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Private Equity

  • April 07, 2025

    Goldberg Segalla Adds Hospitality, Retail Atty In Palm Beach

    Litigation firm Goldberg Segalla LLP said it has added retail and hospitality attorney Jason R. Hepperly to its office in West Palm Beach, Florida.

  • April 07, 2025

    Ex-Goodwin RE Atty Leaves Retirement For Reed Smith

    Reed Smith LLP announced Monday that a longtime private equity real estate lawyer has come out of retirement to join the firm in California after working most recently for Goodwin Procter LLP.

  • April 07, 2025

    3 Firms Lead $5.7B Stonepeak, Woodside Louisiana Gas Deal

    Norton Rose Fulbright-advised Woodside Energy Group said Monday it has agreed to sell a 40% stake in its Louisiana LNG liquefied natural gas production and export terminal to U.S. investment firm Stonepeak for $5.7 billion.

  • April 07, 2025

    Gibson Dunn-Led Andros Clinches 3rd Energy Fund At $1B

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-led Andros Capital Partners LLC said Monday that it closed its third fund at its hard cap after securing $1 billion of investor commitments.

  • April 04, 2025

    IPO Plans Appear Iced As Trump's Tariffs Rock Markets

    The escalating sell-off in equities is halting major initial public offerings for now and more prospects will likely pause plans as deals lawyers and their clients assess the fallout following President Donald Trump's endorsement of across-the-board tariffs, experts say.

  • April 04, 2025

    OpenAI And Musk Get 2026 Trial Date, Likely Sans Microsoft

    A California federal judge on Friday nailed down an expedited March 2026 trial schedule for Elon Musk and OpenAI's contract fight over OpenAI's transition into a for-profit enterprise, while staying antitrust claims indefinitely and calling Microsoft's request to participate in the trial if she dismisses Musk's claims against it "not logical."

  • April 04, 2025

    Chancery Trims Claims, Limits Ruling On Focus Financial Suit

    Delaware's chancellor has heavily pruned but refused to entirely dismiss a stockholder suit challenging the $7 billion August 2023 go-private merger between Focus Financial Partners Inc. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC and Stone Point Capital, with remnants held over for summary judgment.

  • April 04, 2025

    Counting Down 2025 Q1's 5 Largest PE Funds

    The largest private equity funds that closed during the first quarter of the year showcased a steady fundraising environment despite widespread uncertainty plaguing the overall dealmaking landscape in the wake of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff actions.

  • April 04, 2025

    Masimo Shareholder Vote Suit Against Founder Moved To Calif.

    A New York federal judge has transferred to California Masimo Corp.'s suit against its founder over allegations he manipulated a shareholder vote at the medical technology company, finding that the "locus of operative facts" warrants the move.

  • April 04, 2025

    Kirkland-Led Blackstone Plugs CA$7B Into Rogers

    Canadian communications company Rogers Communications Inc. on Friday announced that a group of investors led by private equity giant Blackstone, guided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, have plugged 7 billion Canadian dollars ($4.9 billion) into the business.

  • April 04, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Ropes & Gray, Paul Hastings

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Siemens AG acquires Dotmatics from Insight Partners, LPL Financial acquires Commonwealth Financial Network, Brookfield Asset Management takes a majority stake in Angel Oak Cos., and TowneBank acquires Old Point Financial Corp.

  • April 04, 2025

    Pension Annuity Rulings Leave Attorneys Looking For Clarity

    Benefits attorneys say they'll be watching the circuits, and perhaps the nation's highest court, for clarity after recent divergent decisions in cases accusing defense and aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin and aluminum giant Alcoa of violating federal benefits law by converting pension benefits into annuity insurance contracts.

  • April 04, 2025

    Kirkland-Led Brookfield Buying Colonial Pipeline In $9B Deal

    Brookfield Infrastructure Partners said it will acquire the Colonial Pipeline, the nation's largest refined oil products pipeline system, in a deal valued at approximately $9 billion, under the legal counsel of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • April 03, 2025

    AI Dominated Venture Funding In Q1 As Broader Market Lags

    Artificial intelligence investment again dominated venture capital activity in the first quarter, mostly driven by a few mammoth deals, according to data released Thursday, while experts say the broader outlook for non-AI firms remains subdued amid market skittishness.

  • April 03, 2025

    Colo. Orthodontist Says Dentist Group Owes $400K In Wages

    A dentist group owes a Colorado orthodontist more than $400,000 in wages and fired him for participating in a Texas arbitration involving the company, according to a lawsuit filed in Colorado state court.

  • April 03, 2025

    Skadden Steers $1.5B Deal For SunnyD, Juicy Juice Maker

    Skadden-led Castillo Hermanos said Thursday it has agreed to purchase Brynwood Partners portfolio company Harvest Hill Beverage Co., whose brands include SunnyD, Juicy Juice and Little HUG, in a reported roughly $1.5 billion deal.

