Private Equity Archive » January, 2026

Private Equity - January, 2026

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• Ex-CFO Says Gov't Can't Seize $35M In Funds He Never Had
• FTC Requires Facility Sales For $835M Healthcare Deal
• DOJ Requires Divestitures For Reddy Ice-Arctic Glacier Tie-Up
• 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue
• Mining SPAC's $270M IPO Starts Trading As 3 Firms Advise
• Taxation With Representation: Clifford Chance, Ropes & Gray
• Blackstone-Backed Liftoff Mobile Joins Growing IPO Pipeline
• 3 Key Ohio Financial Services Developments From 2025
• Freshfields-Led Permira's Investment Values Carne At €1.4B
• Warsh Clinches Trump's Nomination For Fed Chair
• Apax In Talks To Buy Auto Dealer Tech Biz For £583M
• Trump SPAC Fights Chancery's $25K Daily Sanction Ruling
• Zuora Investor Sues Over $1.7B Silver Lake Take-Private Deal
• Inspire Medical Leaders Face Suit Over Apnea Device Rollout
• Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 3 Companies Begin Trading After Raising $1.3B In IPOs
• Jones Day Guides VSE Corp. On $2B Precision Aviation Deal
• Perkins Coie Adds McDermott Tax Partner In Chicago
• SpaceX Eyes IPO At $1.5 Trillion Value, Plus More Rumors
• Lukoil Open To Offers Despite Deal With Carlyle
• Tyson Cuts $48M Deal To End More Pork Price-Fixing Claims
• Asset Co. Slams Conn. Insurance Chief's Plan For Liquidation
• Ropes Leads Kraken-Linked SPAC's Upsized $300M Listing
• Del. Justices Told ERISA, Legal Fee Tangle Unprecedented
• BlackRock, Eclipse Lead Cellares' $257M Funding Round
• Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails
• Ropes-Led EAM Clinches 2nd Fund With $575M In Tow
• Self-Driving Car Biz Waabi Secures $750M In New Funding
• Google's Allegedly Stolen AI Secrets Not Valuable, Jury Told
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
• SEC Settles 3 Insider Trading Cases for $1M
• Northwood Space Raises $100M In Series B
• Adhesive Cos. Push Back On FTC Merger Concerns
• AI Robotics Biz Raises $110M In New Funding
• Mountain Lake's Second SPAC Raises Upsized $313M Offering
• Kirkland-Led Leonard Green Gets $3.6B For Single-Asset Fund
• Willkie Adds Private Equity Pro From Sidley Austin In LA
• EU Advances Brookfield, GIC's Australian Storage REIT Buy
• 3 Firms Guide GigCapital's Latest SPAC, Raising $220M
• SEC Tells Judge Chat Records Bolster Its Short-Selling Claims
• Ch. 7 Trustee Seeks $59M To Halt Pump Co. Family Transfers
• Bain-Controlled Bob's Discount Furniture Eyes $350M IPO
• USA Rare Earth Secures $3.1B Of Federal And Private Funding
• Federal Contractor Opexus Sued Over EEOC Data Breach
• O'Melveny Brings On Proskauer M&A Pro In California
• Davis Polk, Ropes & Gray Steer $2.4B PE-Backed Entrust Deal
• Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 2 Firms Guide Data Center, Grid Parts Builder Seeking $1.5B
• Haynes Boone Appoints 2 Fund Finance Leads
• Paul Weiss Guides KPS In €230M Buy Of Novacel
• Freshfields, Fried Frank Aid CVC's $1.2B Buy Of US Credit Biz
• New Cadwalader Exits To Fuel Paul Hastings Charlotte Launch
• Feds Seek $35M Forfeiture After Ex-CFO's Crypto Conviction
• Heart Valve Deal Was Blocked Over Innovation Concerns
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm
• Vegan Protein Co. Claims Bad-Faith Dilution By Partner
• Taxation With Representation: Vinge, A&O Shearman, Cassels
• Clifford Chance Guides €3.8B Czech Defense Group's IPO
• Wealth Management Biz To Go Public Via $300M SPAC Merger
• Latham, Davis Polk Guide Construction Gear Co.'s $747M IPO
• TikTok Seals Joint Venture Deal For US Operations
• SpaceX Eyes IPO, Spirit Mulls PE Owner, And Other Rumors
• Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year
• PE-Backed Strickland Brothers Secures $360M Investment
• 3 Firms Guide BitGo's Upsized $212M IPO
• Marketers Who Sold Fraudulent StraightPath Funds Plead Out
• Dayforce Investors Seek Records In $12.3B Thoma Bravo Deal
• Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Shareholder Says $2.3B Take-Private Deal Hid Blackstone Ties
• General Fusion To Go Public In $1B Nasdaq Deal
• 2 Firms Advise Energy Infrastructure Co.'s Go-Public Deal
• Cadwalader Fund Finance Partner Joins King & Spalding
• Ropes & Gray, Vinge Guide EQT's $3.7B Coller Capital Deal
• Norton Rose-Led PE Biz To Buy UK Wholesaler For £251M
• Cloover Raises $1.22B Via Series A, Debt Facility
• Blueprint Closes Oversubscribed $333M Tech-Focused Fund
• UK's NCC Selling Escode Business For $370M
• How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era
• Justices Wary Of Greenlighting Trump Bid To Fire Fed's Cook
• Trump Order On Wall Street Landlords Floats Antitrust Review
