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Private Equity - January, 2023

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• SEC's Crenshaw Wants To Beef Up Private Market Disclosures
• Aimia To Buy Indian Rope And Net Maker For $188M
• Auto Parts Supplier Sues Buyer For $12.5M Merger Earnout
• Global M&A Fell By More Than One-Third In 2022, Bain Says
• Lotus Technology Inks SPAC Deal At $5.4B Enterprise Value
• AI Firm Sues Carlyle Group, Tech Firms For IP Infringement
• KnowBe4 Investors Sue In Del. Over $4.6B Take-Private Deal
• Saviynt Secures $205M In Financing, Founder Returns As CEO
• Indigenous-Owned Investor Closes $75M Venture Capital Fund
• Goodwin Adds Simpson Thacher Counsel As Partner In DC
• ArcLight Invests $150M In Battery Storage Company
• PE Firm GI Partners Signs $1B Deal For Atlas Technical
• Names Of Bankman-Fried's Bail Sureties To Be Made Public
• 3 Firms Steering Chinese Auto Insurer's $841M SPAC Merger
• SEC's Uyeda Decries DOL's 'Forked Tongue' On ESG Rules
• Cooley-Led Biotech Firm Launches Plans For $125M IPO
• Ritchie Bros. Investors Divided Over $7.3B IAA Merger
• Zohar Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks Toss Of Tilton Claims In Del.
• Unilever Names New CEO Backed By Shareholder Activist
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Marqeta's $275M Power Finance Buy
• Texas Firm Gets Arbitration In Fight Over Corporate Deal Work
• Kirkland-Led PE Firm Closes 2 Funds At Combined $2.1B
• Top Texas Court To Review Investor Liability In TPC Explosion
• Musk's Tesla Tweet Was Thought To Be 'A Hack,' Jury Told
• Grand Jury Eyes StraightPath Execs In $410M Fraud Probe
• HR Tech M&A Logs 2nd Straight $11B Year, Fueled By PE
• Edward Jones Says Ex-Employee Solicited 'Five-Star' Clients
• High Court Slack Case Not Likely To Broadly Affect Issuers
• Don't Miss It: Skadden, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Direct Listings Expansion Creates Another Go-Public Option
• Post & Schell Enviro Atty Returns To Greenberg Traurig
• 5 Ways Attorneys Can Use Emotion In Client Pitches
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 3 New Salesforce Directors Part Of 'Board Refreshment'
• Weil-Led Tritium Snags $684M For Growth-Focused PE Fund
• Web Hosting Co. Ionos Targets $3.4B IPO In Germany
• Biffa Shares Stop Trading On LSE After £1.3B Takeover
• MPs To Probe Diversity Gaps At Venture Capital Firms
• Latham, Baker Botts Steer Oil And Gas Producer's $100M IPO
• SEC Rejects Ark21Shares Bitcoin ETF Over Fraud Concerns
• Gisele Bündchen, Tom Brady Tap Latham On FTX Promo Case
• OpenWeb Pays $100M For Audience Engagement Biz Jeeng
• Real Estate Rumors: Howard Marks, RFR, John Ruiz
• Vision Ridge Partners Raises $700M For Annex Fund
• SPAC Buys Longevity In $236.2M Deal Led By 2 Firms
• 5 Keys To A Productive Mediation
• Simpson-Led GCM Grosvenor Closes $972M Secondary Fund
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, Juul, Elliott Management
• Venture Firm Closes 2 Tech And Health Funds Totaling $6.2B
• Ex-Tesla CFO Tells Jury Paperwork On Deals 'Not Elon's Style'
• North Atlantic SPAC To Dissolve After Failure To Merge
• News Corp. May Sell Move To CoStar After Fox Merger Collapse
• Freshfields, Goodwin Steer $375M Sale Of Storage Solutions
• Wilson Sonsini-Led Chinese 'EdTech' Firm Prices $41M IPO
• Ga. Judge Orders $18M Payout To Ponzi Scheme Investors
• Bernstein Litowitz Will Lead Anaplan Merger Suit In Chancery
