Private Equity

  • January 03, 2025

    Influencer Marketing Biz Later Buys Mavely In $250M Deal

    Influencer marketing and social media management software services company Later on Friday announced plans to buy everyday influencer platform Mavely in a $250 million deal.

  • January 03, 2025

    PE Firm Permira To Buy Stake In Energy Adviser Westbridge

    British investment company Permira Funds has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Westbridge Advisory, a European energy and sustainability consultancy for the real estate industry.

  • January 02, 2025

    A-Rod's SPAC Deal Seeks Extra Innings, Plus More IPOs Filed

    The period between Christmas Eve and Jan. 1 wasn't completely quiet on the capital markets deals front, with A-Rod's special purpose acquisition company seeking an extension to complete its merger and several new IPOs being filed. Here, Law360 looks at the capital markets news from the holiday break.

  • January 02, 2025

    Interactive Brokers Fined $2.2M Over 'Free-Riding' Monitoring

    Interactive Brokers LLC has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle allegations from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that the firm failed to detect millions of so-called free-riding transactions in customers' cash accounts.

  • January 02, 2025

    Del. Courts Gavel Out 2024 With Fox, Opioid Case Rulings

    2024 went out with a flurry of rulings in Delaware's corporate and commercial law courts, while the new year saw a Chancery veteran become that court's first senior magistrate. Here's a quick roundup of the latest news in First State courts.

  • January 02, 2025

    4 Firms Build CA$169M Take-Private Of Quisitive Technology

    Microsoft cloud and artificial intelligence solutions provider Quisitive Technology Solutions Inc. on Thursday announced that it has agreed to go private and be bought by private equity shop H.I.G. Capital in a CA$169.1 million ($117.1 million) deal built by four law firms.

  • January 02, 2025

    Food Service Tech Biz Buys PE-Owned Delaget In $132M Deal

    Food service technology company Par Technology Corp. on Thursday announced plans to acquire restaurant analytics business Delaget LLC in a $132 million deal.

  • January 01, 2025

    High-Stakes Healthcare Court Battles To Watch In 2025

    With pivotal health law cases on the docket in 2025, attorneys will be watching how the incoming Trump administration proceeds in ongoing litigation over abortion care, the Affordable Care Act and the Medicare drug price negotiation program.

  • January 01, 2025

    5 Energy Transactional Trends To Watch In 2025

    A second Donald Trump presidency and a resulting shift in federal policy away from clean energy and toward fossil fuels will cloud the dealmaking environment for the energy industry, but attorneys believe the deal pace will remain brisk across the sector. Here are five transactional trends that are worth watching closely this year.

  • January 01, 2025

    Trump 2.0 Signals Shift Toward Capital Markets Deregulation

    The arrival of a second Trump administration promising a business-friendly agenda, along with Republican majorities governing Congress and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, signals a decisive shift toward deregulation that observers expect will broadly impact capital markets in 2025 and beyond.

  • January 01, 2025

    IPO Outlook Brightens As More Companies Eye 2025 Listings

    Capital markets attorneys are preparing to advise more companies toward initial public offerings in 2025, given evidence that a rising number of candidates are joining the pipeline in expectation of a long-awaited resurgence in new listings. ​​Here, Law360 looks at what deals attorneys and market participants expect.

  • January 01, 2025

    What 2024's Top PE Funds Say About Industry Right Now

    The largest private equity fund closings in 2024 highlight continued consolidation in the private equity space, leaving industry attorneys hopeful for an active 2025. The overall PE industry saw a surge in secondary transactions and funds during the year, while slowing distributions posed some fundraising challenges.

  • January 01, 2025

    M&A Attys Bullish About 2025 Despite Global Tensions

    Industry attorneys are optimistic about mergers and acquisitions moving into 2025 following a year with plenty of megadeals, modest upticks in deal values and volumes, interest rate cuts, and a Donald Trump reelection that is expected to bring pro-business policies and a reduction in regulatory red tape.

