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Private Equity - May, 2023

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• Harvey Pitt, Who Led SEC Through 9/11 And Enron, Dies At 78
• Franklin Templeton Buying Putnam Investments In $1.3B Deal
• Creditor Sues Merced In Del. Over 'Sham' Asset Sale
• 4 Firms Guiding German Tech Firm's $640M US SPAC Merger
• Seyfarth Looks To Ditch Firm's Claims In $30M Loan Spat
• Marine Reservist Says Taking Military Leave Got Him Fired
• Unpacking Recent Changes At The NY Federal Reserve
• 2 Firms Will Steer Chancery Suit Over Space Biz-SPAC Merger
• Sequel Youth Investors Say Greed 'Eviscerated' Their Stake
• Simpson Thacher Steers Close Of $1.1B Inaugural Fund
• Freshpet Shareholder Sues Board Over Voting Rights
• Shoosmiths Hires Goodwin Partner As Litigation Dept. Grows
• Alleged Fraudster's Parents Appeal SEC Lockup Of Funds
• Hemisphere Stockholders Sue In Del. Over Searchlight Buyout
• Real Estate Rumors: Popular Bank, Nuveen, Madison Capital
• Crown Resorts Fined $293M For Enabling Money Laundering
• SGT Capital Buying Security Co. Elatec In €400M Deal
• 2 Firms Guide Anew Medical's $94M SPAC Merger
• 3 Firms Steer £268M Offer For 20% Of Furnace Parts Maker
• French Electric Co. To Buy Dutch Distributor For €485M
• 4 Firms Guide Asda, EG's £2.3B Deal For UK Petrol Stations
• Ex-Trader Pleads Guilty To SPAC Insider Trading Scheme
• Albertsons, Kroger Slam 'Baseless' $25B Merger Challenge
• Investor Activist Campaigns Heat Up Just In Time For Summer
• Hub Hires: Manatt Phelps, Sullivan & Worcester, DLA Piper
• Lottery.com Stockholders Sue In Chancery After SPAC Plunge
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Latham Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Some Client Speculations On AI And The Law Firm Biz Model
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Music Co. Fights Atty's Bid To End Ex-Fugees Rapper Suit
• Deutsche Bank Loses $243M Conn. Fight With Alexander Vik
• 2 Firms Rep As Cummins Spinoff Atmus Prices $275M IPO
• Brett Favre Fights To Keep Sharpe Defamation Suit Alive
• Kingstown Capital's SPAC Prices Upsized $220M IPO
• Illumina Shareholders Oust Board Chair Amid Icahn Battle
• SEC Fines Adviser Over Lax Fund Valuation Procedures
• Nev. Gold Mine Investor Sues In Del. Over 'Unfair' Merger
• Private Equity Firms Shouldn't Overlook Cybersecurity Risks
• Plaintiff Swap Won't Prejudice Insurer In Suit, Court Told
• Kirkland, Skadden Steer MoneyHero's $200M SPAC Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: MMC, Virgin Australia, Manchester United
• Assessing Overlapping Boards After DOJ Crackdown
• SPAC New Energy One Seeks To Extend Acquisition Deadline
• Ex-Apollo CEO Leon Black Gets Sexual Assault Suit Tossed
• Payment Tech Co. Plastiq Hits Ch. 11, Citing SVB Collapse
• UK SPAC Merger Scuttled Amid Claims Of 'Abusive' Behavior
• Troubled Hotel Properties On Shaky Ground As Debt Matures
• Top Investor Faults Freshpet Board, Pushes For New Directors
• Hillenbrand Buying Blackstone-Backed Schenck Unit For $730M
• NY AG's Digital Asset Proposal Shouldn't Be Taken Lightly
• Winston & Strawn Adds Greenberg Transactions Atty In Miami
• 3 Firms Lead Closure of $604M Tigo-Roth CH IV SPAC
• Lessons On Corporate Fiduciary Duties From Del. M&A Case
• Telecom Contractor Qualtek Hits Ch. 11 With Debt Swap Plan
• SEC Enforcement Chief Warns Of Private Fund Crackdown
• Intel Says Rival's Patent 'Scheme' Dooms $950M Verdict
• Failed Tegna Deal Reveals Increasing Merger Review Hurdles
• Rent-To-Own Tenants Say Blackstone Landlord Foisted Costs
• Hamilton Lane Lands $370M For 2nd Impact Fund
• Activist Calls Yelp Performance 'Horrific' In Angi Merger Push
• A Lawyer's Guide To Approaching Digital Assets In Discovery
• Goodwin-Led AI Startup Raises $250M For New Market Growth
• Kirkland-Led GTCR Scores $11.5B For 14th Fund
• Insurance Distributor Benefytt Hits Ch. 11 With $606M Debt
• Tegna-Standard General $8.6B Deal Crumbles Amid FCC Battle
• Mandiant's $1.2B Asset Sale Didn't Need Vote, Chancery Finds
• Trump Media Sues WaPo For $3.8B Over 'Egregious Hit Piece'
• High Court's Ethics Statement Places Justices Above The Law
• Gun Broker Asks 11th Circ. To Send Questions To Ga. Justices
• Foley Adds Hughes Hubbard Latin America Duo In Miami
• Commanders Bidder Claims BofA Kept $7.1B Offer Quiet
• 4th Circ. Affirms Investment Adviser, Atty Fraud Convictions
• Class Attys Seek $11M Award For Coty Suit Deal In Chancery
• Davis Polk Adds Corporate Attys From Latham & Watkins
• Major Investor Wants Enad Global Gaming Biz To Explore Sale
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 3 Cahill Gordon Finance Partners Jump To Paul Hastings
• Tyro Payments Says PE Firm Won't Make Buyout Bid
• Indian Online Payment Co. Secures $100M Investment
• Ex-Amgen Exec's Startup Gets PTAB To Review Amgen Patent
• New Buyback Rules Put Companies' Motives Under Spotlight
• Private Equity Firm Takes $11M Restaurant Row To 3rd Circ.
