Private Equity Archive » August, 2012

Private Equity - August, 2012

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• NYSPSC Rebuffs Enviro Report On $2B Blackstone Power Line
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• Taro's PE Backers Balk At Sun Pharma's $600M Buyout
• Builder Redrow's Chairman Proposes PE Takeover
• High Court Grants Review Of CAFA Dispute
• Blackstone's $7M Fee Suit May Be Premature, Judge Says
• Starwood Wants Piece Of $131M Margaritaville Resort Project
• Paul Hastings Reps Shandong Heavy In $930M Kion Stake Buy
• Golfsmith Gets $150M Credit Line To Facilitate Merger
• Zell-Led Joint Venture Closes $268M Minn. Office Park Deal
• Law Trio Guides Boston Property's $311M SF Towers Deal
• Latham Aids Carlyle In $4.9B DuPont Unit Deal
• Ins And Outs Of Islamic Project Finance
• CHL Enters Ch. 11 To Restructure $360M Debt Load
• Clearview Jumps On Crescent's Improved $254M Buyout Offer
• Weil Helps CCMP Take Stake In Ollie's Bargain Outlet
• Schiff Hardin Aids PE Firm IOP In Buy Of Metal Caster
• LifeLock Files For $175M IPO With Greenberg Guidance
• PE-Owned NJ Office Tower Lands $200M Refinance Loan
• Spotlight On PE Trends In Israel
• KKR Reportedly Leading $2.5B Bailout Of Chip Maker Renesas
• As Big Tech Buys Up, PE Scrambles For Good Cloud Deals
• Shareholder Slams PE Firms' $850M TPC Take-Private Bid
• AC Maker Daikin Spends $3.8B To Snap Up Goodman Global
• PE Firm Scoops Up Top Snack Co., Brings In Ex-Sara Lee CEO
• Feeder Funds, Hedge Firm Demand Access To Servers In Ch. 11
• CFTC Must Close Global Swaps Loopholes, Reformers Say
• Tribune Creditors Lose Bid To Nix $1.5B Bond
• Debevoise Reps Clayton Dubilier In $1B David's Bridal Deal
• Year-End Tax Hikes Light A Fire Under PE Portfolio Sales
• Greenberg Traurig Corporate Finance Pro Heads To Dykema
• PE Firms Strike $850M Deal To Take TPC Group Private
• PE Firm Huntsman Gay Picks Up Partner From Kirkland
• CFTC Adopts Swaps Record-Keeping, Registration Rules
• Best Buy Agrees To Due Diligence In Founder's Buyout Bid
• Regulators Mull Delay In Stress Tests For Midsize Banks
• KKR Sells Unisteel To Swiss Parts Maker SFS
• Kirkland Reps Thoma Bravo In $1B Buy Of Software Co. Deltek
• Prime Group, Five Mile Land $200M Loan For Chicago Tower
• US Trustee Asks Judge To Tap Ch. 11 Trustee For Fletcher
• Horizon Unit Closes $75M Loan For Health, Tech Investments
• Ill. Pension Fund Commits $100M To RE Investment Firm
• Oaktree Re-Enters Toy Maker Takeover Fray With New Offer
• Cycle Capital To Close On $100M For 3rd Cleantech Fund
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• Permira Inks $1B Deal To Take Japanese Sushi Chain Global
• Polycom Sues Sun Capital Over $114M Wireless Handset Deal
• Morgan Stanley Takes Control Of Pipeline Co. With GE Stake
• Alcoa Can't Dodge $10M Tax Suit Over Packaging Biz Spinoff
• $152M Freed For Lehman Creditors In 2 Deals
• Denham Invests $200M In Oil Co. To Grow Permian Assets
• Trados Directors Can't Escape Shareholder Class Action
• Alta Ventures Closes $70M Fund As Mexican Startups Heat Up
• 3 Scandals — 3 Key Dodd-Frank Developments
• Fletcher International Wants Ch. 11 Trustee Appointed
• PE Firm Lovell Minnick Invests $50M In Pa. Commercial Bank
• Citi Venture Fund Puts $138M Into Indian Tour Operator
• Proskauer Helps Ares Close $4.7B Fund
• Kraft Selling Stake In Back To Nature To PE Firm Before Split
• JP Morgan Sinks $45M Into Brazilian Online Fashion Vendor
• Treasury Aims To Promote Fair Hiring Among Contractors
• Investor Says Equus Board Diluted Shares To Seize Control
• EIG Says Joint Venture Precludes TCW Sale To Carlyle Group
• KKR Bets On Chinese Apparel Market With $30M Novo Stake
• $2B Collective Brands Sale Gets Nod From Shareholders
• Excellere Takes Majority Stake In Energy Services Co.
