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Private Equity - May, 2025

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• Crowdfunding, Reg A Deals Grow Slowly As SEC Weighs Ideas
• Taylor Swift Says She Bought Masters Of Her First Albums
• The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit
• Wachtell, Akin Steer EOG On $5.6B Energy Deal
• RCP Advisors Nets $314M For Latest Private Equity Fund
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cravath, Latham
• Strathcona Lobs $4.3B Offer For MEG, Snags PE Investment
• National Grid Completes $1.7B Sale Of Green Biz To Brookfield
• Judge Trims Most, But Not All, Of Grifols Suit Over Share Price
• Investment Firm Says It Was Duped Into $349M Dental Deal
• Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Mayer Brown Guide $4B Rail Deal
• Atty Urges 2nd Circ. To Resurrect Name Feud With Ex-Firm
• Masimo Founder Slaps Board With Lawsuit Over His Ouster
• Investors Can't Shield $66M Life Policies During State Rehab
• $45M Settlement, $9.65M Fee OK'd In Del. Cornerstone Suit
• Digital Health Startup Omada Launches Plans For $150M IPO
• Foley & Lardner-Led Five Elms Lands $1.1B For 6th Fund
• Clifford Chance Hires Investment Funds Partner From Kirkland
• Ex-Goldman Partner, Star Witness In 1MDB Trial, Gets 2 Years
• Grammarly Secures $1B To Expand Reach, Boost AI Platform
• Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Shein Eyes HK Listing After London Snag, Plus More Rumors
• High Court's Bid To Save Fed Independence May Backfire
• Sens. Urge Treasury To Rescind Ownership Reporting Rule
• Singapore's Quadria Closes $1B-Plus Healthcare Fund
• Anesthesiology Co. Urges Dismissal Of Antitrust Class Action
• Defense-Focused SPAC Leads Pair Of Listings Totaling $285M
• In Volatile World, PE Attys Guide Complex Take-Private Deals
• Opportunities And Challenges For The Texas Stock Exchange
• Audacy Gig Squelched By Soros Fund, Radio Executive Says
• Fried Frank Adds KPMG International Tax Ace In NY
• Kirkland, Cravath Steer WiseTech's $2.1B Merger With E2open
• Bankrupt 23andMe To Delist Stock After Regeneron Deal
• Davis Polk-Led Stablecoin Giant Circle Eyes $600M IPO
• Trump's Media Co. To Raise $2.5B For Bitcoin Purchase
• Morgan Lewis Guides NYC's $5B Equity Sale To Blackstone
• Paris VC Firm Cathay Closes $1B AI Venture Capital Fund
• Review Risk Is Increasing For Foreign Real Estate Developers
• Eli Lilly Inks $1B Deal For Non-Opioid Pain-Drug Maker
• King & Spalding Recruits NY Kirkland Capital Markets Partner
• Slaughter And May-Led Bain Invests £120M In UK Finance Biz
• Energy Consultancy Backs PE Firm's 'Superior' £129M Bid
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Cooley Beats Malpractice Claim In NJ Investor Suit, For Now
• SEC Cracks Door For Retail Entry Into Private Funds
• Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles
• Banking Veteran Betsy Cohen's Latest SPAC Targets Fintech
• Squire Patton, Kirkland Lead Goodyear's $650M PE Deal
• Musk Doubles Down After OpenAI Drops For-Profit Transition
• Simpson Thacher Adds Kirkland Banking, Credit Atty
• Taxation With Representation: Troutman, A&O Shearman
• Ex-Kirkland Partner Joins Sidley's Investment Funds Group
• Assura Tells Shareholders Not To Vote On KKR, Stonepeak Bid
• Gov't Presses High Court To Hear Activist Investor Suit
• Motorola Eyes $4.5B Wireless Radio Deal, And Other Rumors
• Oyster Enterprises II SPAC Prices $220M IPO
• Federal Gov't Backs States' BlackRock Coal Investments Suit
• Playing Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 9th Circ. Says Ex-Intel Worker's ERISA Suit Short On Specifics
• Does R-Squared Have A Role In Event Study Analysis?
