Private Equity Archive » May, 2019

Private Equity - May, 2019

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• Ex-Apollo Exec Targets 'Fake' Competing Bid In $1.5B Suit
• 4 Firms Break From Pack In Robust May For IPOs
• Lyft Hid Flaws Ahead Of $2.3B IPO, Investor Says
• Chancery Keeps Alive Nuveen Seller's $278M Bonus Suit
• Health Hires: Morgan Lewis, Manatt Phelps, Dovel Tech
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, King, Skadden
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ardian, TPG, Deutsche-UBS
• Toshiba Memory Unveils Plans To Receive $11B In Financing
• Don't Miss It: Gibson Dunn, Paul Hastings Lead Hot Deals
• Aussie Energy Co. AGL Nixes Vocus Bid, EQT Offer Remains
• How To Help PE Clients Handle The Distressed Debt Dip
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Unused Cash Concern Delays Orchids Paper's Ch. 11 Loan
• Chancery Says Emails From Before Radixx Deal Off Limits
• Feds Want 12-18 Mos. For Convicted Life Time Fitness Trader
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hansoh, CBS-Viacom, Gannett
• Ex-Cooley PE, Deals Team Makes Move To Sidley
• Coty Investors Sue Directors, JAB Over $1.7B Deal
• Salt Lake City Retail, Entertainment JV Scores $97M Refi
• Slaughter And May, Paul Weiss Steer Watch Co.'s £220M IPO
• 3 Firms Guide $1B Deal For PE-Backed Software Services Biz
• Foley Hoag, Willkie Lead $780M Deal For Threat Software Co.
• Motherhood & Making Partner: The View From 2 BigLaw Moms
• 5 Attorneys On Being The Only Woman In The Room
• Millennials Are Pushing Back Against Law Firm Sexism
• ODN's Ex-CEO Says Industry Trends Sank Acquisition Plans
• Cybersecurity 'Unicorn' Primes $378M IPO Steered By 2 Firms
• Winston, Wachtell Steer Morningstar's $669M Deal For DBRS
• Alto Snags $130M For Latest US Real Estate Fund
• SoFi Closes $500M Round Led By Qatari Investment Fund
• Fugitive's Wife Says $9M Forfeiture Would Put Her On Street
• Deals Rumor Mill: Odebrecht, Axel Springer, Boost Mobile
• Realty Group Says Pa. Capital's Waste Fees Are Rubbish
• UK Rail Ticket Provider Trainline Seeks $95M London IPO
• Angelo Gordon Gathers $2.75B For US Real Estate Fund
• Cravath, Paul Weiss Lead Frontier's $1.4B 4-State Fiber Deal
• 3 Law Firm Business Tactics To Support A Niche Practice
• Investors Challenge Babcock & Wilcox Equity Transfers
• In The March Toward Parity, Law Firms Fall Behind
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Can You Spot The Gender Disparity? A Guide To Implicit Bias
• Deals Rumor Mill: Alibaba, Petrobras, Nutreco
• $643M Xura Deal Suit Muddied By Prior Chancery Decision
• Switchback Energy Acquisition Files Confidential IPO Plans
• Wilson Sonsini Leads $5.5M Fundraise For Invoice Co. Crowdz
• Jackson Walker Lands Energy Finance Pro In Houston Office
• Investor Group To Inject $100M Into Israeli Food Companies
• Hedge Fund Ups SeaWorld Stake, Lands More Board Seats
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Online Fashion Retailer's $200M IPO
• 2 Firms Steer $1.3B Infusion For La. LNG Facility
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Glass Ceiling Slow To Break For Female Attys In 2018
• What 12 Gender Bias Complaints Say About BigLaw
• Chinese Online Tutor Co. Joins June Pipeline With $208M IPO
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Sullivan, Sidley
• Uruguay Hit With Arbitration Over Airline Investment
• Deals Rumor Mill: Total, PT Softex, J.D. Power
• Chancery Won't Kill $120M Radixx Deal, But Suit Kept Alive
• Feds Seek To Recover $9M Bond From Fugitive Ex-PE Exec