• Goodwin Procter Hires Wilson Sonsini Tech M&A Pro
• Cooley Helps GGV Raise $625M For 4th Venture Capital Fund
• Willkie Farr Fires Back In $100M Extended Stay Penalty Suit
• Vertrue Gets OK For $39M Neverblue Sale To GWM
• Kirkland Adds PE, M&A Partner From Latham In New York
• DZ Bank, WGZ Bank Merge Private Equity Businesses
• Best Buy Founder Spurns Board Effort To Out PE Backers
• Magic Johnson JV Nets Houston Complex For $200M
• Kinder Morgan Plans $2B Asset Sale To Quell Antitrust Worries
• PE-Backed Co. Won't Match $1.5B Bid For Aussie Pipeline Biz
• Vinson & Elkins Guides Boardwalk In $625M Pipeline Co. Buy
• Carlyle Sniffing Around UK Defense Contractor Chemring
• UK's Travelodge Restructures £635M Debt With PE Backers
• Cinven To Pay HgCapital £465 Million For Drugmaker Mercury
• Portfolio Cos. Lingering On Buyout Funds' Books: Report
• $1.5B Bid Intensifies Battle For Aussie Pipeline Co.
• Excellere Partners Injects Equity Into Organic Food Co.
• Case Study: In Re Answers Corp. Shareholders Litigation
• Wellspring Accused Of Hiding Tax Breaks From Cleaver Merger
• PE Firm MBK Buys $965M Slice Of Woongjin Water Filter Co.
• Best Buy Founder Requests Data In $8.8B Takeover Push
• ResCap Examiner Wins Subpoena Power In Prebankruptcy Probe
• ITW To Reap $1B By Trading Wilsonart Control To PE Firm
• Lego Owners, Teachers' Funnel $614M Into Danish Facility Co.
• Sheppard Mullin Hires Yuan Debt Specialist In Beijing
• A Roadmap To New Markets Tax Credit
• Quadrant, Ironbridge Launch Furniture Retail JV
• PE-Backed Group Ups Offer To $1.3B For Aussie Pipeline Co.
• O'Melveny & Myers Aids Coller's $1.65B Lloyds PE Buy
• Ex-K&L Gates Corporate Atty Jumps To Perkins Coie
• Bridgewater To Build New $750M Headquarters In Conn.
• Ga. Payment Processor Makes $413M Buy Of Utah Co.
• REIT Drops $195M For Bigger Stake In Brazilian Mall Owner
• Carlyle Fund Buys 13.5% Stake In Chinese Health Care Co.
• Carlyle Snaps Up Getty For $3.3B From Hellman
• Swander Pace To Take Cosmetics Co. Private In $65M Deal
• Probe Of Prebankruptcy LightSquared Loan Extended
• ESCO Pays $325M To Pick Up Drill Bit Maker From Intervale
• Warburg Teams Up With Teachers' To Launch Energy Venture
• Texas Oil Recycler Safety-Kleen Plans $400M IPO
• Emerging Markets See Drop In Private Equity Deals: Report
• Defunct Carlyle Fund Escapes Shareholders' Fraud Claims
• Riverstone Backs Oil Co.'s Operations In Permian Basin
• Macquarie Funds Put $150M Into Indian Toll Road Operator
• Focus Media Eyes $3.5B Buyout Offer From PE Firms, CEO
• Longtime OCC Chief Counsel Williams To Step Down
• PE-Backed Energy Co. Drops $650M On Midwest Shale Tracts
• EQT Partners To Pay $271M For IT Automation Co. UC4
• Judge Trims Claims From $9.5M Facebook Share Sale Suit
• Goldman, NEA Inject $54M Into Indian Health Care Co.
• Refining The Adviser Disclosure Dance In Del.
