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Private Equity - December, 2013

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• Velti Gets Green Light For Sale To Blackstone Unit
• Deal Makers Close 2013 With String Of Big Pharma Plays
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hard Rock, Evonik, Vivendi
• Vinson Reps Summit In Deal For Gas Infrastructure Co. Stake
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pam Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Vorys Sater's Benita Kahn
• Nordic Capital Raises $4.8B For 8th Buyout Fund
• Alcatel-Lucent Reaps $200M In Sale Of LGS Innovations
• Fresh & Easy Estate Gets OK For $41.5M Property Sale
• UC Regents Needn't Reveal Investing Info, Appeals Court Says
• Bankrupt Scrap Metal Co.'s Execs Sued For $65M By Creditors
• How Investors Can Take Advantage Of Unique African PPPs
• Deutsche Bank Fined $7M Over Hedge Fund Lending Program
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Pat Rogowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Joan Rosoff
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, KKR, European Commission
• Blackstone Passes Indian Drugmaker Stake To Bain
• Essex, BRE Properties Combine To Create $15.4B Public REIT
• Latham-Led Darden Answers Activist With Red Lobster Spinoff
• A Warning On WARN Act Exposure For Equity Investors
• The Closely Held Business: To Squeeze Or Not To Squeeze?
• Skadden Steers Prospect Capital In $326M Auto Lender Buy
• FTC OKs $120M Deal To End Polypore Merger Fight
• A Look Back At The Deals That Defined 2013
• Deals Rumor Mill: Al Jazeera, Warburg Pincus, Sony
• Forstmann Little Reaps $2.3B In Sale Of Talent Agency IMG
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ober Kaler's Barbara Werther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Cathy Botticelli
• Activist Clinton Mulling Wet Seal Takeover Play
• Blackstone Puts Up $685M For 3 Texas Gas Plants
• SEC Eases Registration Rules On Startup Funding
• Wachtell Lipton Guides Harland Clarke In $1.84B Valassis Buy
• Inside The Volcker Rule
• Look Closely At Insurer Allegations Concerning Privilege
• Ambulance Co. Rural/Metro Wins Approval For Ch. 11 Plan
• Physiotherapy Holdings Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan
• Cerberus Freed From Austrian Banking Exec's Refco Suit
• Private Equity MVP: Michael Woronoff
• Hedge Funds Set Sights On Energy Co. Williams' Board Seats
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Denise Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison & Foerster's Anna White
• Blackstone Credit Division To Snap Up Velti Assets
• Thoma Bravo Sells Digital Security Co. To ID Card Supplier
• LightSquared Pulls Plug On Sale To Centerbridge
• Spain's Almirall Pledges $400M For Skin Drug Co. Aqua
• Hedge Fund Again Urges Olive Garden Parent To Reshape Biz
• Activist Says REIT Gave Bill Gates Sweetheart Resort Deal
• KKR To Pay $2.6B For Specialty Finance Affiliate
• Treasury's Asset Manager Report Only Research, Official Says
• Private Equity MVP: Ropes & Gray's William Shields
• VC Firm Can't Collect $7.5M From Transvaginal Mesh Suits
• EQT Buys Dairy Queen, Papa John's Pizza Operator In China
• Dechert Adds Ex-KPMG Tax Atty To NY Office
• IFM Invests $1.3B In Freeport LNG Export Facility
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Ann Cathcart Chaplin
• UK Media Co. Sells Weather Biz For $261M To General Atlantic
• Penn Virginia Lands $100M For Eagle Ford Gas Assets
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Versace, Dexus
• Chipmaker Avago To Pay $6.6B For LSI
• Simple Steps Can Slice Taxes Before Year-End
• Carlyle Pledges $200M To Energy Outfit Run By Ex-Cove Execs
• Wumart, CP Lotus Drop $302M Deal After Talks Stall
• What's So Special About Treaty Arbitration?
