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Private Equity - October, 2012

162 articles

• Parkway Pays Private Equity Group $100M For Nascar Plaza
• MSCI To Pay $125M For UK Real Estate Market Research Firm
• PE Firm TowerBrook Takes Control Of Peer Adviser Vistage
• NewSpring Says Founders' Fiscal Wrongdoing Led To Removal
• Wendel Invests $125M In African Cell Tower Operator
• Haynes And Boone Adds 1st Silicon Valley Corporate Partner
• Australia's AMP Lands Major Stake In UK Airport
• Evercore Links With Russia's VTB To Push Cross-Border Deals
• EMC Drops Up To $400M On Web Security Startup Silver Tail
• Heinz's Baby Food Co. Buy Faces Aussie Antitrust Probe
• Carlyle Picks Up Japanese Unit Of Food Packager Sealed Air
• Katten Muchin Nabs Ex-K&L Gates Finance Vet In NY
• Credit Suisse Dodges PE Firm's Suit Over $12M Investment
• NY Court Boots PE Investor's $100M Suit Over Failed JV
• King & Spalding Adds Corporate Ace In Silicon Valley
• CFIUS Shows New Aggressiveness In Ordering Divestiture
• Apollo $100M Debt Buy To Fund Colo. Potash Project
• Synthes-is: Answers On Controlling Stockholder Liquidity
• Davis Malm Guides Clean Harbors In $1.25B Safety-Kleen Buy
• Dodd-Frank May Survive Romney, But Not In One Piece
• Harbinger Fires Back At Suit Over $3B LightSquared Deal
• Canadian Pension Fund Picks Up 39% Stake In MotoGP Co.
• Exponent Buys UK Tool Supplier HSS Hire From Hedge Funds
• Costa Rican Brewer Drops $388M On US Labatt Distributor
• PE Firms' $1.6B Argentina Bond Win Backed By 2nd Circ.
• Boeing Buys PE-Backed Defense Contractor To Boost Global Biz
• Convicted Ex-Duane Reade CEO Asks 2nd Circ. For Retrial
• Rushed Volcker Rule Could Mean Compliance Chaos, Attys Say
• One-Stop Debt Is Smoother, But Untested In Bankruptcy Court
• Glaser Weil Guides OpenGate's Purchase Of Thermo Fisher Unit
• ACC Closes In On $863M Deal For 19 Student Housing Sites
• Year-End Tax Planning Steps For Private Equity
• PE Firm Wants Out Of Class Deal To Sue Celera Over Buyout
• Sealing The Deal: Akin Offers Choice In Zombie Fund Buyout
• Edwards Wildman Adds Capital Markets Pro From Cozen
• Insurer Asks Supreme Court To Stop 'End Run' Around CAFA
• Energy Game Changer: Electric Storage Systems
• Sun Capital Ditches Pension Fund's $4.5M Claims
• Vornado Joins $475M Times Square Retail Project
• Sellers In $175M Iron Data Deal Say Buyers Still Owe $10M
• Lightyear Lands Major Stake In Insurance Broker Cooper Gay
• Sealing The Deal: Jones Day Guides Vivint In $2B Buyout
• Mintz Levin Picks Up Ex-Chadbourne Fund Practice Head
• After Snub, Cathay's $850M Bid For Aussie Miner Goes Hostile
• Cerberus Vying For Multibillion-Dollar Supervalu Buyout
• Wheeled-Shoe Co. Heelys Goes Private With Sale To PE Firm
• In Search Of A (Steve) Jobs Bill
• Triton Sells €702M Chemical Co. To Indian Petro Coke Firm
• Starwood Pays $735M To Pick Up InTown Suites From Kimco
• Leonard Green, Ares Snap Up Health Care Staffing Firm
• Biz Groups Target SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule In DC Circ.
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Allen & Overy M&A Partner In Hong Kong
• Blocking Ore. Wind Farms: Overstepping Authority?
