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Private Equity - September, 2025

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• Merrill Lynch Denied Bid To Block Rival Firm's Launch
• 9th Circ. Asked To Rethink Las Vegas Hotel Pricing Ruling
• Judge Casts Doubt On RICO Claim Against Real Estate Mogul
• 2 Rulings Highlight IRS' Uncertain Civil Fraud Penalty Powers
• Bain Capital-Backed SPAC Leads 3 Offerings Totaling $670M
• Sidley-Led Gemspring Wraps $1.1B Growth Solutions Fund
• Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes
• AI Chipmaker's Valuation Soars To $8.1B After Funding Round
• Kirkland Leads Oaktree's $420M Buy Of Ambac's Legacy Units
• Wash. Bank Abetted $230M Ponzi Scheme, Investors Say
• Del. Heavyweight Firms Get Lead Spot For Endeavor Deal Suit
• Russian Businessman Fights Docs Order In Trump Media Suit
• Sidley, Hogan Lovells Guide Ares' $1B Meade Pipeline Buy
• Ex-Worker Wants Class Cert. In $97.6M Forklift Co. Stock Suit
• PE-Backed Alliance Laundry Launches Plans For $700M IPO
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Avenue Capital Clinches $1B Sports-Focused PE Fund
• Duane Morris, DLA Piper Steer $1.2B Hadron SPAC Deal
• 6 Firms Advise On EA's $55B Deal With Investor Group
• KKR Secures EU Approval For £4.2B Spectris Takeover
• Trump Says Cook Can't Rely On 'Mantra' Of Fed Independence
• Illumina And Grail Nix Investor Suit Over Failed Deal, For Now
• Trump Media Seeks End To Merger Fee Fight After Arbitration
• 'American Exceptionalism' SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Totaling $550M
• Operator Of NBA's Suns Says Doc Suit Is For Buyout Leverage
• 7 Firms Build GTCR's CA$3.3B Dentalcorp Take-Private
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Permira Gets More Time To Make Offer For JTC
• Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve
• A&O Shearman Guides Prosus' €1.1B Auto Marketplace Buy
• Trump Blesses Deal To Transfer TikTok To $14B US Co.
• $8.9B Deal For Health Tech R1 RCM Draws Del. Chancery Suit
• Mich. Judge Backs $778M Judgment Against Auto Parts Mogul
• Oracle, Meta Mull $20B AI Deal, As Tech Rumors Abound
• Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Trump SPAC Ex-CEO Wins $1.5M Legal Fee Advance In Del.
• Second 'Drugs Made In America' SPAC Raises $500M In IPO
• Kirkland-Led Ridgemont Secures Nearly $4B For 5th Fund
• Oakley Capital Launches Euro Insurance Services Platform
• TA Associates Affiliate Trims Stake In Eurowag, Raises £56M
• Freshfields, Fried Frank-Led Petershill To Exit London Listing
• Milbank Advises AI Biz Nscale On $1.1B Series B Funding
• Skechers Investor Seeks Chancery Appraisal Of $9.4B Deal
• Defunct Tech Co.'s CEO Bilked Investors Of $120M, Feds Say
• Kirkland, Willkie Steer IAS' $1.9B 'AI-First' Sale To Novacap
• FTC Merger Filing Overhaul Is Clear Overstep, Chamber Says
• Merrill Lynch Accuses Ex-Staff, Schwab, Investor Of IP Theft
• Del. Justices Uphold $10.5B Zendesk Take-Private Deal
• Olo Investor Sues For Records On $2B Thoma Bravo Deal
• Kirkland, Davis Polk Lead Mirion's $585M Paragon Buy
• Loeb & Loeb, Kirkland Guide SPAC Lafayette's $250M IPO
• IPO Suit Reinforces Strict Section 11 Tracing Requirement
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management
• Battery Ventures Leads $165M Investment In Risk AI Biz
• PE-Focused Debt Finance Pro Boosts Cooley's Boston Office
• RadioShack Reboot Plan Morphed Into $112M Scam, SEC Says
• Hedge Funds Call For CFTC To End Dual Registration
• How Attys Are Riding The Mass. Biotech 'Roller Coaster'