• PE-Backed Norwegian Oil Producer Eyes Potential $128M IPO
• CapitaLand Sells China Biz Park To Own PE Firm For $449M
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 3 Less Common PE Compliance Issues The SEC Is Watching
• Real-Life Lessons For Lawyers From 'Game Of Thrones'
• DLA Piper Nabs Greenberg Traurig Finance Partner In Miami
• TPG, Vodafone Challenge Australia's Bid To Block $10B Deal
• Recent Chancery Rulings Offer Forum Selection Pointers
• Don't Miss It: Hogan, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Venable Lands Tech-Focused M&A Partner In DC Office
• 5 Tips To Help Your Summer Associates Succeed
• 4 Firms Assist As PE Firm Pays £561M For London's Tarsus
• Spencer Fane Snags Oil & Gas Partner In Dallas
• PE-Backed Endeavor Group Files $100M IPO Led By 2 Firms
• 2 Biotech Cos. Raise $111M Combined In Low-Priced IPOs
• Fountain Healthcare's Third Fund Hits €118M First Close
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, BP, Triton
• SolarWinds' DLA Piper-Led Secondary Offering Raises $270M
• Unpacking Treasury's New Opportunity Zone Rules
• Keys To Communicating A Law Firm's Mission
• 3 Firms Assemble $505M Deal For PE-Backed Restoration Biz
• Chinese Travel Biz Lands $250M Tencent-Led Funding Round
• Loeb & Loeb Nabs Ex-Mitchell Silberberg Corporate Pro In LA
• Deals Rumor Mill: TransferWise, Lone Star, Hudbay
• Allianz X Leads $74.5M Funding Round For Wealthsimple
• Nuvei's $889M SafeCharge Buy Marks Latest Payments Tie-Up
• Sidley Guides German Copper Co.'s €380M Recycling Biz Deal
• Granite Creek Rakes In $200M For Lower Mid-Market PE Fund
• Convicted Life Time Fitness Trader Asks For Acquittal
• Ex-PE Boss Owes Lattice $1.4M For Insider Trading Case
• Elk Petroleum Accused Of Blocking Investors' Stock Swap
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anbang, Xinyi Energy, Toshiba Memory
• Ellenoff Grossman-Led GX Acquisition Prices $250M IPO
• Kirkland-led PE Firm Invests $150M In On-Demand Pizza Biz
• How Lawyers Can Help Save The Planet
• Fintech Co. Broadridge Drops $300M On RPM Technologies
• Clifford Chance Reps Al Gore-Founded Firm On $1B Fund
• Kramer Levin Nabs Tax Partner From Stroock
• 2 PE Firms Bolster Stake In Ardonagh With $117M Buy
• Merck Buys Peloton Therapeutics For $1.05B Ahead Of IPO
• Payments-As-A-Service Co. Modulr Gets $17.8M To Expand
• Camping World Says Stock-Drop Suit A 'Puzzle Pleading'
• Deals Rumor Mill: Abertis, Deutsche Bahn, Del Frisco's
• PE-Backed Lovesac's Offering Potentially Worth Nearly $100M
• Enterprise Software Co. Auth0 Snags $103M In Funding Round
• PE Firm's Misdeeds Bankrupted ER Operator, Chancery Told
• Tikehau Capital Advisors Raises €300M In New Equity
• Willkie Adds Ex-Kirkland Duo To London PE Practice
• Sonoco Buys PE-Backed Paperboard Supplier For $110M
• JP Morgan Chase To Buy Medical Payments Co. InstaMed
• Revised Opportunity Zones Offer Tribes New Tool To Spur Biz
• Why Law Firms Must Have A Compliance Plan For PE Clients
• Don't Miss It: Paul Weiss, Kirkland Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: OneConnect, Starz, Carrefour
• 8 Firms Steer 5 IPOs Topping $1B Led By Diamondback Unit
• Cooley Guides Venture-Backed Fastly On $180M IPO
• Polsinelli Lands New York M&A Shareholder From Westerman
• China's Luckin Coffee Begins Trading With $651M Offering
• A Chat With Gilead Sciences Legal Ops Leader Gary Tully
• PE-Backed Avantor Nets $2.9B After Cutting IPO Price Range
• Stockbroker Charged In Loan Scheme Must Disgorge $2M
