Private Equity Archive » December, 2012

Private Equity - December, 2012

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• As Fiscal Cliff Looms, 'Tis The Season For Big M&A Deals
• Feed Co. Westway Group Goes Private In $419M Deal With EQT
• Expedia Lands $632M Stake In German Hotel Site
• Sidley Austin Guides Apollo Unit In $1.8B Aviva USA Buy
• Panasonic To Sell Sanyo Digital Unit To Japanese PE Firm
• GE Drops $4.3B To Buy Avio's Aviation Business From Cinven
• Office Depot Unloads Hungarian Arm To Venture Capitalist
• PE Firm Sells Office Tower In Houston Energy Corridor
• Lowenstein Adds Private Equity, M&A Partner From McDermott
• Norway, Prologis Launch $3B Industrial Property Fund
• Dominion, Caiman Energy To Form $1.5B Midstream Service JV
• Covington Aids SandRidge On $2.6B Sale Of Permian Assets
• Latham Reps Carlyle In $424M Energy Investor Buy
• Beware Discovery In 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Cleary Gottlieb Steers Warburg To Crossmark Acquisition
• Focus Media Goes Private In $4B Deal With PE Firms, CEO
• Game Maker THQ Seeks Replay With Ch. 11
• E.ON Unloads $1.3B Waste Biz Stake, Forms Venture With EQT
• Family Offices Should Weigh CPO Registration Relief
• Weak Business Casts Doubt Over Billabong Exec's $556M Bid
• Ex-Bolthouse Workers Sue For Piece Of $1.5B Campbell Deal
• Open Range Inks Deal With Lender To Wind Down Ch. 7
• Coke Bottler Eats Up Cheez Doodle Maker, Ecuador Snack Co.
• Bowing To Vocal Investor CalSTRS, Cerberus To Sell Gunmaker
• BC Partners Faces WARN Class Action Over Texas Layoffs
• Vitro Wants $1.6B Judgment Against Protesting Bondholders
• Wells Fargo Eyes Alternative Assets In Rock Creek Buy
• Investcorp Pays $100M For 5 Texas Multifamily Properties
• Ancestry.com Must Reveal More About $1.6B Permira Deal
• Elliott Management Offers $2.3B To Acquire Compuware
• Energy PE Firm Buys $140M Stake In Texas American Partners
• In Rare Defection, Cravath M&A Partner Joins Kirkland
• Princeton Int'l Inks $100M Deal For Bryant Park Office
• Joh. A. Benckiser Inks $340M Deal For Caribou Coffee
• CFTC Mandates Audio Logs Of Swaps Transactions
• Aragon Blends Funds For $100M Apartment Buy
• Coller Wins $300M Technology Patent Deal Row
• Skadden Aids Guggenheim's $1.4B Sun Life Annuity Unit Buy
• Private Health Care Opportunities In Latin America
• $80M SPAC Buys Digital Sign Maker 4 Weeks Before Deadline
• Paul Hastings Guides GI Partners On Data Center Purchase
• 'Pink Slime' Co. Escapes Ex-Worker's WARN Suit For Now
• Best Buy Gives Founder More Time To Put Together Offer
• Helix Lands $610M From Talos In Sale Of Gulf Energy Assets
• UK Charges Weavering Capital Founder With Fraud, Forgery
• Arsenal Capital Portfolio Co. Takes Over Adhesive Maker
• EcoSolargy Lands $150M In Solar Project Financing
• Audax Announces 2 Investments After $1.25B Fund Close
• FIS To Buy Back $200M In Stock From Warburg Pincus
• Certain Funds Can Get Relief From CFTC Registration
• Malaysian Tycoon Puts Up $1B To Take Guoco Group Private
• Primaris REIT Says $4.4B KingSett Buyout Bid Falls Short
• Ex-KPCB Partner In Bias Suit Denies Inking Arbitration Deal
• A Trap For The Unwary In Terminating M&A Transactions
• Germany Brings In $1.4B For Commercial Real Estate Firm TLG
• Kirkland's Palo Alto Team Moves Into New Office
• Dechert Adds Ex-Mayer Brown Private Equity Leader In NY
• Carlyle, Extell Lose Bid To Quash $16M Condo Refund Order
• Societe Generale, Weston Accused Of Mismanaging $100M Fund
• UBS' $686M Suit Needs Another Trim, Highland Tells Judge
• Carlyle's Hospital Group Heads To Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• Tullow Pays PE Firm $670M For Norwegian Oil Co.
