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Private Equity

  • 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.

  • May 28, 2025

    Defense-Focused SPAC Leads Pair Of Listings Totaling $285M

    Defense- and aerospace-focused Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. began trading Wednesday after pricing a $220 million initial public offering, one of two special purpose acquisition companies to join a recovering market after raising $285 million combined.

  • May 28, 2025

    In Volatile World, PE Attys Guide Complex Take-Private Deals

    As rising geopolitical tensions and tariff uncertainty continue to rattle dealmaking markets, attorneys are guiding private equity firms and potential take-private targets through increasingly complex negotiations.

  • May 28, 2025

    Audacy Gig Squelched By Soros Fund, Radio Executive Says

    A Connecticut radio executive who claims he played a key role in Soros Fund Management LLC's acquisition of Audacy Inc. is suing the fund and one of its leaders, saying he was boxed out of an alleged deal to become CEO or receive a 5% cut of the fund's profits.

  • May 28, 2025

    Fried Frank Adds KPMG International Tax Ace In NY

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has hired a KPMG international tax group principal as a tax partner in New York.

  • May 27, 2025

    Kirkland, Cravath Steer WiseTech's $2.1B Merger With E2open

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised cloud-based software platform E2open Parent Holdings Inc. in its $2.1 billion merger with logistics software provider WiseTech Global Ltd., which is being advised by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, according to an announcement made Tuesday.

  • May 27, 2025

    Bankrupt 23andMe To Delist Stock After Regeneron Deal

    Bankrupt genetic testing provider 23andMe Inc. said Tuesday it will delist its stock from the Nasdaq exchange, following Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s agreement last week to buy the defunct company.

  • May 27, 2025

    Davis Polk-Led Stablecoin Giant Circle Eyes $600M IPO

    Venture-backed stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc. on Tuesday launched plans for an estimated $600 million initial public offering, represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters' counsel Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, rekindling its IPO after a tariff-related pause.

  • May 27, 2025

    Trump's Media Co. To Raise $2.5B For Bitcoin Purchase

    Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the parent company of President Donald Trump's social media platform, said Tuesday it plans to raise $2.5 billion from institutional investors to buy bitcoin to create what it is calling a bitcoin treasury.

  • May 27, 2025

    Morgan Lewis Guides NYC's $5B Equity Sale To Blackstone

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has helped guide the New York City pension system's sale of $5 billion of private equity holdings to Blackstone Inc. in a transaction that the city says is one of the nation's largest ever pension-led secondary sales of its kind.

  • May 27, 2025

    Paris VC Firm Cathay Closes $1B AI Venture Capital Fund

    Paris venture capital firm Cathay Innovation said Tuesday that it has closed a $1 billion fund focused on artificial intelligence investments.

  • May 27, 2025

    Eli Lilly Inks $1B Deal For Non-Opioid Pain-Drug Maker

    Eli Lilly announced Tuesday that it has inked a potentially $1 billion deal to buy SiteOne Theraputics, giving the pharmaceutical giant access to a non-opiod pain medicine ready for phase 2 trials. 

  • May 27, 2025

    King & Spalding Recruits NY Kirkland Capital Markets Partner

    King & Spalding LLP announced Tuesday that it has brought on a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner for its corporate practice group in New York.

  • May 27, 2025

    Slaughter And May-Led Bain Invests £120M In UK Finance Biz

    U.S. investment business Bain Capital has taken a stake worth nearly 30% in The Openwork Partnership for £120 million ($163 million) after winning backing from the City watchdog, the British financial adviser said Tuesday.

  • May 27, 2025

    Energy Consultancy Backs PE Firm's 'Superior' £129M Bid

    Energy and sustainability consultancy Inspired PLC said Tuesday that it intends to back a "superior" takeover bid of £129 million ($175 million) tabled by private equity firm HGGC after rejecting a "wholly inadequate" £109 million offer from Regent International, a gas and metering services business.

  • May 23, 2025

    Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar

    This past year, a handful of attorneys secured billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations like Facebook, Dell, the National Association of Realtors, Johnson & Johnson, UFC and Credit Suisse, earning them recognition as Law360's Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar for 2025.

  • May 23, 2025

    Cooley Beats Malpractice Claim In NJ Investor Suit, For Now

    A New Jersey federal judge on Friday trimmed a securities fraud lawsuit alleging Cooley LLP and its attorneys deliberately hid from an investor fraud claims against a startup's CEO, dismissing legal malpractice allegations against Cooley and four attorneys, but keeping alive other claims and letting the plaintiff amend his suit.

  • May 23, 2025

    SEC Cracks Door For Retail Entry Into Private Funds

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring increasing retail access to private funds, marking one of several pivotal shifts the watchdog is considering that would widen public exposure to the vast but less regulated world of private markets.

  • May 23, 2025

    Banking Veteran Betsy Cohen's Latest SPAC Targets Fintech

    Financial services dealmaker Betsy Cohen is back with another SPAC, filing plans Friday for a $220 million initial public offering for Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. II, which aims to pursue mergers in fintech and adjacent sectors.

  • May 23, 2025

    Squire Patton, Kirkland Lead Goodyear's $650M PE Deal

    Goodyear Tire, represented by Squire Patton Boggs LLP, has agreed to sell a majority of its chemical business to Gemspring Capital, a private equity shop advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, in a $650 million transaction that followed a strategic review of the subsidiary.

  • May 23, 2025

    Musk Doubles Down After OpenAI Drops For-Profit Transition

    OpenAI's decision to abandon its transition into a for-profit enterprise was not enough to appease Elon Musk, who doubled down Thursday with an amended California federal court complaint continuing to allege the ChatGPT maker tricked him into contributing nearly $45 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit.

  • May 23, 2025

    Simpson Thacher Adds Kirkland Banking, Credit Atty

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP said Thursday it has hired a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney to focus on acquisition finance and other debt finance matters from its Boston office.

  • May 23, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Troutman, A&O Shearman

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Blackstone acquires TXNM Energy, OpenAI buys io Products, Lumen Technologies sells its Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business in 11 states to AT&T, and AMD sells its data center infrastructure manufacturing business to Sanmina.

Expert Analysis

  • 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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    Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw

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    The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.

  • Issues To Watch At ABA's Antitrust Spring Meeting

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    Attorneys at Freshfields consider the future of antitrust law and competition enforcement amid agency leadership changes and other emerging developments likely to dominate discussion at the American Bar Association's Antitrust Spring Meeting this week.

  • Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield

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    Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.

  • Reviewing Calif. Push To Restrict Private Equity In Healthcare

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    A recent proposed bill in California aims to broaden the state's existing corporate practice of medicine restrictions, so investors must ensure that there is clear delineation between private equity investment in practice management and physicians' clinical decision-making, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind

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    As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.

  • Opinion

    7 Ways CFTC Should Nix Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens

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    Several U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations do not work efficiently in practice, all of which can be abolished or improved in order to comply with a recent executive order requiring the elimination of 10 regulations for every new one implemented, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence

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    As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.

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