/privateequity?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Private Equity Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:47:56 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360414?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360414 Energy-focused special purpose acquisition company EQV Ventures Acquisition Corp. II began trading Wednesday after pricing an upsized $420 million initial public offering, in the largest of four SPAC IPOs totaling $830 million. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:50:52 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360425?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360425 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff is providing more insight on its expectations around disclosures for novel crypto exchange-traded products, urging issuers to share risks specific to the product and use plain language over technical jargon to explain the business. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:45:00 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360468?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360468 CoastalSouth Bancshares Inc. began trading Wednesday after the South Carolina- and Georgia-focused bank priced a downsized $44 million initial public offering at the bottom of its range, represented by Alston & Bird LLP and underwriters' counsel Troutman Pepper Locke LLP. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:38:43 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360395?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360395 A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved the conversion of the Chapter 11 case of Colombian consumer lending giant Credivalores-Crediservicios to a Chapter 7 liquidation, following requests from the Office of the U.S. Trustee and an ad hoc group of noteholders. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:07:42 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2359493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2359493 Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:46:41 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360631?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360631 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said Wednesday that regulators are reviewing recently beefed-up rules governing special-purpose acquisition companies as part of a broader policy of increasing public listings. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:01:05 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360401?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360401 Latham & Watkins LLP-advised private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners has agreed to sell Applied Technical Services Inc. to Swiss testing and inspection giant SGS SA for about $1.33 billion, the firms said Wednesday. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:00:02 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2359855?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2359855 A China-tied company that sued a California-based private equity firm for walking back a purported agreement to make a $50 million investment in SpaceX in November 2021 has won a single dollar in damages after a three-year, multiclaim Delaware Court of Chancery suit and trial. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:15:18 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2356533?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2356533 Consistent with Texas' recent modernization of its corporate law, the recently passed S.B. 2411 allows officer exculpation, streamlines certificate of formation amendments, authorizes representatives to act on shareholders' behalf in mergers and makes other changes aimed toward companies seeking a more codified, statutory model of corporate governance, say attorneys at Bracewell. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:01:14 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360134?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360134 Greenberg Traurig LLP has added a corporate shareholder in Houston from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, furthering the firm's expansion of its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:05:53 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2352368?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2352368 After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 06:45:30 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360257?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360257 High-tech instruments manufacturer Spectris said on Wednesday that it has given its backing to a £4.1 billion ($5.6 billion) takeover by U.S. private equity giant KKR, which has outbid a £3.8 billion offer by another PE firm, Advent. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:19:47 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2359946?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2359946 The term's sharpest dissents often looked beyond perceived flaws in majority reasoning to raise existential concerns about the role and future of the court, with the justices accusing one another of rewarding executive branch lawlessness, harming faith in the judiciary and threatening democracy, sometimes on an emergency basis with little briefing or explanation. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:28:52 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360186?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360186 Web-design software maker Figma Inc. on Tuesday filed for an initial public offering, joining a growing pipeline of IPO candidates as summer heats up, represented by Fenwick & West LLP and underwriters counsel Latham & Watkins LLP. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:27:44 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2359756?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2359756 Banking executive Betsy Cohen's latest special purpose acquisition company began trading Tuesday after raising $220 million, in the largest of three initial public offerings totaling $420 million to join a resurgent SPAC market. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 19:09:42 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2359236?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2359236 The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to limit nationwide injunctions was one of its biggest rulings of the term — a finding the court is likely going to be dealing with all summer. Here, Law360 takes a look at the decision, how it and other cases on the emergency docket overshadowed much of the court's other work, and what it all means for the months to come. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:53:08 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2359936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2359936 The U.S. Department of Justice reached the agency's first three merger settlements of the second Trump administration, clearing deals in the technology and aerospace sectors after divestitures, while the Federal Trade Commission put conditions on an advertising merger. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from June. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:51:12 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2360117?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2360117 Energy dealmaking has been roiled by drastic policy shifts under President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress. Here, Law360 looks at factors that are causing investors to be cautious in some instances and rush to finalize projects in others. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:46:55 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2359510?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2359510 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's apparent lack of follow-up in four recent criminal cases of insider trading brought by the Justice Department suggests the SEC may be reconsidering the expense and effort of bringing parallel civil charges for insider trading, say attorneys at Dentons. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:37:08 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2359310?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2359310 Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. has dropped its suit against three North Carolina residents challenging whether they are entitled to arbitrate their case against the financial services giant over a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by a former employee, court records show.