• Michigan Can Use National Securities Test, Panel Says
• A Look At Corwin Cleansing After Chancery Edgio Ruling
• SEC Taps Covington Atty For Corporation Finance Policy Role
• Time For Law Schools To Rethink Unsung Role Of Adjuncts
• Legal Tech Startup Orbital Witness Raises $9.3M In Series A
• Don't Miss It: Cravath, Paul Weiss Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Brookfield India REIT, GIC To Pay $1.4B For India Assets
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Davis Polk, Latham
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Cravath Reps Majority Owner In Bid Valuing SciPlay At $2.1B
• Insight Partners Clinches $1.3B Tech-Focused Fund
• 2 Firms Build $1.4B All-Stock Acquisition Of Urstadt Biddle
• 4 Areas Of Heightened Antitrust Risk In Private Equity
• Deals Rumor Mill: Manchester U, Ottawa Senators, Maravai
• Lender NSF's Largest Shareholder Backs Out Of Equity Raise
• First Republic's Ex-CEO Says 'Everything Changed' After SVB
• Del. Justices Snub SolarWinds Investors' Data Breach Suit
• Gradiant Hits Unicorn Status After $225M Fundraise
• Petco Shareholder Sues To Recoup Board Power Over CEO
• FDIC Ordered To Hand Over SVB Parent's Tax Refund Checks
• Tips For In-House Legal Leaders In A Challenging Economy
• Paul Hastings-Led PE Cos. Sell £1.2B Rewards Biz To Edenred
• Shareholder Suit Coverage Spat Dismissed By Investment Co.
• 6 Firms Build Canadian Biotech SPAC Merger
• Perkins Coie Adds Ex-Alston & Bird Debt Finance Atty In LA
• Standard General Makes Late Bid To Sway FCC On Tegna Deal
• Blackstone Consortium Sells £2.7B In LSEG Shares
• Vice Media Told To Talk Out Ch. 11 Loan Objections
• 'Really Dumb Move': Sens. Rake Ex-SVB Chief Over Coals
• Shake Shack Comes To Agreement With Activist Investor
• Cummins Filtration Unit Atmus Launches Plans For $275M IPO
• M&A Considerations For European Cos. Acquiring US Entities
• Brett Favre Forges On With Shannon Sharpe Defamation Suit
• Illumen Capital Clinches $168M Racial Equity-Focused Fund
• Real Estate Rumors: Cypress, Athene, Fidelity Bank
• Ex-Hedge Fund Star Denied Extra $14.4M After FINRA Award
• SVB's Former CEO 'Truly Sorry,' Ex-Signature Execs Dismayed
• Saudi Pharma Co. Eyes $336M IPO Steered By 4 Firms
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Ex-Weil Transactions Pros Join Winston & Strawn In Dallas
• Carbon-Neutral Real Estate SPAC Aims To Raise $100M For IPO
• KKR-Backed Envision Healthcare Hits Ch. 11 Bankruptcy
• Compliance Considerations For Financial Institutions Using AI
• TPG Agrees To Buy Angelo Gordon In $2.7B Deal
• Apax Funds Invest $450M For Minority Stake In IBS Software
• What Associates Need To Know Before Switching Law Firms
• Vice Media Group Hits Ch. 11 With Credit Bid From Lenders
• Apollo Ends £1.7B Offer For John Wood After Rebuffs
• Kroger, Albertsons' Dominance 'Beyond Doubt,' Judge Told
• Edgio Delays Annual Meeting As Voting Suit Churns In Del.
