullivan Aids Veritas In $1.3B Thomson Reuters Data Unit Buy
• SEC Wants Ex-TPG Associate's Insider Trading Fine Upheld
• LightSquared Cuts Deal On $337.5M Inmarsat Payment Plan
• Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Jackson Walker Tax Controversy Pro
• Firms Spar For Lead Role In Suit Over $2B Quest Buyout
• Buyer Beware: 363 May Not Absolve Successor Liability
• TPG Won't Top SS&C's $897M Bid For GlobeOp
• Seeking $40M Payback, SBA Asks To Take Over Venture Firm
• Great Wolf OKs Apollo's $262M Offer, Halting Bidding War
• Canadian Pension Fund Nabs $1B Stake In Chilean Tollway Co.
• Primerica Buys Back $150M In Shares From Warburg
• Goldman Ducks German Bank's Appeal Of $37M MBS Suit
• Feds To Liquidate PE Unit For Small Biz Lending Breach
• Fed's Volcker Rule Grace Period Eases Bank Uncertainty
• McDermott Snags Former McGuireWoods Life Sciences Chair
• NY Investors Snap Up $66M Brooklyn Retail, Apt. Parcels
• KSL Again Raises Offer In Great Wolf Bidding War
• NewPage Creditors Tap Cerberus For Insider Trading Info
• KKR, Goldman Funnel $52M Into Indian Logistics Co.
• CVR Drops Poison Pill Blocking $2.6B Icahn Buyout
• KKR Pours $196M Into Chicago-Area Mall
• Feds Charge 3 In $15M Litigation Investment Scheme
• PE Firm Serves Up Fresh Suit Over Subway CEO's Investor Beef
• Syncora Says $496M Toll-Road Bonds Had Hidden Potholes
• Brookfield Realty Cancels $500M IPO
• AllianceBernstein Seals Up $680M PE Real Estate Fund
• Avista Unit Pays $1.5B To Acquire Cable Provider Knology
• Investors Demand Goldman Execs' Evals In Bid-Rigging Row
• What To Expect From CLOs In 2012
• Paul Hastings Helps Starwood Spend $1.2B On Westfield Malls
• Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
• Montagu Drops £200M To Net UK College Of Law
• Bankrupt Paper Co. Seals $12M Sale To Watermill Group
• Private Equity Wins Out In Battle For Failed Euro CMBS
• Edwards Wildman Wins Back Tax Partner From S&W
• PE Firm Offers $1.3B Refinancing For Insurance Broker
• Ariya Capital Forges African Energy Project Venture
• Wall Street Says Volcker Rule Ignores Swap Market Reality
• First Round Capital Preps For $135M Fundraising
• Carlyle Says It's Worth $7.6B In Run-Up To IPO
• Cheniere Locks In $4B Of Debt For $10B LNG Export Plant
• Dexus Unloads US Industrial RE In $770M Blackstone Deal
• Altering The Leveraged Lending Landscape
• Edelman Board Approves Lee Equity's $258M Take-Private Bid
• Weil Moves To Larger Hong Kong Office Space
• Great Wolf Backs KSL's $234M Bid Over Apollo's Offer
• Auto Parts Co. Loses Bid To Scrap $28M Claim By PE Firm
• Lone Star Buys $2B Ex-Lehman CDO From Bundesbank
• PE Firm Snags Spanish Video Game Co. Out Of Bankruptcy
• OpenGate Capital Acquires French Consumer Magazine
• Mount Kellett Closes $4B Opportunistic Investment Fund
• Cartesian Wants E. Oliver Founder On Hook For $45M Loan
• Investor Sues To Halt Genstar's $400M Buy Of Research Co.