• Why A Bankruptcy Court OK'd Rare Subpoena Via Twitter
• Freeman Mathis Partner Accused Of Accosting Opposing Atty
• Sapphire Sport Scores $181M For 2nd Investment Fund
• UK Probes Chipmaker's Proposed $61B Tech Biz Purchase
• Finland's Caverion Backs Improved €1.2B Bain Capital Bid
• Musk Tells Jury 'Funding Secured' Tweet 'Right Thing' To Do
• Cred Trustees Ask Del. Court To Back Up Calif. Lockton Suit
• SEC Awards $28M To Joint Whistleblowers
• Crypto Co. CEO Accused Of 'Sham' Deal To Hide $1.1B Loss
• SEC's Small Biz Office Wants Capital-Raising Rules Eased
• Mineral Rights, But No Royalties For Cos. In Texas Land Fight
• Murdoch Drops Effort To Combine Fox, News Corp
• Blackstone-Backed Life Insurance Co. Nabs $1B From Nippon
• Document Processing Platform Acodis Raises $6.5M
• McWin Snags Majority Stake In Italian-Themed Food Chain
• Disney, KKR Execs Team Up To Buy Thrive Capital Stake
• V&E, Baker Botts Lead More Than $1.6B Bolt-On Acquisition
• Conducting M&A Transactions In A Challenging Market
• Swedish Medical Tech Biz To Issue Almost $10M In Shares
• Simpson Thacher-Led PE Biz To Buy Back £50M Of Shares
• Musk Rips Saudi 'Backpedaling,' 'Ass-Covering' At Fraud Trial
• Akin Gump-Led OpenAI Gets Billions From Microsoft
• Hedge Fund Chief 'Optimistic' On Completing Tegna Deal
• Sterling Investment Partners Clinches Fund IV At $934M
• 2 Energy-Focused SPACs Withdraw IPOs Totaling $400M
• Evaluating The Legal Ethics Of A ChatGPT-Authored Motion
• Ritchie Bros Sweetens $7.3B Deal Terms for IAA Shareholders
• Emerson 'Pleased' By NI's Response To $7.6B Acquisition Bid
• Seven From Cohen & Grigsby Join K&L Gates In Pittsburgh
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Former Troutman Pepper Attys Launch Goodwin Philly Office
• Gibson Dunn, Jones Day Rep On Xylem's $7.5B Evoqua Buy
• High Court Won't Hear Auto Parts Mogul's $127M Chase Suit
• Funeral Biz's £281M Takeover Deal Guided By 2 Law Firms
• Judge Confirms Award In Telecom Shareholder Fight
• 9th Circ. OKs Finjan's $44M Sale Tag Over Investor Objections
• 4 Firms Guide Israeli Renewable Energy Firm's IPO Filing
• 4 Firms Lead $1.34B Thoma Bravo Buy Of Magnet Forensics
• Dating App Clover's Go-Public SPAC Merger Canceled
• 7 Tips To Increase Your Law Firm's DEI Efforts In 2023
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Get Back To Home Base
• Don't Miss It: Mintz, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 2 Firms Guide PE Biz's £15M Offer For Maternity Brand
• Angry Birds Maker To Evaluate €683M Mobile Game Biz Offer
• SEC Inks Final Deal In Life Time Fitness Insider Trading Row
• SEC Awards Roughly $18M To Trio Of Whistleblowers
• Telecom-Focused SPAC Hangs Up Plans For $300M IPO
• Deal Talks Between Kushner, Veris Sour
• Mattress Company 'Disappointed' In Hedge Fund Board Bid
• 2 Firms To Guide Australian Fintech's $90M SPAC Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Liberty Mutual, Commanders, Lottomatica
• CFTC Commissioner Says Crypto Attys Failed Customers
• Ex-SPAC Founder Fights For Legal Fees Over Merger Probe
• Playtika Seeks To Buy 'Angry Birds' Maker For Nearly $739M
• Latham-Led Garnett Station Partners Closes Fund At $850M
• Audax Private Debt Clinches Direct Lending Fund At $3B
• Celsius Slaps VC Investor With $6M Breach Of Contract Suit
• Simpson-Led Blackstone Raises $25B For Secondary Funds
• Performance Powersports Gets OK For $3.5M Ch. 11 Loan
• 3 Firms Lead Biotech Deal With Wilbur Ross-Backed SPAC