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Solyndra Gets Green Light For Ch. 11 Plan Over US Objection
• Linchpins Of A Successful Special Committee
• Fried Frank, Clifford Aid Permira-Led $1.6B Ancestry.com Buy
• Powerful House, Senate Panels Set For Election Year Shake-Up
• Funds' Early Bond Call-Up Didn't Break Antitrust Law: 11th Circ.
• SEC Counts 1,500 Fund Advisers Registered Under Dodd-Frank
• Providence Equity Sells 10% Stake In Hulu
• Meridiam Eyes US, Canadian Infrastructure With New $1B Fund
• Union Drilling Shareholder Sues To Block $242M Deal
• Creditor Questions Mervyn's $166M Settlement With PE Firms
• DLA Piper Helps Arbor Investments Acquire Deli Meat Co.
• Champ Snags Majority Stake In Aussie Shipper Sea Swift
• A View From Inside The Litigation Finance Market
• Mediware Investor Sues Over $195M Thoma Bravo Tie-Up
• White & Case Steers Harvest Partners' Industrial Co. Buy
• Middle-Market M&A Volume Down, Speed Up, Report Says
• Homebuilder Redrow Abandons PE Takeover Talks
• Blackstone Boss Calls LBO Collusion Suit 'Bunch Of Malarkey'
• Sealy Board, KKR Again Sued Over $1.3B Tempur-Pedic Deal
• Warburg, North Pole Want Ex-CEO's China Exile Suit Nixed
• Solyndra Battles IRS In Court Over Ch. 11 Plan
• Carlyle Drops Out Of Bidding For Port Of Va.
• SEC's Pricey Swaps Rule Sets Up Wall Street Showdown
• Oaktree, Apollo OK $3B Debt-For-Equity Swap In Aussie TV Co.
• Blackstone Project Row Hinges On Possible NYC Power Crunch
• IDB Taps PE Managers For China-Latin America Funds
• Paul Weiss Guides HCP In $1.7B Senior Housing Portfolio Deal
• SEC Floats Dodd-Frank Capital Rules For $650T Swaps Market
• NY Appeals Court Tosses Vitro's Suit Against Creditors
• Starwood Injects $475M Behind JV's Times Square Project
• Emails Aren't Quite Smoking Gun In PE Buyout Antitrust Row
• IPO Window Cracks Open, But Move Fast, Experts Say
• Morgan Lewis Aids Pearson In $650M Online Learning Co. Buy
• US Demands Solyndra Tax Break Docs Before Key Hearing
• Altus Capital Picks Up Energy, Mining Servicer
• Patriarch Broke CDO Deal, MBIA Says As Trial Starts
• Chinese Plant Feed Maker Draws $334M Buyout Offer
• Virgin, JC Flowers Eye RBS Branches In Failed Santander Deal
• Pedersoli Helps PAI Take Over Eyewear Co. In $268M Deal
• Weil Helps Advent Acquire $748M Danish IT Co.
• Solyndra Fires Back At IRS Over Ch. 11 Plan Tax Breaks
• German Retailer's Founders Join Advent In $2B Takeover Bid
• Clifford Chance Guides Cinven's $589M Pharma Co. Buy
• Quest Rips Attys' $2.8M Fee Bid In Shareholders' Buyout Suit
• Mason Gets Go-Ahead To Hold Telus Investor Summit
• Latham, Bennett Rep Gibson In $445M Energy Services Co. Buy
• MoFo Adds Tech-Focused Corporate Partner From Cameron
• Kirkland Aids Bain's $1.3B Telefonica Call Biz Buy
• Due Diligence Hurts Billabong As TPG Yanks $713M Offer
• Bridge Financings: Traps For Unwary PE Sponsors
• UK Again Stretches Carlyle Deadline For Chemring Bid
• Akin Gump Lands Corporate Aces From Haynes And Boone
• Carlyle Keeps $10M MBS Fund Fight With Kuwait Co. In Del.
