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Private Equity - August, 2014

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• Carlyle Group To Pay $115M To Settle PE Collusion Row
• IPO Filings Soar In Late-August Heat
• US, Myanmar Broker $480M PE-Backed Solar Project
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Cravath, Wachtell
• Thayer Pays $460M For Westin Diplomat Resort In South Fla.
• Pulling Up Stakes: Ropes & Gray, King & Spalding, Tandem
• Jones Day Reps Riverside Co. In Craft Beer Market Win
• $2.8B Duke Sale Promises More Merchant Power Exits
• PE Fund Slams Removal Bid By Limited Partners In Fee Row
• The Three M&A Firms That Dominated This Summer
• Kirkland Reps 3i In $202.5M Purchase Of Engineering Co.
• Affinity Drops $314M On Virgin Australia Stake
• Dealmakers Q&A: Davis Wright's Sean McCann
• 5 Reasons Large Companies Are Turning To Boutique Firms
• How To Protect In-House Legal Privilege Internationally
• More Deals Expected This Fall As Economy Pushes M&A Surge
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Chinese Bad-Debt Manager Locks Down $2.4B Before IPO
• Momentive Noteholders Press For Cash-Out After Trial Loss
• LightSquared Nails Down $121M In DIP Financing
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Port Investigation, Mobil Building
• Hedge Funds Can't Escape Octaviar Suit Over Conveyance
• KKR Venture Pays $216M For 9 Container Ships
• Perils Of Communicating With Customers By Phone Or Text
• Argentina Presses For End-Run Payments To All Creditors
• Anti-Inversion Push Causing PR Blowback For Burger King
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Otter Products, Dow Chemical
• Blackstone-Backed Vivint Solar Planning $200M IPO
• The 5 Biggest M&A Moves Of The Summer
• Rhône Capital Lobs $110M Tender Offer At Elizabeth Arden
• Skadden Reps JLL Partners-Backed Co. In Biopharma Deal
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Ackman Suit To Force Allergan Meeting
• Carlyle Closes $816M Fund, Maintaining Focus On CLOs
• Sabre Exploring Sale Of European Online Travel Site
• Jones Day Reps JF Lehman In Military Contractor Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Blank Rome's Gary Goldenberg
• Governmental Plan Investors Can Help Credit Facilities
• Momentive Creditors Can't Thwart Turnaround Plan
• Jessica Alba's The Honest Co. Raises $70M From Investors
• Auto Parts Co. Eyes $150M IPO Amid Industry Resurgence
• Biotech Co. Zosano Puts IPO Plans On Hold
• Burkle Drops Bid For New Morgans Hotel Board Election
• LightSquared Seeks $121M In DIP Financing
• One Firm Rules Over Complex Burger King Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Chinese Government, Ann Taylor
• 4 Takeaways From Burger King's Whopping Tim Hortons Play
• Atlas Mara Raises $300M In Bid For Africa's Top Bank Spot
• Advisory Firm Blasts Investors' 'Meritless' Fees Suit
• NY Regulators Could Throw Wrench In PE Insurance Deals
• Riverstone-led Group Injects $525M Into Norwegian Oil Firm
• Burger King, Tim Hortons Unite As $23B Fast-Food Goliath
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Kenneth Lefkowitz
• From The Book Of Jargon: Accelerated Share Repurchase
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Tax Inversions On The Menu For Hospitality Sector
• Momentive Plan Ruling Delayed After Creditor About-Face
• Tim Hortons Deal Latest Turn In Burger King's M&A History
• GrubHub Insiders Plan To Trim Holdings In $500M Offering
• GAO, Industry Clash Over New Markets Investment Returns
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Network Systems, Comtech, Hootsuite
• American Securities Plans IPO Exit From Fairmount Santrol
• Goldman Says EU Failed To Share Docs In Antitrust Case
• Valeant, Ackman Launch Suit Pushing For Allergan Meeting
• Oak Hill Throws Down $1.43B To Buy Berlin Packaging
• Activist Urges Ann Taylor Parent To Consider $2.5B Sale
• Dealmakers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Eric Greenberg
• PE Firm Urges End To AIG Aircraft Unit Trade Secret Suit