• Calif. Judge OKs Deal Lifting Stay On Radar Fraud Suit
• Ex-Carlyle Consultant Gets Probation For Insider Trading
• WL Ross Drops $110M For Majority Stake In Gas Shipping Co.
• Cheniere Greenlights Work On $5.6B LNG Export Project
• Foreign Banks Urge CFTC To Delay Swaps Rules
• The Benefit Corporation: A Silent Trend
• Exelon Sells PE Firm 3 Md. Plants For $400M To Fund Merger
• Judge Approves SBA Takeover Of Venture Capital Firm
• Falcone Blasts Investigation Into Lightsquared Creditors
• Simpson Thacher Steers Carlyle In TCW Acquisition
• Dechert Adds Hong Kong M&A Partner From Orrick
• TD Bank Sues PE Chief's Widow Over $16M In Unpaid Debts
• 'Fair Value' And Preferred Stock's Liquidation Preference
• Ex-Pfizer CEO Kindler Joins Health Care VC Firm Lux
• M*Modal Settles Shareholder Dispute Over $1B Buyout
• PE Firms To Lead Citigroup's New Home Rental Program
• Outback Operator Undermined Stakeholder To Boost IPO: Suit
• $5B Carlyle Offer Would Top PE Bids For DuPont Unit
• Daewoo Unloads $1.1B Stake In Korea Life Insurance Co.
• Patron Won't Bid On Soccer Centers, Clearing Way For OTPP
• Big PE Deals Off To A Slow Start In 2012: Report
• $410M Deal For Titan Hinges On Liquidation Suit
• CalPERS To Wind Down Underperforming $1B PE Program
• EnCap Flatrock Funnels $100M Into Texas Midstream Startup
• UTC Sells Wind Power Unit To Finance $18.4B Goodrich Buy
• Liberty Media Pays $10M To Settle Shareholder Suit
• FRB Cleared In Early Release Of Volcker Rule Draft
• House Committee Seeks Volcker Alternative
• Advisers' Role In Chinese RTO Cos. — Implications For PE
• Sycamore Seals $369M Talbots Buyout As Retail Stays Hot
• Bank Groups Seek OCC Lending Limit Rule Delay
• BC Partners Puts Up €500M For German Drugmaker
• Cozen O'Connor Picks Up Loeb & Loeb M&A Chair
• Fed Fines MetLife Bank $3.2M Over 'Unsound' Foreclosures
• AXA Adds German Fashion Co. To Consumer Portfolio
• Ascension's Takeover Of 3 NJ Hospitals Falls Through
• Pemco Lender To Buy Assets After $50M Singapore Deal Jams
• PE-Backed French Broadcast Co. TDF Sheds Finnish Unit
• Weil Aids Advent With Stake In $3B Serta, Simmons Parent
• Best Buy Founder Values Co. At Up To $8.8B In Buyout Bid
• Fortissimo Takes Comverse's Software Co. Stake For $80M
• Sterling Initiates IPO Process For Fairway Markets
• PE Firm Wayzata Takes Majority Stake In Star Tribune
• Paul Hastings Reps Pfingsten-Owned Co. In Car Parts Co. Buy
• Texas High Court Asked To Rule On Mandatory Venue Clause
• DLA Piper Hires Cooley Private Equity, Tech Partner
• Securities Clearing Firms: Beware Fraudulent Transfers
• IG Nixes LightSquared's Conflict Claims Over NASA Talks
• Blackout Puts Spotlight On India's Risky Infrastructure Sector
• GOP Bill To Curb Dodd-Frank Rule Risks Repeat Of 2008
• Fried Frank Adds Hogan Lovells Energy Partner In DC
• Accel-KKR Picks Up Recruiting Outsource Biz Pinstripe
• US Denies PE-Backed Shipping Co. $340M Loan Amid Suit
• 3i Takes Debt Management Biz To US With Joint Venture
• SJ Berwin Guides AXA's Purchase Of Frozen Food Co.
• Bain Affiliates Pay $1B For Stake In Indian Outsourcing Co.
• LPs Bullish On Private Equity, But Not All Firms Reap Rewards
• Allen Matkins Aids Kilroy In $79M Grab Of Hollywood Office
• Patching Up Group Dental Practices With Private Equity
• Clothier Country Road To Pay $181M For Aussie Fashion Co.