• Proskauer, Kirkland Lead French Chemical Maker's $570M Buy
• 2 Firms Steer German Tour Guide Startup's $484M Series E
• TodayTix Lands $73M To Bolster Digital Box Office Biz
• Lowenstein-Led Fintech Firm OpenFin Scores $17M Fundraise
• Deals Rumor Mill: Helaba-DekaBank, Pret A Manger, Takeda
• Nestlé Mulls $10B Skin Health Unit Sale To EQT-Led Group
• 3 Firms Steer KPS' $1.8B Deal For Colfax Engineering Unit
• The Questions Corporate Attys Are Hearing Most From Clients
• Deals Rumor Mill: Kone, Nestle, Kohl's
• WeWork Parent Unveils $2.9B Real Estate Investment Platform
• Gene Sequencing Co. ArcherDX Scores $60M Funding Round
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Completing The Journey Home
• Fengate Pulls In $1.1B For North American Infrastructure Fund
• 3 Firms Steer New Takeda, Frazier Biopharma Venture
• 3 Firms Steer $400M Deal For PE-Backed Embedded Power Biz
• Pulling Up Stakes: Greenberg, Barnes & Thornburg, MoFo
• PE Firm's $13M Deal In Chemical Price-Fix Suit Gets Initial OK
• Apollo's TV Station Bids Take Heat From Advocacy Groups
• Scout24 Investors Kill $5.5B Blackstone, Hellman Takeover
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nissan, Ardian, Avon
• Cannabis Biz Lands $91M To Fund Sprawling Calif. Campus
• 2 Firms Shape Blackstone's €175M Superbet Investment
• Diabetes-Focused Biotech Prices $40M IPO Well Below Range
• Identity Politics: How Firms Seal The Deal After A Merger
• 4 PE Questions The New Opportunity Zone Regs Don't Answer
• 3 Biotech Firms Prime IPOs That Could Raise $285M Total
• The Dangers Of BigLaw's Merger-Happy Growth Strategy
• Aerogroup's $4M Ch. 11 Settlement With Ex-Suitor Approved
• The Firms That Lost The Most Attorneys In 2018
• Womble Bond Lands Brown Rudnick Corporate Hire In Boston
• Deals Rumor Mill: Deutsche-UBS, EQT, Flywheel
• PE Firm Says SEC Can't Call It A 'Dealer' Over Stock Scheme
• Judging A Book: Wood Reviews 'The Making Of A Justice'
• New Biotech ElevateBio Brings In $150M From Investors
• Activist Investors And The Evolving Role Of Directors
• Dentons, Willkie Guide $425M Amber Road Take-Private Deal
• To Guard Against Waiving Privilege, Don't CC The Boss
• Allen & Overy Guides Greensill To $800M Deal With SoftBank
• 6 Firms Steer Onex's $3.7B Deal For WestJet
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Megafirms Drive Thirst For Tie-Ups As Firms Scale Up
• These Law Firms Keep Their Partnership Ranks Lean
• Chancery Hands Oxbow Investors $1.1M Tab After Reversal
• Orchids Paper Stalking Horse Loses Ch. 11 Bid Protections
• Uber's Disappointing Debut Unlikely To Dampen IPO Market
• Action-Packed 'No Action' Letters: Shareholder Vote Diverted
• Deals Rumor Mill: Goldman Sachs, PIF, Fresenius
• Don't Miss It: Simpson, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Ex-Abiomed Exec Asks 1st Circ. To Revive $5M Bonus Suit
• 9 Firms To Steer 6 IPOs Raising $4.7B Led By Avantor
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Getting Out Of Legal Project Management Debt
• LeapFrog Investments Nabs $700M With 3rd Fund
• Sycamore Serves Up $408M Bid For Women's Retailer Chico's
• Uber Pegs Driver Employment Deal Costs At $146M To $170M
• 7 Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $689M Led By Russian Job Biz
• Uber's $8.1B IPO, Guided By 3 Firms, At Low End Of Range
• 3 Firms Guide Edgewell's $1.37B Shaving Startup Purchase
• Latham Steers Boston Scientific's $465M Spinal Device Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Kraft, Carrefour, Telia
