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Private Equity

  • June 16, 2025

    Weil Guides PE-Backed 365 Retail On $848M Cantaloupe Buy

    Michigan-based 365 Retail Markets, a provider of self-checkout retail technology and a portfolio company of Providence Equity Partners LLC, announced Monday it will acquire Pennsylvania-based Cantaloupe Inc. in an all-cash deal valued at about $848 million.

  • June 16, 2025

    Asset Manager Tikehau, Insurers Launch Private Equity Fund

    Asset manager Tikehau Capital said Monday it has launched a private equity fund, covering cybersecurity and defense, with three leading insurers, including Société Générale Assurances.

  • June 16, 2025

    Assura Weighs PHP Concessions As Bidding War Continues

    National Health Service landlord Assura said Monday that it is weighing a £1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) offer from Primary Health Properties, after the investment trust added concessions to its undertaking in an intensification of a bidding war against KKR and Stonepeak.

  • June 13, 2025

    More IPO Prospects Ready To Test Market After Chime's Debut

    A venture-backed cancer diagnostics firm and a home insurer are preparing two initial public offerings that could raise $720 million combined next week, joining an energized IPO market following fintech startup Chime Financial Inc.'s debut.

  • June 13, 2025

    Con Man Galanis Can't Get $2M Back, Despite Trump Clemency

    A New York federal judge denied convicted fraudster Jason Galanis' request to halt restitution payments and recover $2.17 million in forfeited assets, ruling that President Donald Trump's reduction of his sentence applied only to future obligations.

  • June 13, 2025

    PE Firm Caused Policyholder To Overpay, R&W Insurer Says

    A representations and warranties insurer accused a private equity firm in Delaware Chancery Court of causing its policyholder to pay too much in its $140 million acquisition of a construction equipment manufacturer, arguing the firm must reimburse the insurer for its $12 million coverage payment.

  • June 13, 2025

    Cannabis Fund Seeks End Of $145M Mismanagement Suit

    An investment fund has decided to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit against two California businessmen who allegedly squandered $145 million given to them by a now dead Russian billionaire to launch cannabis grow operations in the state.

  • June 13, 2025

    SEC's Atkins Selects New Leaders Across Several Divisions

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday named leaders to key divisions overseeing investment funds, stock exchanges and corporate accounting practices, marking the latest wave of fresh personnel brought in by new SEC Chair Paul Atkins.

  • June 13, 2025

    Jefferson Capital Targets $1B Valuation With $160M IPO

    Private equity-backed consumer debt purchaser and collector Jefferson Capital on Friday laid out the terms for its planned initial public offering that would target a valuation of up to approximately $1 billion.

  • June 13, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Latham, Paul Weiss

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Brown & Brown Inc. buys Accession Risk Management Group Inc., Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. acquires Dana Inc.'s off-highway unit, Qualcomm Inc. buys Alphawave IP, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced it will split into two publicly traded companies.

  • June 13, 2025

    Jones Day-Led PE Firm Bids £186.7M For Engineer Renold

    MPE Partners, a private equity firm, said Friday it had agreed to acquire Renold PLC, a British industrial chains maker, for approximately £186.7 million ($254 million), in a deal guided by Jones Day and Eversheds Sutherland.

  • June 13, 2025

    France's BPCE To Buy Novo Banco In €6.4B Deal

    France's second-largest banking group BPCE said Friday that it will buy U.S. private equity shop Lone Star Fund's 75% stake in Novo Banco SA in a deal that values the Portuguese bank at €6.4 billion ($7.4 billion).

  • June 12, 2025

    Fla. Doc Sues In Del. Alleging Multistate Group Conspiracy

    A Florida doctor and emergency room companies serving departments in Texas, Florida and Oklahoma have sued multiple entities in Delaware's Court of Chancery allegedly involved in an elaborate private equity-tied scheme to duck bans on the corporate practice of medicine.

  • June 12, 2025

    Meta Eyes $14B AI Bet, Bullish Seeks IPO, And More Rumors

    Facebook owner Meta is eying a $14 billion investment in Scale AI, while Bullish plans to join the recent surge in cryptocurrency-related initial public offerings and investors want to take pizza chain Papa John's private at more than $60 per share. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.

  • June 12, 2025

    Inovalon Investors' Revived Chancery Suit Moves Forward

    A Delaware chancellor sent into discovery investors' claim that Inovalon didn't properly disclose that a consortium of private equity firms that bought the healthcare data company paid $400 million in fees to its financial adviser before the transaction, dismissing some claims but finding it is "reasonably conceivable" that the suit's defendants acted in bad faith.