• How Copyright Is Leveraged To Protect NFTs In US And China
• Grill-Maker Weber Sued In Chancery For Docs On $3.7B Deal
• Atty-Client Privilege Arguments Give Justices A Moving Target
• Disbarred Atty Gets 5½ Years For Investment Fraud Scheme
• Playboy Secures $25M Capital Commitment
• Mercia To Sell Manchester Biz To US Firm For £14.5M
• WestView Capital Raises $1B For 5th Growth Equity Fund
• Skadden, Simpson Thacher Steer $975M S&P Global Deal
• 5 Gen X Characteristics That Can Boost Legal Leadership
• Latham, Skadden Drive Emissions Monitoring Co. SPAC Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Emerson Takes Public $7.6B Bid For National Instruments
• Performance Powersports Hits Ch. 11, Blaming Supply Woes
• Biffa's £1.3B Takeover Wins Regulatory Approval In Gibraltar
• SEC's Uyeda Wants To Let Public In On Private Offerings
• SEC Awards More Than $5M To Whistleblower
• Attorneys See Sober Outlook For Deals After JP Morgan Event
• SEC Taps Ex-Cleary Lawyer To Lead Corporation Finance Unit
• FinCEN Says Ownership Filings Could Cost $22.7B In 1st Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Nonbank Records Can't Undo Loan Deal, Split 11th Circ. Says
• 2 Firms Lead Stratospheric Exploration Co.'s Go-Public SPAC
• 6 Questions For Boutique Firms Considering Mergers
• Chancery Ruling Reiterates Its Skepticism Of De-SPAC Deals
• Instacart To Pay $5.25M To Halt San Francisco Benefits Probe
• Activist No Longer Pursuing Takeover Of Wendy's Food Chain
• Ex-Sidley Finance Atty Moves To Alston & Bird In LA
• Cadwalader Hires Ex-Hudson Executive Capital GC
• DLA Piper, Latham Guide Specialty Insurer's $134M IPO
• National Instruments Explores Sale, Among 'Strategic Options'
• Michael Best Adds Capital Markets Partner In Denver
• Don't Miss It: Gibson Dunn, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• SEC Sues Crypto Cos. Genesis, Gemini Over Lending Program
• Usury Savings Clauses Aid Predatory Lenders, Court Told
• Windstream Assures FCC It's Not Tied To Allianz Wrongdoers
• Warren Calls On FCC To Reject Tegna Go-Private Deal
• Expect More SEC Enforcement Against Auditors This Year
• Delaware Ruling Increases Scrutiny Of SPAC Economic Costs
• Bain Capital Invests $400M In Biorefinery Co. EcoCeres
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Subway, Goldman Sachs Layoffs
• Chancery Keeps 'Weird' Claims Alive In Dura Medic Sale Case
• Kerry Mulls €500M Sweet Ingredients Sale To PE-Backed IRCA
• Real Estate Rumors: Dean Factor, IDB Bank, Under Armour
• Cadwalader Adds Former Cravath Atty To NY Tax Group
• Ares Management Raises $5B Of Infrastructure Debt Capital
• Ropes & Gray-Advised PE Firm Closes 9th Fund At $6B
• Fried Frank Steers Blue Owl's $12.9B PE Firm-Focused Fund
• Biz Board Overlap A Low-Hanging Fruit Ripe For More Cases
• SEC Taps Ex-AARP Lobbyist To Lead Investor Advocate Office
• Kirkland-Led Kingswood Capital Closes $620M PE Fund
• Carlyle Buys Majority Stake With $300M Beauty Biz Injection
• White & Case, Skadden Lead Vehicle Data Co.'s SPAC Merger
• BioNTech To Buy Rest Of UK AI Startup Through $439M Deal
• Firm Must Produce Privilege Log In Fraudulent Loan Deal Suit
• Goldman Sachs Clinches $1.6B For Climate Fund
• Legal Spend Management Co. Apperio Raises $7M
• Triton Makes €1.1B Offer For Finland's Caverion
• 5 Tips For Adding Value To Legal Clients' Experience In 2023
• Team Telecom To Review Puerto Rico Broadcast Deal
• Resonetics To Buy Medical Materials Biz In Deal Worth $900M