• 6 Ways To Keep Your Jury From Zoning Out
• Simpson, Goodwin Steer SnapAV's $680M Smart Home Deal
• Schiff Hardin Bolsters NY Office With Finance Pro
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Permira, Grab
• Chinese Online Education Co. Files $220M Skadden-Led IPO
• Cloud-Based Sumo Logic Lands $110M Funding Round
• Three Firms Steer Meritor's $175M Auto Parts Maker Buy
• Skadden, Simpson Thacher Shape $14.3B Zayo Take-Private
• Insurers Can't Escape Dole's $222M Coverage Battle
• Asset Manager, Construction Lender Ink $1B Deal For Loans
• Shopko, Sun Capital Ink $15M Deal Over Money Transfers
• Prosthetic Maker Must Unwind Acquisition, FTC Judge Says
• Investors Say Oxbow Misapplied Chancery Appeal Ruling
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, NCR, Prologis
• Goodwin-Led TA Associates Nabs $8.5B For Mid-Market Fund
• Honda, SoftBank Headline $1.2B GM Autonomous Vehicle Deal
• Biotech Trevi Nabs $70M In Revised IPO, Private Placement
• 5 Myths In Legal Crisis Communications
• AI-Focused VC Firm Launches $350M Fund
• Mortgage REIT Launches $1B IPO As Deals Speed Up
• Luckin Seeks To Overtake Starbucks In China With $587M IPO
• Sun Capital Drained, Bankrupted Shopko, Developers Say
• Deals Rumor Mill: DouYu, Centen, Volkswagen
• Startups Need Access To Well-Heeled Investors, SEC Told
• How Del. High Court Sees Discussion Vs. Negotiation In M&A
• An Overview Of The Debate Over Litigation Finance Disclosure
• 2 Firms Guide $490M Deal For Brunswick's Fitness Biz
• TPG Nabs $1.6B For Tech Fund With New Investment Strategy
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Key Tax Issues In Rollover Equity Transactions: Part 2
• Taxation With Representation: Fried Frank, Cleary, Wachtell
• 16 Firms To Steer Packed Lineup Of IPOs Dominated By Uber
• DLA Piper Snags SF Real Estate Partner From Paul Hastings
• TPG, Insight Lead $500M Funding For IT Services Co. Kaseya
• Superloop Softens To QIC's Increased $494M Takeover Bid
• Public Demands Slip As More Activists Opt For Quiet Change
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Louis Dreyfus, Shell
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Simpson Thacher-Led Lab Supplier Avantor Aims For $3B IPO
• 4 Questions New Opportunity Zone Regs Answer For PE Attys
• Don't Miss It: Wilson Sonsini, Goodwin Lead Week's Hot Deals
• UK Upholds Bail For PE Co. Founder Fighting US Extradition
• Ex-Private Equity Execs Indicted Over 9-Figure Fraud
• Blackstone Sues Media Mogul Over Disputed RCS HQ Sale
• IT Service Co. Sungard Confirms Ch. 11 Prepack In A Day
• 1 Firm Edges Ahead Of Peers In Resurgent April For IPOs
• Apollo Joins Wave Of Firms Converting To C Corp. Structure
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tumblr, F2i, Blackstone
• Key Tax Issues In Rollover Equity Transactions: Part 1
• Orrick-Led Beyond Meat Hits The Market With $241M IPO
• Abraaj Founder Granted Bail On £15M Security In Reversal
• Simpson Thacher-Led Cinven Scores $11B For Latest PE Fund
• How To Identify And Deal With Narcissists In Law
• UK Insurer Admiral To Buy Spanish Digital Broker
• 3 Firms Cut $6.7B Sale Of Privately Held Wound Care Co.
• Slack's Direct Listing Could Show Spotify Wasn't A Fluke
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flipkart, Meredith, Health Catalyst
• Opportunity Zone Investors May See More State Tax Windfalls
• Esports Biz Closes $30M Series B With Plans To Rebrand
• 4 Firms Guide McGraw-Hill Deal With Textbook Rival Cengage
• 4 Firms Steer Curaleaf's $949M West Coast Cannabis Push