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Private Equity - November, 2015

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• Hovensa Judge Gags Sale Details Until Gov't Announcement
• Thermo Fisher Wins Sanctions Bid In PE Group's Fraud Suit
• Goodwin-Led 'Unicorn' Atlassian Sets Terms For $350M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Staples, Anheuser-Busch, BATS
• Saul Ewing Wins M&A, Private Equity Pro From McCausland
• O'Melveny Guides $1.5B Group Bid For Chinese Health Co.
• RBC Can't Shake $76M Liability Over Botched Rural/Metro Sale
• Blackstone, Lego Owner Team Up On Insulation Maker Buy
• The High Price Of Disloyalty In New York
• FTC OKs $12B NXP, Freescale Tie-Up With Conditions
• Gibson Dunn Adds Ex-Fried Frank Real Estate Tax Pro In NY
• WuXi PharmaTech Shareholders OK $3.3B Go-Private Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Golenbock Eiseman, Stonehenge, Marriott
• OPINION: In Search Of Our Best Law Firm Selves
• 5 Blunders Real Estate JV Equity Partners Should Avoid
• PE Group Buys Gold, Silver Mine In $775M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain Capital, Syngenta, Deutsche Wohnen
• From The Book Of Jargon: Happy Meal
• Mirae Strikes $450M Deal For San Francisco Hotel
• Key Takeaways From The SEC's 2015 Whistleblower Report
• PE Firm Hit With SEC Penalty Over Conflicting Investments
• IRS Won't Challenge Loss Over $24M LifeCare Sale Tax Bill
• Moore Slams Lehman's Withdrawal Move In $20M Suit
• PE Firm Can't Rewrite $100M Enviro Co. Buy, Rival Says
• Sutherland Picks Up Former Kaye Scholer Energy Finance Pro
• Life Time Fitness CEO Calls $2.8B PE Buyout Suit Defective
• Ladbrokes Investors Greenlight $3.52B Gala Coral Tie-Up
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reliance, Bertelsmann, Silk Road Fund
• PE Firm Gilde Buy Out Partners Closes $1.2B Fund
• New Federal Rules Acknowledge It's Time To Drop The 'E'
• 10 Things You Should Know About Securities Crowdfunding
• Icahn Snatches 7% Stake In Xerox, Might Seek Board Seats
• Ropes & Gray, Paul Hastings Guide $4.6B Petco Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: TransGrid, Alibaba, Apparel Authentic
• Ex-TPG Employee, Cousin Settle SEC Insider Trading Case
• Tilton's Patriarch Seeks To Push Investment Fund Into Ch. 11
• Simpson, Schulte Guide $570M Multifamily Properties Deal
• Prestige Inks $225M Deal With PE Firm For DenTek Oral Care
• Warburg Pincus Raises $12B Investment Fund
• CVC Sells Off $871M In Discounted Spanish Road Co. Shares
• 3 IPOs Held Back Over Weak Market Conditions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, 1MDB, Diebold
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-Covington Investment Atty In London
• Texas High Court Takes On Row Over $45M Hospital Buy
• Justices Asked To Eye Fired Truckers' Bid For Ch. 11 Priority
• 3 Ways Technology Is Changing Law Office Designs
• The Future Of Appraisal Cases After BMC Software
• PE Deal Volume Falling As Funds Struggle To Compete
• 13 Key Business Objectives For Corporate Legal Departments
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Cosco Group, Towers Watson
• Creditor Suits Beyond Scope Of Caesars Ch. 11, 7th Circ. Told
• Ladbrokes Defends Merger With Rival Gaming Co. Gala Coral
• EU Approves HNA Group's $2.7B Play For Swissport
• Ardian Books $1.2B For Latest Co-Investment Fund
• Party City IPO Investor Sues Over Melting 'Frozen' Sales
• Real Estate Rumors: MetLife, Rockefeller, CNOOC
• From The Book Of Jargon: Swapping Seconds
• Assessing A Judicial Solution To Abusive Merger Litigation
• Loeb & Loeb Adds Corporate Pro From Haynes And Boone
• Advisory Firm Must Face Excessive Fee Suit, Judge Says
• Judge Skeptical Of Booting Kirkland As Caesars Rep
• The Do's and Don'ts Of An SEC Examination
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lyft, Tencent Holdings, Towers Watson
• Software Co. PGi Says Suit Over $1B Sale Isn't Up To Snuff
• Allergan Slams Fed Preemption Claim In IPR Extortion Row
• Focus Media's Plan To Relist Gets OK From China Regulators
• Shearman, Paul Hastings Guide Airline's $175M Offering
• Hudson's Bay Sells $533M Stake In Simon Property Retail JV
• Aethon Energy Rakes In $240M For PE Fund
• Fed's Tarullo Warns Against Knee-Jerk Shadow Banking Regs
• New Tax Rules Will Affect PE Funds, Partnership M&A
• Online Lender Earnest Raises $275M In Financing Round
• Deals Rumor Mill: P4, Miramax, China Merchants Group
• Warburg Pincus Backs New Pharma Co. With Hearty M&A Plans
• Audax Pulls In $2.25B For PE Fund, Inks Deal For Safety Co.
• Greenberg Traurig Grows NY Office With Five Hires
• SEC's Aguilar To Leave Agency By Year's End
• SEC Whistleblower Tips, Bounty Claims Surge Yet Again
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tsinghua, Staples, Dali Foods
• Willkie Farr, Warshaw Burstein Guide $112M NYC Office Deal
• Antitrust Watchdogs OK $4.5B SolarWinds Take-Private Deal
• PE Firm Stole Over $1.2M From Assisted Living Co., Suit Says
• Rosen Firm Takes Lead Role In Wayfair IPO Omission Suit
• Should In-House Counsel Use US Contract Terms In Europe?