• Bankrupt CDC Corp. Settles $63M IPO Row With Evolution
• Hunton & Williams Snags Real Estate Elites for NY Office
• Icahn Sues Amylin For Docs On Rebuffed $3.5B Bristol Bid
• Don't Count On JOBS Act To Spark IPO Craze, Attys Say
• McDermott Adds Greenberg Corporate Atty As Miami Partner
• Tweaking SBIR To Attract VC Investment
• Reddy Ice Enters Ch. 11 With Plan To Acquire Arctic Glacier
• KKR Gives Chinese Cord Blood Co. $65M Infusion
• Morgan Stanley Raises $1.3B For Buyout, Venture Accounts
• Sidley Helps Ill. PE Shop Zoom To $275M Fund Close
• SEC Seeks Input On JOBS Act Ahead Of Rulemaking
• Blackstone Ordered To Disclose RE Investments In IPO Suit
• Icahn Again Raises Stake In Troubled WebMD
• Rising Star: Debevoise's Jeffrey Ross
• CVC Drops $644M On Hong Kong Telecom Unit
• Wilson Sonsini Adds David Polk PE Partner In Shanghai
• Rising Star: Fried Frank's Brian Mangino
• Morgan Stanley PE Buys Out Canadian ATM Network
• TE Connectivity To Rake In $404M From Sale Of 2 Units
• Pegasus Capital Snatches Up Global Resort Business
• Sullivan Aids Amgen On $315M Kidney Drugmaker Buy
• Greenberg Traurig Grabs Goodwin VC, Tech Ace
• Cornerstone Closes $315M Mortgage Debt Fund
• PVR Cuts Coal Reliance, Gains PE Backer In $1B Gas Buy
• ERISA Claims Revived In Booz Allen Contract Units Row
• Latham Guides Genstar In $400M Pharma Research Co. Buy
• Spotlight On China's Antitrust Enforcement In 2011
• NAB Slams JE Robert Co. With $60M Contract Suit
• Icahn Sues Amylin Over Alleged $3.5B Takeover Bid
• Rising Star: Willkie Farr's Russell Leaf
• Oak Hill Pays $300M For NC Organic Food Retailer
• BlackRobe Snags Ex-Simpson Thacher Securities Pro
• Reddy Ice To Hand Stake To Centerbridge In Ch. 11
• Kaye Scholer Nabs Shanghai PE Partner From Debevoise
• Cerberus Shells Out $950M For AT&T's Yellow Pages
• KSL Tops Apollo With $234M Bid In Great Wolf Bidding War
• Paulson Claims Investor Can't Sue For Sino-Forest Loss
• Penta Bids For Insolvent German Retailer Schlecker
• Outback Steakhouse Owners Cook Up $300M IPO
• Passage Of JOBS Act Adds To SEC's Rulemaking Burden
• Arnold & Itkin Can't Kick Sanctions In Arbitration Dispute
• Noteholder Sues To Foreclose NYC Condo Over $19M Default
• Taiwanese Venture Giant Bids $1.8B For Leading Brokerage
• JOBS Act — A Game Changer For Emerging Growth Cos.
• Rising Star: Latham's John Giouroukakis
• Sovereign Wealth Remains Skittish About US Real Estate: Attys
• Simple Volcker Rule May Be Out Of Reach, Experts Say
• Manatt PE Practice Co-Chair Jumps Ship For DLA Piper
• Dubai PE Unit Closes $2.5B Debt Restructuring
• Oil Hedge Fund BlueGold To Shut Down
• Oil Appraiser Ducks Fraud Claims Over $24M Investment
• Harbinger Head Pondering Bankruptcy For LightSquared
• Apollo, Riverstone Invest $600M In Gulf Oil Exploration Co.
• Quest's $2B Sale To Insight A Fraud Cover-Up, Investor Says
• Private Equity Firms Start Bid Fight Over Great Wolf
• How Qualified Client Rule Changes Affect Fund Managers
• Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
• Jones Day Adds 2 M&A Partners In Dusseldorf
• Vertrue Blames Online Marketing Regs For Ch. 11 Filing
• NY AG Charges 4 Over $155M Black Market HIV Drug Scam
• Tishman Speyer JV Acquires Aussie Trust's US Portfolio
• Najafi-Owned Book Club Co. Snaps Up In-Flight Mag SkyMall
• Patriarch Partners Fails To Lift Ruling In MBIA CDO Suit
• Lender Slams Brookfield's Renewed Atlantis Resort Deal
• Great Wolf Investor Howls Over $703M Apollo Buyout
• Bryan Cave Adds PE, Health Ace To Transactional Practice
• German Fund Firm Pays $375M For Guardian HQ In London
• Burger King To Reclaim NYSE Throne In $1B Investment Deal
• Business Plans For Finance Cos. In Flux With SIFI Rule
• Vector Claims New Evidence In Fight Over $307M Citi Sale
• Molson Coors Taps European Market With $3.5B StarBev Buy
• Tech, Life Sciences Cos. Vulnerable To Activist Takeovers
• Latham Helps Denham Wrap Up $3B Energy Buyout Fund
• Foley Nabs 2nd Greenberg Private Equity Expert
• PE-Owned Hair Care Co. Buys LA Looks, Other Dial Brands
• Philly-Area Bigwigs Pay $55M For City's Biggest Papers
• AboveNet Investors Sue To Block $2B PE-Backed Merger Offer
• Private Cash Funds $2B Canada-NYC Power Line, Backer Says
• Latham & Watkins Guides Schiff On $150M Airborne Buy
• FSOC Vote Could Put Key Nonbank Firms Under Fed Rule
• AFA Foods Files For Ch. 11 Amid 'Pink Slime' Media Barrage
• CVC, ValueAct Quit Takeover Talks With Misys
• KKR Buys $306M In Gas Assets As Prices Hit 10-Year Low