• Judge Overrules Objections To $154M TLO Bankruptcy Sale
• Norway's Stokke Agrees To Buyout By S. Korean Investor
• Sluggish Retail Sector Proves Fertile Ground For Activists
• FMC Sells Peroxygen Unit For $200M To One Equity Partners
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Sprint, Icahn
• Prospect Capital Pours $145M Into Rental Home Portfolio
• Riverstone To Invest Up To $300M In Eagle Energy Exploration
• Private Equity MVP: Debevoise's Kevin Rinker
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Elizabeth Noe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bartlit's Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
• 5 Steps To A Successful Cross-Examination
• Katten Muchin Snags Ex-Jones Day Private Equity Pro
• Private Equity MVP: Willkie Farr's Gordon Caplan
• Bill Gates Pays $200M For Mexican Four Seasons
• RE Investment Firm Pays $11M For Newark Mixed-Use Space
• Amtrak, P3 Misconceptions, And Future Of Passenger Rail
• Bankrupt Hotel Staffing Co.'s $23M Sale Gets Judge's OK
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Patti Santelle
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Debora De Hoyos
• Goldman Loans $120M To Warburg-Backed Warehouse Firm
• Fortum Gets $3.5B For Finnish Electricity Grid Co.
• CPPIB Puts Up $128M For Assiniboia Farmland Portfolio
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC Capital, Dish, European Commission
• Dufry Puts Up $452M To Round Out Hellenic Duty Free Stake
• Kramer Levin Guides $1.1B Sale Of US Rail Leasing Co.
• SunTrust Nets $265M In RidgeWorth Unit Sale To Lightyear
• Pharma Co. Investors Can Serve China Execs Via US Counsel
• Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk Lead Hilton Into $2.7B IPO
• 4th Circ. Nixes Fund Manager's Conviction For $35M Scam
• CPPIB, Dexus Up Bid To $2.8B For Aussie Office Trust
• Private Equity MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' David Breach
• Bridgepoint Education Tender Offer Is 'Disloyal,' Suit Says
• A Guide To Real Estate Investment In So. Fla.: Part 1
• Advantage Rent A Car, Hertz Settle Lease Deal Dispute
• Deals Rumor Mill: Men's Wearhouse, Scripps, Morgan Stanley
• CapitalWorks Snaps Up Morgenthaler Aircraft Test Gear Co.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison Cohen's Danielle Lesser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Liner Grode's Angela Agrusa
• Greyhound Parent Rebuffs Hedge Fund's Sale Proposal
• Bain Bids $501M To Add Research Firm To Japanese Portfolio
• Surviving Corp. Gets Premerger Attorney-Client Privilege
• Dish Chairman Finds No Quick Exit From LightSquared Row
• Despite Some Easing, Volcker Will Pose Challenges For Banks
• Banks To Keep Divestments Coming As Volcker Takes Shape
• Lloyds Raises £685M In St. James Share Selloff
• Carlyle's Galaxy Scoops Up Linens 'N Things Brand
• 2nd Circ. Revives WARN Suit Against Steve & Barry's Parent
• Volvo Inks $1.1B Deal To Shed Equipment Rental Unit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Cynthia Bast
• Talisman Sells $595M Colombian Pipeline Interest
• Latham Pilots Leonard Green's $225M Lucky Brand Jeans Buy
• US Financial Regulators Approve Volcker Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Siemens, Blackstone
• Elliott Threatens To Block $8.4B Celesio Takeover
• NET Midstream Wins $665M In Funding For Texas Gas Pipeline
• WhiteWave To Pay $600M For Organic Food Co. Earthbound
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Mary Murphy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Veronica Rendon
• Wachtell, Arnall Golden Guide Sysco's $8.2B US Foods Buy
• Abercrombie Sticks With CEO Despite Activist's Flak
• Essex Discloses $4.5B Offer For BRE After Rumors Boil Over
• Trilantic Rakes In $2.2B For Its Latest Fund
• Lloyds Lands $147M For RE Loan Portfolio
• Post To Shell Out Nearly $700M For Healthy Brands
• How FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Could Affect You
• Deals Rumor Mill: Occidental, KKR, Freedom Group
• Hologic Hands Icahn 2 Board Seats To Head Off Proxy Fight
• US Backs Argentina In Appeal Of Bond Row Subpoenas
• Volcker Rule's Next Stop: The Courtroom