• Avoiding The Risk Of Continued AI-Washing Enforcement
• Gem Group Plugs $100M Into MoviePass For Fantasy Platform
• Cleary Closes Frankfurt Office As It Consolidates In Germany
• What EU 'Killer Acquisition' Study Means For Pharma Deals
• Tech CEO Duped Investors, Faked Blockchain Deals, Feds Say
• Latham Leads Pair Of Venture-Backed IPOs Raising $624M
• House Panel Advances Bills Easing Securities, Banking Regs
• Kirkland, Fenwick Lead CoreWeave's Upsized $2B Debt Offer
• Wachtell Guides OpenAI On $6.5B Io Products Acquisition
• Crypto Influencer's SPAC Leads 2 Offerings Totaling $420M
• As Tariffs Hit The Radar, PE Counsel Should Review Strategies
• Crestline Investors Closes $1.7B NAV Financing Fund
• LA Chargers Latest NFL Team To Add PE Minority Ownership
• Cadwalader Adds Ex-Latham Infrastructure Atty In London
• Simpson Thacher, Hogan Lovells Guide $1.75B Shipping Deal
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Becoming A Firmwide MVP
• Barclays Officials Beat Shareholder's Suit At NY High Court
• SEC Chair Says Staff Exits Have Left Holes In Agency
• 9th Circ. Ruling Clarifies Derivative Suit Representation Test
• Awardco Nabs $1B Valuation After $165M Equity Infusion
• Beach Point Nabs Nearly $1.3B For Private Credit, Real Estate
• Chinese EV Battery Giant Generates $4.6B IPO Amid Tensions
• Engineer Renold Faces Competing Bids Worth Up To £183M
• Paul Hastings Gains Finance Pro From Latham In California
• Minority Investors Claim Colo. Gas Co. Forced Unfair Buyout
• Cos. Fight Recusal Bid In Antitrust Case Over Clerk Ties
• AI Startup CoreWeave Seeks $1.5B Debt After IPO Shortfall
• Kirkland-Led Eagle Merchant Wraps Second Fund At $415M
• Simpson Thacher Adds Ex-Carlyle Director To Funds Practice
• Covington Corporate M&A Atty Moves To Clifford Chance
• Mayer Brown Taps Sidley Attorney As Practice Co-Lead
• What We Lost After SEC Eliminated Regional Director Role
• Kirkland Guides Blackstone's $11.5B Deal For TXNM Energy
• Dutch Investor Launches €4.1B Offer For Just Eat Takeaway
• KKR, Stonepeak Take Swipe At PHP's Rival Bid For Assura
• Firms Eye Setoff Shielding $66M Conn. Life Insurance Policies
• No 'Magic Words' Needed To Sue KKR For Hiding Deals, DOJ Says
• IPO Pipeline Restarts As Tariff-Related Volatility Eases
• Food Delivery App's $80M Investor Settlement Gets Final OK
• Feds Say Con Man Galanis Can't Recoup $2M Despite Clemency
• PHP Ups Takeover Offer For Assura To £1.7B
• Taxation With Representation: Blakes, Davies, Goodmans
• BCLP-Led KKR Funds Student Asset Near Warwick University
• $38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils
• Kirkland Grows Liquidity Solutions Practice In NY
• Vistra To Expand Gas Power Plant Portfolio With $1.9B Buy
• Ex-CEO Cops To Conspiracy Charge In $212M Fraud Case
• SEC, FINRA Staff Retract 2019 Statement On Crypto Custody
• Investor Makes Deal With PE Fund In Fla. Suit Alleging Fraud
• SEC Focused On 'Rooting Out' AI Abuse, Agency Atty Says
• Greenberg Traurig, Loeb Guiding $1.7B Acuren, NV5 Deal
• Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Polsinelli Lands Alston & Bird Capital Markets Ace In Dallas
• Senior Living Co. Pleads For Proxy Fight Win After CEO Exit
• AI Startup Perplexity Seeks $14B Valuation, And More Rumors
• TensorWave Wraps $100M Series A Funding Round
• Entrata Hits $4.3B Valuation After $200M Blackstone Plug
• Audit Firms Agree To $46M Deal Over Alleged GPB Fraud Ties
• Abbott Signs Bill Codifying Immunity For Corporate Execs
• Ex-Citi Exec Klein's Latest SPAC Raises Upsized $360M IPO
• Trump's Unorthodox US Atty Picks May Face Learning Curve
• Venture-Backed Tech IPOs Forge Ahead As Momentum Builds
• Navigating The Expanding Frontier Of Premerger Notice Laws
• SEC To Have 'Sympathetic Ear' On Penalty Talks, Official Says
• Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.
