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Private Equity - June, 2017

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• Investment Adviser, Co-CEO Settle SEC Claims Over PE Funds
• Sheppard Mullin Sued By Bankrupt Co. Over Property Sale
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, WilmerHale, Latham
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Real Estate Rumors: Harvard, VTS, Morguard
• Deals Rumor Mill: GLP, Fairfax Media, Zhong An
• Infrastructure Investment Firm Raises €1.2B For Fourth Fund
• Kirkland Guides Monomoy In $338M Deal For West Marine
• TPG-Led Group To Plug $437M Into South Korea's Kakao
• 3 Key Areas Legal Operations Teams Should Focus On
• Protecting And Enforcing Judgment Creditor Interests In IP
• What The Experts Said About High Court Rulings This Term
• Investor Seeks Class Cert. In RMBS Suit Against Wells Fargo
• Nickelodeon, DMG Help Drive $15M Funding For E-Sports Co.
• Simpson Thacher Guides KKR's Sale Of Total Visma Stake
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Orange, IKB
• Forestar OKs $568M DR Horton Offer, Calls Off Starwood Deal
• Platte River Closes 4th Fund With $625M
• US Law Firms Face Discovery Of Foreign Clients' Records
• PetSmart Is A Significant Loss For Appraisal Arbitrageurs
• The Future Of Law And The Demise Of The Midsize Firm
• US Treasury Secretary Escapes Film Financier's Fraud Suit
• SEC, Oak Ex-Exec Both Seek Quick Win In Fraud Case
• Sycamore Partners Inks $6.9B Staples Buyout
• The 10 Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Most Talkative Justice Of The High Court Term
• The Cases That Got The Justices Talking
• Acquisition-Hungry TPG Blank Check Co. Prices $400M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sebia, KKR, Halliburton
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Real Estate Atty From Ropes & Gray
• Blackstone Offers $651M For Singapore-Listed REIT
• Toshiba Aims To End Western Digital's Memory Sale Meddling
• The Re-Emergence Of The Independent Sponsor
• Take 2 On Proposed Regs For Partnership Audit Rules
• How Discovery Has Changed Under New Federal Rules
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Pre-Voir Dire Questions
• Bankrupt Payless Expands Store Closure Plans, Again
• Gorsuch And Thomas Becoming Fast Friends At High Court
• Cloudflare Launches Apps Platform, $100M Developer Fund
• Venture Capitalist Gets 41 Months For $3M Fake CrossFit Scheme
• Kortright Misrepresentation Claim Stands Against Investcorp
• 5 High Court Concurrences That Read Like Dissents
• The Sharpest Dissents From This Supreme Court Term
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Stada, Sovcomflot
• Cybersecurity Firm Trend Micro Launches $100M Fund
• Western Digital Again Makes PE-Backed Toshiba Memory Bid
• LondonMetric Sells Office Property To Kildare For $88M
• Solving The Privilege-Penalty Predicament: Part 2
• Rules Of The Road For Accessing Capital In Europe
• An Interview With Floyd Abrams
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• IP Cases Led The Pack In High Court Amicus Briefs
• 4 Cos. Bolster IPO Pipeline With Filings Totaling $296M
• Bucking Tradition: NewLaw And The Coming Millennials
• Cravath Guides Martin Marietta In $1.625B Bluegrass Buy
• A Buyer's Guide To Carelessly Losing Indemnification Rights
• Russian Billionaire Buys UK Health Giant For $2.26 Billion
• Deals Rumor Mill: Landis & Gyr, Vapiano, Telefonica
• Western Digital Slams Consortium Behind $17.9B Toshiba Bid
• Divergence In Materiality Tests Narrower Than It May Seem
• Private Investors Plug $400M Into Online Home Website Houzz
• Solving The Privilege-Penalty Predicament: Part 1
• PE-Backed Hotel Manager Gets $255M Golub Capital Loan
• King & Spalding Nabs Private Finance Pair From Ropes & Gray
• 2 Diverging Standards On Disclosing Interim Financial Info
• Gray Matters: We Feel, We Decide
• $20.5M Ch. 11 Bid Approved For Molycorp Rare Earth Mine
• Stalking Horse Fight Heats Up In Joe's Crab Shack Ch. 11
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Real Estate Rumors: Extell, Equity Office, HUD
• 8 Companies Perk Up IPO Pipeline With Deals Surpassing $1B
• Bankrupt Hospital Laundry Co.'s $125M Sale To KKR OK'd
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shell, Eddie Bauer, Walmart
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Vinson, Mayer
• Forestar Calls Upped DR Horton Offer 'Superior' To Rival Bid
• Private Investors Plug $70M Into Chinese Dating App Tantan
• Australis Partners Clinches $379M Latin American PE Fund
• US PE Co. Hits Ex-Formula 1 Boss With UK Bribe Claim
• Synutra Investors Demand Appraisal Of $125M Go-Private Deal
• A Delaware Case With Lessons For VC Firms And Founders
• How PE Attys Can Capitalize On The Rise Of Alt Lenders
• Willkie Farr Snags Stroock Fund Formation Atty
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Unicom, Vinci, WhistlePig Whiskey
• Shearman & Sterling Steers Altice's US Unit In $1.9B IPO
• Orrick Steers China's JD.com On $397M Farfetch Investment
• Justice Kennedy's Moderating Influence On The High Court
• Justice Sotomayor On The Power Of Dissent
• Fresh Market Investors Get Class Cert. In Del. Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says 1st Circ.'s Materiality Test Is Unsound
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Juror-Posed Questions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ducati, Ista International, LendLease
• Kirkland Steers True Wind Capital's $140M ARI Acquisition
• Plaintiffs Bar Perspective: Grant & Eisenhofer's Michael Barry
• Toshiba Eyes Japanese Gov't, PE Firm For Memory Biz Sale
• National Events Restructuring Put On Hold Again
• Tilton Loses Zohar Doc Fight In Del. High Court Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: BMC Software, Cosco, CVC Capital Partners
• Nestlé Leads $77M Funding Round For Freshly
• PE-Owned Genealogy Site Ancestry.com Files Confidential IPO
• Shawbrook Warns Investors That PE Group Could Delist Bank
• CVC Inks $566M Deal For Online Travel Co.
• Kirkland Steers Pamplona Capital In $5B Parexel Buyout
• FCC Urged To Reject $1.5B Inmate Calling Co. Sale
• Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
• Oxbow Investors Say Email Proves Koch Cashout Ban Bogus
• Lender Blasted For Effort To Lift Ticket Reseller's Ch. 11 Stay
• PE, Pension Firms Sink Cash Into Pattern's Clean Energy Push
• Ybrant's Ch. 11 Plan May Short $37M Lien, Creditor Says
• CareerBuilder Majority Stake Handed Off For $490M
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Jurisdiction Row In Royalty Suit
• Celanese, Blackstone Team Up To Form Acetate Fiber Supplier
• Forestar Shareholders Challenge $605M Starwood Deal
• R&W Insurance: An Effective Treatment In Health Care Deals
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Deals Rumor Mill: GLP, Cabify, Maersk Oil
• Travelers Says Charney Defamation Suit Costs Not Covered
• Accused Fraudster Claims Ex-Employer's Exec Lied In Depo
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Weil, Paul, Gibson
• Wal-Mart Expands E-Commerce Biz With $310M Bonobos Buy
• San Francisco PE Firm Caps 6th Fund At $532M
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In May
• Miners Find Themselves In The Spotlight Once Again
• Tips For Complying With ABA's New Encryption Guidance
• $855M Blount Deal OK'd By Del. Justices, With Mild Rebuke
• Investors Get Class Cert. In Angola Oil Bribe Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Google, Hines, Gateway Casinos
• Navy Secretary Nominee To Close Company If Confirmed
• Blackstone-Backed Hilton Grand Unveils 9.7M Share Offering
• Deals Rumor Mill: Slack, Capita, SS&C Technologies
• Warburg Pincus Plugs $360M Into India's Tata Technologies
• K&L Gates Nabs Former Quantum Global PE Pro In Chicago
• PE Shop Liberty Hall Buys Dunlop Aircraft Tyres In $135M Deal
• SEC Cuts Tilton Disgorgement By $45M After Justices' Ruling
• Trader Challenges IRS Repatriation Rules In $377M Tax Row
• Savvy PE Attys Can Cash In On Blazing Secondaries Market
• Skullcandy Shareholders Denied Attys' Fees
• Justice Ginsburg On Oral Argument And 'Imperious' Attorneys
• Tilton, Zohar Parties Clash In Del. High Court Over Docs
• Lender To Bankrupt Ticket Reseller Seeks Lift Of Ch. 11 Stay
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Goldman Sachs, Glencore
• Ropes & Gray Guides $435M Hamilton Lane Investment Fund
• TPG Co-Founder Leaves Uber Board After Sexist Remark
• New Senior Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $640M Deal
• 2 Firms Steer PE-Backed Hilton's $987M Secondary Offering
• Feds Can't Use FBI Evidence In PE CEO Fraud Case
• Kirkland Leads Luminate Capital In Debut $265M PE Fund
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Preliminary Instructions
• CST, Oaktree Clash Over $15M DIP, Ch. 11 Options In Del.
• Permit Issues Plague Molycorp Mine Sale, Regulators Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hexagon, Brookdale, Eldorado Brasil
• Due Diligence From The Lateral Partner's Perspective
• PE Group Pledges $563M To New Oil And Natural Gas JV
• Bankrupt Gymboree Gets Access To $35M New DIP Money
• Inadvertent Errors By Fund Advisers May Bring Steep Fines
• 3 Firms Steer $1.675B ViaWest Sale To PE-Backed Peak 10
• Kungsleden Unloads $101M Of Swedish Industrial Space
• UK Agency Wants Concessions In Heineken's £305M Pub Buy
• Lateral Partner Due Diligence: Where Should A Firm Begin?
• Justice Ginsburg On Diversity And Persuading Her Colleagues
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Bayer, Lotte
• Fla. Court Reverses $36M Judgment For Investment Co.
• Detroit Must Refund Income Tax To Passive Holding Company
• Fraud Suspect Seeks To Unfreeze $35M To Pay Attys
• Defaults Send Tank Maker CST Industries Into Del. Ch. 11
• Lab Supplier's $6.4B Sale Has Investors In Dark, Suit Says
• EU OKs $4B Credit Management Deal With Antitrust Fixes
• MoFo Guides Drone Racing League In $20M Funding Round
• River Associates Brings In $285M For 7th PE Fund
• Takeaways From Delaware's PetSmart Appraisal Decision
• THL Credit Secures $511M For Direct Lending Fund
• Momentum Builds Against $2.3B Aleris Deal
• Latham, Sullivan Steer $850M Golden-American Casino Deal
• Permian Basin Drives Energy M&A In 1st Half Of 2017
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Texas Justices Won't Revive $95M Eagle Ford Judgment
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, King, Proskauer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Rite Aid, Oi
• PE-Backed Caerus Pays $735M For Colo. Natural Gas Assets
• 4 Firms Assist On SiriusXM's $480M Investment In Pandora
• Miami Partner Helps Grow Fox Rothschild's Corporate Practice
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tivity Health, Smithfield Foods, Uber
• Diamond Resorts Says It Disclosed Enough Apollo Deal Info
• Simpson Thacher Leads Blackstone To $8.7B RE Fund Close
• Pension Fund, Union Fight Hospital Laundry Co.'s Ch. 11 Sale
• TPG-Backed Blank Check Co. Files $400M IPO Led By Weil
• Valeant Sells Aussie Pharma Biz To PE Shops For $930M
• Mitigating Appraisal Risk In Private Equity Transactions
• Tilton Asks SEC To Stay Her Case Pending DC Circ. Ruling
• Earthstone Investor Says Bold Merger Was A Raw Deal
• Blackstone To Unload 15M Hilton Shares In Secondary Sale
• Panera Served More Securities Suits Over $7.5B Buyout
• Forestar Says DR Horton's $520M Bid May Beat Starwood's
• Blount Investor Asks Del. Justices To Revive Axed Deal Suit
• Simpson Thacher Leads PetSmart In $2B Post-Buy Note Issue
• JP Morgan, Good Tech Settle 'Fire Sale' Suit For $52M
• Cybersecurity Firm Illumio Raises $125M In New Funding
• Intrawest Investors Drop Suit Over $1.5B Aspen SkiCo Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Allianz, Lotte Group, Alitalia
• KKR Makes $1.65B Preliminary Bid For Australian Telecom Co.