• Convicted Trader Can't Toss 'Fearful' Judge From CFTC Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hulu, General Electric, BAE Systems
• Fossil Group To Pay $260M For Wearable Tech Maker Misfit
• CWCapital Running Off With $566M From Stuy Town Sale: Suit
• Take Your Marks: An Associate's Guide To Your 1st Big Trial
• LoanDepot Pulls Plug On $510M IPO Plans
• Does Underwater Common Stock Really Have No Value?
• Shadow Banking Industry Grows To $36 Trillion Worldwide
• Deals Rumor Mill: Postal Savings Bank, T-Mobile, Syngenta
• Software Co. PGi Hit With Class Action Over $1B Siris Deal
• Davis Polk Reps Blackstone Unit In $3B Buy From CalPERS
• Real Estate Rumors: Carl Icahn, Angelo Gordon, Vox Media
• 'Nanodegree' School Udacity Secures $105M In Financing
• Akin Gump, Paul Weiss Guide Apollo In Deal For Hospital Co.
• Blackstone To Pump $820M Into ATM-Maker NCR
• Dewey Trustee Settles Legal Fees Fight With PE Firm LCN
• From The Book Of Jargon: Testing The Waters
• Goldman Says It Didn't Hide Counting Flub In $4B Tibco Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Molson, Dell, Postal Savings Bank Of China
• Chinese Investors Traded Tips On PE Deals, SEC Says
• Torys Guides New Flyer In $480M Deal For Motor Coach
• Carlyle Takes Tempo Stake In Latest Brazil Buy
• CFTC Eyeing Cybersecurity Testing Rules For Exchanges
• Cybersecurity Co. Tenable Raises $250M In Venture Capital
• Activist Investing And Its Divided-Loyalty Implications
• Pimco Blasts Co-Founder Bill Gross' $200M Suit Over Ouster
• Bid For Food Service Co. Was Ruse To Steal Secrets, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Canadian Pacific, Nat'l Grid, HelloFresh
• Trelleborg To Pay $1.26B For Tire Co. CGS
• PE Firm Rizvi To Take RealD Private In $551M Deal
• How Will London's Specialist Court Affect US Companies?
• Santos To Sell $2.5B In Assets And Shares To Cut Debt
• Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own
• 5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms
• Warburg Inks $560M Mutual Fund Store Sale To 401K Advisor
• K&L Gates Nabs Corporate Partner From Holland & Knight
• Lawyer Says Bad W.Va. Coal Co. Investment Is Not His Fault
• Watchdogs Flag Problematic Oil & Gas, Leveraged Loans
• Kirkland Guides Warburg Pincus In $120M Deal For ITG Unit
• SEC, Private Equity Firm Settle Improper Fees Case
• Investment Treaty Considerations For Deal Makers
• Activists Turn Sights On Europe As Record Year Unfolds
• MoFo Snags Equity Derivative, M&A Pro From Latham
• Audit Overhaul Warrants Revision Of Partnership Agreements
• Goodwin Opens Capital Markets-Focused Office In Germany
• EMC Wants Fed. Shareholder Suits Over $67B Dell Deal Tossed
• EU Approves French Plans To Bolster Small Businesses
• Vereit Strikes $204M Deal To Sell Red Lobster Portfolio
• Cerberus Capital Says CIBC Owes 'Hundreds Of Millions'
• Chancery Clarifies Appraisal Fundamentals
• From The Book Of Jargon: Drop Dead Date
• Procera Investors Drop Suit Seeking To Block $240M Merger
• SEC Retooling Insider Trading Tactics After Newman
• SEC Official Seeks To Calm Compliance Pros' Nerves
• Fortress Raises $1.1B In Latest Japan Real Estate Fund
• Hellas Noteholders OK'd For New $565M Complaint In PE Row
• Yellen Defends Fed's Post-Crisis Bank Supervision
• OPINION: Via Duke, Companies Are Shaping Discovery
• Med Device Biz To Go Private In $812M Citic Deal
• PE Firm Lovell Minnick Closes $750M Institutional Buyout Fund
• An Overhaul Of Partnership Audit, Litigation Procedures
• Wayfair Investor Wants Suits Over IPO Omission Combined
• REIT Accused Of Taking Bogus Fees In Spat Over $136M Deal
• K&L Gates Picks Up Ex-Troutman Deals Pro
• PE Firm Revelstoke Capital Partners Closes $303M Fund
• KKR To Bet $300M On Asian Media Ventures
• LoanDepot Primes $510M IPO In Push To Serve Homebuyers
• SEC Fines Fenway Partners $10M Over Disclosure Flaws
• Debevoise Steers Kelso & Co. In Deal For JM Smucker Unit
• Strategies For Law Firms Leaping Into Latin America
• Turmoil In The Chinese Capital Markets And Related Trends
• Kirkland Blasts Caesars' Creditors Renewed DQ Bid
• SEC Accuses Wells Fargo Analyst Of Insider Trading
• Aramid Says It Doesn't Owe $2M Tax Bill In Ch. 11
• First Data Prices $3.4B Bond Offer To Slash Debt
• Akerman Adds Ex-Bilzin Sumberg Atty To Transactions Team
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Watching This Week
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• Hospira Investor Seeks Stock Appraisal Of $17B Pfizer Deal
• Lone Star Unit Strikes $370M Deal For Singapore REIT Assets
• Strasburger Adds Corporate, Real Estate Pros In Texas
• TPG Unit Increases Offer To $464M In Bid For Lender TICC
• Simpson Thacher Steers Pamplona On $2.7B MedAssets Deal
• The Latest On Creditor Derivative Rights