• SaaS-Focused PE Firm Raises $390M For Second Fund
• Kayne Anderson Secures $2.25B For 3rd Energy Fund
• Biotech Firm Verax Tells Court Eviction Could End Company
• Skadden-Led Crypto Platform EToro Prices Upsized $620M IPO
• A&O Shearman Adds Ex-Schulte Roth Restructuring Atty
• Databricks Buying Cloud Database Co. Neon In $1B Deal
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
• Kirkland-Led Northleaf Clinches $2.6B Infrastructure Fund
• Kirkland-Led Equity Firm To Buy UK Insurance Broker JMG
• Pot Payment Co. Wants Court To Enforce $1.3M Deal
• Latham-Led Physical Therapy Startup Primes $410M IPO
• Investment Firm Drops 2 Counts From $70M Client Poach Suit
• SEC's Uyeda Encourages Opening 401(k)s To Private Assets
• Kirkland-Led Denali Growth Partners Raises $400M Fund
• Proposals Against Phillips 66 Threaten Corporate Law
• 4 Firms Build Robinhood's $178.9M Canadian Crypto Buy
• Latham-Led VMG Nets $1B For 6th Consumer Fund
• Peugeot Invests $125M In Insurance Broker BroadStreet
• Latham Helps Partners Group Invest $400M In Digital Platform
• Coinbase Inks $2.25M Deal In Dogecoin Sweepstakes Suit
• Eric Trump-Backed Crypto Miner Merges With Gryphon Digital
• Leon Black's Subpoena Suits Unsealed In Apollo Founder Row
• Latham, Davis Polk Lead Digital Health Startup's IPO Filing
• 9th Circ. Questions Vegas Casino Room Rate Claims
• Hedge Fund Group Urges Delay On New AML Rules
• Will Justices Finally Rein In Universal Injunctions?
• Akin Adds Ex-Mayer Brown Real Estate Funds, M&A Partners
• Parsing The SEC's New Increased Co-Investment Flexibility
• AI Powers Next Wave Of Telehealth M&A After 2024 Uptick
• Chancery Delays $30M Deal In SPAC Suit For Review Of Class
• Adams Street Clinches €270M European Venture Fund
• Hub International Reaches $29B Valuation After $1.6B Plug
• Blackstone Gets More Time For Warehouse REIT Offer
• Investor Claims PE Firm Filed False Financial Statements
• Private Fundraising Takes Hit Amid Volatile Backdrop
• 3 Firms Build Take-Private Deal Of Outsourcing Biz TaskUs
• Auto Parts Mogul Challenges Order To Pay Alter Domus $127M
• Renewable Energy SPAC Taps Surging Market For $150M
• Souter's Clerks Remember Him As Humble, Kind And Caring
• Hiker And 'Raconteur': Atty Recalls 50-Year Bond With Souter
• A Look At David Souter's Most Significant Opinions
• McKernan Out As Trump's CFPB Pick, In For Treasury Role
• Justice Souter Was An Unexpected Force Of Moderation
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Weiss, Weil, V&E, Torys
• Copenhagen Infrastructure Plugs $500M Into JV With BKV
• Massumi & Consoli Brings On Gibson Dunn M&A Pro In LA
• Activist Ends Battle With Lyft By Withdrawing Director Noms
• Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Dies At 85
• Ex-Brookfield Leader Says He Was Fired For Whistleblowing
• PSP Investments, BCE To Form New Fiber Biz With $1.5B Plug
• Court Upholds CMA's £99M Thyroid Drug Price Fines
• Couple Slams 'Ping-Pong' Brief In Conn. Waterfront Feud
• SEC's Peirce Outlines Path To Exempt Tokenized Securities
• Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
• Winston & Strawn Launches Secondary Markets Practice
• Nestle Eyes Potential $5B Water Unit Sale, And Other Reports