  • June 12, 2025

    Internet Infrastructure Biz Secures $170M Of Series C Funding

    Internet infrastructure solutions provider Meter, advised by Cooley LLP, on Thursday revealed that it clinched its Series C funding round after raising $170 million from investors.

  • June 12, 2025

    Allegion To Buy PE-Backed Security Tech Biz In €330M Deal

    Global security products provider Allegion PLC on Thursday announced plans to acquire access technology company Elatec from private equity shop Summit Partners for €330 million ($382 million).

  • June 12, 2025

    Protego Ends $200M Suit Alleging Failed Crypto Bank Promise

    Protego Holdings Corp. has agreed to drop a lawsuit accusing a Texas-based firm of failing to deliver on a $200 million investment pledge in its launch of a cryptocurrency bank, which never materialized because rare conditional approval from the U.S. government lapsed over financing concerns.

  • June 12, 2025

    Kirkland & Ellis Adds Former Ropes & Gray Deals Atty In NY

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP said Wednesday it has welcomed a corporate partner from Ropes & Gray LLP to its New York office, touting her experience with major deals in sectors such as financial services, software, healthcare, industrials, consumer products and retail.

  • June 12, 2025

    Benefit Street Partners Clinches $500M CLO Fund

    Credit-focused alternative asset management firm Benefit Street Partners LLC, advised by Ropes & Gray LLP, on Thursday revealed that it has secured $500 million in equity commitments for its third captive U.S. collateralized loan obligation equity fund.

  • June 11, 2025

    Ex-Google Engineer Loses Bid To Toss AI Espionage Counts

    A California federal judge has refused to toss economic espionage charges against an ex-Google engineer accused of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets to help startups in China, adding that prosecutors' assertion that the man was trying to benefit the People's Republic of China "as opposed to benefiting himself ... seems dubious."

  • June 11, 2025

    Regulators Delay Compliance On Private Fund Disclosures

    A divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed on Wednesday to extend compliance dates for new Form PF rules that require additional disclosure from private funds, overcoming objections from one dissenting commissioner who feared the "11th-hour" extension could lead to abandoning the rules altogether.

  • June 11, 2025

    Fintech Startup Chimes In With $864M IPO Above Price Range

    Venture-backed fintech startup Chime Financial Inc. priced an $864 million initial public offering above its marketed range on Wednesday, represented by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and underwriters counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, furthering the IPO market's recent momentum.

  • June 11, 2025

    PE Partnership Invests $500M In College Sports Pay Plans

    Sports and entertainment investor Elevate has announced the launch of its Collegiate Investment Initiative, a $500 million partnership with Velocity Capital Management and the Texas Permanent School Fund Corp. that will provide private colleges and universities with capital and resources to bolster their athletic programs.

  • June 11, 2025

    Stripe Buying Crypto Wallet Co. Privy Amid Expansion

    Privy, a startup offering crypto wallet technology for developers, said Wednesday that it will be acquired by payments company Stripe and expects to close the transaction "in the coming weeks."

Expert Analysis

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    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.

  • Recent SEC Actions Highlight Importance Of Filing Form D

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement action against three companies last month for failing to timely file Form D is an unprecedented step that should put an end to Regulation D issuers' views that filing these forms is a technical requirement or somewhat voluntary, says Patrick McCloskey at McCloskey Law.

  • Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's suit this month against KKR for inaccurate and incomplete premerger filings, along with other recent cases, highlights the agency's increasing scrutiny of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance for private equity firms, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

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    Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.

  • PE Strategies To Manage Adjacent Portfolio Firm Conflicts

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    A variety of tools can mitigate potential risk for a private equity director sitting on the board of directors of multiple companies, including the disclosure of potential conflicts in fundraising documents to help mitigate risk under the securities laws, says Michael Kendall at Goodwin.

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    Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

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    Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

  • The Blueprint For A National Bitcoin Reserve

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    The new administration has the opportunity to pave the way for a U.S.-backed crypto reserve, which could conceptually function as a strategic asset akin to traditional reserves like gold markets, hedge against economic instability, and influence global crypto adoption, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Takeaways From SEC's Registered Investment Cos. Risk Alert

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations' recent risk alert pertaining to registered investment companies provides a high-level overview of its risk-based approach to selecting RICs for examination — a potential hint that the division is investigating some of the covered topics, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Calif. Justices' Options In Insurance Exhaustion Case

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    Fox Paine v. Twin City Fire Insurance may serve as the California Supreme Court's opportunity to firmly establish precedent with respect to a strict adherence to excess insurance policies' exhaustion provisions when the language is clear and explicit, says Aiden Spencer at Langsam Stevens.

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    Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Opinion

    No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.

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    A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

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