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Private Equity - May, 2014

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• Forstmann Little Earns $1.85B In Sale Of 24 Hour Fitness
• Cleary Accused Of Advising Argentina On Evading US Courts
• Ex-Edgenet Principals Want More Time To Bid In Ch. 11 Auction
• Will The Bidder-Activist Model To Buy Allergan Catch On?
• SEC Sues Ex-CFO Of KGW Capital Over Forex Fraud Scheme
• Xerox Wins FTC Approval For $225M ISG Holdings Deal
• Hedge Fund, Bob Evans Farms Spar Again Over Board Picks
• $73M Injected Into Carlyle-Backed Brooklyn Condo Project
• Valeant Again Boosts Allergan Bid, This Time To $53B
• Billion-Dollar Hedge Funds Hold 90% Of Assets, Study Finds
• Zale Stockholders OK Contested $690M Takeover By Signet
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Hayley Hanson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michael Best's Mary Turke
• Can Bankrupt Law Firms Claw Back 'Unfinished Biz' Profits?
• Scottrade: Diluting SEC Enforcement's 'Admission' Policy
• Get Ready For A Miami Tech Hub
• Energy Future's Creditor Committee Blasts $4.5B DIP
• IGPS Purchaser Is Being Legally Taxed, Says NY AG
• Spotlight On Buy-Side Leverage
• SEC Nears Finish Line In Long-Running Insider Trading Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: GSK, Softbank, Swift Worldwide
• HackerOne Nabs $9M To Support 'Friendly' Hacker Platform
• Man Group In Talks To Buy Investment Manager Numeric
• Pantheon Looks To Open PE Funds To Smaller Investors
• Activist Investor Rips Cliffs 'Proxy Put' In Board Battle
• Forest Labs Settles Investor Suits Over $25B Actavis Deal
• Advice From Counsel: The Emerging E-Discovery Playbook
• LBOs Account For Nearly A Third Of Defaults Since Crisis
• Dutch Fund Manager Invests $650M In Chinese Warehouse Co.
• 3i Unloads Auto Parts Maker Hilite In $644M Sale
• Amsurg Pays $2.35B For PE-Backed Sheridan Healthcare
• UK Pub Chain Mitchells & Butlers In Talks To Buy Orchid
• Laredo Lands $130M In PE Funding For Drilling Program
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Stewart Bernstiel's Bernstiel
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Whyte Hirschboeck's Gina Carter
• Is It Time To Increase Your Billing Rates?
• Key Issues In The Global Game Of Luxury M&A
• ArmorWorks Eyes Ch. 11 Exit After $3M PE Deal
• All M&A Attorneys Make Bank, Survey Shows
• BigLaw M&A Attys Charge Double Their Smaller Rivals
• Associates Can Earn Partner Rates In 2 Practice Areas
• High-Stakes Litigators Can Cost $1,500 An Hour
• GCs Question If Partners Are Worth The Cost
• BigLaw Hourly Rates Dwarf Rivals' Across The Board
• Free Lance-Star Newspaper Co. Gets Go-Ahead For $30M Sale
• Teachers' Deal Cooks Up $1B Value For Restaurant Group
• 5 Insights From Ingram Micro's Lily Hughes
• Vivus Investor Unveils Plans For $640M Buyout Offer
• Apollo Invests $500M In Energy Deal With CSV Midstream
• PE-Backed Elior Aiming To Raise $1.15B In IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Guggenheim, Facebook, GE
• PE Firm Nordic Capital Pays $331M For SEB's Euroline Unit
• Westlake Puts Up $667M For PE-Backed Chemical Co.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kilpatrick's Mehrnaz Boroumand
• Valeant, Ackman Unveil Sweetened $50B Allergan Bid
• Del. May Extend Statute Of Limitations For Contract Claims
• Conscious Parallelism May Justify A Wolf Pack Pill
• Deals Rumor Mill: LA Clippers, Alstom, Ontario Teachers
• Strategic Hotels Buys Blackstone's Stake In $787M Resort
• Nordion Delays Shareholder Vote On $758M Sterigenics Deal
• Hedge Fund Boss Obus Denies Insider Trading At SEC Trial
• Gaillon Won't Up $759M Club Med Bid If Fund Tops Offer
• SAI Global Sacks CEO, Considers $1B Pacific Equity Bid
• Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Peter J. Walsh To Retire
• Accor Puts Up $1.23B For German, Dutch Hotel Portfolios
• Ex-Kleinberg Kaplan Deals Pro Returns To Haynes And Boone
• Proxy Fight Over Signet's $690M Zale Bid Heats Up
• Alterna Dodges Broker's Suit Over Soured Aircraft Deals
• LightSquared, Dish Chairman Head To Mediation Over Ch. 11
• Allergan Rips Valeant's Biz Model As Heftier Bid Looms
• Jones Day Adds 2 Haynes And Boone M&A Pros In Houston
• KKR Puts Up $1.1B To Buy Singaporean Packaging Co.
• Fidelity May Put Up $500M For $5.4B Energy Futures Loan
• R&R Ice Cream To Buy Aussie Food Co. From Pacific Equity
• Intuit Drops $360M On VC-Backed Mobile Bill-Pay Co.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Barnes & Thornburg's McGee
• 5 Insights From MetLife General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua
• Blank Rome Brings Ex-SEC Trial Atty Back To DC Office
• Pfizer Drops $118 Billion AstraZeneca Bid As Time Runs Out
• Class Action Targets TPG-Owned Valerus For Tax Scheme
• France Pushes Back Deadline For $761M Club Med Deal
• PE-Backed Landscaping Cos. To Merge Into National Player
• PE-Backed Momentive's $570M DIP Financing Deal OK'd
• Darden Showdown Could Become Proxy Battle Of The Year
• Deals Rumor Mill: Areva, ADM, Roberto Cavalli
• China Lowers Barriers To Foreign Investment To Fuel Growth
• PE Firm, Rothschild Unit Put Up $240M For Auto Info Co.
• Apax To Cash Out Of Foreign Exchange With Travelex Sale
• Pulling Up Stakes: Nixon, Barnes & Thornburg, Ulmer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Keating Muething's Rachael Rowe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Shearman's Antonia Stolper
• TPG Rakes In $3.3B For 6th Asia-Focused Fund
• Energy Future Wins Fight To Keep Ch. 11 In Del.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reynolds American, Travelex, TSB Bank
• Rare Private Equity Self-Sale Raises Questions
• 5 Insights From Hewlett-Packard GC John Schultz
• In UK Retail Market, FatFace Scraps IPO As B&M Eyes One
• Pfizer's Hopes For Landmark Merger Dim As Deadline Nears
• China's Bright Food Buys 56% Stake In Israeli Dairy Co.
• Darden Proxy Fight Heats Up As Activist Pitches New Board
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Cohen & Gresser's Bromberg
• Helios Pushes NY For Quick Decision On Coal Plant Restart
• Signet Sticking To $690M Zale Deal Despite Investor Outcry
• SEC Settles Insider Trading Suit Over Carlyle Group Buyout
• Hess Slimdown Continues With $2.9B Retail Gas Sale
• 'Neither Admit Nor Deny' Continues To Draw Controversy
• McKesson Hit With Suit Over Celesio Shareholder Payout
• The Trial Lawyer's Guide To A Winning Direct Examination
• Overhaul Of China's Outbound Investment Regime Continues
• Clayton Dubilier Inks $910M Deal For Wound Care Firm
• 5 Insights From Caterpillar Chief Legal Officer Jim Buda
• Harman International Pays $365M For Tech Automation Co.
• Ackman Prods Allergan For Outside Review Of $46B Takeover
• Goodwin Procter Reps Carlyle In Buying Talent Services Co.
• Ex-Weil Banking Head Joins Kirkland in London
• CalPERS Plans New Cuts To Private Equity Allocation
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alstom, PHH, Helios
• Brookfield Expands Hotel Presence With Thayer Lodging Buy
• Quantum Foods' Ch. 11 Stays Afloat With Revived $60M DIP
• Clifford Chance, Freshfields Rep CVC In Office Co. Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Linsey Bozzelli
• Hot London Hotel Market Forces Deal Makers To Sweeten Pot
• American Realty Scores $2B In Sale Of Shopping Centers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Commerzbank, Repsol, Wencor
• Energy Future Gains Support For Keeping Ch. 11 In Del.
• Zale Chair Blasts TIG's Objections To $690M Signet Merger
• PE-To-PE Exits Increasingly Trump Strategic Buyers, IPOs
• The No-Nonsense New Yorker: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing
• RE Rumor Mill: Hugo Boss, Stropiq, Jane Street
• 5 Insights From Prudential General Counsel Susan Blount
• Forest Oil Shareholders Sue To Block Sabine Acquisition
• 4 Suits Consolidated In $3B Chinese Gaming Co. Buyout Row
• K&L Gates Adds International Investment Management Partner
• Blackstone Seeks Permit For $1.2B Green Power Line
• Sentinel, TriArtisan Snap Up TGI Fridays In $800M Deal
• Bonomi Fund Raises Club Med Stake To Thwart Fosun Bid
• Carlyle Fund Beats Investors' RMBS Risk Disclosure Appeal
• Ray LaHood Heads From DOT To Investment Firm Meridiam
• Australian Winemaker Rejects KKR's $3B Buyout Bid
• A Close Look At Pledge Funds
• LSE Enters Into Exclusive Talks To Buy Russell Investments
• Camera Maker GoPro Sets Sights On $100M IPO
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Troutman Sanders' Amie Colby
• Valeant Upgrade To $46B Allergan Bid Will Include Stock
• Major AstraZeneca Investor Urges $118B Pfizer Merger Talks
• 5 Insights From Microsoft Deputy GC David Howard
• Asset Managers May Yet Avoid Systemic Risk Designation
• Korean Cos. Vie For LIG Insurance In $391M Bidding War
• $2.1B Red Lobster Sale Cheats Investors, Says Activist
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Record SoHo Sale, Apple
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, GE, Google
• Finnish Luxury Hotel Chain Kamp Group Buys Klaus K Hotel
• SEC Ventures Into Unfamiliar Insider Trading Terrain
• CVC Capital Closes $3.5B Asia Investment Fund
• King & Spalding Adds Ex-WilmerHale Hedge Fund Pro In NY
• Debevoise Partner's Apparent Suicide Shocks Firm
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Zelle's Judy Langevin
• CCMP Values Hillman Cos. At $1.5B In Takeover From Oak Hill
• PE Firm Ardian Picks Up German Toymaker Schleich
• Ackman Attacks Allergan CEO In Push For $46B Valeant Deal
• Aurelius, Others Lose Bid To Block Genco Restructuring Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Lures Media Deal Pros From Reed Smith
• Asset Managers Fear Regulators Plan To Beef Up Oversight 
• Venable Shielded From Subpoena In Row Over Facebook Scam
• Qatar Unit To Take Stakes In 5 European IHG Hotels
• NY Regulator Proposes Rules For PE Annuity Deals
• Boardroom Confidence, Shareholders Buoy Hostile M&A
• Insurers Freed From Covering Carlyle Fund Investor Suits
• Bradesco Makes Splash As $1B Ford Offering Bookrunner
• Jeffer Mangels Adds Manatt Capital-Raising Pro To LA Office
• NBA Approves $550M Sale Of Milwaukee Bucks
• Goodman Fielder Backs $1.3B Wilmar Buyout Offer
• Pulling Up Stakes: Perkins Coie, McDermott, Holland & Knight
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frost Brown Todd's Beth Naylor
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Genova's Kathleen Einhorn
• Darden To Sell Red Lobster For $2.1B Amid Activist Backlash
• Law Practice Is Evolving Via 'Legal Project Management'
• 2 More Bullets To Fight Corporate Activism
• New Ammo Turns Up Activist Heat On Darden CEO, Board
• Fox Joins Apollo To Create Reality TV Titan
• 5 Insights From Aetna General Counsel William Casazza
• Hedge Fund's FINRA Arbitration Hopes Dashed By 2nd Circ.
• Amid Banking's M&A Drought, Citizens Tests IPO Waters
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Orange, Dave & Busters
• EnCap Flatrock Closes $3B Midstream Fund Above Target
• Keppel Sells $409M Stake In Singapore's Prudential Tower
• Merck Hit With Suit Over Mass Layoffs At Defunct Med Co.
• Wilmar, First Pacific Bump Bid To $1.3B For Goodman Buyout
• Zale Backs $690M Signet Merger Despite Investor Pushback
• Simpson Thacher Aids Blackstone's $1.7B Vegas Casino Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Lowenstein's Sharon Levine
• Va. Regulators OK Panda Power's $500M Power Plant
• Fortress Said To Bid $4.7B For Stuyvesant Town Complex
• Yallingup Accused Of Stiffing Consultant On Project Funds
• Clearlake Capital To Acquire ConvergeOne From Genstar
• Blue Harbour's $125.5M Chico's Stake Buy Gets FTC's Nod
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, WeWork, PMC
• Deals Rumor Mill: AstraZeneca, Carlyle, BWAY
• TPG, Khazanah Invest $132M In Philippine Housing Developer
• Genco Wants Equity Holders Committee Disbanded
• PE Fund Managers Must Prepare For Corruption Scrutiny
• 5 Insights From Cisco General Counsel Mark Chandler
• Lumber Cos. Cancel $1B Deal Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
• 2013 PE Investor Returns Headed For Record: Report
• Citic Pacific Sells $5.1B In Shares To Finance Parent Buyout
• Goodwin Guides GLPI's $465M Pittsburgh-Area Casino Buy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kilpatrick's Audra Dial
• Activist Says Darden Delaying Vote On Red Lobster Sale
• The World Cup Is Changing Brazil — Time To Invest
• Onex Closes Record $5B Investment Fund
• The Tenacious Technocrat: Judge Francis Allegra
• BlackRock Taking Interest In Italian Banking Sector
• Norwest Venture Partners Raises $1.2B For Latest Fund
• 5 Insights From MassMutual General Counsel Mark Roellig
• Ballard Spahr Adds Veteran Chancery Court Litigator
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Telefonica, TPG
• Solera Pays $280M For Pittsburgh Glass Works' Insurance Biz
• Syniverse Offers $290M For Mobile Network Servicer Aicent
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Butler Snow's Christy Jones
• Valeant To 'Improve' Terms After Allergan Rejects $46B Bid
• Vantiv To Plunk Down $1.65B For Mercury Payment Systems
• CD&R Pays $1.7B For German Industrial Packaging Co.
• Bankrupt Quantum Foods $54M Oaktree Sale Falls Through
• McGuireWoods Scores FCPA Pro From Latham & Watkins
• Genco Equity Holders Appeal Restructuring Agreement
• 5 Insights From UPS Chief Legal Officer Teri McClure
• Nasdaq OMX Rehires Ex-CFO From Carlyle Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: CalPERS, Carphone, Time Warner
• Investcorp Puts Up $105M For Texas, Florida Properties
• Intevac, Voce Capital Nix Proxy Fight With New Board Nom
• Davis Polk Guides Shire In $260M Liver Drug Maker Buy
• $88M Singapore Cruise Centre Deal Goes Belly Up
• Rising Star: Willkie Farr's Robert Langdon
• Hogan Lovells Adds 2 Tech Partners To Bay Area Offices
• Atty Privilege Upheld In $10M Tax Suit Against Alcoa
• Valeant, Ackman Poised To Go Hard In $46B Allergan Fight
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Meyer Suozzi's Lois Schlissel
• Allergan Rejects $46B Hostile Bid From Valeant, Ackman
• Energy Future Blasts Bid To Shift Ch. 11 Case To Texas
• Swiss Asset Manager To Pay $4.4M In Tax Evasion Deal
• Asian Hedge Fund Capital Hits Record In Q1, Report Says
• Merging Lumber Cos. Say Antitrust Regulators May Block Deal
• FCC Refuses To Delay Vote On Net Neutrality Rules
• IRS Could Get Tough On Inversions With 'Killer B' Regs
• Balancing The Cost Of Legal Research Investments
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allergan, Alstom, Seven Generations
• PE-Backed Shearer's Pays $430M For Private Label Snack Biz
• 4 Ways Lawyers Can Ease Post-Merger Integration Troubles
• China Outlines New Set Of IPO Rules
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frandzel Robins' Pat Trendacosta
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kasowitz's Linda Kornfeld
• Pulling Up Stakes: Dinsmore, Dorsey, DLA Piper
• Northstar Inks $1.3B Deal To Gain Cerberus Hotel Portfolio
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Kathryn King Sudol
• Sotheby's Lessons On Poison Pills And Proxy Wars
• Kirkland Helps Akorn Clinch $440M Deal For Niche Drugmaker
• Dr. Dre Celebrates Apple's Rumored $3.2B Beats Buy In Video
• PE Co. Black Forest Buys Dallas DoubleTree Hotel
• First Eagle Overcharged Funds With Advisory Fees, Suit Says
• LightSquared Fails To Confirm Ch. 11 Plan
• AnaCap Financial To Buy Insurance Broker For $215M
• Discovery, Liberty Global Drop £505M In All3Media Buy
• Och-Ziff Investors Cry Foul Over FCPA Probes
• Deals Rumor Mill: Beats, ShopRunner, T-Mobile
• Brazil Sporting Goods Co. Lands $170M In Equity Funding
• Shanghai Electric To Pay $555M For Italian Energy Co. Stake
• PE-Backed JP Energy Partners Files For $200M IPO
• A Complete Paradigm Shift In Chinese Outbound Investments
• 5 Insights From Sprint General Counsel Charlie Wunsch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brinks' Laura Beth Miller
• Canada Pension Fund Invests $184M In Industrial Development
• Rising Star: Latham & Watkins' Jason Silvera
• Valeant, Ackman Eye Allergan Board Shake-Up Amid $46B Bid
• Rebuttal: Mandatory Pro Bono Is Needed
• Sotheby's To Reimburse Loeb $10M For Proxy Battle Costs
• AOL Drops $101M On VC-Backed Ad Tracking Co.
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Leo Greenberg
• US Regulators Say Financial Risk Is Spreading Beyond Banks
• Ropes & Gray Leads Kohlberg In $800M Phillips-Medisize Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Gannett, SoftBank, Foxconn
• American Capital Kicks Off $1.1B Low Mid-Market PE Fund
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Munsch Hardt's Deborah Perry
• Chicago-Area Casino Settles Union Claims In NLRB Deal
• Compliance Overseers Under Financial Regulatory Fire
• 5 Insights From News Corp. GC Gerson Zweifach
• SEC Official Says Many PE Firms Are Violating Fee Rules
• Rising Star: Debevoise's Erica Berthou
• Paul Hastings Reps PE-Backed Firm In $225M Sale To Xerox
• Elder Statesman Of The Capital Court: Judge Paul Friedman
• IRS Floats Tightened Definition Of 'Acquiring Corporation'
• Safeway Says Investor Suit Over $9B Deal Is In Wrong Venue
• Vinson & Elkins, Simpson Thacher Rep Sabine In Forest Buy
• M*Modal Scores Tentative OK For Ch. 11 Deal To Slash Debt
• MendenFreiman Adds Ex-Nelson Mullins Partner
• Pamplona Capital Pays $450M To Pick Up Beacon Rail Leasing
• Proxy Advisers Split In Morgans Hotel Board Battle
• WordPress Parent Raises $160M From PE-Led Investor Group
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Carol Joseph
• Does The Business Judgment Rule Exist In Georgia?
• 5 Insights From Archer Daniels Midland GC Cameron Findlay
• Think Like A Screenwriter: 5 Tips For Trial Lawyers
• Savanna, KBS To Pay $261M For Manhattan Office Tower
• Deals Rumor Mill: Energy Future, Pfizer, Siemens
• Danish Payment Firm Fingers IBM Consultant For Data Leaks
• Ergen Won't Back Down As LightSquared Seeks Plan Approval
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Amy Shapiro
• Edgenet Gets Green Light On Parallax Stalking Horse Plan
• Sycamore Escapes Hot Topic Merger Class Action
• 5 Insights From AIG General Counsel Tom Russo
• Nokia Launches $100M Fund To Back Connected Cars
• In Truce, Loeb To Join Sotheby's Board
• Fidelity Unit Inks $110M Deal For Wealth Manager Reliance
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bracewell's Dee Martin
• PE-Backed Tall Tree Acquires Sausage Co. Klement
• The RMBS Credit Crisis Litigation — Lessons Learned
• Nordion Board OKs Sterigenics' Upped $758M Buyout Offer
• Kirkland Helps Thoma Bravo Close $3.65B Tech-Focused Fund
• Energy Future Gets Green Light For First-Day Motions
• Judge Denies Third Point's Bid To Delay Sotheby's Meeting
• Would-Be Dolan Owner Denies Forcing It Into Ch. 11
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Merck, York Risk
• Loeb Says Dow's Integration Plan Costs Investors Billions
• Milbank Reps Underwriters In $750M Carlyle Buyout Financing
• Rising Star: Choate Hall & Stewart's Christian Atwood
• Mill Road Pays $215M For Accessories Co. RG Barry
• Visteon Sheds Most Of Auto Interiors Biz In Cerberus Deal
• Fund Performance Indicators The SEC May Be Watching
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fine Kaplan's Bobbi Liebenberg
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hiscock's Connie Cahill
• Pulling Up Stakes: Latham, Choate Hall, Dorsey
• Ashurst Guides Apollo Fund's Hotel Buy From Ivanhoe
• Heavy Regulation Skews Insurance M&A In Targets' Favor
• Energy Future Gets Nod For $2.3B Interim DIP Package
• Jordan Co. Beats Target With New $3.2B Private Equity Fund
• Goodwin Reps Kimco On $270M Buy Of 24 New England Malls
• Arent Fox Snags Ex-Fox Rothschild International Chair
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Sprint, AT&T
• Proxy Adviser Backs Morgans Hotel In Shareholder Spat
• UK Clothing Co. FatFace Eyes £110M IPO
• Huge Pharma Deal Prospects Prop Up M&A Again In April
• Hawthorn Pays £76M For Greene King's UK Pub Portfolio
• Spotlight On Total Return Swaps
• Defense Industry In Distress: Opportunities, Obstacles
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: BatesCarey's Maria Enriquez
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Sharon Kirsch