Private Equity Archive » July, 2012

Private Equity - July, 2012

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• Katten Accuses PE Firm KBR Capital Of Owing Legal Tab
• Ex-ProfitPoint Exec Hits NewSpring With Defamation Suit
• Judge Keeps $50M Malpractice Claim Against Paul Hastings
• General Atlantic Leads $125M Financing For Cloud Startup
• Health-Geared PE Firm Water Street Closes $750M Fund
• GIP Raises $7.5B For Second Infrastructure Fund
• Philippines, 3 Investors Launch $625M Infrastructure PE Fund
• Warburg Puts $55M Into Chinese Children's Clothing Co.
• KKR To Drop $233M On Share In Comstock Eagle Ford Shale
• Apax Sues Endo Over $1.2B Qualitest Deal
• KKR Makes $94M Play For French Unit Of Italian Energy Co.
• Babson Joins Mid-Market Lending Push With New Debt Group
• Sealing The Deal: Weil Reps AMC In $2.6B Sale To Chinese Co.
• Mercapital Invests $57M In Rubaiyat Restaurant Chain
• Confidentiality Agreements Matter: 3 Recent Cases
• Roper Industries Pays $1.4B For Lab Software Co. Sunquest
• SBA Allows PE-Backed Firms Access To Tech Grant Program
• Fletcher Wins Injunction Against Cayman Liquidators
• Libor's Complex Web May Limit Rate-Rigging Damage Claims
• Allen Matkins Aids Kilroy's $266M West Coast Plans
• Linklaters Aids HSBC, Hines On $471M London Complex Buy
• KKR Launches New $300M Capital Market Group For Small Biz
• Billabong Flips On TPG's $726M Bid, Allows Due Diligence
• Banking Groups Push Back Against Weill's Call For Breakups
• Ross Perot's Co. Ducks Suit Over Parkcentral Collapse
• Latham & Watkins Reps Odyssey In L-Com Buy
• Weil Guides Brookfield In $366M Merger With Texas REIT
• RoundTable Rakes In $400M In Aspen Surgical Sale
• Mid Europa Buys 50 Percent Stake In Czech Nutrition Co.
• Partnership Documentation For PE Funds: A UK Decision
• DOE's Deal With Solyndra Investors Broke Law, GOP Says
• BC Partners, Carlyle To Pay $3.5B For Industrial Pump Maker
• Par Pharmaceutical Investor Sues To Halt $1.9B TPG Deal
• DVD Co. Cinram Gets US Clearance For $83M Sale To Najafi
• Bain Escapes Labor Suit Over Shuttering Samsonite Plant
• Jones Day Reps Ohio PE Firm On $223M Fundraising
• Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Issues In Leshinsky And Asadi
• $1B Hong Kong Fund Targets Midsize Oil Cos.
• NEA Raises $2.6B For VC Fund, Setting Record For 2012
• Judges OK Private Equity Firm's $70M Northstar Buy
• Insurers Tell Congress Dodd-Frank Will Hurt Industry
• Cooley Opens In LA With Ex-Gibson Dunn, DLA Piper Attys
• Blackstone Pours $125M Into NantWorks Biopharmaceutical Arm
• PE Titans Try Again To Whittle LBO Bid-Rigging Claims
• Hedge Fund Appeals Approval Of Tribune Ch. 11 Plan
• GE Capital Injects $575M Into Blackstone's Industrial Sites
• TPG Rebids For Billabong At $717M As Clothier Struggles
• Jones Day Reps Blackstone In $246M French REIT Buy
• Carlton Group Says Sapir Stiffed It On $8M Refinance Fee
• DreamWorks Pays $155M For 'Classic' TV, Movie Characters
• PE Investors Nab Hotel Steals As Huge Loans Come Due
• Black & Decker To Pay $850M For Hong Kong Fastener Co.
