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Private Equity

  • July 10, 2025

    Senate Confirms Gould As OCC Head

    The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Jones Day partner Jonathan Gould as Comptroller of the Currency in a 50-45 vote along party lines, marking his return to the agency where he spent more than two years as chief counsel.

  • July 10, 2025

    Ropes-Led ICapital Valued At $7.5B After $820M Fundraise

    Ropes & Gray LLP-advised fintech company iCapital on Thursday revealed that it raised more than $820 million in its latest financing round, bringing the New York-based company's valuation to over $7.5 billion.

  • July 10, 2025

    SpaceX Seeks Record $400B Valuation, Plus More Rumors

    Elon Musk's satellite and rocket maker SpaceX is planning to raise money in a private round that would value the company at a record $400 billion, Starbucks China is seeking bids for a stake sale that could value the chain at $10 billion, plus online fashion giant Shein hopes to salvage its long-awaited IPO by listing in Hong Kong.

  • July 10, 2025

    Genesis Healthcare Hits Ch. 11 With DIP Deal, Sale Plans

    Genesis Healthcare Inc., a holding company for rehabilitation centers and nursing homes in 18 states, and nearly 300 of its affiliates and subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 protection with at least $2 billion of liabilities, after the cost of litigation, tax back payments, a cyberattack and several other factors squeezed its cash flow.

  • July 10, 2025

    L&G, Blackstone Join To Boost Annuities, Asset Management

    Legal & General Group PLC said Thursday that it has penned a private credit partnership with Blackstone, the alternative asset management giant.

  • July 09, 2025

    Linqto Users Say Founder Flouted Securities Laws

    Customers of recently bankrupt private investment platform Linqto sued its founder and former CEO in New York federal court on Wednesday, alleging in a proposed class action that he disregarded securities laws and oversaw aggressive and misleading marketing to lure investors.

  • July 09, 2025

    Venture-Backed MedTech Firm Shoulder Innovations Files IPO

    Venture-backed medical device firm Shoulder Innovations Inc. has filed plans for an initial public offering, represented by Latham & Watkins LLP and underwriters' counsel Cooley LLP, marking the latest health-focused technology startup to test public markets.

  • July 09, 2025

    Quinn Emanuel Says 'Spite' Behind Unpaid $30M Legal Tab

    The new owners of a business that was forced by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys to honor a merger agreement are refusing to pay a $30 million legal bill "out of spite," the firm has alleged in Massachusetts state court.

  • July 09, 2025

    Most Claims Tossed In $60M Mortgage Loan Sale Fraud Case

    Western Alliance Bank and others have escaped several claims in a $60 million suit accusing them of conducting a mortgage loan sale scheme to steal an investment management firm's property rights in the loans and their proceeds.

  • July 09, 2025

    Thunderstone SPAC Eyes $50M IPO Targeting Growth Firms

    Special purpose acquisition company Thunderstone Acquisition told U.S. regulators Wednesday that it plans to raise up to $50 million in its initial public offering.

  • July 09, 2025

    Seyfarth Lands DLA Piper Corporate Ace In Atlanta

    Seyfarth Shaw LLP has added a former DLA Piper attorney to its Atlanta office, strengthening its institutional investors services and its corporate practice with a lawyer who has served on temporary assignment to a sovereign wealth fund based in the United Arab Emirates, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • July 09, 2025

    Globa Terra SPAC Raises $152M To Target Agribusiness Deals

    Special purpose acquisition company Globa Terra Acquisition Corp. began trading Wednesday after pricing a $152 million initial public offering, enabling the vehicle to pursue mergers in the agribusiness or water sectors, represented by Paul Hastings LLP.

  • July 09, 2025

    LLCP Wraps 7th Flagship Fund With $3.6B In Tow

    Los Angeles-based private equity shop Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Wednesday revealed that it closed its seventh fund above target after securing over $3.6 billion of investor commitments.

  • July 09, 2025

    Stone And Tile Seller Hits Ch. 11 With $65M In Debt, Sale Plans

    Mosaic Cos., the parent of stone and tile distributors Walker & Zanger and Surfaces Southeast, filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware with $65 million of secured debt after it struggled to rebound from pandemic-caused supply chain disruptions.

  • July 08, 2025

    Chancery OKs Spike Of Bumble Committee Stock Suit

    A Delaware vice chancellor cleared the way late Tuesday for termination of a suit seeking derivative damages for Bumble Inc. arising from a $1.1 billion sale of shares by the dating app giant's private equity controller ahead of a stock drop allegedly fueled by bad news in late 2021.