• Cantor Fitzgerald, Citibank Hit With Trading Patent Suits
• Calif. Bill May Shake Up Healthcare Investment Landscape
• Climate Transition-Focused SPAC Plans For $150M IPO
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Sempra On $10B Subsidiary Sale
• How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities
• AI Health Benefits Platform Secures $400M In New Funding
• Oracle To Secure TikTok Users' Data In Deal To Skirt US Ban
• Judge Blocks New Claims In BNY Mellon Self-Dealing Suit
• UK, US To Collaborate On Capital Markets, Crypto Policy
• Fifth Third Can Keep $30M In Escrow Fight, Judge Rules
• In-House Judge Won't Pause FTC's Heart Valve Deal Challenge
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• State False Claims Acts Can Help Curb Opioid Fund Fraud
• Business Management Co. Valued At $1.5B After TPG Plug
• VC Partner Fights IRS Summonses Tied To Korean Tax Probe
• Atlas Holdings Buying Office Depot Owner In $1B Deal
• PE-Backed Flood Insurance Provider Neptune Eyes $350M IPO
• Kirkland, DLA Piper Steer Thoma Bravo's $1.4B PROS Buy
• 4 Firms Build Patient Square's $2.6B Premier Take-Private Deal
• 2 Firms Advise Compass' $1.6B Buy Of Broker Anywhere
• Linklaters Bolsters Italy Team With Top M&A Partner Hire
• Goodwin, Latham Steer E-Commerce Co. Pattern's $300M IPO
• SEC Dem Fears 'High-Speed Collision' In Private Markets
• Shareholders Urge Sanctions Over Telecom Tower Seizures
• OneDigital Nabs $7B Value With PE-Backed Majority Stake Buy
• Faegre Drinker Hires Corporate Atty From Greenberg Traurig
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Venture Capital Atty From O'Melveny
• Ellenoff-Led SPAC Among 3 IPOs Seeking Total $450M
• Revamped Opportunity Zones Can Aid Clean Energy Projects
• Atkins-Led SEC Continues Focus On Private Funds
• Conn. Banking Chief Orders $4.9M Restitution In School Fraud
• Firms Look To Drop Shareholder Client Sapien In Linqto Ch. 11
• AI Firm's Ex-CTO Barred From Using Trade Secrets
• Sports Group Brera Raises $300M To Launch Solana Treasury
• Montreal-Based Corp. Atty Moves To Akerman's NY Office
• Group Of US Investors To Buy TikTok, Plus More Rumors
• Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Investor EQT Wraps Up Deal For Majority Stake In Energy Biz
• Crypto Exchange Bullish Gets BitLicense From NY Regulator
• VC-Backed Cybersecurity Biz Netskope Prices $908M IPO
• FINRA Fines Okla. Investment Firm For Mishandling Funds
• Chancery Mulls Limited Discovery In $8.7B Cerevel Sale Suit
• SEC Policy Shift Could Foreclose Some Investor Class Actions
• WaterBridge Reaches $634M IPO Pricing, Guided By 2 Firms
• ADNOC-Led Group Abandons $18.7B Bid For Santos
• Spencer Fane Adds Corporate, RE Attys In The Midwest
• Weil-Led Crux Capital Wraps $340M Inaugural PE Fund
• 3 Firms Advise On I Squared's $800M Entek Stake Purchase
• Sky-High AI Valuations Are Reshaping Dealmaking Playbook
• Skadden, Latham Guide $1.6B Paramount Real Estate Deal
• Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law
• Latham, Vinge Advise Verisure's €3.1B Stockholm Float
• FTC Ends Director Overlap In Healthcare Space
• Latham, Cooley Lead Ticket Sales Giant StubHub's $800M IPO
• 'Incurably Premature': Suit Over Alleged EB-5 Rule Tossed
• Avalara Investors' Claims Pass Muster After 9th Circ. Revival
• FDIC Gets More Discovery In SVB Fraud Coverage Row
• Casino Giant Urges Fla. Court To Toss Bahamas Fraud Suit
• BlackRock Blames Coal Production Cuts On Falling Demand
• AI Startup Boost Run To Go Public Via $614M SPAC Merger
