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Private Equity - April, 2014

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• Blackstone To Pay Up To $767M For Australia Properties
• Simplexity Gets Thumbs-Up For $10M Sale To Wal-Mart
• Fairway Board, PE Backers Sued Over Wilted Profits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Etihad, Oprah, Pfizer
• Global Aviation Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Forbearance Deal
• Illinois National Seeks $19M In Costs From AlixPartners
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hausfeld's Megan Jones
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gunster's Lila Jaber
• ADT Throws Down $500M For Fellow Security Co. Protectron
• Temasek RE Unit Joins With Oakwood On Corporate Apt. JV
• Will The Volcker Rule Make BDCs More Popular?
• Produce Documents 'Subject To' Objections At Your Own Risk
• 3 Takeaways For PE Firms From Energy Future's Ch. 11
• Energy Future's Case Puts Spotlight On Prearranged Deals
• Third Point Asks Judge To Delay Sotheby's Annual Meeting
• Kirkland Brings Big Bankruptcy Chops To Energy Future Case
• Junior Creditors Will Be Key To Energy Future's Ch. 11
• Swander Pace Capital Closes $350M Consumer Products Fund
• NorthStar, American Realty Deny Rumored Merger Talks
• The Golden State Warrior: Judge S. James Otero
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kirkland's Anne McClain Sidrys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Porter Hedges' Joyce Soliman
• Ardian Acquires $1.3B PE Portfolio From GE Capital
• How Gov't Is Using Big Data To Investigate Corp. Fraud
• Energy Future Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Tackle $40B Debt
• Global Aviation Catches Flak For Ch. 11 Forbearance Pact
• UK Fines Invesco $31.3M Over Control Failures
• Goodman Fielder Rejects $1.2B Wilmar, First Pacific Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alstom, Premier Oil, American Realty
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Extell, Sares Regis
• 5 Fights Over $25B Actavis-Forest Deal Merge In NY
• Arle Capital Shells Out $690M For Polymer Maker Innovia
• Cinven Values Software Co. Visma At $3.5B With Investment
• PE-Backed Aussie Cleaning Co. Plans $930M IPO
• CVC Picks Up Major Stake In Chinese Restaurant Chain
• GE To Pay $2.7M To Settle Rothstein Feeder Fund's Claims
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Patton Boggs' Laura Weidenfeld
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Axelrod Firm's Sheryl Axelrod
• A New Uncertainty For Distressed Debt Investors
• It's An Honor To Be Your Friend?: Social Media And Judges
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Ropes & Gray Adds Federal Securities Fraud Prosecutor
• Touradji Wins Bid To Amend $250M Counterclaims In Pay Suit
• NJ Court Transfers Arsenal Capital Suit Over Ties To Bench
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alstom, Dell, Allergan
• PE Firm Owner Fined $1.4M In SEC Ponzi Scheme Case
• Willkie Farr Reps Warburg Pincus On $100M PayScale Stake
• WG Trading's Chief Fesses Up To $554M Investor Fraud
• Sensient Prevails In Proxy Fight Against Hedge Fund
• Cove Financial Gets $250M For Alternative Mortgage Program
• Pulling Up Stakes: Cohen & Gresser, Hinshaw, Troutman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Strasburger's Kim Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nicolaides' Sara Thorpe
• PE Firms Can Proactively Avoid WARN Act Liability
• Deals Rumor Mill: Barrick Gold, Sampo, Monaco Telecom
• PE Firm Acquires On The Border Chain From Golden Gate
• France's PAI Partners To Pay €200M For Euro Media Group
• One Rock Beats Target In Closing Of $431.5M Debut Fund
• PE-Backed Ferus Buys Out Encana's Stake In LNG Facility
• Kirkland Helps GI Partners Beat Target With $2B Fund
• Herrick Pays $190M For 44 CVS-Leased Retail Pharmacies
• Some Early Indications From The 2014 Proxy Season
• Top Proxy Adviser Backs Loeb Board Shake-Up At Sotheby's
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dorsey's Liz Buckingham
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Williams & Connolly's Enu Mainigi
• Biomet Opts For $13.4B Sale To Zimmer, Halts IPO Plans
• Kirkland-Led Chobani Gobbles Up $750M TPG Investment
• Waiting On FTC, Men's Wearhouse Extends Jos. A. Bank Offer
• Legal Evolution: Back To Business
• Better Economy May Spur Bankruptcy Firms To Branch Out
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Yahoo GC To M&A Group In Calif., Taiwan
• Sumitomo Bakelite Drops $265M For HIG Capital's Vaupell
• Chancery's Appetite For Fee Awards Wanes As Deal Suits Rise
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, Eni, Carlo Tassara
• Hedge Funds Find Pitfalls Along With Profits In RE Ventures
• Post Oak Energy Sinks $100M Into Texas Oil Co.
