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April 03, 2024
Top 10 Deals Of Q1 Led By GE Energy Spinoff, Capital One
It may be wishful thinking to imagine that earlier hopes for a major rebound in 2024 mergers and acquisitions activity will pan out, but by many indications the year was at least off to a better start than 2023.
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April 03, 2024
Blue Owl Buying Kuvare Asset Management For Up To $1B
Alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital Inc., advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Wednesday unveiled plans to buy Sidley Austin LLP-led Kuvare Asset Management for up to $1 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction.
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April 03, 2024
Disney Thwarts Trian Revolt, Retaining All 12 Board Members
Walt Disney Co. shareholders reelected the entertainment company's 12 current board members at a shareholder meeting Wednesday afternoon, rejecting all nominees pushed by activist investors Trian Fund Management and Blackwells Capital.
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April 03, 2024
Truth Social Investors Cop To Fraud In $23M Insider Case
Two Florida venture capitalists on Wednesday admitted to insider trading on confidential plans to take former President Donald Trump's media company public, after prosecutors charged that the Truth Social fraud netted them and a third defendant $23 million.
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April 03, 2024
Kirkland-Led Goldman Sachs Unit Buys Stake In Credit Fund
Goldman Sach's private equity unit has acquired Italian asset manager Azimut's 20% stake in private credit fund Kennedy Lewis for $225 million, the companies said Wednesday.
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April 03, 2024
Paul Hastings Adds Group Co-Chair With Finance Duo Hire
Following group hires in the finance space, Paul Hastings LLP announced Wednesday it is hiring two attorneys from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of whom will co-chair its asset-backed finance practice.
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April 02, 2024
Gas Tycoon Owes $100M To UBS, Lenders After Trial Loss
Energy titan Charif Souki owes more than $100 million to lenders, including a fund managed by a UBS division, a U.S. bankruptcy judge has ruled, rejecting Souki's claims that his lenders recklessly sold off collateral posted for the loan, including a luxury yacht, a Colorado ranch and shares of his liquefied natural gas export business Tellurian Inc.
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April 02, 2024
Receiver Looks To Claw Back $1.2M After LA Ponzi Scheme
A court-appointed receiver has urged a California court to enforce a $1.2 million arbitral award against two production companies as part of an effort to claw back funds that were the product of a $690 million Ponzi scheme perpetrated by a since-imprisoned Los Angeles actor.
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April 02, 2024
Bally's Investor Says Takeover Bid Exploiting Weakness Of Biz
Bally's Corp. investor K&F Growth Capital has urged the board of directors for the casino operator to reject a $15-per-share takeover bid from its largest shareholder, Standard General, asserting the offer from the investment firm "woefully" undervalues the business.
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April 02, 2024
SelectQuote Beats Investor Suit Over Revenue Reports
A New York federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by investors of insurance distribution platform SelectQuote accusing it of reporting inflated revenue, saying the defendants' forward-looking projections are protected by the safe harbor of securities laws.
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April 02, 2024
King & Spalding Lands 3 Kasowitz Partners For Biz Litigation
King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that it had hired three partners for its business litigation practice from Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, including the co-chair of Kasowitz's real estate litigation practice group.
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April 02, 2024
Feds Seek Leniency For UK Billionaire Lewis In Trading Case
Prosecutors have told a Manhattan federal judge that 87-year-old British billionaire Joe Lewis should serve less than 18 months in prison after he pled guilty to insider trading, citing his age and health and arguing he "has otherwise lived a law-abiding life."
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April 02, 2024
Kirkland-Led Arctos Scores $4.1B For Sports-Focused Fund
Sports-focused private equity shop Arctos, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Tuesday announced that it clinched its latest flagship sports fund after securing more than $4.1 billion from investors, around one-third of which has already been invested across various sports franchises.
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April 02, 2024
Silver Lake To Take Endeavor Group Private For $13B
Sports and entertainment company Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to be acquired by California-based private equity firm Silver Lake in a take-private deal with a $13 billion equity value.