• McGuireWoods Adds Energy Pros To Houston Office
• Dodd-Frank Foes View SEC Strife As Courtroom Ammo
• Proskauer Aids Ares Management In $975M Smart & Final Buy
• KKR, Blackstone, Others Used Email In LBO Collusion: Suit
• Goldman OKs $1B Debt-For-Equity Swap In Aussie TV Co.
• Burger King Deal Structure Still Has Sizzle
• Fortress Affiliate Sued Over $250M Loan Portfolio Foreclosure
• Vector Blasts Tech Co. In 2nd Circ. Over $307M Citi Sale
• Grant Thornton Adds New Head Of US M&A Advisory Group
• Ark. Watchdog Tells SEC To Retool Investment Ads Rule
• Kirkland Aids Bain In $1.6B Deal For Danaher, Cooper JV
• Blackstone Closes Record $13.3B RE Opportunity Fund
• 5 Tips For Coaching Clients To A Successful Saudi Debut
• Spectrum Puts Up $1.4B For Stanley Black & Decker Unit
• Advent Spends $1B On Cytec Resins As Industrial Buys Roll
• Mervyn's Creditors Land $166M Deal In PE Buyout Suit
• Apollo CEO Scoops Up Art Book Publisher Phaidon Press
• Advice For Controlling Stockholder In 3rd-Party Merger
• Blackstone Invests $100M In Indian Tractor Maker
• Innospec's $720M Offer For TPC Group Bests Earlier PE Bid
• Apollo Floats Merger Of 'American Idol,' 'Big Brother' Makers
• GOP Urges Geithner To Clarify Looming Dodd-Frank Rules
• PE Group Wingate Partners Picks Up Specialty Paper Co.
• Kirkland Can't Duck Indalex Suit Over $76M Dividend Fraud
• TPG Unit To Fund Actian's $154M Pervasive Software Buy
• Dealmakers Squeezed As CFIUS Emphasizes Geography
• Simmons, Seward & Kissel Form Fund Alliance
• Sterling Group Sells Filtration Co. To Parker Hannifin
• 3 Ways To Make Your Next Deal Better, Faster, Cheaper
• BJ's Says Investor Claims Over $3B Buyout Fall Short
• Terra Firma Asks 2nd Circ. For New Trial In EMI Deal Suit
• Chinese PE Firm Cathay Drops $850M On Aussie Miner
• Billabong Says $711M TPG Bid Stands Despite 'Concerns'
• Contec Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan That Cuts Debt By 85%
• Will Dodd-Frank End Up In Supreme Court?
• Mitsubishi Unit To Fork Over $1.3B For Aircraft Lease Co.
• PE Firm Says Sellers In $115M Plimus Deal Hid Problems
• Investor Group Grabs Troubled $280M Calif. Mall
• KPCB Fired Partner Over Gender Bias Suit, Atty Says
• GIP Closes On $8.25B Largest-Ever Infrastructure Fund
• Ocwen To Pay $750M To Acquire Mortgage Co. From WL Ross
• Simpson Thacher Ushers Carlyle Into Commodities Trading
• Large-Cap, Industrials Lead As US Deal Flow Ticks Up In Q3
• Sealy Board Faces Investor Suit Over $1.3B Tempur-Pedic Deal
• Trivest Gets $415M For New Family-Owned Investment Fund
• Latham & Watkins Reps Platinum Equity In $1.2B BWAY Buy
• Carmel Closes 4th Real Estate Fund With $820M In Assets
• Bedford Funding Raises $1B For Health Care IT Investments
• Playboy, Hefner To Spend $5.25M To Settle Investors' Suit
• Weil Gotshal, Clifford Chance Guide CVC's $1B Cunningham Buy
• Triangle To Launch $180M Pipeline JV With First Reserve
• JC Flowers Injects $105M Into New UK Mortgage Lender
• Southern Air Gets Thumbs-Up For $12.5M DIP Loan
• KKR Acquires Majority Stake In Oil Services Co. Acteon
• What You Should Know About Investing In Public Utilities