  • July 08, 2025

    Crypto Firm ReserveOne To Go Public Via $1B SPAC Merger

    Crypto asset management firm ReserveOne announced Tuesday that a special purpose acquisition company plans to take it public in a transaction that's expected to bring in more than $1 billion in proceeds as it pursues its novel crypto reserve strategy.

  • July 08, 2025

    Trump Media Files Plans To Launch 'Blue Chip' Crypto ETF

    Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., the owner of President Donald Trump's platform Truth Social, on Tuesday filed documents to launch an exchange-traded fund that will invest in five cryptocurrencies, marking its latest cryptocurrency-focused ETF proposal.

  • July 08, 2025

    Insurer Fights Coverage For $13M Townhome Arbitration Row

    An insurer told a Washington federal court it has no duty to defend or indemnify a developer facing a nearly $13 million arbitration demand from a construction lender, which claims the developer misrepresented the completion of underground facilities at a Seattle townhome project while requesting funds for the work.

  • July 08, 2025

    Cooley-Guided Heavybit Raises $180M Across 2 Latest Funds

    Cooley LLP-advised enterprise infrastructure investor Heavybit on Tuesday said it had closed its fifth flagship pre-seed and seed fund as well as its second opportunity fund, securing over $180 million combined, the firm's largest collective fundraise to date.

  • July 08, 2025

    4 Firms Guide BlackRock's ElmTree Acquisition Deal

    BlackRock Inc. will acquire net lease real estate investment firm ElmTree Funds, which oversees $7.3 billion worth of assets as of March 31, in a deal guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Sidley Austin LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, BlackRock announced.

  • July 08, 2025

    PE Attorneys Remain Optimistic Despite First-Half Slump

    While many private equity attorneys predicted a booming environment heading into 2025 with President Donald Trump's incoming pro-business administration, uncertainty surrounding tariffs and antitrust regulations has been a hurdle for dealmaking and fundraising, causing an unanticipated slowdown in private equity activity.

  • July 08, 2025

    Texas Stock Exchange Taps Former SEC Markets Executive

    The Texas Stock Exchange's owner on Tuesday said it has hired U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission veteran David Saltiel to join the startup, which aims to compete with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

  • July 08, 2025

    Ex-Carlyle Group Atty Joins Orrick's Growing Energy Team

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced the 11th addition to its global energy and infrastructure team this year on Monday, welcoming a New York-based attorney from The Carlyle Group.

  • July 08, 2025

    Kirkland-Led Seaside Secures $720M For 2 New Funds

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised Seaside Equity Partners on Tuesday revealed that it wrapped fundraising for its two latest funds with total commitments of over $720 million.

  • July 08, 2025

    Paul Hastings Lands Wilson Sonsini Emerging Co. Atty In SF

    Paul Hastings LLP has hired a longtime corporate attorney from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC to grow its emerging companies and venture capital practice and expand its talent base in Northern California, the firm announced Tuesday.

Expert Analysis

  • Limit On SEC Enforcement Authority May Mean Fewer Actions

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    Following a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission final rule revoking the Enforcement Division director's long-standing authority to issue formal investigation orders, it's clear the division is headed for a new era of limited autonomy, marked by a significantly slower pace of SEC investigations, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.

  • A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

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    The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.

  • How Latin American Finance Markets May Shift Under Trump

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    Changes in the federal government are bringing profound implications for Latin American financial institutions and cross-border financing, including increased competition from U.S. banks, volatility in equity markets and stable green investor demand despite deregulation in the U.S., says David Contreiras Tyler at Womble Bond.

  • Series

    Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.

  • How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms

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    Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Opinion

    Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital

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    Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • 2 Del. Rulings Reinforce Proof Needed For Records Demands

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    Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions involving Amazon and Paramount Global illustrate the significance of the credible basis standard on books and records requests, underscoring that stockholders seeking to investigate wrongdoing must come forward with actual evidence of misconduct — not mere allegations, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition

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    Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.

  • Key Takeaways From The 2025 Spring Antitrust Meeting

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    Leadership changes, shifting priorities and evolving enforcement tools dominated the conversation at the recent American Bar Association Spring Antitrust Meeting, as panelists explored competition policy under a second Trump administration, agency discretion under the 2023 merger guidelines and new frontiers in conduct enforcement, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • How Tariffs May Affect Proxy Contests This Season

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    While global tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will certainly chill at least some activity this proxy season, and make defending contests significantly easier, there will likely be many new activist investments once there is more economic certainty, meaning more proxy fights this fall, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate

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    While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • SEC Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Flexibility

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently announced enhancements to the process for confidentially submitting draft registration statements will be immediately impactful for issuers seeking to access the public capital markets, and should provide more grounds to explore and plan public offerings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Series

    Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.

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