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Setting Trial Time Limits
• Carlyle, GTCR Ink $21.75-Per-Share Buyout Of AMRI
• Joe's Crab Shack Parent Hits Ch. 11 With $50M Purchase Bid
• Big Business Lobby Tries To Hobble Litigation Finance, Again
• AdvancePierre Investor Seeks Records Of $4.2B Tyson Merger
• Texas PE Deals Rebound With Oil Price Upswing
• Intrawest Investors Want $1.5B Aspen SkiCo Deal Paused
• PE-Backed Athene Eyes Potential $955M Secondary Offering
• Deals Rumor Mill: Valeant, Snap, WuXi Biologics
• Shawbrook Spurns Sweetened £868M PE-Backed Buyout Offer
• CD&R Inks $2.5B Carve-Out Of Waterworks From HD Supply
• Colony Starwood Nabs $815M Portfolio, Prices $800M Offering
• Del. Justices Poised To Reappraise Stock Appraisal Suits
• Weyerhaeuser's Uruguay Biz Changes Hands For $402.5M
• Antares Sues Giftware Distributor Over $96M Loan Default
• Zohar Funds Say Glenoit Docs It Has Aren't Privileged
• Trump Taps Investment Executive For Navy Secretary
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, State Bank Of India, Petronas
• Gibson Guides DR Horton's $520M Offer For Most Of Forestar
• Osisko Gold Picks Up Precious Metals Assets In $834M Deal
• PE Group Makes Upsized $1.12B Buyout Bid For Shawbrook
• Asset Management M&A Is Here To Stay
• White & Case Reps Blackstone Affiliates On $2B Buyout Offer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Conagra Brands, L'Oreal, Enel
• PE-Backed Park Hotels Prices $392M Secondary Offering
• Intrawest Investors Sue Over $1.5B Aspen SkiCo Deal
• Pegasus Capital Advisors Lands Ex-Obama EPA Head
• Health Hires: Epstein, Greenberg, McDermott, Polsinelli
• Blackstone Selling Logicor In $13.8B Deal With China's CIC
• Panera Investors Want To Stick A Fork In $7.5B Buyout
• A New Reason For PE Sellers To Hate Fraud Carveouts
• Kirkland Guides Apax In $200M Electronic Monitoring Biz Buy
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Linklaters, Wachtell
• KKR Closes Historic $9.3B Asia-Focused PE Fund
• Hospital Laundry Co. Cancels Auction, Readies Sale To KKR
• Demand For Impact Investing Could Be Boon For Attorneys
• Deals Rumor Mill: Stitch Fix, SoftBank, Tesaro
• Linklaters, Kirkland Steer Deere's $5.2B Wirtgen Purchase
• Intelsat Says Merger With SoftBank-Backed OneWeb Doomed
• CVC Taps Simpson Thacher On €15.5B PE Fund
• Health Insurance Startup Raises $160M In Funding
• Private Equity And Energy Infrastructure: Part 2