  • April 03, 2025

    IFC Plugs $100M Into Sub-Saharan Data Center Platform

    Sub-Saharan African data center platform Raxio Group on Thursday announced that it has received a $100 million investment from the International Finance Corporation to fund the growth of facilities powering technologies like artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital financial services.

  • April 03, 2025

    Kirkland Investment Funds Expert Jumps To Paul Weiss In LA

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP is expanding its corporate team, bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP investment funds expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

  • April 03, 2025

    'No Serious Question' Federal Firings Broke Law, Justices Told

    Federal employee unions and advocacy groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to pause a California court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary workers fired from six agencies, arguing the government can't escape self-inflicted harms brought on by its allegedly unlawful actions.

  • April 03, 2025

    Amazon Bids For TikTok As US Ban Nears, And More Rumors

    Amazon has emerged as a last-minute bidder for TikTok, which faces a looming ban in the United States if the popular video app is not separated from its own Chinese owner, while two of China's biggest automakers are pursuing a merger and Brookfield Asset Management is finalizing a deal to acquire Colonial Pipeline Inc. for more than $9 billion.

  • April 03, 2025

    Senate Advances Noms Of Trump's SEC, OCC Picks

    The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines Thursday to advance the nominations of President Donald Trump's chosen leaders for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, sending both to the full Senate for a final confirmation vote.

  • April 03, 2025

    Partners Group To Invest Over €120M In Spanish Waste Biz

    Swiss-based global private equity firm Partners Group said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Spanish waste treatment company Gestcompost for €120 million ($133 million) in a transaction guided by Clifford Chance LLP.

  • April 02, 2025

    Trump Media Refiles President's Shares For Potential Sale

    Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. on Wednesday filed papers to reregister for sale some 114 million shares held by President Donald Trump worth more than $2 billion, though the company says there are no imminent plans to sell the shares.

  • April 02, 2025

    Serial Acquisitions Are Still On The FTC's Radar

    The previous administration's focus on private equity firms making serial acquisitions in the same industry may continue under the Federal Trade Commission's new leadership, an agency official said Wednesday.

  • April 02, 2025

    PE Firm TPG Wants Endo Trust's Transfer Suit Tossed

    Private equity firm TPG Capital is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit that aims to claw back billions of dollars reaped in an allegedly unfair deal with Endo International PLC before the drugmaker went bankrupt.

Expert Analysis

  • Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing

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    Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Tips For Revamping Patent Portfolio Strategy In AI Deal Era

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    Recent data suggests patents are significantly enhancing exit valuations, particularly with cutting-edge technologies like those powered by artificial intelligence, but it is necessary to do more than simply align patent strategy with business goals, says Keegan Caldwell at Caldwell Law.

  • Opinion

    The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address

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    A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • Opinion

    It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union

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    As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act

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    In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.

  • Jarkesy May Thwart Consumer Agencies' Civil Penalty Power

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy not only implicates future SEC administrative adjudications, but those of other agencies that operate similarly — and may stymie regulators' efforts to levy civil monetary penalties in a range of consumer protection enforcement actions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?

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    A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.

  • Why The SEC Is Targeting Short-And-Distort Schemes

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent crackdown on the illegal practice of short-and-distort trades highlights the urgent need for public companies to adopt proactive measures, including pursuing private rights of action, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Series

    Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.

  • 3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture

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    Traditional leadership styles frequently amplify the inherent pressures of legal work, but a few simple, time-neutral strategies can strengthen the skills and confidence of employees and foster a more collaborative culture, while supporting individual growth and contribution to organizational goals, says Benjamin Grimes at BKG Leadership.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents

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    Recent rulings show that counsel should engage in early discussions with clients regarding the potential of hyperlinked documents in electronically stored information, which will allow for more deliberate negotiation of any agreements regarding the scope of discovery, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to dismantle Chevron deference also effectively overrules its 2005 decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X, greatly diminishing agencies' ability to change regulatory course from one administration to the next, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.

  • 2nd Circ. Case Reinforces Need For Advance Notice Bylaws

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    The Second Circuit's recent decision in Nano Dimension v. Murchinson illustrates that Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act is a square peg for a round hole, and that advance notice bylaws are far better at protecting against undisclosed coordination among activist shareholders, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Series

    Teaching Scuba Diving Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    As a master scuba instructor, I’ve learned how to prepare for the unexpected, overcome fears and practice patience, and each of these skills – among the many others I’ve developed – has profoundly enhanced my work as a lawyer, says Ron Raether at Troutman Pepper.

  • Lawyers Can Take Action To Honor The Voting Rights Act

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    As the Voting Rights Act reaches its 59th anniversary Tuesday, it must urgently be reinforced against recent efforts to dismantle voter protections, and lawyers can pitch in immediately by volunteering and taking on pro bono work to directly help safeguard the right to vote, says Anna Chu at We The Action.

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