• RBC Asks Judge To Divvy Blame For Botched Rural/Metro Sale
• Why Fund Borrowers Must Consider Subscription Facilities
• Gibson Dunn, Simmons Rep Fajr Capital On $500M NPS Buy
• Kirkland Taps Simpson M&A Partner For New Houston Office
• Ardian Raises $10B To Invest In Buyout Funds
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Alston Hunt's Anna Elento-Sneed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Curtis' Nancy Delaney
• Reps And Warranties Insurance Rises In Health Care Deals
• Allergan Swallows Poison Pill After $46B Valeant-Ackman Bid
• RE Rumor Mill: Arabtec, Crown Resorts, Capri Capital
• Event Rentals Plans Sale To Apollo Following Ch. 11 Auction
• The Accidental Advocate: Judge John E. Jones III
• Mandatory Pro Bono Is Not The Answer For Practitioners
• BJ's Restaurants To Add New Directors In Deal With Investors
• Orix To Buy Precious Metals Recycler From Baring Asia
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Red Lobster, Citigroup
• Ares Management Could Be Worth Up To $4.86B Post-IPO
• REIT Investors Seize Class Cert. In Five Mile Merger Spat
• Allianz Pays Blackstone €300M For Luxury 'Shopping Mile'
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Priest Johnson's Priest Johnson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: BakerHostetler's Lauren Resnick
• HKW & Co. Raises $316M In Latest Fund Closing
• PE-Backed Carbon Black Co. Files For $300M IPO
• Bain Sinks $230M Into Construction Software Co.
• Lehman Court Imposes New Limitations On Professional Fees
• Franchise Dining Deals Get Supersized In Development Boom
• Lumber Cos. Push $1B Deal Deadline Amid Antitrust Worries
• Deals Rumor Mill: AstraZeneca, Barrick Gold, Charter
• DFC Global Investor Sues To Stop $1.3B Buyout By Lone Star
• Investment Fund Campaigns Against $2.6B KKR Deal
• Only 7 BigLaw Firms Have Women Running The Show
• Palladium Equity Closes New Fund With $1.14B In Investments
• Hillshire Brands Puts Up $165M For Van's Natural Foods
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Allen Matkins' Amy Wintersheimer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Horvitz & Levy's Lisa Perrochet
• Keeping Investment Funds Out Of Litigation Purgatory
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Keep FINRA 'Customer' Definition Broad
• TreeHouse Foods Pays $150M For Protenergy Natural Foods
• EnCap Flatrock Injects $125M Into RiverRock Energy
• Skadden, Cleary Help Seal Sweetened $461M Chindex MBO
• The 25 Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Citibank Blasted For Stalling In $3B Argentine Debt Row
• JPMorgan Thwarts Jury Trial In Hedge Fund Revenue Row
• $9.5B Of Venture Capital Injected In Q1, PwC Says
• Pulling Up Stakes: Proskauer, Squire Sanders, MoFo
• Bankrupt Ashley Stewart Plans $18M Sale To Clearlake Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Virtu Financial, Apollo
• CVR, Icahn Want Wachtell Suit Stayed Amid Malpractice Case
• How To Incentivize Management Across The Pond
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nicolaides' Monica Sullivan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sutherland's Cynthia Shoss
• Red-Hot Matrix Partners Gets $350M For 3rd China Fund
• The Future Of Law Firm PR: The Good, Bad And Ugly
• Activist Investors — Brace Yourselves For 13D Changes
• Union Says Quantum's $54M Sale Must Respect Contracts
• Vintage Capital Axes $2.3B Buyout Bid For Aaron's
• Calif. Hard Rock Blazes Trail With Equity 'Crowdfunding'
• How They Won It: Skadden's MFW Win Reforms Insider Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: PrimeCredit, Alitalia, Discovery