• 3 Companies Join IPO Pipeline As Others Take A Step Back
• Foreign Investors Ask High Court To Revive EnerMax Suit
• Tactical Gets OK For Up To $15M Sale Of Military Apparel Line
• Taxation With Representation: Fried Frank, Bingham, Bracewell
• Deals Rumor Mill: BP, RWE Group, Avolon Holdings
• PE Plaintiffs Hit Back At Carlyle In Antitrust Expert Row
• Transitions Wants Rival's Claims Tossed From Antitrust MDL
• Valeant, Ackman Request Allergan Special Meeting
• Mouthy Convicted PE Fraudster Hit With 24-Year Sentence
• PE Firm Clayton Dubilier Sinks Up To $600M Into CHC Group
• Pulling Up Stakes: Mayer Brown, Jenner & Block, Simpson
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bird & Bird's Alberto Salvade
• Quantum Energy, Tug Hill Launch $450M Exploration Venture
• Dealmakers Q&A: Thompson Coburn's David Kaufman
• Dynegy Embarks On $6.25B Power Plant Buying Spree
• Proxy Play Intensifies Bramson's Run At Electra
• Corp. Governance Politics: Much Ado About Symbolic Change
• Allergan Suit May Not Stop Meeting To Replace Board
• RE Rumor Mill: Infinity And Nightingale, Lone Star, Hornig
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• PE-Backed Restaurant Manager Snaps Up Hot Dog On A Stick
• Clarion Partners Pays Ares $107M For SF Office Building
• PE Firm Blue Point Sells Callison Stake To Dutch Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, American Tire, VakifBank
• Kirkland Reps Vista Equity In SumTotal Sale To Skillsoft
• PE's Calif. Multifamily Chase Fueling 'Champagne Bubbles'
• PE Shops Abandon New Deals As Attention Turns To Exits
• Standard Chartered Puts Up $75M For Stake In Topaz Energy
• Carlyle Ready To Say Goodbye As Axalta Plans IPO
• China's Orchid Asia Beats Goal With $920M Fund Close
• Akerman Boosts Chicago Office With Five Business Litigators
• Antitrust Worries Derail $9B Family Dollar Counterbid
• How To Control Risk And Cost Of E-Discovery
• From Landlord To Locked Up: The Long Arm Of The SCRA
• Aeroflex, Shareholders Strike Deal Over $1.5B Cobham Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mylan, Lear, Iliad
• Icahn Takes Stake In Hertz Amid Auto Recall Woes
• Shazam Tops 100M Users As Mobile App Co. Eyes IPO
• Carlyle Fights To Nix Experts In PE Antitrust Case
• Ropes & Gray Reps Bain In $625M Deal With TOMS
• 5 Bold Moves Shaping Valeant's Epic Fight For Allergan
• Valeant Says Allergan Lied To Obstruct $53M Takeover
• Investors To Keep Growing Alternative Asset Portfolios
• A Review Of The Subscription Credit Facility Market
• In Sellers' Market, PE Firms Willing To Give Up Control
• Jones Day Adds White & Case PE Pro In Singapore
• OMERS Continues Go-It-Alone Approach With DTI Deal
• RE Rumor Mill: Investcorp, Starwood-M7 Venture
• PE Firm Can't Shake WARN Claims From Cuts At Bankrupt Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Couche-Tard, Apax Partners, TPG Capital
• Fried Frank Guides $357M Purchase Of Evoq Properties
• High-Profile Fights For Control Showcase Seller's Market
• Allergan Eyes Salix Tie-Up To Thwart $53B Valeant Takeover
• Uganda Seeks Private Support For $220M Oil Pipeline
• Hitachi Metals Pays $1.3B To Buy Foundry Co. From KPS
• CWCapital Fires Back At Junior Lenders' Stuy Town Title Suit
• Goodwin Procter Guides TA Associates' SkinnyPop Deal
• Warburg Pincus, Baosteel Pay $489M For Henan Gas Assets
• Dealmakers Q&A: Baker Botts' John Martin
• From The Book Of Jargon: 10b5-1 Plan
• Reed Smith Picks Up Ex-Mayer Brown Finance Whiz In SF
• Skadden's $4M Fee Award In Radnor Bankruptcy Upheld
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecom Italia, ConvaTec, SoftBank
• Activist Investor Calls For Retailer Bebe To Sell Itself
• Carlyle Must 'Live With' November Trial, Plaintiffs Say
• Apollo Trims Stake In Sprouts In $515M Follow-On Offering
• Montagu Repurchases Insurance Tech Co. 7 Years Later
• Starwood Energy Group Closes Financing On Texas Wind Farm
• KKR Dives Into Aussie RE Market In $112M Deal
• Skadden, Kirkland Guide $1B Sale Of Tire Sensor Co.
