Private Equity Archive » February, 2026

Private Equity - February, 2026

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• SEC Moves To Toss Suit Over 'Accredited Investor' Rule
• Altria-Juul Judge Details Class Cert. Decision In Antitrust Row
• AI-Focused Generate Biomedicines Prices $400M IPO
• Trump Media Explores Truth Social Spin-Off After TAE Deal
• 3 Mass. Rulings You May Have Missed In February
• AI-Assisted Arbitration Needs Safeguards To Ensure Fairness
• Wachtell Lipton Steers OpenAI On $110B Amazon-Led Funding
• Reed Smith Leads Climate Tech Biz In $850M US SPAC Deal
• Aerospace Engineer In Takeover Talks With Advent, Others
• 2 Firms Guide Equinix, CPP Investments On $4B AtNorth Buy
• Self-Driving Truck Startup Raises $113M Before SPAC Merger
• How The SEC's New 'User-Friendly' Manual Provides Uniformity
• SEC Fines Ill. Adviser Over COVID-Era Loan Valuations
• Allbirds Investors' 'Kitchen-Sink' Strategy Dooms IPO Suit
• JRK-Owned Co. Will Pay Up To $5.1M To Conn. Tenants
• Willkie Lands A&O Shearman Corporate Finance Pros In Calif.
• Vanguard Will Pay $29.5M To Settle Red States' ESG Suit
• Longtime Adviser To Tech Cos. Joins Orrick From Perkins Coie
• Willkie Leads Victory Capital's Rival Bid For Janus Henderson
• Playing Piano Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Goodwin Procter-Led Banks To Buy $100M Trading Biz Stake
• Jefferies Faces Investor Fraud Suit Tied To First Brands Crash
• 4 Questions About Trump's Retirement Savings Pitch
• Winston & Strawn-Led SPAC Mozayyx Prices Upsized $261M IPO
• Conn. Insurance Chief Fights Intervention In Liquidation Row
• EQT Will Not Make Offer For Oxford Biomedica
• 2 Firms Help Novacap Land $3.8B For Tech-Focused Fund
• Taylor Wessing Steers £186M Bid For Fintech Fund
• Healthcare-Focused PE Firm Ascend Wraps $791M Fund
• SEC Lays Out New Enforcement Vision In Revised Guidelines
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Ex-Baker McKenzie Atty In Chicago
• Chamber Pushes 5th Circ. To Keep FTC Merger Overhaul Nixed
• Headache-Focused Biotech Raises $130M In Series A Round
• AI-Generated Doc Ruling Guides Attys On Privilege Risks
• Weil Adds Simpson Thacher Private Funds Partner
• European Semiconductor Co. Snags $250M In New Funding
• How Greenberg Thinks Tariff Ruling Could Affect Dealmaking
• Asthma Biotech Generate Biomedicines Eyes $400M IPO
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1
• 6 Firms Guide Investors' $3.4B Resi REIT Buy
• Cleary Adds A&O Shearman Duo To Capital Markets Team
• Latham Adds Wachtell Lipton M&A, Finance Duo In NY
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Weil
• 5 Firms Guide Finnish Firm IQM Quantum's $1.8B SPAC Deal
• Amherst Residential Legal Head Joins Morgan Lewis In DC
• Kirkland, Jones Day Build $1.1B Hospice Take-Private Deal
• Clearing US Legal Hurdles To Biz Opportunities In Venezuela
• Getty Wants 2nd Circ. To Rehear $100M Investor Dispute
• Paramount, Netflix Differ On Significance Of HSR Milestone
• Calif.'s Civility Push Shows Why Professionalism Is Vital
• Middle-Market Private Data Sector Poised For M&A Growth
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Debevoise
• Simpson Thacher Plans Dallas Launch, Adds Capital Practice
• Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Simpson Thacher
• Apollo Invests $1B In 5th Contribution To UAE Developer
• 5th Circ. Pauses Order Scrapping FTC Merger Filing Overhaul
• Target Ends Chicken Price-Fixing Claims Against Tyson
• Investment Firm Denied CNA Defense From Competitor
• Steve Young's PE Firm Closes Fund With $3.2B Raised
• Nunes Ordered To Finish Deposition In Trump Media Suit
• Energy Startup Targets Binance, Banks In Loan Fraud Claims 
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Former Solo Practitioner Joins Goodwin's Funds Team
• Funko To Pay $5.4M To Settle Del. Stockholder Suit
• Activists Elliott, Jana Make Latest Moves, And Other Rumors
• FBT Gibbons Adds Shackelford McKinley PE Pro In Texas
• Trivia Competition Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Judge Rejects FTC's Emergency Bid To Spare Merger Rule
• Telecom Joint Venture To Pay $2.7B For UK Fiber Company
• Latham-Led Guardian Capital Closes $441M Fund
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Kirkland
• Law School's Missed Lessons: What Cross-Selling Truly Takes
• Former SEC Deputy Director Joins Paul Weiss
• 5 Firms Shape Kennedy Wilson's $1.65B Take-Private Deal
• 3 Firms Advise On $3.1B Mister Car Wash Take-Private Deal
• Dismissal Of FTC Merger Rule Shows Nothing 'Broken' To 'Fix'
• Educator Unions Call For SEC Probe Of Apollo's Epstein Ties
• Wash. Bank Ignored Ponzi Scheme Warnings, Investors Say
• Kirkland, Wachtell Lipton Steer Xerox $450M Venture With TPG
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• CFIUS Initiative May Smooth Way For Some Foreign Investors
• McGuireWoods Adds Sidley Private Equity Pro In Los Angeles
• 4 Firms Guide Cos.' $1.9B PacifiCorp Assets Buy
• Trump Family Invests In $1.5B Go-Public Merger For Drone Co.
• Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• How AI Data Centers Are Elevating Development Risk In 2026
• BBQ Co. ESOP Members Urge Trial Despite DOL's $15M Deal
• Warner Bros. Rejects Latest Paramount Bid But Talks Resume
• Latham Leads PE Infrastructure Firm Kinterra's $950M Fund
• CVC Buys M&G's Investment Portfolio Stake For $1.1B
• FTC Mulls Merger Rule Appeal, Blasts 'Left-Wing' Chamber
• Reed Smith Nabs Ex-WilmerHale Capital Markets Pro
• How State FCA Activity May Affect Civil Fraud Enforcement
• How Cooley Steered The Boston Celtics' Multistep $6.1B+ Sale
• Judges On AI: Practical Use Cases In Chambers
• Australian Coal Miner Readies US Listing Via SPAC Merger
• Fintech Clear Street Delays US IPO After Downsizing Offering
• Taxation With Representation: Homburger, Lenz & Staehelin
• Saks' Post-M&A Bankruptcy Illustrates Current Market Risks
• Corporations Should Think Twice About Mandatory Arbitration
• Colo. Appeals Panel Backs Ex-Director's $3.36M Jury Award
• FTC Merger Filing Overhaul Thrown Out
• Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk Steer SoftBank-Backed IPO
• SEC's Atkins Rejects Top Dem's Crypto Corruption Claims
• Top SEC Enforcer Sees Fewer Cases Over Common Violations
• Union Capital Clinches $450M 4th Fund
• Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Navigating New Risks Amid Altered Foreign Issuer Landscape
• Elliott Takes Stake In Stock Exchange Group, More Rumors
• 4 Firms Guide Blackstone, EQT's $6.6B Spanish Recycler Deal
• Deutsche Börse To Buy PE Firm's Data Biz Stake For €1.1B
• Del. Justices Grapple Over Truth Social Share Math
• SEC's Atkins Says ESG Fund Names Rule Is Under Review
• Anesthesia Group Looks To End FTC Rollup Suit
• Steward Health Creditor Trust Seeks $56M From Insurers
• Ancora Opposes Netflix-WBD Merger, Backs Paramount Bid
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Norton Rose Investment Funds Pro
• Financial Advisory Co. Province Acquires StoneTurn
• Sustainability Investor Raises $2.4B In Latest Fund Close
• Weil, Latham Lead Solar Project Builder's $513M IPO
• Blue Owl Wraps $3B Strategic Equity, Secondaries Fund
• Paul Weiss, Dechert Steer QXO's $2.25B Kodiak Buy
• Paul Hastings Lands 8 More Attys For New Charlotte Office
• Presidio Seeks $1B Debt To Fund Deals After SPAC Merger
• Freshfields, Kirkland Steer $6.2B Clear Channel Outdoor Deal
• European Wax Center To Go Private In $330M Cash Deal
• Malpractice Claim Assignability Continues To Divide Courts
• AI Docs Sent By Exec To Attys Not Privileged, Judge Says
• Whooping Cough-Focused Biotech Wraps $115M Fundraise
• Conn. AG Launches Blight Probe Of JRK-Owned Apartments
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Fried Frank Hires Pillsbury M&A, PE Head
• Safanad Sells UK Care Home Biz To REIT For $1.6B
• Slaughter And May Leads NatWest £2.7B Wealth Manager Buy
• Kirkland, McDermott-Led GBL To Buy €500M Medical Biz Stake
• Schroders, Apollo Team Up On Wealth, Retirement Products
• White & Case-Led CVC To Buy Animal Health Biz For €2.2B
• Weil Helps Advent, FedEx Buy Poland's InPost For €7.8B
• Kirkland Leads Jennifer Garner's Baby Food Co.'s $198M IPO
• Linqto Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan With Stock Deal
• TPG Hid Exactech Defects To Dodge Liability, Trust Alleges
• Antitrust Classes Certified Over Altria's Juul Investment
• Tips For Counsel As PE Eyes Data Center Facility Services