• Treasury's Stake In 12 TARP Banks Up For Auction
• PBF Puts Rail Project Ahead Of $1B Refinery Expansion
• Genesee Eyes $1.4B RailAmerica Buy To Form US Rail Titan
• Federal Capital Closes $529M RE Fund
• Peet's Coffee To Go Private In $978M Joh. A. Benckiser Buy
• American Laser Wants More Time To File Ch. 11 Plan
• Stimulating Bank Investment By Simplifying Review
• Fresenius Scoops Up PE-Owned Blood Collection Co.
• VC Firm Kleiner Will Appeal Arbitration Ruling In Bias Case
• Aussie TV Network Reaps $150M From Ad Unit Sale
• SEC Sets Bar To Meet 'Mortgage-Related Security' Definition
• SEC's Broad Municipal Adviser Rule Risks Collateral Damage
• Warburg Says Titan's $230M Guarantee Was Misuse Of Funds
• Cartesian, Russian Fund Pick Up Stakes In Moscow Exchange
• A Review Of FINRA Rule 5123
• Goldman, Others Can't Duck HCA Claim In LBO Antitrust Case
• Unfinished Dodd-Frank Rules Leave Banks In The Dark
• Sealy Mattress Directors Too Comfy With KKR, Investor Says
• Kaye Scholer Adds Linklaters Private Fund Partner In NY
• PE Firm, Pension Fund Put Up $6.6B In Suddenlink Buy
• Blackstone Pays $321M For 15 Regency Shopping Centers
• Morgan Lewis Aids Pearson In $116M Self-Publisher Buy
• The Volcker Rule In Light Of JPMorgan's $5.8B Loss
• O'Melveny Reps Coller In Close Of $5.5B Fund For Secondaries
• Winston & Strawn Helps Highstar Unit In $2B Waste Biz Buy
• PE Firm Panda Lands Financing For Texas Power Plant
• Blackstone's Europe PE Head Steps Up To Lead Global PE
• Cogeco Offers $1.36B For Atlantic Broadband, US Presence
• Seyfarth Adds PE Firm's Ex-GC As Partner In NY
• Riverstone Injects $500M Into Meritage's Natural Gas Biz
• Arctic Glacier's $434M Sale To HIG Gets US Approval
• Ex-SecureNet CEO Lobs $192M Suit At Duane Morris
• Tanker Co. Claims DOT Biased Against PE-Backed Firms
• Holland & Hart, Others To Face Suit Over $13M TIC Investment
• DLA Piper Adds Thompson & Knight Energy Partner
• Key Considerations For The Sale Of A Private Company
• Loeb & Loeb Lures Capital Markets Pro From Reed Smith
• FTC OKs Novartis' $1.5B Fougera Buy With Divestitures
• Blackstone Credit Unit Inks $125M Deal With Homebuilder
• TAQA Lands Funding For $400M Ghana Power Plant Expansion
• Ballard Spahr Adds Carlton Fields Banking, PE Partner
• Kirkland Reps PE Firm In Deal For Biometrics Co.