• Energy-Focused M&A Atty Rejoins V&E After 5 Years
• Lewis Brisbois, Weil Guide $335M Cancer Biotech SPAC Deal
• Real Estate Rumors: CareRite, Tribeca Associates, Incline
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Latham Brings On Private Equity Pro From DLA Piper In NY
• Gibson Dunn Expands Into Abu Dhabi Global Market
• Pharma Biz Sues PE Firm In Delaware, Alleging Raid On Staff
• Skadden, Paul Weiss, Kirkland Lead $2.6B Take-Private Deal
• Appeals Court Sends Indian Matchmaker Fight To Arbitration
• Treasury Guidance Eases But Doesn't End SPAC Tax Worries
• Investor Sues To Halt $615M Boston Scientific Deal
• Amolyt Pharma Closes $138M Series C Round Of Financing
• Don't Miss It: Paul Hastings, Cravath Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Land Buy Isn't Fraud, Atlanta Film Mogul Tells Chancery
• Housing Giant's Takeover Dispute Set For Partial Arbitration
• Health Software Firm To Go Public Via $98M SPAC Merger
• Mayer Brown Steers Insurer R&Q On $341M Legacy Deal
• 3 Arrows Liquidators Serve Crypto Fund's Founders Via Tweet
• Kirkland-Led WWE Founder Reenters The Ring To Review Biz
• SolarWinds Shareholders Challenge Toss Of Data Hack Suit
• Home Health Care Provider Cancels $681M SPAC Merger
• Zimmer Buys Medical Tech Co. Embody For Up To $275M
• SPAC Seeks To Delay $425M Merger With Chile Fruit Exporter
• The Securities Litigation Issues That Matter Most For 2023
• Morgan Lewis Hires SEC Trial Atty In DC
• Latham Adds Ex-Cahill Gordon Banking Pros In NY
• Deals Rumor Mill: SpaceX, Fanatics, Tokyo Gas
• 3 Middle-Market PE Firms Clinch Funds Totaling $1.58B
• DAC Beachcroft Guides GRP On Regional Broker Purchase
• CIBC Balks At $848M Damages Ruling In Suit With Cerberus
• SEC Lays Out Next Phase Of Rulemaking Agenda
• Goodwin Nabs Investment, Real Estate Partner In New York
• Judge Recommends Class Cert. In $6.1B Energy Deal Fight
• Activist Firm Takes Aim At Fintech Biz With 4 Board Nominees
• Weil's Paris Office Adds Tax Partner From EY
• Kramer Levin Adds Partner In Securitization Practice
• Lynn Tilton Pushes For Immediate Sale Of Stila Styles
• Investment Co. Seeks Escape From Ex-Fugees Musician's Suit
• DLA-Led Specialty Insurer Launches Plans For $127M IPO
• Why Bidding Format Can Be A Problem In Section 363 Sales
• Hamilton Lane Closes Direct Equity Fund At Nearly $2.1B
• Yellowstone Capital To Pay $27M To End NJ Usury Claims
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Brown Rudnick To Lobby For Bahamas On FTX Collapse
• Wash. High Court Fast-Tracks Albertsons $4B Payout Row
• Goodwin Guides UC's $4B Blackstone REIT Investment
• Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Want Out of Epstein Accuser Suit
• Acacia Research Ex-CEO Challenges Ouster In Del. Suit
• Riding Circuit: January's Notable Appellate Arguments
• 6 Ways To Avoid Compounding Errors When Practicing Law
• 4 Firms Lead Med Tech, Clean Energy SPAC Deals
• Former Mayer Brown Partner Joins MoFo In Singapore
• Targa Buys Blackstone's Interest In Pipeline For $1.05B
• IPOs Could Be Headed For A Rocky Road In 2023
• M&A Opportunities May Prevail For The Diligent This Year
• Fintech Policy & Regulation To Watch In 2023
• Fintech Litigation To Watch In 2023
• Trials To Watch In 2023
• What Will Keep Legal Talent Professionals Up At Night In 2023
• M&A Falls Back Down To Earth, Faces New Challenges In 2023
• What The 10 Largest PE Funds In 2022 Say About The Industry