• Adviser Can't Freeze Funds From $2.1B Plymouth REIT Buy
• Trump Media Investor Says Insider Trading Trial Was Flawed
• Willkie Accused Of Aiding $735M Fraud In Buyout Deal
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• SEC Picks Kirkland Partner For Corp. Finance Deputy Director
• Latham & Watkins Adds M&A Insurance Partner To Firm
• McDonald Hopkins Forms Practice Group For Law Firm MSOs
• Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms
• Massumi & Consoli Lands M&A Pro In Los Angeles
• Clifford Chance US Funds Leaders Leap To Sidley
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 2 Financial Companies Unveil Plans For Total $600M IPOs
• Heitman Clinches $2B Real Estate Fund
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Up Next At High Court: Fed Firing & Gun 'Vampire Rules'
• Stolen Google AI Info Valuable To Rivals And China, Jury Told
• 6th Circ. Revives Biomed Co. Investor's Suit Over Stock Sale
• OpenAI, Microsoft Must Face Musk Fraud Fight In April Trial
• What Changed For Healthcare Transaction Law In 2025
• Infinite Eagle SPAC Raises $300M In Latest IPO
• Decoding The SEC's Plans To Revitalize The US IPO Market
• Smaller AI Deals Have Surged As Cos. Seek Talent, Tech Edge
• Taxation With Representation: Stibbe, A&O Shearman, Latham
• ICG Sells Austrian HQ Back To Former Owner For $160M
• V&E, Latham Steer Mitsubishi's $7.5B Foray Into US Shale Biz
• Aerospace Biz TransDigm Gets 2 PE-Backed Cos. In $2.2B Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Google Worker In IP Theft Trial Impersonated Exec, Jury Hears
• Getty Loses 2nd Circ. Bid Over $88M Stock Sale Breach Order
• Simpson Thacher Guides New Mountain's $1.2B Fund Close
• 2 OFAC Sanctions Actions Highlight PE Compliance Risk
• Chancery Tosses Vividion IP Suit Over $2B Bayer Deal
• DOL's Benefits Arm Describes New Enforcement Focus
• Playlist, EGYM Merging To Create $7.5B Wellness Platform
• Easing Equity Research Firewall Shows SEC Open To Updates
• HIG Capital Clinches €1.6B European-Focused PE Fund
• SEC Taps Ex-BlackRock, GSA Atty To Be General Counsel
• Fly-Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 3 Firms Steer Talen's $3.45B Natural Gas Assets Buy
• Digital Infrastructure Biz Nets $240M For Data Center Expansion
• 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume
• Carlyle Among Bidders For Lukoil Assets, Plus More Rumors
• Oxford Biomedica Attracts Approach From PE Group EQT
• Google Ex-Staffer Attys In 'Grave Danger' Of Testimony Misstep
• Lowenstein Sandler Guides Alpaca's $150M Series D
• SDNY Atty Signals Return To Private Fund Valuation Scrutiny
• Czech Co. Seeks $873M IPO On Defense Spending Wave
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties
• Sixth Street Closes European Fund With €3.75B In Tow
• Alternative Asset 401(k) Investing Rule Sent To OMB
• Simpson Thacher-Led Coller Capital Wraps $17B Fund
• Google Engineer Cut-And-Pasted To Evade Security, Jury Told
• Judge Grants Final Approval To AmeriFirst's Ch. 11 Plan
• Chancery OKs $4.85M Deal To End Ed-Tech Acquisition Suit
• AI Infrastructure Firm Exascale To Go Public Via $500M Deal
• Voice AI Co. Valued At $1.3B After $130M Series C Round
• NC Judge Leery Of Early Exit Bid In Produce Co. ESOP Suit
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond
• 2 Firms Guide IPO Valuing Construction Rental Co. At $6.4B
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Polygon Labs On $250M Crypto Deals
• Ares Wraps Inaugural Credit Secondaries Fund At $4B
• Energy Transfer Asserts Blackstone Fraud In Pipeline Row
• Ex-Google Engineer Stole AI Secrets To Help China, Jury Told
• Crypto Custody Startup Bitgo Launches Plans For $189M IPO
• REITs Say Shareholders' Retooled Liquidation Suit Still Fails
• Adviser Claims REIT Stiffed It Over $2.1B Take-Private Deal
• SEC Draws From BigLaw To Appoint Enforcement Deputies
• Clifford Chance Continues US Growth With Freshfields Atty
• Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• European PE Firm Apheon Secures €1.3B For 6th Fund
• Medicine Biz Mirador Wraps $250M Funding Round
• EQT To Sell Stake In Irish Biz To Haemonetics In €185M Deal
• Bernstein Litowitz Asks To Exit $13B Endeavor Stock Suit
• AI Can Help Advisers With Proxy Voting, SEC Official Says
• Ropes & Gray Steers IPO Plan For Bob's Discount Furniture
• Future Risk Not Enough To Save Verizon Pension Annuity Suit
• Fintech-Focused Lafayette Digital SPAC Prices $250M Offering
• Sanchez Energy Lenders Float Deal To End Ch. 11 Lien Fight
• Judge Blocks Edwards' $945M Heart Valve Deal
• The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit
• Skechers, Tech Co. Investors Sue For Stock Appraisals In Del.