• Valeant Giving Allergan Until End Of Year To OK $53B Buyout
• Dealmakers Q&A: Dickinson Wright's Richard Bolton
• Dollar General Jumps On Family Dollar With $9B Counterbid
• Genco Valuation Leaves Equity Interests Under Water
• Deals Rumor Mill: Roche Holding, Arcapita Bank, Shake Shack
• Taxation With Representation: Baker Botts, Alston, Skadden
• RE Rumor Mill: MGM China, Rheingold Brewery, Blackstone
• Fed's Leveraged Lending Limits Put Banks In A Bind
• Venture-Backed Wayfair Eyeing $350M Public Debut
• Gannett Latest Target To Deflate Icahn's Bravado
• Cliffs Director Resigns Amid Boardroom Fight With Activist
• Pulling Up Stakes: Wilson Sonsini, Seward, Jackson Walker
• Valeant Calls Allergan's Insider Trading Claims A Stunt
• Product Shipping Plans $100M IPO To Grow Tanker Fleet
• Dealmakers Q&A: Munger Tolles' Kevin Masuda
• An In-House Lawyer's Top 10 Tips For Outside Counsel
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allergan, Electrolux, Axalta
• Bankers Blame Sell-Off For Weak Pricing On $2B LBO Loans
• Activism Enters 'Golden Era' With Record No. Of Campaigns
• TPG Inks 1st Sri Lankan Deal With $113M Bank Stake Buy
• Undaunted Chinese Group Bids $1.6B For Calif. Chipmaker
• RE Rumor Mill: Lesotho, Brack Capital, Lone Star
• Celsia Drops $840M On GDF's Central American Plants
• PE Distributions Hit Record $568B Last Year
• Shell Divests $2.1B Worth Of Natural Gas Assets In 2 Deals
• Allergan Makes $588M Acquisition Play Amid Valeant Fight
• Dealmakers Q&A: Irell & Manella's Gregory Klein
• Dealmakers Q&A: Seward & Kissel's Nick Katsanos
• The Pre-IPO Company And Failure-To-Launch Claims
• Politically Connected Cos. Face Lower SEC Threat, Study Says
• Oil Startup Venari Raises $1.3B To Further Explore Gulf
• Surf Club Four Seasons Snags $290M Loan From Blackstone
• Deals Rumor Mill: Emerson, Rhone, Summit
• Dongwon To Pay $243M For Bottle Co. From PE Firm
• Thoma Bravo Targets Internet Security With SailPoint Buy
• M&A Surge Set To Barrel Into 2015, Biz Leaders Say
• Canadian REIT Drops $128M On 2 Industrial Portfolios
• French Regulator OKs Italian Financier's $1.1B Club Med Bid
• Law Firms May Be Violating Copyrights
• Last Firm Standing In PE Collusion Case Prepares For Battle
• FleetCor To Drop $3.45B On Payments Processor Comdata
• Otonomy Raises $100M In Public Debut To Back Ear Treatment
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ungaretti & Harris' Brian Krob
• Dealmakers Q&A: Nixon Peabody's Michele Masucci
• FTC Sends Allergan, Valeant Second Info Request
• Deals Rumor Mill: CVC, Hellman & Friedman, Buffalo Bills
• Carlyle Picks Up Stake In Chinese Classifieds Site
• Riverstone-Led Group Sinks $617M Into Canadian Oil Firm
• From The Book Of Jargon: Big Boy Letter
• RE Rumor Mill: Swig Co., Eliot Spitzer, Mitchell's NY
• Simpson Thacher Reps Apax In Answers.com Buyout
• JPMorgan Backs Away From PE Unit In Stake Sale
• Icahn Didn't Influence $8.5B Family Dollar Deal, Buyer Says
• Dealmakers Q&A: Orrick's Dennis Martin
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Stephen Glover
• A Close Look At NY's New Privilege Log Rule
• Harbinger Challenges LightSquared Ch. 11 Plan With Its Own
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Collusion Accusations Replaced By Competition In PE Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: RBS, 21st Century Fox, Snapchat
• Workers Hit Fla. Direct Marketing Co. With 2nd FLSA Suit
• LeClairRyan Picks Up Corporate Partner In Richmond
• Feds Give Enviro Clearance For $2.2B NYC-Canada Powerline
• Andreessen Horowitz Invests $50M In Expanding BuzzFeed
• Blackstone Picks Up European Auto Parts Co.
• TPG Puts Up $3.2B Counteroffer For Treasury Wine
• Dealmakers Q&A: Choate Hall's Christian Atwood
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• RE Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Microsoft, Greenland
• Milbank Reaps $14M In LightSquared Bankruptcy Fees
• Hammond Kennedy Nabs Three Companies In Buying Spree
• Deals Rumor Mill: PQ Corp., IndCor Properties, Herff Jones
• Altas, Baring To Plow $750M Into For-Profit Med School
• Pulling Up Stakes: DLA Piper, Ulmer & Berne, Orrick
• Kleinberg Kaplan Nabs Ex-Katten Hedge Fund Partner In NY
• Dowling Nabs $125M For Second Insurance-Focused Fund
• Gemalto Puts Up $890M For Data Protection Co. SafeNet
• Littlejohn Pockets $243M In Sale Of Enviro Cleanup Co.