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April 02, 2024
WeWork Drops 150 Leases To Cut Rent Costs By $8B In Ch. 11
Coworking company WeWork has agreed to exit 150 leases and restructure others to reduce its future rent payments by some $8 billion, saying the "significant milestone" paves the way for it to exit Chapter 11 by the end of May.
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April 02, 2024
A&O-Led Furnace Co. To Buy Alumina Producer For $430M
RHI Magnesita NV, an Austria-based manufacturer of industrial furnace components, has agreed to buy Resco Group, a U.S. business that produces heat-resistant materials, for up to $430 million, the companies said.
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April 01, 2024
RICO Claims Fail In Suit Against Developer, Judge Says
A Texas federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by real estate entities associated with a Dallas developer who accused the founders of Megatel Homes LLC of racketeering, saying that the lawsuit didn't plausibly state that the defendants had engaged in any unlawful racketeering activity.
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April 01, 2024
Cooley, Latham Guide Data Security Firm Rubrik's IPO Filing
Venture-backed data security firm Rubrik Inc. on Monday filed long-awaited plans for an initial public offering, represented by Cooley LLP and underwriters counsel Latham & Watkins LLP, marking the latest sign of a recovering IPO market.
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April 01, 2024
Chinese Investment Fund Looks To Enforce $4.4M Award
A Chinese investment fund has asked a California federal court to enforce a $4.4 million arbitral award against a businessman, saying he reneged on his promise to acquire a stake in an energy management company and now won't appear before an arbitration tribunal.
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April 01, 2024
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Last week, Delaware's Court of Chancery saw a $42.5 million settlement, dismissal of two big suits with two more remanded back, and new cases from shareholders of Walt Disney, Donald Trump's Truth Social, Rivian Automotive and BarkBox.
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April 01, 2024
Skillz Hid 'Rudimentary' Gaming Tech, Investors Tell 9th Circ.
Skillz Inc. investors urged the Ninth Circuit Monday to revive a consolidated proposed class action alleging the mobile-gaming company misled investors about its growth prospects surrounding its 2021 go-public merger with a special-purpose acquisition company — arguing Skillz skewed revenues and misleadingly touted its gaming technology, which was in reality "rudimentary."
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April 01, 2024
Trian Gains Support As Disney Proxy Contest Heats Up
With The Walt Disney Company's annual shareholder meeting looming, activist investor Trian Fund Management is making one final push for its fellow shareholders to vote in favor of its director nominees, on Monday announcing its candidates have received support from two "respected" institutional investors.
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April 01, 2024
Gunderson-Led Contineum Joins Pipeline Eyeing $150M IPO
Contineum Therapeutics Inc. launched plans Monday for an estimated $150 million initial public offering, represented by Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP and underwriters counsel Sidley Austin LLP, hoping to join a nascent recovery for the IPO market.
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April 01, 2024
Formula One Owner Buying MotoGP Racing Biz In $4.5B Deal
Formula One owner Liberty Media Corp. said Monday that it had agreed to acquire MotoGP parent company Dorna Sports SL from Bridgepoint and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a deal worth €4.2 billion ($4.5 billion).
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April 01, 2024
PE Firm Advent Buying Canada's Nuvei In $6.3B Deal
Canadian fintech Nuvei Corp. said Monday it has agreed to be taken private by Advent International through an all-cash transaction that values Nuvei at approximately $6.3 billion, including debt.
Expert Analysis
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To Hire And Keep Top Talent, Think Beyond Compensation
Firms seeking to appeal to sophisticated clients and top-level partners should promote mentorship, ensure that attorneys from diverse backgrounds feel valued, and clarify policies about at-home work, says Patrick Moya at Quaero Group.
