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Private Equity - January, 2014

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• SEC Accuses NY Private Equity Manager Of $9M Fraud
• Blackstone, Ivanhoe Pick Up 23% Stake In French REIT
• Highland Knocks Out Noncompete Claim In Fight With Ex-Exec
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlos Slim, Deutsche Telekom, HSBC
• LightSquared In Talks For New Bankruptcy Exit Plan
• Canada Pension Plan Snags $200M Stake In Peruvian Gas Co.
• KKR Pours Up To $161M Into Reinsurer WMI
• Private Funds' Key Takeaways From Volcker
• Borealis Puts Up $450M For Bigger Stake In Nuclear Venture
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Sharon Hwang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Kathy Noecker
• Wesco Puts Up $550M For PE-Backed Haas Group
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Skadden
• PE Firm Revives 'Mafia' Defamation Claims In Asset Sale Row
• TPG Capital Is Looking To Raise $2B Bridge Fund
• Goldman Must Face $1B NY State Suit Over CDO Sales
• American Pacific Investor Seeks To Stop $392M PE Buyout
• Murtha Adds Ex-Bingham Atty To Build Boston Presence
• M&A Reps And Warranties: A Tool For Bridging Gaps
• TIAA-CREF Seals $499M Deal For Stake In Tampa Mall
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Yvonne Puig
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Orrick's Laurie Strauch Weiss
• Sandell To End Suit After Bob Evans Reverses Bylaw Changes
• Deals Rumor Mill: OneWest, Mitsubishi, CVC Capital
• Men's Wearhouse Open To Padding $1.6B Jos. A. Bank Bid
• QEP Pursues Spinoff, $500M Buyback Amid Activist Pressure
• Liberty Resources II Grabs $455M In Williston Basin Assets
• Workplace Culture: The Real Pathway To Change
• Starwood Spends $191M On REO Office, Retail Portfolio
• Highland's Ex-PE Chief Fights Claim He Led Illegal Trade
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Investment Cos. Reach Discovery Deal In $150M Fraud Suit
• American Tire To Shell Out $310M For Hercules Tire
• Jenner & Block Adds Former Top Treasury Official Karpoff
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, AT&T, Lenovo
• Morgans Hotel Can't Delay Burkle's $10M Debt-Swap Suit
• Sotheby's To Pay $300M Dividend To Answer Loeb Criticism
• Appian Launches $375M Debut Fund Witih Focus On Mining
• How 2013 Shareholder Activism Will Influence Future M&A
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Joanne Gray
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Barbara Duncombe
• Ex-Chesapeake Head Gets $500M For Onshore Ventures
• Highland's Contract Claim Axed In Fight With Former Exec
• Global Hotel Deals To Reach $50B In 2014, Report Says
• Activist Urges Cliffs Natural To Split Int'l Mining Projects
• Investors Slam Proposed $1.3B Sale Of Chuck E. Cheese's
• Blackstone Buys $200M Crocs Stock, Receives 13% Ownership
• Deals Rumor Mill: Liberty, Time Warner, Shell
• PE Firms Set Modest Goals As Market Favors Smaller Deals
• Icahn's Stake In Apple Reaches $4.1B As Stock Falls
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• Drinking GIIN And The IRS' Juice
• Post & Schell Launches Enviro Group With 2 Greenberg Attys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Young Conaway's Pauline Morgan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Phelps Dunbar's Nan Alessandra
• Frederick's Of Hollywood Hit With Shareholder Class Action
• Bankrupt Global Aviation Cleared For Auction
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
• Bain, KKR Slam Class Cert. Bid In Collusion Suit
• PE Firm Backs $50M Mohegan Sun Casino, Resort In Pa.
• BlackRock Snaps Up Another Ontario Solar Plant
• PE Firm Denies Default On $16M SBA Loan Agreement
• BMO Lobs $1.2B Takeover Bid At F&C
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Vodafone, Altegrity
• Tiger Global Sinks $500M Into Top Brazilian E-Retailer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Angela Styles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Susan Murley
• PE Firms Lead $250M Venture To Fund Japanese Solar Plants
• Latham Reps KKR In $2.4B Deal For Sedgwick Majority Stake
• Chinese Game Developer Gets $1.9B PE-Backed Offer
• Case Opens Up LBO Payments To Fraudulent Transfer Claims
• Looking Toward Project Bonds For African Infrastructure
• Highland GC Says Ex-Exec Shared Sensitive Info To Hurt Biz
• How Germany's New Foreign Trade Law Impacts M&A
• Vinson Represents PE Firm In Texoma's CP Energy Buy
• $1B Hotel Portfolio From Chatham, Cerberus On Sales Block
• Rep. Calls For Oversight Of Rental-Backed Securities
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Roberto Cavalli, Jana
• Sacramento Kings Score Land For $447M Arena Complex
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Beinecke
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Willkie's Margery Neale
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• Icahn Lifts Apple Stake To $3.6B, Continues Push For Buyback
• McKesson Salvages Celesio Buy With Reworked Deals
• Middle East M&As Take A Dive In 2013, Report Says
• Judge Approves MMA Railway Sale To Fortress Affiliate
• AOL To Buy Venture-Backed Content Co. For $90.7M
• Convenience Store Resists Activist Pressure For Exec Change
• McDermott Adds Latin America PE Atty to Energy Practice
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Air France, BC Partners
• Apollo-Backed Prestige Cruises Files For $250M IPO
• Sen. Calls For Probe Into Herbalife Pyramid Scheme Claims
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fluet Huber's Jennifer Huber
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goldberg Segalla's Berdzik
• 2013's Top 5 Del. Cases For M&A Practitioners
• EBay Dismisses PayPal Spinoff As Icahn Calls For Vote
• Alibaba, PE Partner Sink $171M Into Drug Data Venture
• SEC Cooperation Is Still More Art Than Science
• Highland Ex-Exec Says He Didn't Steal Firm's Strategies
• Pimco CEO El-Erian Steps Down
• Trustee Says Tech VC Firm Stole Millions From Investors
• Ashford Taps Offering Proceeds For $153M Luxury Hotel Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Xstrata, Bain Capital, IBM
• LightSquared Judge Says Dish Properly Dropped $2.2B Bid
• SEC Bars Ex-Oppenheimer Manager Over PE Valuations
• Icahn Boosts Apple Stake To $3B Amid Push For Buyback
• 4 Smart Strategies For When An Activist Comes Calling
• F1 Chief Beats $650M Suit Over Bribe-Tainted Sale
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Pamela Hans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cozen O'Connor's Mayes
• Railway Co. In Deadly Quebec Derailment Sold To Fortress
• Quest Diagnostics Puts Up $570M For PE-Backed Lab Co.
• Ex-Highland Exec Denies Trashing Firm's Reputation
• Top 10 Traps For The Unwary Crowdfunding Portal
• Clothing Co. Dots Files For Ch. 11, Shutting 30 Stores
• Darden Pushes Red Lobster Spinoff Despite Activist Criticism
• Loeb's Third Point Buys Into T-Mobile, Ally
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rolls-Royce, Time Warner, Talisman
• AB InBev Offers $5.8B For Korean Brewer It Sold For $1.8B
• Latham Beefs Up Chicago Office With Senior SEC Official
• Guardian Media Sells Trader Media Stake To Apax Partners
• KKR Stakes €100M To Italian Vending Machine Co.
• Mondelez Adds Activist Investor Peltz To Board
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston & Bird's Nicki Carlsen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shackelford's Nicole LeBoeuf
• Elliott Ups Celesio Stake After Failed $8.5B McKesson Buy
• Activist Picks 2 Retail Vets For Jos. A. Bank Board
• Wausau Rejects Starboard Request As Proxy Fight Looms
• Electronics Co. Dodges Suit Over Failed $8B Merger
• Highland Capital Accuses Ex-PE Head Of Shady Trades
• Dish Unit Defends Withdrawal Of $2B LightSquared Bid
• Jos. A. Bank Spurns Sweetened $1.6B Men's Wearhouse Bid
• Time To Revisit Your 382 Study
• Altaris Strikes $130M Deal To Buy Endo's HealthTronics
• Max's Group To Nab Control of $86.6M Pancake House
• Marketing Pro Leaves Publicis To Pursue Private Equity
• NY AG Taps Head Of New Financial Crimes Bureau
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, AB InBev, BASF
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jackson Kelly's Ellen Cappellanti
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cole Schotz's Randi Kochman
• Starboard Eyes Proxy Fight For More Wausau Board Seats
• KKR, Permira Net $1.8B In Full ProSieben Exit
• 3 Cost-Cutting Resolutions Law Firms Can't Afford To Break
• Reinsurance Sidecars — Don't Ride Without A Helmet
• Starwood Capital Adds UK-Based Four Pillars Hotels
• Highland Tells Jury Ex-PE Chief Quit, Stole Trade Secrets
• Falcone Says He Wasn't Sure Ergen Bought LightSquared Debt
• Activist Rejects CommonWealth Deal, Pushes For New Board
• Treasury To Sell $3B Stake In Rescued Auto Lender
• RCS Capital Strikes $1B Deal To Buy Cetera Financial
• KKR Puts Up $100M For Stake In Helicopter Leasing Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Tyson Foods, Elliott
• NY Investment Manager Gets 15 Years For $5M Fraud Scheme
• Insurer Aegon Sells $137M Stake In SVG Capital
• Equifax Pays $327M To Nab UK Debt Manager From Investcorp
• $61B Time Warner Bid Highlights Risks For Big Telecom Deals
• F1 Head Steps Down As German Bribery Trial Looms
• Apollo Puts Up $1.3B For Chuck E. Cheese's Owner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Resnick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Roetzel's Erika Haupt
• Carlyle Puts Up $4B For J&J's Blood-Testing Unit
• Material Adverse Change: Has The Goalpost Moved?
• Banks Need Volcker Rule Road Map, Top Wall St. Atty Says
• Carried Interest Reform Risks NY Fund, Developer Exits
• AOL Unloads Patch News Network In JV
• Carlton Fields Adds Akerman M&A Pro To Miami Office
• Cengage Creditors Demand Apax Docs Connected To Debt Buy
• Data Co. Edgenet Enters Ch. 11 Seeking Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Carlyle, Aeropostale
• Blank Rome Malpractice Case Ends At NY Top Court's Door
• Biggest Buyout Firms Cash In As Fundraising Rebounds
• Townsend Raises $357M For New Real Estate Fund
• Calif. Appeals Court Again Denies Bid For UC Regents Docs
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Hart's Liz Sharrer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Anderson Kill's Rhonda Orin
• Sandell Makes 2nd Call For Greyhound Parent To Restructure
• Riverbed Spurns $3B Elliott Bid, Stays Mum On Other Suitors
• SDNY Strikes A Blow Against Selective Waivers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Forbes, Pfizer, Bankia
• GPT Bows Out Of $2.8B Battle With Dexus Over Aussie REIT
• Bob Evans Bylaw Change Curbs Investors' Rights, Suit Says
• Jana Ups Stake In Energy Co., Plans Push For Board Seats
• Wharton Equity Puts Up $250M For Multifamily RE Portfolio
• Rockefellers' Rose Rock Backs $2.5B Luxury Vietnam Resort
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Mary Beth Hogan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sanford's Katherine Kimpel
• Elliott Bears Down On $3B Riverbed Offer, Urges Auction
• Activist Wants 2 Jos. A. Bank Board Seats Amid Buyout Push
• Ergen Denies LightSquared Buy Was To Secretly Help Dish
• Deals Rumor Mill: UBS, Alcatel-Lucent, Dunkin' Donuts
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Otterbourg's Melanie Cyganowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Epstein Becker's Joan Disler
• Soma Lands $50M For Oil Exploration In Somalia
• Oaktree, Clearview Nab Stake In $303M Philly Hotel Venture
• Antitrust Danger Doesn't End When Deal Is Consummated
• Platinum Equity Puts Up $411M For Stake In Telstra's Sensis
• NY Fund Backs Men's Wearhouse's $1.6B Jos. A. Bank Buyout
• Darden's Red Lobster Spinoff Plan Falls Short, Activist Says
• Vinson Guides Ridgewood Energy's $1.1B Oil Equity Fund
• Elliott Pounces On Juniper In Latest Activist Play
• Ex-Highland Exec Can't Rip Industry In Trial, Judge Says
• Spotlight On Shareholder Activism In The Energy Industry
• Big Week For Hedge Fund Elliott Showcases Activist Muscle
• H.I.G. Capital To Put Up $392M For Specialty Chemical Co.
• Shorenstein Pays Blackstone $307M For Boston Plaza
• Dish Exec Says Ergen's LightSquared Debt Buy Was Personal
• CVC Capital Unloads $216M Stake In Beauty Retailer
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Blackstone, Saudi Aramco
• IPO Market To Stay Ripe For PE Sales After Banner Year
• Starwood Capital Adds San Diego Office Portfolio
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Publicover
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fowler White's Rhea Law
• Settlement Tax Breaks Will Continue Despite JPMorgan Deal
• BlackRock To Halt Analyst Survey In Wake Of NY AG Deal
• Dish Drops $2B LightSquared Bid As Debt Trial Begins
• American Realty Pays $601M For Fortress RE Portfolio
• Santander Unit's $1.56B IPO Offers Payday For PE Backers
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Corporate Partner In NY
• Steel Processor Puts Up $139M For Material Sciences Corp.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Sharon Caffrey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Katy Basile
• KKR Doubles Goal With $2B For Latest Credit Fund
• Gardere Scoops Up 3 Attys From Dallas Firm Lee & Stone
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Statoil, Lanco
• McKesson Woos Hedge Fund With Heftier $8.4B Celesio Bid
• Senators Seek More Clarity On Fed. Agency Settlements
• $7.6B Health Management Takeover Approved By Shareholders
• City Office REIT Aims For $115M IPO
• Lactalis Buys South India's 2nd-Largest Milk Producer
• Forest Labs Spends $3B For Specialty Pharma Co. Aptalis
• Deals Rumor Mill: McKesson, New York Times, Shell
• Ellenoff Grossman Guides Infinity's $185M Glori Energy Deal
• Elliott Lobs $3B Go-Private Bid At Tech Co. Riverbed
• Hess Continues Slimdown With Retail Gas Spinoff, Sale Plans
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnstein's Kathleen Gilligan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Faegre Baker's Maureen Maly
• Compuware Unloads 3 Units For $160M As Activists Circle
• Omni Snaps Up Resort KSL Bought Out Of Foreclosure
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mergermarket, Carlyle, Time Warner
• Toshiba Grabs Slice Of PE-Backed Indian Water Supply Co.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Sarah Coyne
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fox Rothschild's Brett Axelrod
• Thompson & Knight Adds Ex-Vinson Energy, M&A Vet
• Starwood Capital Rakes In $983M For 2nd Energy Fund
• Dish's $2B Offer For LightSquared On Brink Of Collapse
• Goodwin Guides TA To 1st Deal Of 2014 With Towne Park Buy
• SandRidge Inks $750M Sale Of Gulf Of Mexico Business
• Microsoft Puts Up $100M For Service Software Co. Parature
• Lone Star Sells Texas Steakhouse Chains To Co. Heads
• Cooley Guides PE-Backed Helicopter Co. In $529M IPO
• Nader Urges Icahn To Thwart 'Ludicrous' Sirius Deal
• XPO Logistics To Pay $335M For Rail Freight Expert Pacer
• Nestle Sells Joseph's Pasta Unit To Brynwood Partners
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Liberty, KKR
• Former Sen. Lieberman To Chair Victory Park Capital Board
• Verso Swings $1.4B Deal For Specialty Paper Co. NewPage
• Carlyle Reels In Former FCC Chair For US Buyouts Team
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ideal Legal Group's Evie Jeang
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Christine LaFollette
• Verint Inks $514M Deal For Analytics Software Co.
• CommonWealth Opens Board To Activist, Hoping To End Fight
• CFTC Eases Cross-Border Swaps Rule As It Girds For Fight
• Travelers Told To Hand Heparin Docs To American Capital
• Deal Nets Cox Enterprises Nearly 100% Stake In AutoTrader
• BlackRock Picks Up 5% Stake In Australian Mining Contractor
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wing Hang, Vodafone, Telefonica
• PE Firm's Stalking Horse Bid OK'd For Car Rental Co.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Brenda Jarrell
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bond Schoeneck's Ginny Robbins
• TPG-Backed IMS Seeking $100M In Return To Public Markets
• A Primer For Surgery Center Investors And Lenders
• REIT Hit With Contract Suit Over Loan In $136M Deal
• SBA Wants Stay On Simparel Lifted To Protect Copyright
• When File Type Matters In E-Discovery
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ally, Channel 5, New York Times
• Peak Rock Nabs Honey Co. Groeb's Successor After Ch. 11
• PE-Backed Biotech Co. UniQure Eyes $75M IPO
• 21st Century Fox Sells 47 Percent Stake In Star China TV
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ulmer & Berne's Patty Shlonsky
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Cynthia Walden
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono
• 10 Hot Topics For Private Equity Pros In The New Year
• Real Estate Investors Shift Gears After Uneven Recovery
• 10 New Year's Resolutions To Boost Firm Gender Diversity
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Activists, Gone Mainstream, Poised To Bet Bigger In 2014
• Risk-Conscious Deal Makers To Grow Bolder In 2014
• Creative Deal-Making Critical For PE Firms In 2014
• M&A Cases To Watch In 2014