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Private Equity

  • May 09, 2025

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Plugs $500M Into JV With BKV

    Denver-based energy company BKV Corp., led by BakerHostetler, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised energy infrastructure investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have teamed up on a joint venture that sees Copenhagen Infrastructure committing $500 million to be used to design, construct and operate carbon capture, utilization and sequestration projects in the U.S.

  • May 09, 2025

    Massumi & Consoli Brings On Gibson Dunn M&A Pro In LA

    Massumi & Consoli LLP is expanding its transactions team, bringing in a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP mergers and acquisitions expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

  • May 09, 2025

    Activist Ends Battle With Lyft By Withdrawing Director Noms

    Activist investor and Lyft shareholder Engine Capital LP on Friday said it's withdrawing its nomination of candidates to stand for election to the ride-hailing company's board of directors at the upcoming annual meeting, saying Lyft's board has taken "an important first step" by agreeing to "significant" share repurchases in the upcoming quarters.

  • May 09, 2025

    Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Dies At 85

    Retired Justice David H. Souter, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 to 2009, has died at 85, the court announced Friday. 

  • May 08, 2025

    Ex-Brookfield Leader Says He Was Fired For Whistleblowing

    A former managing partner at Brookfield Asset Management lobbed wrongful termination and defamation claims at his former employer Thursday, claiming that he was fired for refusing to accept a bribe and for filing a whistleblower complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • May 08, 2025

    PSP Investments, BCE To Form New Fiber Biz With $1.5B Plug

    Canadian communications company BCE Inc., led by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP-advised Public Sector Pension Investment Board on Thursday revealed their plans to form a strategic partnership and jointly launch a new wholesale network provider called Network FiberCo.

  • May 08, 2025

    Court Upholds CMA's £99M Thyroid Drug Price Fines

    A U.K. appellate court has not only upheld a finding that drug company Advanz excessively inflated the price of its thyroid tablets for the National Health Service but also reimposed fines against the company's former owner that a lower tribunal had cut by almost a third.

  • May 08, 2025

    Couple Slams 'Ping-Pong' Brief In Conn. Waterfront Feud

    A married Bridgeport, Connecticut, couple are urging a state court to strike a post-trial reply brief that was filed by companies that the couple are suing over local waterfront access, arguing that counsel for both sides previously agreed to only make one set of post-trial filings simultaneously.

  • May 08, 2025

    SEC's Peirce Outlines Path To Exempt Tokenized Securities

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Hester Peirce on Thursday endorsed the creation of "regulatory sandboxes" that would encourage companies to develop trading systems for tokenized securities, enabling them to experiment with new technologies without certain registration requirements that govern stock exchanges.

  • May 08, 2025

    Winston & Strawn Launches Secondary Markets Practice

    Winston & Strawn LLP announced Tuesday the launch of a secondaries and liquidity solutions group, as well as the hiring of a former Kirkland & Ellis partner to help lead the new group.

  • May 08, 2025

    Nestle Eyes Potential $5B Water Unit Sale, And Other Reports

    Nestle is planning to break off a piece of its business to focus, fittingly, on top-performing brands like Kit Kat and Nescafe, as it weighs a potential sale of its sparkling water-led unit at a $5.6 billion value, according to a Reuters report Thursday.

  • May 08, 2025

    Mercer Advisors Nabs Tufton Capital, Adding $3B In Assets

    Mercer Global Advisors on Thursday revealed plans to acquire Tufton Capital Management LLC, guided by Nemphos Braue LLC, and to create a combined business with roughly $3 billion in client assets in the Washington D.C. market.

  • May 08, 2025

    Cooley Adds VC Partner In Boston To Startup Practice

    Cooley LLP has brought on a veteran emerging companies and venture capital attorney in Boston, deepening its bench in one of the country's most competitive innovation hubs.

  • May 08, 2025

    McDermott Recruits Ex-Kirkland Transactions Ace

    An attorney specializing in capital markets transactions and securities has recently moved his practice to McDermott Will & Emery LLP's Chicago office after more than four and a half years with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • May 08, 2025

    Simpson Thacher-Led Corsair Closes $600M Fund

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP-advised Corsair Capital on Thursday announced it had closed its inaugural multi-asset continuation vehicle and secondary fund with a combined $600 million in tow.

