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Private Equity

  • June 02, 2025

    Antares Clinches $1.2B Continuation Fund Led By Ares

    Private credit solutions manager Antares Capital, advised by Proskauer Rose LLP, announced on Monday that it wrapped its inaugural continuation vehicle with over $1.2 billion in commitments, in a transaction led by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP-advised private equity giant Ares Management Corp.

  • May 30, 2025

    Crowdfunding, Reg A Deals Grow Slowly As SEC Weighs Ideas

    Equity crowdfunding and expanded Regulation A offerings have grown slowly since going live over the past decade, according to new data, leaving open questions on whether regulators will ease rules to bolster these alternatives to traditional capital raising.

  • May 30, 2025

    Taylor Swift Says She Bought Masters Of Her First Albums

    Taylor Swift said Friday she is now the owner of the master recordings of all her music, after a yearslong public dispute with music industry executive Scooter Braun that led her to re-record four of her albums.

  • May 30, 2025

    Wachtell, Akin Steer EOG On $5.6B Energy Deal

    Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld are advising EOG Resources Inc. on an agreement to acquire Encino Acquisition Partners from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $5.6 billion including debt, EOG said on Friday. 

  • May 30, 2025

    RCP Advisors Nets $314M For Latest Private Equity Fund

    RCP Advisors, a subsidiary of private markets solutions provider P10 Inc., on Friday announced it had closed on its latest primary fund-of-funds after securing $314 million of capital from investors.

  • May 30, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cravath, Latham

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, WiseTech completes a $2.1 billion merger with E2open, Acrisure buys a payroll management company for $1.1 billion and Hailey Bieber sells her Rhode skincare and makeup company to e.l.f. beauty for $1 billion.

  • May 30, 2025

    Strathcona Lobs $4.3B Offer For MEG, Snags PE Investment

    North American oil producer Strathcona Resources Ltd. on Friday launched an unsolicited takeover offer to acquire Canadian thermal oil producer MEG Energy Corp. in a cash-and-stock deal, while simultaneously announcing a $662 million investment from Waterous Energy Fund in connection with the transaction.

  • May 30, 2025

    National Grid Completes $1.7B Sale Of Green Biz To Brookfield

    Energy network National Grid PLC said Friday that it has completed the sale of its renewables business to a Canadian firm, Brookfield Asset Management, and its institutional partners in a deal worth an estimated $1.74 billion.  

  • May 29, 2025

    Judge Trims Most, But Not All, Of Grifols Suit Over Share Price

    A New York federal judge Thursday tossed several defamation claims made by Spanish healthcare company Grifols SA against short seller Gotham City Research, finding that the claims are opinions and therefore inactionable, while keeping alive a claim tied to statements in the report that Grifols failed to disclose a $95 million loan, finding it was a factual statement.

  • May 29, 2025

    Investment Firm Says It Was Duped Into $349M Dental Deal

    Investment firm TSG8 SDB Group Holdings LP has filed suit in Delaware Superior Court claiming a Texas-based holding company tricked it into pouring $349 million into a specialty dental practices platform based on fake financials and phony growth claims, and hid the business's problems just long enough to cash out.

  • May 29, 2025

    Simpson Thacher, Skadden, Mayer Brown Guide $4B Rail Deal

    Wells Fargo, represented by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, unveiled Thursday a $4.4 billion deal to sell its rail assets to a joint venture formed between Mayer Brown LLP-led GATX and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, which is advised by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.

  • May 29, 2025

    Atty Urges 2nd Circ. To Resurrect Name Feud With Ex-Firm

    A lawyer has asked the Second Circuit to revive claims against his former firm, which he alleges used his name and likeness after he was fired, saying a judge's dismissal of those claims ignored the harm he personally suffered and the requirements of the Lanham Act.

  • May 29, 2025

    Masimo Founder Slaps Board With Lawsuit Over His Ouster

    The founder and former CEO of Masimo Corp. has alleged six of the medical technology company's directors orchestrated his wrongful termination and denied him the compensation he is now owed, according to a suit for hundreds of millions of dollars filed against the executives in California state court.

  • May 29, 2025

    Investors Can't Shield $66M Life Policies During State Rehab

    Premiums due on unmatured PHL Variable Insurance Co. policies held by three investment companies do not qualify as debts under Connecticut's insurance rehabilitation statute, a state trial court judge has ruled, rejecting the companies' attempts to protect separate matured policies worth $66 million.

  • May 29, 2025

    $45M Settlement, $9.65M Fee OK'd In Del. Cornerstone Suit

    Stockholders who challenged Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC's $5.8 billion take-private deal for Cornerstone Building Brands in 2022 secured a $45 million settlement Thursday, in a case that once saw a Delaware vice chancellor blast as "farcical" the two companies' early, alleged attempts to camouflage price negotiations to get around a standstill agreement.