• Favre-McAfee Defamation Fight Peters Out With Clarification
• Davis Polk, Cravath Rep As Commanders Sale Made Official
• FHFA Plans Forecast The Year Ahead In Affordable Housing
• Billionaire Loeb Pulls Plan To Take SiriusPoint Private
• Hertz Stockholder Sues In Del. Over Controllers' Free Ride
• SVB Parent Says FDIC Has No Right To Hold Tax Refunds
• EV Maker VinFast Valued At $27B In SPAC Merger
• Latham-Led Vital Energy To Buy $540M Permian Basin Assets
• McGuireWoods Adds Stradling Yocca Debt Finance Pro In LA
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk
• A Case For Sharing Mediation Statements With Counterparties
• Companies Explore Costly Capital-Raising Ideas Amid Slump
• E-Commerce Biz Ends Takeover Talks With PE Firm Apollo
• DOJ Faces Uphill Battle After Nixed 'Varsity Blues' Convictions
• Activist Elliott Urges Goodyear Store Sales, Board Changes
• An 'Unforced Error': How A 'Varsity Blues' Win Unraveled
• How EU ESG Regs Affect US Financial Market Participants
• Second Investor Rebels Against Aurinia Pharmaceutical Board
• Tackling Long-Tail Legacy Liability Risk: A Defendant's Toolkit
• CVC-Led Group Gets Extension For Network International Bid
• Burford Says Sysco Wrong On The Law In Injunction Fight
• McDermott Adds 3 Ex-Stroock Private Client Attys In NY, Miami
• NY Atty, Firm Want Out Of Ex-Fugees Rapper Fraud Suit
• Home Point Capital Trades Up After $324M Buy Announcement
• PE Firm Crosspoint Buying Absolute Software In $870M Deal
• Pat McAfee Says Brett Favre Is Dropping Defamation Suit
• CI Financial Sells Stake In US Wealth Management Biz For $1B
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Alibaba, Meta
• Jeb Bush-Led SPAC Fails To Find Merger Partner
• Investor Can't Undo $155M Lubricant Co. Acquisition, For Now
• First Trust Sued For Denying Activist's Trustee Nominees
• 1st Circ. Overturns Parents' 'Varsity Blues' Fraud Convictions
• Polsinelli Adds Longtime Private Equity In-House Atty
• SEC Sues Brazilian Reinsurer Over False Investment Claims
• Preparing For Legal Scrutiny Of Data Retention Policies
• CEO-Led Consortium To Buy Franchise Group In $2.6B Deal
• Kirkland-Led One Equity Clinches $1B Continuation Fund
• CBD Investor Settles Stock Suit With Private Equity Firm
• Kirkland Adds 2nd Latham Capital Markets Atty In 2 Months
• PE Firms Strike $7.1B Deal To Buy Syneos Health
• German Tech Biz Spurns Bain's €2.5B Rival Takeover Bid
• Crypto Promoter's Wallets Frozen After Suit Service By NFT
• Piano Maker Steinway Musical Cancels IPO Plans
• Financial Industry Shreds SEC's Adviser Custody Proposal
• Ga. Judge Won't Change $1M Award Or Open Securities Case
• NC Homeowners Decry 'Confusion' In 4th Circ. Appeal
• Chipmaker Says KKR's $5M Stock Buy Was On The Level
• New Pitney Bowes Board Includes 4 Of Activist's Nominees
• Lone Star's $216M Award Against S. Korea Gets Trimmed
• InfraRed Capital Invests $164.5M Into EV Charging Station Biz
• Real Estate Rumors: Rodón, Equity Residential, Heitman
• Does DOJ's Assa Abloy Deal Encourage More Fix-It First?