• Bankrupt Dolan Co. Gets Nod For $10M DIP Package
• Industry Groups Warn Fed Of Bank Commodities Rule Risks
• American Capital Inks $291M Sale Of Pharma Co. SPL
• PE Firm Monomoy Beats Auto Parts Co.'s Buyout Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dorsey's Annette Jarvis
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jenner's Barbara Steiner
• Padbury Keeps $6.5B Port Project Investors' Names Secret
• Olam Directors Give Nod To $4.2B Temasek Deal
• Cleary Reps Warburg Pincus In $1B Payment Processor Deal
• Post Shells Out $2.45B For PE-Backed Michael Foods
• Hedge Fund Asks High Court To Tackle Disgorgement Limits
• Quantum Foods To Go With $54M Oaktree Stalking Horse Bid
• Optimism On Venture-Backed IPOs Weathers Shaky Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ahli, Michael Foods, SodaStream
• Triton Doles Out $1.8B For GEA's Heat Exchangers Unit
• Fortress, Avenue Founders Pay $550M For NBA's Bucks
• FTC Gives Go-Ahead To TPG's $1.8B Jonah Field Deal
• Carlyle Group Closes Nearly $700M Sub-Saharan Africa Fund
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Williams & Connolly's Hubbard
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Laurie Daniel
• Johnson Controls Pays $1.6B For Air Distribution Technologies
• Fog May Be Lifting Around Finders
• Ind. Limestone Goes With PE Firm's $26M Stalking Horse Bid
• Judge Won't Toss Suit Over $250M Erickson Air-Crane Deal
• The Great Persuader: 7th Circ. Chief Judge Diane Wood
• Caelus Partners With Apollo On Alaskan Oil And Gas Buys
• W Capital, Shamrock To Build Tower On Miami Hotel Site
• Activists Eye Inversion Deals As New Bargaining Chip
• Deals Rumor Mill: ConMed, GEA Group, Telefonica
• EU Clears Deutsche Telekom's $733M GTS Central Europe Buy
• Aaron's Spurns $2.3B Buyout Bid, Inks $700M Acquisition
• Koppers Puts Up $460M For Osmose's Wood, Rail Units
• Reading Between The Whistleblower Headlines
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Veenker Law's Vicki Veenker
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: BakerHostetler's Pennington
• Elliott Reaffirms Spurned $3.4B Bid For Riverbed
• Manatt Nabs Another K&L Gates Atty For Capital Markets Team
• Heartbleed Rains On The Legal Cloud Parade
• Loeb Rips Sotheby's Board Over Performance Claims
• Clean Energy Investment Up 14% In Q1, Report Says
• Bankrupt Edgenet Lands Parallax Unit As Stalking Horse
• Pomona Capital Maxes $1.75B Secondaries Fund
• Apollo's MPM Seeks $3B Debt Cut Through Ch. 11
• Pembrook Floats $25M Bridge Loan For NYC Hotel Site Buy
• JPMorgan Asks To Move Petters $3.7B Ponzi Suit To Fed. Court
• A New Approach To Classified Corporate Boards
• Debevoise Guides TIAA-CREF In $6B Nuveen Acquisition
• Kirkland, Davis Polk Rep Blackstone, Goldman In Ipreo Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Disney, Shell
• Symrise Puts Up $1.8B For Ardian-Backed Ingredient Maker
• Calif. Ruling May Hike PE Fund Founders' Tax Liabilities
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Rimon's Robin Powers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Allen Matkins' Sandi Nichols
• Simplexity Gets OK For DIP Loan To Fund Wal-Mart Sale
• Temasek, RRJ Invest $250M In Chinese Warehouse Developer
• Brookstone's Bondholders Revealed In Court Docs
• Zhongnan Heavy, ZEG Capital Partner On $483M Media Fund
• 5 Ways A PE Firm Can Win A Packed Auction
• Morgan Lewis Captures Ex-Bird & Bird M&A Pro In London
• Deals Rumor Mill: Michael Foods, Etihad, Mt. Gox
• Australian Firm Nabs $6.5B For Iron Ore Port, Railway
• Not 'Fully Protected' — What's A Director To Do?