• Biotech AirNexis Wraps Funding Round With $200M Raised
• Taxation With Representation: King & Spalding, Torys, Milbank
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Trade Secrets Row, A Patient Data Deal
• Paul Hastings-Led Oncology Firm Prices Upsized $318M IPO
• Weyerhaeuser Says $1.5B Pension Move Didn't Harm Retirees
• FTC Battles Edwards On Eve Of Heart Valve Merger Deadline
• AI And Data Security Biz Valued At $9B After Funding Round
• Odebrecht To Pay Investors $17.3M To End Bribe-Scheme Suit
• 4 Executive Pay Trends Attorneys Will Be Watching In 2026
• Cooley-Led Eir Partners Wraps $1B Health Tech Fund
• Benefit Street Partners Closes $10B Multifamily-Focused Fund
• 3 Firms Advise On $500M Good Culture PE Buyout
• Kirkland-Led Guidepost Wraps 4th Fund With $521M In Tow
• Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Willkie Helps Mutares Buy Thermoplastics Biz For $450M
• OpenAI Can't Ax Musk's Fraud Claim Over For-Profit Plan
• Trader Asks Wary Colo. Appeals Court To Award $10M Penalty
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building
• Trump Says He Wants To Ban Wall Street From Buying Houses
• Chancery Exec Noncompete Ruling Offers PE Buyer Lessons
• Kirkland-Led Warburg Pincus Clinches $3B Financial Fund
• 3 Firms Guide Apollo's $3.5B Data Center Financing
• Simpson Thacher Advises As Data Center Biz Gets $1.9B
• Ropes-Advised Buyout Firm BV Beats Target With $2.5B Raise
• Expect A New Normal In Commercial Real Estate This Year
• White & Case-Led Brazilian Digital Bank Seeks US IPO
• Sidley Loses 4th NY Finance Partner To Paul Weiss
• US Investor Amends Terms Of £340M Buy Of Tech Biz Idox
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Cravath Tax Pro To Growing M&A Team
• AB InBev To Buy Back 49.9% Stake In Metals Plants For $3B
• Legatum Exec Keeps $8M Libel Verdict Against Investigator
• Cancer Biotech Co. Eyes $182M IPO
• DayOne Lands $2B For Global Data Center Development
• Call Center Co. ESOP Managers Ink $8.75M Settlement Deal
• Food Industry Braces For MAHA And Other Challenges In 2026
• Chancery Orders $25K Daily Sanction In Trump Media Dispute
• Simpson Thacher Opens San Francisco Office
• Delaware Chancery Narrows Real Estate Valuation Suit
• MoFo US Offices Lead 2026 Partner Promotions
• 4 Firms Steer $1.7B Take-Private Of Canadian Multifamily REIT
• Bridgepoint In Talks To Acquire Interpath Majority Stake
• Simpson Thacher-Led PE Firm To Buy Debt Manager Stake
• SEC Expected To Tackle Exec Comp, Private Investing In 2026
• Transactional Trends To Watch In The Energy Industry In 2026
• What To Watch In Massachusetts Courts In 2026
• Milbank PE Co-Head On What Will Drive Deals In 2026
• Megadeals, Tariff Reset Put M&A On Firmer Footing For 2026
• Top 5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel To Watch In 2026
• 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape
• Blue Slip Fight Looms Over Trump's 2026 Judicial Outlook
• 4 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring
• BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year