• FTC Chair Pledges 'Action' Against Late Merger Fixes
• Willkie Taps PE Head To Co-Lead The Firm In 2027
• 7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know
• VarmX Partners With Biotech CSL In Deal Worth Up To $2.2B
• Oakley Capital Investments Adds Extra £25M In School Group
• Rent The Runway Gets Investor Suit Trimmed On 2nd Look
• Chancery OKs Public Access To Some SpaceX Suit Docs
• Trump Once More Floats The End Of The Quarterly Report
• NBA's Trail Blazers Sold To Owner Of NHL's Hurricanes
• Sears Investors Ink $9M Deal In Fiduciary Breach Case
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Kirkland, Gibson Dunn Advise On $1B Blackstone Energy Deal
• US, China Agree On TikTok Ownership Transfer, Bessent Says
• Exactech Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan Ditching Sponsor Deal
• Saudi Fintech Hala Secures $157M Of Series B Funding
• Simpson Thacher Adds Ex-Goodwin Debt Financing Pro
• 4 More Cadwalader Attys Exit In Charlotte, Head to Proskauer
• Paul Hastings Adds Goodwin Private Equity Partner In Boston
• French Court Rejects Russian Businesswoman's $100M Claim
• Microsoft, OpenAI Ink Tentative Deal On Nonprofit Restructure
• 4 Companies Led By 5 Firms Ride IPO Wave, Raising $1.9B
• Digital Infrastructure SPAC Starts Trading After $200M IPO
• Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations
• Sweeping US Tax And Spending Bill May Bolster PE Returns
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Trump's CFTC Nominee Publicly Feuds With Winklevoss Twins
• DLA Piper Adds Leveraged Finance Partner In LA
• AI, Tech and More Sectors Drive $4B-$7B Deal Rumors
• Freshfields, Kirkland Advise On Advent's $4.7B Zentiva Sale
• Clifford Chance Hires Ex-Fried Frank PE Partner In NY
• Cooley-Led LB Pharmaceuticals Raises Upsized $285M IPO
• Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Media, Sports-Focused SPAC's $240M IPO Guided By 3 Firms
• Kirkland-Led Aurora Wraps 7th Fund With $2.1B In Tow
• Latham-Led Stablecoin Firm Figure Prices Upsized $788M IPO
• Del. Justices Urged To Revive $10.5B Zendesk Deal Challenge
• OpenAI Can't Keep For-Profit Shift Docs From Musk
• Private Equity Fund CEO Charged In $62.5M Ponzi-Like Fraud
• AI Infrastructure Startup Nebius Seeks $3B To Fuel Expansion
• SEC Rulemaking Radar: The Debut Of Atkins' 'New Day'
• SEC Taps Gibson Atty To Head Corporation Finance Division
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI
• PsiQuantum Valued At $7B After $1B Funding Round
• Ch. 11 Ruling Voiding $2M Litigation Funding Sends A Warning
• Kirkland-Led Veritas Clinches $14.4B Tech-Focused Fund
• Investor Secures 93% Stake In Anexo After Takeover Approval
• Kirkland Adds Fintech Regulatory Partner From McDermott
• HGGC To Squeeze Out Energy Biz's Shares In £184M Takeover
• Davis Polk Leads Klarna's Above-Range $1.4B IPO
• Private Fund Adviser To Pay $9.7M To End SEC Suit
• Mich. Judge OKs Auto Mogul's $19M Bid To Reclaim Assets
• McKinsey Expects $106T Global Infrastructure Spend By 2040
• SEC Sued To Lift Private Market Investment Cap
• 4 Firms Guide Property Finder's $525M PE-Backed Investment
• Why SEC, CFTC Crypto Rules 'Sprint' Could Be A Marathon
• Kidney Care Co. Strive Health Secures $550M In New Funding
• VC Firm's Top Atty Rejoins Skadden To Lead Tech Policy Team
• What To Expect As Trump's 401(k) Order Materializes
• 4 Firms Build Horizon Quantum's $503M SPAC Merger
• Demystifying The Civil Procedure Rules Amendment Process
• A&O Shearman-Led Microchip Biz Invests €1.3B In AI Co.