• PE Firm Nautic Buys Mental Health Pharmacy QoL Meds
• Developers For $335M Texas Hotel Land Financing, Marriott
• Hedge Fund Ups ThyssenKrupp Stake, Seeks Board Seats
• PE-Backed Retailer DTLR Shelves $75M IPO Plans
• Texas Supreme Court Won't Revive $780M Suit Against AT&T
• Enel Inks $167.6M Deal To Sell Gas Stake To F2i, Ardian
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Peggy Davenport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Dusty Kirk
• Sears Announces Plans To Spin Off Lands' End Label
• Deals Rumor Mill: Chevron, Time Warner, Wing Hang
• Lloyds Rakes In $420M For Irish Retail Mortgage Portfolio
• Hotel Staffing Co.'s Sale Stiffs Unsecured Creditors, AIG Says
• Judge Won't Vacate Petters' 50 Years For $3.7B Ponzi Scheme
• UK Targets Hedge Fund Tax Loopholes In Tax Evasion Fight
• Bankrupt Edwin Watts Golf Gets Nod For $40M Asset Sale
• LightSquared Defends Suit Against Dish Over $1B Debt Buy
• Coller Torpedoed Tech Patent Portfolio Sale, Atty Says
• Mammoth Institutional Investors Cornering RE Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, JC Penney, Wilbur Ross
• BRE Investor Urges Sale Amid Report of $5B Offer
• 4 Tips For Staving Off A Second-Bite Proxy Contest
• BASF Hoarding Escrow Fund After $1B Deal, Suit Says
• Southern Capital Offers $111M For Malaysian Higher Ed Co.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Chadbourne's Lori Hoberman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Melveny's Carla Christofferson
• Delos, Satori Nab Coatings Maker California Products
• American Capital Sinks $130M Into Nigeria Energy Firm
• Icahn Again Ups Nuance Stake, Stoking Sale Speculation
• House Passes Bill Rolling Back Dodd-Frank Measure
• Swaps Industry Groups Sue Over CFTC's Cross-Border Rule
• Advantage Rent A Car's $36M Bankruptcy Loan Approved
• Icahn Urges Investor Vote On Scaled-Down Apple Buyback
• Global Aviation Plans Stalking Horse Sale To Cerberus Unit
• Merck Sued For Securities Fraud Over Cholesterol Drug Trial
• TDR Capital Plans To Unload $207M Phoenix Group Stake
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Lisa Sotto
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Emily Yinger
• PE Firm Golden Gate Seals Deal For Crash Test Dummy Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: GM, Essex Property, Men's Wearhouse
• Chemtrade Pays $860M To Get General Chemical From PE Firm
• Travers Reps Bridgepoint In $302M Cambridge Education Buy
• US Objects To Edwin Watts Auction Over Contract Concerns
• Structuring Capital Call Facilities For Open-End Funds
• Lampert Hacks Down Sears Stake As Investors Seek Payouts
• Investor Says Abercrombie Should Remove CEO, Sell Itself
• 6 Suitors Emerge For Edwin Watts Golf Shops Ch. 11 Auction
• Chernin Group Grabs Majority Stake In Video Streaming Site
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Bridgepoint, Toshiba
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Janice Hartman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: JAMS' Kimberly Taylor
• Calpine Drops $625M On 1,000-MW Gas-Fired Plant In Texas
• Haggar Acquires Tribal Sportswear From Kilmer Capital
• PE Firms Sell Up To $817M Of Cruise Line Shares
• Elliott Wants Major Influence Over Buyout Target Celesio
• Defunct Tech Co. Wants Suit Against Southern Union Revived
• Financial Risk Panel's Flaws Hurting Oversight Mission
• Velti Secures $25M DIP Loan After Striking Creditor Deal
• Dell Says $25B Buyout Didn't Undervalue Company
• Topland Snaps Up $139M In Menzies UK-Based Hotel Assets
• PE-Backed Aramark Shoots For $5.3B Valuation In IPO
• TransDigm Pays Metalmark $250M For Parachute Maker
• MFC, Investor Trade Jabs As Proxy Fight Heats Up
• Spotlight On Latin America Business Risks
• Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk Steer Hilton's $2.3B IPO Plans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Tara Lee
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Lizanne Thomas
• Linklaters Reps Alinda In Deal For Polish TV Towers Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Versace, Foster Wheeler
• Talisman Hands Icahn 2 Board Seats To Thwart Proxy Contest