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How Merger Review Overhaul Could Affect Health Industry
For those in the health care industry considering growth and expansion strategies, the antitrust agencies' recent proposals for new Hart-Scott-Rodino rules and more complex merger guidelines will increase deal timelines, the merging parties' burden, and overall uncertainty and potential antitrust risk as to the outcome, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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Perspectives
More States Should Join Effort To Close Legal Services Gap
Colorado is the most recent state to allow other types of legal providers, not just attorneys, to offer specific services in certain circumstances — and more states should rethink the century-old assumptions that shape our current regulatory rules, say Natalie Anne Knowlton and Janet Drobinske at the University of Denver.
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Identifying Trends And Tips In Litigation Financing Disclosure
Growing interest and controversy in litigation financing raise several salient concerns, but exploring recent compelled disclosure trends from courts around the country can help practitioners further their clients' interests, say Sean Callagy and Samuel Sokolsky at Arnold & Porter.
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Key Drivers Behind Widespread Adoption Of NAV Financing
While net asset value-based lending has existed for years, NAV lending has only started to move into the mainstream recently — likely due to difficult market conditions faced by sponsors including persistent inflation, high interest rates and a lack of exit opportunities, say Matthew Kerfoot and Jinyoung Joo at Proskauer.
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Series
The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Elrod On 'Jury Duty'
Though the mockumentary series “Jury Duty” features purposely outrageous characters, it offers a solemn lesson about the simple but brilliant design of the right to trial by jury, with an unwitting protagonist who even John Adams may have welcomed as an impartial foreperson, says Fifth Circuit Judge Jennifer Elrod.
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Keys To Robust AML Programs At Private Funds
Attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler explain why hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds should develop risk-based anti-money laundering compliance programs despite not being subject to the Bank Secrecy Act, and offer tips on setting up a program similar to those implemented by financial institutions.
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4 Business-Building Strategies For Introvert Attorneys
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Introverted lawyers can build client bases to rival their extroverted peers’ by adapting time-tested strategies for business development that can work for any personality — such as claiming a niche, networking for maximum impact, drawing on existing contacts and more, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.
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Opinion
3 Ways Justices' Disclosure Defenses Miss The Ethical Point
The rule-bound interpretation of financial disclosures preferred by U.S. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas — demonstrated in their respective statements defending their failure to disclose gifts from billionaires — show that they do not understand the ethical aspects of the public's concern, says Jim Moliterno at the Washington and Lee University School of Law.
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How US Investment Regulation May Shift Under Biden Order
Attorneys at Ropes & Gray explore potential prohibitions, notification requirements and covered transactions under President Joe Biden's recent executive order, which marks an unprecedented expansion of U.S. regulation of investment activity.
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Caregiver Flexibility Is Crucial For Atty Engagement, Retention
As the battle for top talent continues post-pandemic, many firms are attempting to attract employees with progressive hybrid working environments — and supporting caregivers before, during and after an extended leave is a critically important way to retain top talent, says Manar Morales at The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance.
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Leveraged Finance Market May Rebound After Cruel Summer
It has been a challenging summer for the leveraged finance market due to the economic climate and tight credit conditions, but cooling inflation and signs of life in the syndicated loan market suggest brighter days ahead, say attorneys at Weil.
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FTC's Proposed HSR Changes Will Complicate Merger Filings
Attorneys at Mayer Brown explore the proposed sweeping revisions to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification rules and what the change would mean for deal terms, including the increased cost, uncertainty and risk added to the process.
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Tax Court Ruling Provides Helpful Profits Interest Guidance
A recent U.S. Tax Court decision holding that a partnership may exclude interests in a company that it indirectly received sheds light on related IRS guidance, including the proper valuation method for such interests, though the court's application of the method to the facts of this case appears flawed, say attorneys at Kramer Levin.
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In-Office Engagement Is Essential To Associate Development
As law firms develop return-to-office policies that allow hybrid work arrangements, they should incorporate the specific types of in-person engagement likely to help associates develop attributes common among successful firm leaders, says Liisa Thomas at Sheppard Mullin.