• 3 Firms Lead MultiPlan's $160M Purchase Of Benefits Science
• GE's Former China GC To Lead Covington In Shanghai
• Cash Shell Amala Weighs Reverse Takeover
• Freshfields-Led JD Sports To Buy French Retailer For €520M
• Investors Say Ghanaian Businessman Avoiding $60M Award
• Pzena Ex-Exec Had No Right To Swap Shares, Chancery Finds
• Private Equity Firm Flags 'Deceptive' Move In $500M Del. Suit
• Singapore TV Content Biz To Go Public Via $92M SPAC Merger
• PE Firms To Pay $4.25B For Baxter's BioPharma Solutions Biz
• Illumina Tells Shareholders Icahn Wrong About Selling Grail
• Proskauer, Polsinelli Leaders Among 8 Joining BakerHostetler
• McGuireWoods Hires Two PE Partners In Charlotte, Baltimore
• Director Exits Cancer Drug Co. Following Farallon Pressure
• 7 Constructive Ways Attorneys Can Spend The Deal Slowdown
• Attorneys Should Have An Ethical Duty To Advance DEI
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SEC Brings First-Ever 'Liquidity Rule' Suit Against Adviser
• Trustee Can't DQ Debevoise In $250M Bond Fraud Case
• DOJ Settles Assa Abloy Merger In Middle Of Trial
• Kenvue's IPO Offers Glimmer Of Hope During Bleak Times
• Kirkland Leads Alchemy Investments SPAC In $100M IPO
• AT&T Hit With Racial Bias Claims By Black-Owned Equity Firm
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Jones Day Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Leon Black Can Nix Certain 'Scandalous' Claims In Rape Suit
• Alston & Bird Boosts PE Team With 2 Ex-Kirkland Attys
• Firms Seek $4.85M Fee In Cannae Management Class Deal
• Shareholder Activist Blasts Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Biz
• Data-Driven Insights Are Key To Attracting Today's Clients
• SEC Delivers 'Wake Up Call' With $279M Whistleblower Award
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Kirkland, Fried
• NY AG Proposes Groundbreaking Crypto Regulations
• EU Allows $1.5B Sale Of Four US Green Power Firms
• Warren Blasts First Republic Execs For Bonuses, Stock Sales
• SEC Drops 'Digital Asset' Definition From New Form PF Rule
• BioTech Co. Must Prove It Didn't Flout Court Order In SEC Suit
• Cooley, Davis Polk Steer Biotech Firm's Upsized $540M IPO
• Sysco Says It's Owed Full Control Of Price-Fixing Claims
• Sharpe Says Favre Defamation Suit Attacks Protected Speech
• Ropes & Gray Taps M&A Partner To Co-Lead NY Office
• 5 Issues For Execs To Consider In SEC Cyber Rule Proposals
• Paul Weiss, Wachtell Build $5.2B Arconic Take-Private Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Subway, SoftBank
• PE-Backed Law Group Buys Third Regional Hub
• Tower Co. Says Arbitrator Was Wrong To Order Rehiring
• SEC Passes Rule To Require More Private Funds Disclosures
• 4 Firms Lead Regentis Biomaterials In $95M SPAC Merger
• Haynes Boone Adds Two New Texas Partners To Its Ranks
• DOJ's Assa Abloy Merger Trial Paused Again And Again
• KKR To Buy $550M In Solar Loans From SunPower
• SEC Requires Companies To Beef Up Buyback Disclosures
• Ascensus Lied About Ripping Off Rival's App, 1st Circ. Told
• Olive Garden Parent Co. Buying Ruth's Chris In $715M Deal
• Labaton, Block & Leviton To Steer Suit Over Cornerstone Deal
• Robinhood Grilled By Mass. Justices In Fiduciary Rule Battle
• Neko Sparks Looks To Strengthen Bid For NHL's Senators
• Ghosting In BigLaw: Why Better Feedback Habits Are Needed
• Golden Star SPAC Raises $60M To Pursue Asian Acquisition
• Foxconn Defends Halting Of $170M Lordstown Investment
• Pzena Argues Ex-Exec Had No Right To Convert Shares
• DuPont To Buy Spectrum Plastics Group From AEA For $1.75B
• Private Equity Firm, Steel Co. Say Fraud Suit 'Ignores Reality'
• Chancery Sends Edgio 'Power Grab' Suit Toward Trial In Del.
• Ropes & Gray Adds Kirkland Corporate Atty In Chicago Office
• Activist Investor Nominates 2 Candidates For Masimo Board
• FIS Hit With Securities Suit Over Spinoff Of Merchant Biz
• Weil Leads Close Of $500M Inaugural PE Fund
• Firms Face Off For Lead Spot In Cornerstone Suit
• Varsity Brands, Cheer Org. Sued Over Child Sex Abuse Claims
• Assa Abloy Has Incentives For Strong Asset Deal, Judge Says
• Energy-Harvesting Company's SPAC Merger Fizzles
• Ancestry Buy Doesn't Immediately Trigger GIPA, 7th Circ. Says
• Water Infrastructure Crisis Requires Private Investment
• Lordstown Fears Bankruptcy Without $170M Foxconn Infusion
• SVB Collapse Underscores Policy And Regulatory Pitfalls
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Akin Adds Fund Finance Atty From Cooley
• Cooley Adds Ex-Kirkland Atty To Funds Practice
• Law Needs A Balance Between Humanism And Formalism
• 4 Firms Guide SPAC Merger With $319M-Valued Plant-Food Biz
• Cooley-Led Biotech Firm Launches Plans For $350M IPO
• JPMorgan Buys First Republic Assets After FDIC Takeover