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Susman Godfrey's Brooke Taylor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jeffer's Louise Ann Fernandez
• Safeway Investor Suit Says $9B Albertsons Deal Is 'Flawed'
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Duane Morris Corporate Finance Pro
• Keep Your Audience From Checking Email: 5 Legal Talk Tips
• Rising Stars: 2014's Top Attorneys Under 40
• The 2014 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Priorities Change When An Investment Firm Goes Belly Up
• Edgenet Can't Nix Noteholder Committee Over Supposed Cost
• Spain Olive Oil Co. Backs CVC Capital's €439M Takeover Bid
• Former SEC Veteran To Become KKR's Compliance Chief
• 5 Reasons Funds Won't Touch JOBS Act Marketing Rules
• PE First-Timers Face Shaky Fundraising Market
• Deals Rumor Mill: Teachers', Blackstone, TPG
• Economic Confidence, Dry Powder To Prompt Insurance M&A
• Loeb Launches Online Broadside As Sotheby's Vote Looms
• Goldman Sachs, Koch Units Buy Ink Maker Flint Group
• Blackstone's GSO Fertilizes Rentech With $150M Package
• Icahn Drops PayPal Spinoff In EBay Proxy Battle Truce
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jenner's Susan Kohlmann
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Strasburger's Betsy Kamin
• Canadian Diamond Co. Wins $865M In Gem Mine Financing
• Dell Dodges Investor Suit Over $24B Buyout
• Men's Wearhouse Again Leaves $1.8B Jos. A. Bank Offer Open
• La Quinta's Shaky IPO Won't Rattle Hotel Market
• Tax Reform's Pension Fund Surprise For PE Industry
• Dimon Says 2013 Was 'A Tale Of Two Cities' For JPMorgan
• 2014 Signals The Return Of The Megamerger
• Goodwin Procter Lures Calif. Tech Pro From Wilson Sonsini
• Summit Partners Invests $550M Into Ability Network
• Five Mile Loses Appeal Of MSR Hotels' Bankruptcy Plan
• Oryx Midstream Gets $300M From PE Investor Group
• PE-Backed IHS Snaps Up US Hotel Reservation Co.
• Pacific Century Nets $928M In Beijing Complex Sale To Gaw
• Deals Rumor Mill: Seibu, Ranbaxy, Huarong
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Brien And Ryan's Hansen
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paradigm's Maureen Dorney
• CVC Capital Lobs €439M Bid For Spanish Olive Oil Co.
• Sotheby's Escalates Proxy Fight With New Attack On Loeb
• Walkers Adds PE, Corporate Finance Pro In Grand Cayman
• Lowenstein Adds Ex-Ropes & Gray M&A Pro To NY Office
• Justice Of The Peace: CIT Chief Judge Donald Pogue
• Own 10% Of A Foreign Business? Don't Neglect BEA Surveys
• Simplexity Rips Terms Of Bankruptcy Loan From Fifth Third
• Deals Rumor Mill: Key Safety Systems, Deoleo, Baidu
• Warburg Pincus Buys Middle East Airline IT Co. Mercator
• Mayer Brown Survey Says Insurance M&A To Step Up In 2014
• Calif. Assembly Moves To Study Bill Banning Orca Shows
• Alibaba Affiliate Drops $1B On Chinese TV Co. Stake
• Energy Capital Partners Closes $5B PE Fund
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Saul Ewing's Debbie Spranger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Whitney Roy
• Speech Tech Co. DynaVox Enters Ch. 11
• Investors OK $2.2B Jones Group Takeover By Sycamore
• Deals Rumor Mill: Foxconn, Goldman Sachs, Airbnb
• SBIC Relief Act Will Be Good For Advisers — And Business
• Waste Cleanup Co. Drops $465M For PE-Backed Rival
• Berkshire Antes Up $350M For Retail Investing With Senk
• GTCR Drops $524M On Marketing Software Co.