• Mercer Advisors Nabs Tufton Capital, Adding $3B In Assets
• Cooley Adds VC Partner In Boston To Startup Practice
• McDermott Recruits Ex-Kirkland Transactions Ace
• Simpson Thacher-Led Corsair Closes $600M Fund
• Rising Tide Of Trump Pardons Not Lifting All Boats, Attys Say
• Latham-Led TA Associates Bids £570M For UK Tech Biz
• Sidley-Led Insurer Aspen Leads 2 IPOs Raising $508M Total
• Nordstrom's Investor Can't Block Vote On Go-Private Deal
• AI-Focused SPAC Raises $125M As Blank-Check Filings Surge
• Performance Equity Clinches 5th Fund With $383M Committed
• Top Regional Atty At Binance Joins Steptoe White Collar Team
• Orrick Hires Boston Duo For Life Sciences Practice
• Winston & Strawn M&A Partner Joins King & Spalding In NY
• Geely Lobs Offer To Take Chinese EV Maker Zeekr Private
• Kirkland-Led Mainsail Wraps $1.53B Software-Focused Fund
• FD Technologies Weighs £542M Approach From US PE Firm
• Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
• SoftwareOne Crosses Threshold In $1.4B IT Consultancy Buy
• Quarles & Brady Adds New IP, Real Estate Partners
• White & Case's Co-Head Of PE Strikes Out On Her Own
• SEC Panel Says Easier Trading Would Rev Up 'Reg A'
• Kirkland Guides Rotunda Capital On $735M Fund Close
• Troutman Welcomes Back Private Funds Vet In Philadelphia
• Uber Paying $700M For Majority Stake In Turkey's Trendyol GO
• Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
• Sidley Adds WilmerHale's Ex-Corp. Chair As Partner In Boston
• AB Foods In Talks To Sell Kingsmill To Hovis Owner
• OpenAI Abandons For-Profit Plan After Musk Suit Is Preserved
• Skadden-Led Crypto Platform EToro Eyes $480M IPO
• Clifford Chance Adds Paul Weiss Exec Compensation Atty In NY
• Exactech Committee Calls Foul On Ch. 11 Voting Packages
• Skechers Inks $9.4B Take-Private Deal Guided By 3 Firms
• Proskauer Adds 2 Finance Partners From A&O Shearman
• 5 Firms Pilot Pershing Square's $900M Howard Hughes Deal
• How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
• A Tale Of Two Admins: Parsing 1st Half Of SEC's FY 2025
• Coal Miner Says It Must Liquidate Without Creditor Deal
• Gores Group's Latest SPAC Leads 3 IPOs Totaling $792M
• Musk Can Pursue Most Claims Against OpenAI, Microsoft
• Trade War Spurs Companies To Freshen Disclosure Playbooks
• Debevoise Guides Ara Partners On $800M Low-Carbon Fund
• Sidley Adds 10 A&O Shearman Attys In DC, NY, Singapore
• Off The Bench: DC Stadium, BetMGM Victory, Transfer Rules
• What Bank Regulator Consolidation Would Mean For Industry
• 3 Firms Guide As HGGC Takes Majority Stake In BofA Spinoff
• Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, Haynes Boone
• 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
• Apollo Raises $8.5B For Credit Strategy, Including $4.8B Fund
• Chancery Finds Contract Bars Appeal In Med Co. Merger
• CFPB, Lenders Float Deal To Vacate Medical Debt Rule
• Crypto Influencer Launches SPAC As 2 Acquirers Tap Market
• CVC Plugs Funds Into Mobile Game Maker Dream Games
• Massumi & Consoli Announces New Real Estate Practice
• PE-Backed Hometown Food Nabs Chef Boyardee For $600M
• Paul Weiss-Led Apollo Wraps $5.4B Secondary Fund
• Sony Eyes $49B Semiconductor Unit Sale, Plus More Rumors
• Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer