Private Equity Archive » February, 2022

Private Equity - February, 2022

217 articles

• The Battle To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Mindbody CEO Accused Of Early Sale Aim In Del. Trial Opener
• Activist Disclosure Proposal Runs Counter To SEC Mission
• Cooperative Ownership Can Help Solve Housing Crisis
• Global M&A Market In Limbo As Russian Sanctions Unfold
• Florida Real Estate Roundup: Blockchain.com, PEBB, Sprouts
• Ex-PE Pro Who Aided Galanis Gets Year In Tribal Bond Scam
• 2 More SPACs Pull IPOs Totaling $400M As Withdrawals Mount
• Ukrainian Groups Raise $22.2M In Crypto Donations
• Fried Frank Adds 5 Partners On Heels Of Tax Atty Departure
• Citi Can't Get High Court Review Of Madoff Money Suit
• Brookfield Buys 60% Stake In Payments Biz Worth $1.15B
• Paul Weiss Reps KPS' $3.5B Building Materials Biz Buy
• Flora Growth Boosts US Presence With $30M JustCBD Buy
• Party Leaders Vow Open Minds For New High Court Pick
• How Judge Jackson Beat Out Competition For High Court Nod
• Why Ketanji Brown Jackson Honored This Historic Judge
• SEC Proposes Rule To Bolster Short-Seller Disclosures
• 1st Circ. Judge Selya Says Jackson Will Be 'Balanced'
• 3 Issues To Watch As SEC Revisits Activist Disclosures
• Biden's Supreme Court Pick Was Star Debater In Miami
• SEC Rejects Nasdaq's Bid To Scrap Direct Listing Price Limits
• The Key To Turning Solid Briefs Into Winning Briefs
• Zohar Can Go Forward With Most Claims In Ch. 11
• After 'Varsity Blues' Conviction, Gordon Caplan Starts Over
• Mandiant Investor Wants Atty Docs On $1.2B FireEye Sale
• Don't Miss It: Sidley, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Fried Frank
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Latham, Loeb & Loeb Steer Tech SPAC's Upsized $275M IPO
• 6 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Opinions To Read Now
• Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To High Court
• Juul Deal Was Not Why Altria Closed Rival, FTC Judge Finds
• Proskauer Adds Private Funds Partner From Kirkland
• Indian Neobank Raises $100M To Expand Product Offerings
• Ballard Spahr M&A Leader Sees Bright Future For Deal-Making
• Willkie Guides Insight Partners To $20B Tech-Focused Fund
• Cooley, Polsinelli Guide $350M Centris Industrial Deal
• UK Residential REIT Delays IPO After Ukraine Attacks
• Indian Health Care Biz MediBuddy Lands $125M In Funding
• Gibson Dunn, Skadden Shape Fund's $8.1B Bet On Energy Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brookfield, Industrie De Nora, Warner Music
• Proskauer, Baker Botts Shape Enviro SPAC's $200M IPO
• DOJ Challenges UnitedHealth's $13.8B Change Deal
• Latham-Led Tech SPAC Upsizes IPO Target To $275M
• Schiff Hardin, Loeb & Loeb Rep $140M Nukkleus Deal
• Trial Penalty Or Lack Of Remorse? 'Varsity Blues' Stirs Debate
• Cyber Defense Biz BlueVoyant Grabs $250M In Series D
• 3 Firms Steer $7.1B Go Private Deal For Auto Parts Maker
• Mallinckrodt Wins Approval Of $66M Securities Deal
• Tilton Claims Trimmed Amid Secrecy Disputes In Del. Ch. 11
• Bennett Jones Steers Waste-To-Energy Co.'s $270M Funding
• UnitedHealth And Change Say Time's Up For DOJ Deal Review
• Princeton Digital Lands $500M In Equity Investment
• Davis Polk Brings On Ropes & Gray M&A Chief
• Real Estate Rumors: MG3, Avenir, Property Markets
• WilmerHale, Milbank Shape $2.8B Houghton Mifflin Go-Private
• Wachtell, Gunderson Guide SoFi's $1.1B Deal For Technisys
• Broadcaster Tegna Goes Private In $8.6B Deal Led By 4 Firms
• BlackRock Pens Tribute To CRO, And Other People Moves
• Increased ESG Emphasis Finds Its Way Into M&A Process
• Walter Dellinger's Little-Known, Outsize Impact On Legal Aid
• Cielo To Sell Merchant E-Solutions For Up To $290M
• SEC's Fund Disclosure Proposal Could Spark Pushback
• Video Game-Focused Blank-Check Co. Raises $250M In IPO
• Advent Takes $263M Stake In Brazil's Grupo Tigre
• Virtu, Axis End $11M Hacking Coverage Fight
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Mayer Brown Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Short Seller's Allegations Slammed In MultiPlan SPAC Suit
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Developers Close €200M Green Hydrogen Investment
• The Challenges Facing European M&A Despite Boom
• Sequoia Launches $500M Liquid Token, Digital Asset Fund