• SEC Forms Group To Focus On Private Funds
• Celesio Investors Hold Back Support For $5.5B McKesson Bid
• Waterton Closes $1B Fund For Precious Metal Investments
• Dish's Ergen Looks To Sue Falcone Over LightSquared Ch. 11
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steinman & Rodgers' Rodgers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bilzin Sumberg's Amaducci
• Pros And Cons Of Trial Presentation Software Programs
• Alleged Lienholders Look To Unwind $2.2B Caesars Deal
• Loeb's Third Point Asks Investors To Ditch Sotheby's Board
• Bankrupt Simplexity Gets OK For $10M Wal-Mart Sale Plan
• RE Attys Advise Caution For Opportunistic Investors
• Blackstone Pays $5.4B For Industrial Manufacturer
• Advantage Seeks Green Light For $100M Bankruptcy Loan
• Madison Int'l Realty Raises $825M For Latest RE Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nestle, Germany's IKB, Sanpower Group
• Logistics Questions Loom As SEC Mulls Proxy Ballot Reforms
• BlackRock Fees On $30B Fund 'Excessive,' Investor Says
• Cerberus Buys $7.5B Worth Of Northern Ireland RE Loans
• Introducing European Infrastructure Bonds
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Feinberg Day's Elizabeth Day
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pillsbury's Elizabeth Moeller
• TDR Capital Rakes In $2.7B For 3rd European Buyout Fund
• Texas Reps Cast For Ideas To Get More VC For Startups
• M*Modal Lands Restructuring Deal To Cut Debt By $350M
• Simplexity Creditors Balk At Wal-Mart Stalking Horse Deal
• B&G Foods Pays $150M To Buy PE-Backed Specialty Brands
• IRS Challenges Sorensen's Ch. 11 Plan Over Unpaid Taxes
• Dish Chairman Demands Finance Docs From LightSquared
• PE-Backed Group To Pay $107M For Chinese Education Firm
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Carlyle, Americana
• Haynes And Boone Adds Calif. RE Partner From Irell & Manella
• Carlyle, PAI In Exclusive Talks For $900M Schneider Unit
• Cardinal Health Drops $320M On Medical Device Co.
• Ardian Raises €500M For European Lower Mid-Market Fund
• Genel, PE-Backed Co. Drop $281M For Angola Offshore Stake
• Dubai Fund Scores Major Stake In Resort Operator Kerzner
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Caldwell's Robyn Crowther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wendel Rosen's Patricia Curtin
• Goldman Cartel Fine Offers Cautionary Tale For Investors
• RE Rumor Mill: Westbrook Partners, Macy's, Sumitomo
• DLA Piper Nabs Ex-Goodwin Procter PE Pro For Boston Office
• Cantey Hanger Nabs Former Shackelford Transactional Atty
• NY Enviros Leap Into Action After Bid To Re-Fire Coal Plant
• Siguler Guff Closes New Fund With $650M In Commitments
• Blackstone Poised For $2.5B Boston Office Sale, SF Buy
• Judge Tosses Gulfco Ch. 11, Says It's A 2-Party Dispute
• Venture Capital Financings Reach 6-Year Peak
• Gibson Dunn Reps Lone Star In $1.3B Deal For DFC Global
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Farella Braun's Stephanie Skaff
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Haynes And Boone's Jan Sharry
• Pamplona Capital Buys Majority Stake In Generic-Drug Maker
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Apple, Pioneer Investments
• How Valuation Methods In M&A Litigation Are Evolving
• Goldman Sachs, Cable Cos. Hit With $416M EU Antitrust Fine
• Sotheby's Angles For Investor Support After Loeb Files Suit
• The Lion In Winter: Judge Stephen Reinhardt
• Lightstone Head Seeks To Revive $100M Willkie Farr Suit
• 3 Justifications For Piercing The Corporate Veil
• Elections, Political Law And The Financial Services Sector
• Jones Day Adds Ex-Edwards Wildman PE Pro To Boston Office
• SRZ Poised To Cash In On Anticipated UK Activism Boom
• Linklaters Reps Triton In $1B Deal For Alstom Equipment Biz
• Nutrition Co. Throws Down $567M For SensoryEffects
• Milbank Woos O'Melveny & Myers Corporate Finance Chair
• Cartica Tries To Foil CorpBanca's 'Disastrous' $3.7B Merger
• Strategic Hotels Gets £125M In London Marriott Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: AmLaw, Sam Zell, TPG Capital
• NY Court Won't Revive $50M Paul Hastings Malpractice Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sheppard Mullin's Betsy McDaniel
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Saul Ewing's Jennifer Peterson
• Shearman Steers SunGard In $1.4B Unit Spin-Off
• Atlas Mara Puts Down $265M For Stake In South African Bank
• CORRECTED: Crestline Rakes In $1.7B With Pair Of Opportunistic Funds