  • May 08, 2025

    Rising Tide Of Trump Pardons Not Lifting All Boats, Attys Say

    President Donald Trump signed off on more pardons and commutations during his first 100 days in office than any president in modern history while bypassing the traditional clemency process that goes through the U.S. Department of Justice, potentially giving false hope to those who believe they have a chance to benefit from the executive actions but lack White House connections.

  • May 08, 2025

    Latham-Led TA Associates Bids £570M For UK Tech Biz

    TA Associates said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire British tech businesses FD Technologies PLC for approximately £570 million ($756 million) in a cash offer to give the U.S. private equity company access to an "industry-leading database and analytics engine."

  • May 07, 2025

    Sidley-Led Insurer Aspen Leads 2 IPOs Raising $508M Total

    Private equity-backed specialty insurer Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., represented by Sidley Austin LLP, on Wednesday raised $397.5 million after pricing an upsized initial public offering, leading one of two insurance listings that netted $507.5 million combined as more companies tiptoe back into the IPO market. 

  • May 07, 2025

    Nordstrom's Investor Can't Block Vote On Go-Private Deal

    A Washington federal judge said he won't block a shareholder vote on Nordstrom's proposed $6.25 billion deal to go private, issuing a sealed order on Tuesday denying a preliminary injunction bid in a proposed investor class action.

  • May 07, 2025

    AI-Focused SPAC Raises $125M As Blank-Check Filings Surge

    Dune Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company targeting artificial intelligence and various technologies, began trading Wednesday after raising $125 million, the latest SPAC to join the market as three more such vehicles filed IPOs in recent days.

  • May 07, 2025

    Performance Equity Clinches 5th Fund With $383M Committed

    Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity shop Performance Equity Management LLC on Wednesday revealed that it clinched its fifth co-investment fund with $383 million in tow.

  • May 07, 2025

    Top Regional Atty At Binance Joins Steptoe White Collar Team

    The former legal leader for Binance's Americas region, who also has been in-house with Vimeo and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has transitioned into private practice at Steptoe LLP, the firm said Wednesday, as policymakers work to set rules of the road for cryptocurrency.

  • May 07, 2025

    Orrick Hires Boston Duo For Life Sciences Practice

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has added a pair of life sciences and tech company advisors from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC as Boston partners, the firm said Wednesday.

  • May 07, 2025

    Winston & Strawn M&A Partner Joins King & Spalding In NY

    King & Spalding LLP has added a former Winston & Strawn LLP mergers and acquisitions partner to its corporate practice group in New York, the firm said.

  • May 07, 2025

    Geely Lobs Offer To Take Chinese EV Maker Zeekr Private

    Chinese carmaker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. on Wednesday announced it has submitted a non-binding proposal to take Chinese electric-vehicle maker Zeekr private by acquiring the remaining shares it does not already own.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.

  • How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources

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    Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment

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    Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.

  • Short-Seller Implications Of 10th Circ.'s Overstock Decision

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    The Tenth Circuit's Oct. 15 decision in Overstock Securities Litigation provides clarity on the pleading standard for a market manipulation claim under the Exchange Act, and suggests that short sellers might not be able to rely on the fraud-on-the-market presumption typically invoked by securities plaintiffs, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity

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    Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.

  • Fostering Healthcare Industry Success With Joint Ventures

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    As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, joint ventures remain a key strategy to unite health systems, private equity firms and physician practices in leveraging their collective strengths to foster innovation and improve patient care, say Carole Becker and Travis Jackson at McDermott.

  • Opinion

    Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules

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    The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.

  • The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO

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    The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.

  • Series

    Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.

  • Budding Lessons From Landmark Plant Seed Patent Battle

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    The Corteva v. Inari case involving intellectual property rights in genetically modified plants is now proceeding through discovery and potentially to trial, and will raise critical questions that could have a major impact on the agriculture technology industry, say Tate Tischner and Andrew Zappia at Troutman Pepper.

  • Anticipating Jarkesy's Effect On Bank Agency Enforcement

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    Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, federal courts may eventually issue decisions on banking law principles and processes that could fundamentally alter the agencies' enforcement action framework, and the relationship between banks and examiners, says Brendan Clegg at Luse Gorman.

  • Opinion

    Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits

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    With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.

  • How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program

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    During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.

  • Series

    Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.

  • Avoiding Merger Disputes Via Careful LLC Agreement Drafting

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery recently upheld a merger in a dispute over the process of amending the target's limited liability company agreement, underscoring the importance of understanding the Delaware LLC Act default rules and careful drafting to allow for contractual modifications, says Jane Trueper at Lathrop.

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