• How Latest Nasdaq Proposals Stand To Raise Listings Quality
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Nix Of NY Anesthesiologists' Antitrust Suit
• 3 Firms Lead TPG's Stake Acquisition Of Sabre Industries
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, S&C, Wachtell
• US Investor Gets 19.1% Backing So Far For £340M Idox Buy
• Ex-Exec At Perot's VC Firm Says Boss Owes Him For $2B Sale
• Billionaire Lewis' Pilots Ink SEC Deals Over Insider Trading
• Ropes, Latham Lead Bob's Discount Furniture's $331M IPO
• Patent Co., AI Research Firm Join Forces In $150M Deal
• SDNY Chief Says Office Has Eye On Prediction Markets
• FAT Brands Seeks OK To Use Subsidiary Stock Sale Cash
• KKR Buying Pro Sports Investor Arctos In $1.4B Deal
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• Anthropic Plans $350B Tender Offer, And Other Rumors
• How Attorneys Can Navigate Shifts In Financing Landscape
• Seward & Kissel Taps Watson Farley Atty As Maritime Leader
• 2 Firms Advise JV's Data Center Portfolio Sale To Igneo
• Cooley Adds Ex-Kirkland Corporate Real Estate Leader In NY
• Covington, Davis Polk Lead Eikon's Upsized $381M IPO
• Weil, Latham Advise Data Center Parts Builder's $1.5B IPO
• Teaching Logic Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ropes Leads Hair-Loss Firm Veradermics' Upsized $256M IPO
• SEC Cases May Rise After 'Unprecedented' 2025, Attys Say
• DiCello Levitt Taps SEC Vets For Whistleblower Practice
• Clemency Was 'Broken' Long Before Trump. Can It Be Fixed?
• Stem-Cell Drug Developer PrimeGen Inks $1.5B SPAC Merger
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience
• Seidler Family Resolves Most Of Padres Ownership Dispute
• Fintech Broker Clear Street Targets $1B IPO
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Debevoise
• Stockholders Ask Del. Justices To Revive Bylaw Suits
• Autonomous Construction Startup Raises $270M In Series B
• Glencore To Sell 40% Stake In Congo Assets For $3.6B
• Chancery Slashes Mootness Fee Proposal In Bolt Suit
• 4 Lessons From FTC's Successful Bid To Block Edwards Deal
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Sidley
• 2nd Circ. Skeptical Anesthesia Group Suffered Antitrust Harm
• Donerail Lobs $1.1B Takeover Bid For MarineMax Yachting Biz
• Squire Patton Hires Sheppard Mullin, Miller & Chevalier Attys
• Del. High Court Revives Noncompete Over Forfeited Equity
• Otro Capital Closes Sports-Focused Fund With $1.2B In Tow
• Alston & Bird Adds Healthcare Regulatory Pro From Goodwin
• Gibson Dunn, Sullivan & Cromwell Lead SpaceX, XAI Merger
• Investors File $150M Florida Suit Against PE Fund Managers
• Investment Funds Pro Rejoins Davis Polk From Paul Weiss
• CD&R To Pay $70M To Settle Covetrus Sale Dispute
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Cooley Atty To Lead N. Calif. Practice
• Private Equity Group Of The Year: Willkie
• Mintz Adds Winston & Strawn ITC Practice Co-Leader In DC
• NYC Bar Opinion Warns Attys On Use Of AI Recording Tools
• BBQ Co. Execs, Argent Settle $99M ESOP Fight With DOL
• Space And Defense Comms Co. Secures $470M Of Funding
• Paul Weiss Chair's Emails To Epstein Include Apollo Info
• Latham, Gibson Dunn Steer Brookfield's $1.2B Peakstone Buy
• The Biz Court Digest: Dispatches From Utah's Newest Court
• Norton Rose Grows In Key Cities By Adding 5 Polsinelli Attys
• Akin Aids Helios' $292M Plan To Take Payments Biz Private