• Why I'll Miss Arguing Before Justice Breyer
• How Investors Can Navigate A Vibrant Digital Health Market
• GTIS Raises $630M For Opportunity Zone Fund
• Healthy Living SPAC Takes 2nd Deal Deadline Extension
• Deals Rumor Mill: Splunk, Allied Universal, Worldline
• Dechert-Led Crescent Capital Closes $6B Direct Lending Fund
• Circle's Value Doubles To $9B In New Deal With Same SPAC
• PE Exec Gets Longest 'Varsity Blues' Term At 15 Months
• Financial Markets Tech Biz Genesis Nabs $200M In Series C
• Ag-Focused SPAC's Offering Leads 2 IPOs Totaling $250M
• Solicitor General Clashes With Tech GCs Over Fintiv Rule
• Latham Adds Orrick Herrington Fintech Expert In DC
• De-SPACs Still Popular But Becoming Harder To Close
• Payments Fintech Flutterwave Surpasses $3B Valuation
• Fifth Wall Raises $159M For Latest Real Estate Tech Fund
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Mattos Filho
• Lee Enterprises Beats Alden In Chancery Suit On Board Vote
• 5 Steps For Private Funds As SEC Ramps Up Oversight
• Recent Rulings Show Lawyer Criticism Of Judges Is Perilous
• 3 Firms Build Blackstone's $5.8B Deal For US Real Estate Firm
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Sheppard Mullin Atty In Dallas
• Altria Says FTC Judge Tossed Challenge To $12.8B Juul Deal
• SPAC, Space Co. Say Investor Claims Not Ready For Launch
• Visual Media Biz Valued At $2B For Blackstone Investment
• Genesis Unicorn SPAC Leads 2 IPOs That Raise $135M Total
• Weil-Led Black Knight Buys Rest Of Optimal Blue For $1.16B
• Favre-Tied Co. Defeats $17M Securities Fraud Suit At 5th Circ.
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
• Logistics Biz Veho Lands $1.5B Valuation For Series B
• Breyer's Role In Courthouse Design Sets A Judicial Template
• 5 Firms Guide Madison Dearborn's $1.8B MoneyGram Buy
• Simpson Reps Blackstone On €21B Recap For Logistics Biz
• Chancery Says Authentix Can't Bar Company Sale Price Suit
• Video Game-Focused Blank Check Co. Targets $250M In IPO
• Apollo Investing $1.4B In UAE Developer Aldar
• Cannabis Services Biz Valued At $327M In Go-Public Deal
• Cornerstone Gets $1.59B Buyout Bid By Minority Owner CD&R
• HotelPlanner, Reservations.com Latest To Cancel SPAC Deal
• K&L Gates Recruits SEC Atty For Asset Management Practice
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Dentons
• Blackstone Prevails In Crown Resorts Battle With $6.3B Bid
• Credit Suisse Investors Ink $25M 'Icebreaker' Rate Swaps Deal
• Think Finance Inks $44.5M Deal To End Class's Usury Claims
• SEC Could Tighten Eligibility For Private Market Investors
• UK's ThinkMarkets Raises $30M To Grow Trading Platform
• Del. Court Sends CFPB's Student Loan Trust Suit To 3rd Circ.
• 'Varsity Blues' Feds Want 21 Months For 'Brazen' PE Exec
• 9 Firms Rep For $500M Haul In Blank Check IPOs
• Syniverse Still Has $750M Partnership After Failed SPAC Deal
• Bilzin Sumberg Juggles Nearly A Dozen Sales In Marina Deal
• Florida Real Estate Roundup: 710 Edge, Abanca, Treo Group
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 2 Firms Get $12.2M For $45M Surgery Partners Suit Settlement
• Essentium's $947M SPAC Deal Nixed Over Market Conditions
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Dechert, Gibson Dunn
• Allen & Overy-Led FNZ Tops $20B In Value After Funding
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Debevoise
• SEC Wants Big Investors To Disclose Positions Faster
• 3 Firms Guide Binance's $200M Forbes Investment
• KKR Drops $70M On Self-Storage Portfolio
• Life Sciences SPAC Pulls Plans For $200M IPO
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Real Estate Counsel In Philadelphia
• Time To Nix Antitrust Policies That Fueled Blocked Nvidia Deal
• Freshfields-Led Car Retailer Cazoo Lands $630M In Funding
• Clifford Chance, Kirkland Rep £1.9B PE Deal For Informa Unit
• Activist Blasts Kohl's For Poison Pill, Rejection Of $9B Offer
• Split Fed. Circ. Faults Alsup's Unsealing Order In Patent Case
• 7 Firms Rep As Trio Of Blank Check Cos. Raise $325M
• Philippines Digital Bank Tonik Raises $131M For Expansion
• Goodwin-Led Starburst Data Valued At $3.35B After Series D
• SEC Proposal Would Require Greater Private-Fund Disclosure
• BigLaw Must Nix All-Or-Nothing Work Model To Retain Talent