• TPG Offers $1.9B For Generic Drug Co. Par Pharmaceutical
• Bain's SEC Filings Don't Mean Romney's A Crook, Attys Say
• Testimony Challenging Blackstone Power Line Benefits Stands
• Hilco, Others Can't Remove Ellen Tracy Trustee's $50M Suit
• Weil Aids Silver Lake Sumeru In $225M Velocity Cloud Biz Buy
• Canadian Pension Fund Buys $326M Stake In Helly Hansen
• Beware Damage Waiver Provisions In M&A Agreements
• Nordic Capital Buys Swedish Insurance, Finance Stakes
• Citigroup Sells 620,000-SF Office Campus To Brookfield
• Capital Dynamics Raises $282M For US Solar Projects
• Allied Systems Gets Green Light For $20M DIP Loan
• Activist Investor Ackman Picks Up Stake In P&G
• Boutique French Firm Joins Jones Day PE Team In Paris
• Valentino Stays Private In $850M Sale To Qatari Investors
• Australia Acquisition Inks $350M Asset Deal To Join Harbinger
• Bondholders Rip NewPage Rejection Of $1.5B Verso Merger
• RXR Realty Picks Up NY Office High-Rise From Dubai Fund
• Ex-Aeriform Workers Say PE Buyout Ruined Retirement Funds
• Mondi Group To Pay $781M For Oaktree's Nordenia Stake
• Private Equity In The Crosshairs
• Blackstone To Unload $20B US Office Portfolio: Report
• China Auto Rental Bags $200M Warburg Pincus Investment
• Carlyle Group, Dow Hotel Co. Snap Up Texas Lake Resort
• Holland & Knight Hires PE Expert From Katten Muchin
• N+1, Mercapital Merger Creates Spain's Biggest PE Firm
• King & Spalding Nabs Fried Frank Property Pro In London
• DiamondRock Pays Blackstone $495M For 4-Hotel Portfolio
• Willkie Farr Aids Aquiline In BI-SAM Buy
• Integrating ESG Factors Into Private Equity Investment
• Acwa Power Gets Prized 60-MW Plant In SunEdison Selloff
• PE Firm Sank $150M Into Risky Real Estate, Fraud Suit Says
• Ex-Triumph GC Can't Shake Obstruction Charge
• UK Fraud Office Reopens Criminal Probe Of Weavering
• Campbell To Spend $1.6B On PE Firm's Food Retailer
• Middle East-Geared Fund Pays $130M For Jordan Dubai Capital
• Loeb & Loeb Hires Beijing Deals Atty Away From Paul Hastings
• $1.1B Buyout Undervalues M*Modal, Shareholder Claims
• REIT Sues Station Casinos, Creditors For Share Rights
• Freshfields Guides $393M Redwood Fund Through 1st Closing
• NuStar Sells $175M Stake In Refineries To Lindsay Goldberg
• Tax Tips For Private Equity Acquisitions
• Fletcher Gets TRO Against Liquidator To Keep Assets Intact
• King & Spalding Adds Mayer Brown PE Partner In London
• KKR Buys $292M Stake In German Coffeemaker Co.
• Himart Takes $1.1B Lotte Offer, Sends MBK Partners Packing
• Bankrupt Fletcher Fund Sues To Fight Liquidation
• Court Upholds Toss Of Pipe Equity-Highmount Contract Suit
• Carlyle Acquires Controlling Stake In Chinese Hotel Co.
• Providence Takes €265M In Debt To Buy German TV Network
• AXA Private Equity Backs French Web Conferencing Co.
• Taconic, Oaktree Shell Out $65M For Tribeca Condo Site
• VC Firms Win In Fight Over $6.7M Breach Of Contract Award
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Goldman's $21M Loss in Bayou Arbitration
• Ex-PEMGroup Exec Settles Receiver's Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
• BMC Software, Elliott Funds Strike Deal To End Takeover Battle
• JPMorgan PE Arm Bids $1.1B For Medical Transcription Co.
• Wood Mackenzie Valued At $1.7B In Hellman & Friedman Deal
• Real Estate PE Firm Wheelock Closes $525M Fund
• OMERS To Sell Investment Portfolio To AXA Private Equity
• BlackRock To Buy Swiss Re's $7.5B PE, Fund Of Funds Units
• $1.7B PE Bid For Aussie Retail Co. Draws Regulator's Scrutiny
• Challenging The Evasion Of ERISA Pension Liability
• Naspers Unit Picks Up Netretail Stake From Intel, PE Firm
• Debevoise Guides HarbourVest In $1.4B Conversus Buy
• Sunoco, Carlyle Avert Pa. Refinery Shutdown With JV Deal
• Baker Adds Three PE Partners In Chicago
• Champ Ventures Closes 7th Fund With $487M In Assets
• Skadden Aids Dell In $2.4B Quest Software Buy
• UK PE Firm Withdraws $1.7B Bid For Australian Retail Co.
• Singapore Mall Builder Raises $1B China Fund, Largest Ever
• Dewey & LeBoeuf And The 'Unfinished Business' Doctrine