• Simpson Thacher Aids Siris Capital Units In $862M TNS Buy
• Open Range DIP Lender, Trustee Spar Over Stimulus Deal
• Investment Firm TPG Capital Hit With $9M OT Class Action
• Ultra Petroleum Raises $225M In Gas Pipeline Sale
• Weston Presidio Sells Evenflo Breastfeeding Unit To PE Firm
• Paul Hastings Aids PE Firm's Exit From Nursing Home Operator
• McGuireWoods Adds Nordic-Focused M&A Partner In London
• Japan-Backed Fund To Lead $1.8B Renesas Bailout
• AIG Jet Leasing Biz Valued At $5B In Sale To Chinese Cos.
• Heelys Abandons PE Sale Plan After $63M Sequential Offer
• AIG Eyes Sale Of Jet Leasing Biz
• Fla. Law Firm Escapes Biofuel Co.'s $7M PE Funding Suit
• Fund Not Liable For $100M RE Project Guarantee, Court Says
• Covington & Burling Nabs Regulatory Pro From CFTC
• Douglas Shareholders Approve $2B Advent Takeover Bid
• North Plains Absorbs UK Digital Marketing Software Co.
• Frisco Fund Sponsors, Keep An Eye On Gross Receipts Tax
• PE Firm Headland Grabs Majority Stake In YoungToys
• EU Regulators Take Deeper Look At Munksjo-Ahlstrom Merger
• Carlyle's Claris Sells $194M Stake, Forms Injections JV
• Apollo To Buy UK Jeweler, Watchmaker Aurum
• Italian PE Firm Revs Up Aston Martin With $240M Stake Buy
• Blackstone Prepping Asian Real Estate Investment Fund
• Dorsey Bolsters NY Corporate Team With Ex-K&L Gates PE Ace
• Leonard Green Takes $805M Topshop Stake As Chain Eyes US
• PPR To Reap $525M In Plus-Size Clothing Unit Sale
• Sovereign Immunity Analysis In Subscription Credit Facilities
• HIG Capital Says It Properly Handled $41M Foreclosure Sale
• Private Equity MVP: Ropes & Gray's William Shields
• Judge Won't Find $1.5B Bid For MSR Was In Good Faith Yet
• 'Big Valley' Producer Targets Private Investors In $50M Suit
• Baird Takes Majority Stake In Legal Head-Hunter SR Group
• PE Firm Founder Dodges Jail In NY Pay-To-Play Scandal
• Simpson Thacher Aids PE Pair In $713M TPC Buyout
• KingSett-Led Group Puts Up $4.4B For Shopping Mall REIT
• Blackstone Pays $882M For Dutch Tax Consultancy
• McDermott Steers Intersnack To $645M KP Snacks Buy
• Private Equity MVP: Latham's Paul Sheridan
• JPMorgan, Cerberus Not Bowled Over By AMF Ch. 11 Plan
• NJ Bill Targets Political Cash From Casino-Investing Funds
• Kirkland & Ellis Aids Linden's $314M Dental Co. Buyout
• AMP Capital Eyes $1B For Latest Infrastructure Debt Fund
• SEC Makeover Continues As Corporate Finance Head Bows Out
• Private Equity MVP: Fried Frank's Robert Schwenkel
• TCW To Move Forward With Sale To Carlyle Despite EIG Suit
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Taconic, Thor Land $60M Loan For Speculative NYC Project
• South Africa's Bidvest Picks Up Brandcorp From PE Owner
• Lincolnshire Suit Over $99M Award Slashed Again
• Harbinger, Falcone Say SEC's Fraud Claims Fail
• Latham & Watkins Leads BWAY In $265M Ropak Buy
• Innospec Drops $745M Bid To Acquire TPC Group
• Onex Puts Up $165M For 50% Stake In Aircraft Manager
• Nokia Siemens Sells Optical Fiber Unit To PE Firm