• Data Scanning Biz Scandit Valued At $1B For Series D
• Delaware Defers To Kentucky In Pension Hedge Fund Dispute
• 'Varsity Blues' Theory Not Too Broad, 1st Circ. Judge Hints
• Market Turbulence Kills Planned $2.85B Syniverse SPAC Deal
• Gibson, Morgan Lewis Rep On $1.7B Deal For Logistics Biz
• LV Pulls Plug On Merger Talks With Royal London
• Whistleblower Attys Launch Firm For SEC, CFTC, IRS Tipsters
• 2 More Tech-Focused SPACs Pull IPOs Amid Market Crunch
• Oil, Gas Co. Launches With $180M Investment
• Fintech Startup GoCardless Valued At $2.1B In Series G
• Ex-Waypoint Residential GC Joins Real Estate Firm As CLO
• Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Should Have 5 Key Qualities
• Frontier-Spirit Airlines Merger May Test Biden Antitrust Mettle
• 4 Firms Rep Quantum Computing Biz's $1.6B Go-Public Deal
• High-Living Fla. Private Equity Boss Cops To $140M Fraud
• Activist Says Peloton's New Plan Is Too Little, Too Late
• Nvidia, SoftBank Nix $40B Arm Deal Over Regulatory Hurdles
• Cleary, Davis Polk Steer Adtech Startup Aleph's IPO Filing
• Blockchain Biz Polygon Lands $450M In Funding Round
• Asia-Focused SPAC Raises $200M To Pursue Tech Acquisition
• Hogan Lovells Lands Ex-Reed Smith PE Partner For NY Team
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2022 Editorial Boards
• Kirkland Hires 2 Debt Finance Partners From Norton Rose
• Logistics Biz Flexport Valued At Over $8B For Series E Round
• LV, Royal London In Talks After Collapse Of £530M Takeover
• Latham, Debevoise Rep $6.6B Merger Of Low-Cost Airlines 
• Paul Weiss Lands Veteran Executive Comp., Benefits Partner
• Cadwalader's Corporate Group Nabs Investment Firm Ex-GC
• EU Suspends Deadline For ​​​​​​​Illumina's $8B Grail Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: Ventas, Guardian Life, Courchene
• Wilson Sonsini-Led Biotech Firm Rallies After $124M IPO
• Don't Miss It: Willkie, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Investors Fight Bids To Toss IAnthus, Gotham Green Pot Suits
• Intel Tells 9th Circ. Fortress Complaint Was 'Plausible'
• 3 Firms Guide Cannabis-Focused Silver Spike For $85M IPO
• Chancery Rules Out 'Blank Check' Mergers For Some Cos.
• Litigation-Ready Caveats For Stock And Asset Purchase Deals
• Akin Gump Boosts Tax Practice With Energy Specialist
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Gibson Dunn
• New Developments Pave Way For PE In Retirement Investment
• Kohl's Says $9B Takeover Bid Is Too Low, Adopts Poison Pill
• Canada's Innergex Pays $691M For Chilean Clean Power Giant
• E-Commerce Services Biz Cart.com Lands $240M In Funding
• Real Estate Rumors: Grandview, Bay Ridge Center, Fifield
• Texas Startup Pledges $750M For Rent-To-Own Home Options
• Sichenzia Steers Real Estate SPAC's Downsized $115M IPO
• MoFo Adds Venture Capital Pros In San Francisco
• Wag Labs To Hit Public Markets Via $350M SPAC Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Novartis, Cedar Fair, IVI-RMA
• Hemp Real Estate Co. Settles SEC Crowdfunding Case
• Shareholders Clear $17.5B Sydney Airport Sale For Takeoff
• New Playtech Suitor Emerges After Collapse Of £2.1B Sale
• SEC's Onerous Form PF Proposal Puts PE Firms On Notice
• Simpson-Led Stonepeak Grabs $14B For Infrastructure Fund
• Cybersecurity Biz PlexTrac Lands $70M Series B Financing
• How To Navigate Equity Rollovers In A Tight M&A Market
• 3 Firms Guide Digital Ad Startup's Merger With SPAC
• The Flaws In The Traditional Approach To Hiring A Law Firm
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Weil
• Latham-Led Great Hill Lands $4.7B For Latest Fund
• IStar To Pass Net Lease Biz To Carlyle In $3B Deal
• Aristocrat's £2.1B Playtech Deal Flops Over Shareholder Vote
• Law Firms Weathered Frosty January As IPO Activity Slowed
• Camping World Shareholder Suit Tossed In Chancery
• Chancery Settlement Sought In $15B Student Loan Trust Fight
• Subscription Management Biz Chargebee Hits $3.5B Valuation
• Data On Biden's Tough Antitrust Stance Paints Subtler Picture
• Canadian Fintech KOHO Bags $165M In Eldridge-Led Series D
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Real Estate-Focused SPAC Alset Grabs $75M In IPO
• Simpson-Led Oaktree Wraps Up $3B Real Estate Debt Fund
• Latham, Advestra Rep SIG On Deal For €1.36B Packaging Peer