• CoinShares, Infleqtion To Hit Public Markets Via SPAC Mergers
• Las Vegas Man Gets 7 Years For $1.4M Fraud Scheme
• Securities Class Actions Had A Late Summer Appellate Bloom
• 2 Firms Steer $540M IPO For Oilfield Water Infrastructure Co.
• With Obligor Ruling, Ohio Justices Calm Lending Waters
• 9th Circ. Backs Trump Donor's Tax, Foreign Agent Convictions
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Tracking The Copyright Fights Between Creators And AI Cos.
• Musk Can't Avoid In-Person Deposition In Severance Battle
• Morgan Stanley Raises $900M For Japan Real Estate Fund
• Kirkland-Led One Equity Partners Clinches $3.25B 9th Fund
• A&O Leads PE-Backed Ingredients Maker In £157M Rival Buy
• Orrick Adds Tech And VC Adviser From WilmerHale
• SEC, CFTC Set Sights On Crypto In Regulatory Collab
• Fla. Judge Trims Trump Media SPAC Exec Hacking Suit
• Evaluating The SEC's Rising Whistleblower Denial Rate
• Connecticut Court Orders New Trial In $10.4M Fraud Case
• Paris-Based SPAC Joins US Pipeline Targeting $100M Listing
• IPO Market Gears Up For Late-Year Surge In New Listings
• Taxation With Representation: Milbank, Wachtell, Latham
• Pot Co. Investors Say Ex-Partner Drained Coffers For Suits
• Parenting Skills That Can Help Lawyers Thrive Professionally
• Hedge Fund Shareholders Push To Dismiss $300M Asset Suit
• SEC, CFPB Rulemaking Agendas Show Deregulatory Push
• Ropes & Gray Leads Carlyle Unit's $20B Secondary Raise
• Music Lyrics Co.'s $1B Antitrust Suit Mostly Survives
• Returning SPAC Teams Kick Off Fresh IPOs Totaling $400M
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Quantinuum Hits $10B Valuation After $600M Capital Raise
• Unpacking The New Opportunity Zone Tax Incentive Program
• 5 Firms Guide Rithm Capital's Crestline Buy
• Teaching Trial Advocacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
• Gov't Backs Funds Against Activist Investor Before High Court
• Navigating Brazil's Regulations, Incentives For Green Projects
• Cube Highways Trust Mulls $600M IPO, Plus More Rumors
• Shareholders Back Apax Partners' €916M Apax Global Deal
• Derivative Claim Miss Dooms Chancery Squeeze-Out Suit
• Lumen's Bid To Move $1.4B Pension Suit Out Of Colo. Blocked
• Del. Justices Mull Sports Media Co. Investors' Doc Appeal
• Latham Adds Former Fried Frank Atty To M&A, PE Team In NY
• Transit Tech Startup Via Ignites Plans For $450M IPO
• 4 Firms Steer $2.7B Sale Of Aon's NFP Wealth Biz
• Archegos Witness Avoids Prison After 'Extensive' Cooperation
• 2 Firms Advise $300M Investment In Shopping Center REIT
• Latham-Led Great Hill Clinches 9th Fund With $7B In Tow
• KKR Secures UK Gov't Approval For £4.2B Spectris Takeover
• Speculation Can't Halt Medical Coatings Merger, GTCR Says
• Del. Court Tosses Trump Media Suit, Avoids Immunity Fight
• Kirkland, Cleary Guide Close Of $2.3B Private Credit Fund
• FTC Defends Merger Filing Overhaul From Chamber's Attack
• Simpson Thacher Guides Blackstone's $5.5B Fund
• Texas Property Law Complicates Financing And Development
• Plains Takes Majority Stake In EPIC Crude In $1.57B Deal
• Sullivan & Cromwell Sees NY Exits As It Grows In London
• Adapting To Private Practice: From Texas AUSA To BigLaw
• Davis Polk-Led Klarna Seeks $1.3B In Revived IPO Plans
• NJ Judge Tosses REIT Shareholders' Liquidation Suit
• Evernorth Health Plugs $3.5B Into Shields Health Solutions
• Apollo, Brookfield-Backed Group Inks $28.2B Air Lease Deal