• A Look At 1st M&A Deals Under China's New Review Process
• Compliance Reigns Supreme As In-House Demographics Shift
• LightSquared Offers Ch. 11 Plan Averting Ergen Debt Brawl
• Lululemon Founder Sells Shares, Avoids Proxy War
• PE-Backed Bidder For $240M NY Casino Resort Disqualified
• RE Rumor Mill: Freeman Spogli, Extell, Yelp
• Sovereign Wealth Joins Pension Funds In Eschewing PE
• American Energy, Regency Join Up On $500M Pipeline Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: Freeport, Vivendi, Agent Provocateur
• PE Sector Killing Jobs Is A Myth, Study Says
• Argentina Looks To Square Off Against US At The Hague
• PE-Backed Ryerson Chops Expected IPO To $127M
• Fidelity Dumps Valeant Shares In Thick Of Allergan Assault
• 5 Tips For Policyholders Amid M&A Insurance Boom
• Cliffs Appoints Casablanca Board Nominee As Chairman, CEO
• Collaboration In The Shadow Of The Billable Hour
• KKR, TPG, Blackstone To Pay $325M In LBO Collusion Suit
• Dealmakers Q&A: Richards Kibbe's William Orbe
• New Activist Weapon — A Look At Appraisal Arbitrage Cases
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• RE Rumor Mill: Hillary Clinton, SL Green, Adventus
• Deals Rumor Mill: United Biscuits, TricorBraun, Telefonica
• TPG Sells $250M Stake To China Life, Ponders IPO: Report
• Orica Plans to Spin Off $1.1B Revenue Chemicals Business
• Proxy Advisers Slam Allergan, Support Shareholder Meeting
• HgCapital Ditches Voyage Care In $631M Sale To PE Group
• Dealmakers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Laura Holm
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gray Plant's Steve Kutscheid
• Make Sure Your Valuation Will Weather The Scrutiny Storm
• EFH's Solvency Ruled Discoverable In Make-Whole Fight
• RFR Pays $89.6M For NYC Soho Hotel
• Madison Realty Closes 3rd RE Debt Fund At $145.4M
• Optim Taps Blackstone Unit As $126M Buyer For Coal Plant
• Caesars Brawls With Stakeholders In Pair Of New Lawsuits
• NJ Lender Sues Partner Over Movie Producer's Financing
• Investment Firm Hit With $15M Penalty Over Fraud Scheme
• Formula 1 Chief Pays $100M To End German Bribery Case
• Allergan's Valeant Suit Could Be Landmark Securities Case
• Blackstone Unit, Dangote To Invest $5B In African Energy
• Frothy Craft Beer Industry Keeps M&A On Ice
• 2 RE Financing Pros Jump To Mayer Brown From Pillsbury
• Law Firm Martin Snags Ex-Kelley Drye PE Chair
• Allergan Continues Assault On Valeant Disclosure Policy
• Dealmakers Q&A: Berger Singerman's Marc Shuster
• Bingham Ruling's Lessons On Proper Assertion Of Privilege
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• FTC OK's $324M Akorn Deal For Drugmaker, With Conditions
• How To Protect Your Co. From Russian Retaliatory Measures
• Darden Blasts Back At Starboard Over Red Lobster Deal
• Warburg Pincus To Inject $600M Into Fuel Terminal Biz
• Bankrupt Coupon Co. Saves Big With Mich. Tax Agreement
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG, Gables, GlaxoSmithKline
• ADB JV To Funnel $400M Into Low-Carbon Deals In Asia
• Singapore Targets Investor Confidence With New Market Regs
• KKR Makes Sweetened $3.2B Bid For Treasury Wine
• Crown Makes $280M Deal For New Co. And Vegas Casino
• Marcato Keeps Pressure On IHG After Spurned Deal
• Tips For An Efficient Private Equity-Backed IPO
• Verein Tie-Ups Gain Allure As Firms Eye Global Expansion
• UK Firms Expand Global Empire, But US Firms Gaining Ground
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Take Global To New Heights
• Cerberus Nabs $97M From Pbb To Buy German RE Loan
• Bob Evans Calls Activist Sandell's Reforms 'Short-Sighted'
• Carlyle Not Backing Down In Massive LBO Collusion Suit
• For Steady Returns, Look Beyond The Biggest PE Firms
• Pulling Up Stakes: Perkins Coie, DLA Piper, Locke Lord
• Deals Rumor Mill: CorePharma, Awas, SMBC
• ValueAct Drops $336M For 16.8% Stake In Armstrong
• Citi To Sell Bulk Of $1.5B Metalmark Stake To Lexington
• As Valuations Climb, P&G Looks To Ditch Half Its Brands
• Allergan Alleges Insider Trading Between Valeant, Ackman
• Norges Pays BlackRock Fund $572M For Paris Property
• 3i Continues To Ditch Portfolio Cos. With John Hardy Sale
• Anti-Inversion Legislation May Impact Noninverted PE Deals
• Dealmakers Q&A: Jenner & Block's Uri Doron
• HFF Secures $175M In Financing For 7-Property Portfolio