  • May 29, 2025

    Digital Health Startup Omada Launches Plans For $150M IPO

    San Francisco-based virtual healthcare provider Omada Health on Thursday filed plans with U.S. regulators for a $150 million initial public offering, the proceeds of which will be used for general corporate purposes.

  • May 29, 2025

    Foley & Lardner-Led Five Elms Lands $1.1B For 6th Fund

    Five Elms Capital, advised by Foley & Lardner LLP, has clinched its sixth fund after securing $1.1 billion in committed capital, marking the largest fundraise in the software-focused growth equity firm's history.

  • May 29, 2025

    Clifford Chance Hires Investment Funds Partner From Kirkland

    Clifford Chance LLP announced Tuesday the hiring of a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP for its funds and investment management practice in the U.S., a month after Kirkland picked up an investment funds partner from Clifford Chance.

  • May 29, 2025

    Ex-Goldman Partner, Star Witness In 1MDB Trial, Gets 2 Years

    Former Goldman Sachs partner and star 1MDB prosecution witness Tim Leissner was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for his role in a global conspiracy to siphon more than $2.7 billion for bribes and kickbacks from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund in order to facilitate Goldman-backed bond deals.

  • May 29, 2025

    Grammarly Secures $1B To Expand Reach, Boost AI Platform

    Writing assistance tool provider Grammarly on Thursday revealed it had received a $1 billion investment from private equity shop General Catalyst, which will be used to help boost sales and marketing as well as extend the reach of its new artificial intelligence productivity platform.

  • May 29, 2025

    Shein Eyes HK Listing After London Snag, Plus More Rumors

    Fast-fashion retailer Shein intends to list in Hong Kong after its plans to go public in London fell apart, messaging app Telegram is set to raised $1.7 billion through an upsized bond offering, while Elon Musk's Neuralink Corp. raised $600 million in a deal that values the brain-implant startup at $9 billion.

  • May 28, 2025

    High Court's Bid To Save Fed Independence May Backfire

    The U.S. Supreme Court has signaled it may expand President Donald Trump's power to summarily fire independent agency officials while keeping the Federal Reserve in a league of its own, but legal experts say that carveout may still leave the central bank's independence on shaky ground.

  • May 28, 2025

    Sens. Urge Treasury To Rescind Ownership Reporting Rule

    A bipartisan duo from the Senate Finance Committee has urged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to fully implement the Corporate Transparency Act, criticizing an interim final rule that exempts domestic businesses from contested reporting regulations.

  • May 28, 2025

    Singapore's Quadria Closes $1B-Plus Healthcare Fund

    Singapore-based private equity firm Quadria Capital has closed its third healthcare fund at $1.07 billion, surpassing its $800 million target as it targets companies across Asia. 

  • May 28, 2025

    Anesthesiology Co. Urges Dismissal Of Antitrust Class Action

    U.S. Anesthesia Partners told a Houston judge that a patient leading a proposed class action accusing it of monopolizing the Texas anesthesia market doesn't have a valid claim because his insurance company chose how much he paid for services.

Expert Analysis

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • How FTC Consumer Protection May Fare Under Reg Freeze

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    Attorneys at Crowell & Moring consider how President Donald Trump's executive order directing agencies to freeze all pending rulemaking activity may frustrate any Federal Trade Commission efforts to change or eliminate rules that made it across the finish line before the inauguration.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Losing A Motion To Dismiss Ruling Isn't Necessarily The End

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    A recent Delaware Court of Chancery ruling, that the Manti Group had not demonstrated any conflicts of interest favoring private equity fund operator The Carlyle Group, serves as an important reminder that a decision on a pleading motion is not the end of the story, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering

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    Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.

  • Top 10 Healthcare And Life Sciences Issues To Watch In 2025

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    Under the new Trump administration, this coming year may benefit some healthcare and life sciences stakeholders, while creating new challenges for others amid an increasingly complex regulatory environment, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Series

    Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations

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    In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.

  • Top Considerations For Insurance Companies In 2025

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    As insurance industry participants look to plan for the year, regulatory changes, climate-related challenges, the ongoing effects of social inflation and the potential for significant mergers and acquisitions will be among the key items for insurer boards and management to have on their radar, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Scope And Nature Of Judicial Relief Will Affect Loper's Impact

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    The practical result of post-Loper Bright rulings against regulatory actions will depend on the relief courts grant — and there has been controversy in these types of cases over whether the ruling is applied just to the parties or nationwide, and whether the action can be left in place while it's corrected, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.

  • Series

    Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

  • 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates

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    In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.

  • Assessing Gary Gensler's Legacy At The SEC

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    Gary Gensler's tenure as U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair is defined by a record of commonsense regulation in some areas and social activism in others, and by increasing judicial skepticism about the SEC's authority to fulfill its regulatory, enforcement, administrative law and adjudicatory functions, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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