  • January 01, 2025

    Connecticut Cases To Watch In 2025: Ethics, Mergers & Actors

    A suit over McCarter & English LLP's municipal loan advice and a Yale-owned heath network's legal battle over a beleaguered acquisition deal are just two multimillion-dollar cases that will keep Connecticut courts busy next year. 

  • December 23, 2024

    Ex-Pharma Exec Charged With $38M Insider Trading Scheme

    A former chief science officer of pharmaceutical company Humanigen faces charges in New Jersey federal court that he dumped shares of the company before it publicly announced its potential COVID-19 drug did not receive federal approval, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.

  • December 23, 2024

    7 Firms Build Nordstrom's $6.25B Go-Private Deal

    Members of the Nordstrom family, including CEO Erik Nordstrom, and Mexican omnichannel retailer and shareholder El Puerto de Liverpool on Monday unveiled plans to take Nordstrom Inc. private in a $6.25 billion all-cash deal that was built by seven law firms.

  • December 20, 2024

    SEC's Dealer Rule Loss Is A Lesson To Regulators, Atty Says

    A Sullivan & Cromwell LLP attorney who successfully litigated a crypto industry challenge to vacate a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule expanding the definition of dealer said the Texas federal judge's decision is another block in the recent chain of court decisions warning federal agencies to refrain from stretching old statutory terms to reach new contexts that aren't clearly within their authority.

  • December 20, 2024

    Nike, Converse Blast Co.'s Trade Secret Case Ahead Of Trial

    Ahead of a trial in February in Oregon federal court, Nike Inc. and Converse Inc. on Thursday blasted trade secret theft allegations involving an anti-counterfeiting system from Valmarc Corp., saying that Valmarc failed to protect its claimed secrets, that the technology at issue has been around for years and that the company's complaint is time-barred.

  • December 20, 2024

    The Top Cases Of 2024 In Texas: Year In Review

    Texas closed out the year with blockbuster rulings on social media companies’ use of biometric data and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s expanded definition of a dealer. Here are the biggest decisions out of Texas that topped Law360’s radar this year.

  • December 20, 2024

    SEC Sues Silver Point Over Atty's Receipt Of Nonpublic Info

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued investment adviser firm Silver Point Capital LP in Connecticut federal court on Friday, alleging that it failed to establish policies to safeguard material nonpublic information, particularly from a now-deceased former BigLaw attorney.

  • December 20, 2024

    DOL Sues Over New York BBQ Co.'s $99M Stock Plan Deal

    The U.S. Department of Labor sued Argent Trust Co. and several New York City restaurant operators in federal court, alleging they violated federal benefits law by causing a barbecue company's employee stock ownership plan to pay $99 million for overvalued company stock in a leveraged transaction.

  • December 20, 2024

    Trump Transfers $4B Equity Stake In Media Startup To Trust

    President-elect Donald Trump has transferred control over his estimated $4 billion stake in the company that owns his social media platform to a revocable trust held by his son, according to regulatory flings.

  • December 20, 2024

    Fuji Soft Founder, Bain Band Together On 'Not' Hostile Bid

    Bain Capital and Fuji Soft's founder said Friday they are joining forces on a plan to snap up a 50.1% stake in the Japanese IT company and take it private, as a bidding war with Bain rival KKR kicks into high gear. 

  • December 20, 2024

    Capital Markets Attorneys Ready For Reset After Bumpy 2024

    Capital markets activity — initial public offerings especially — posted a hesitant recovery in 2024, marginally increasing over prior-year levels before pausing altogether during a heated presidential election and postponing attorneys' hopes for a stronger rebound until 2025.

  • December 20, 2024

    Kirkland-Led Nordic Capital Wraps €2B Evolution II Fund

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised Nordic Capital on Friday announced that it wrapped its second Evolution Fund after raising €2 billion ($2.1 billion) from investors in just four months.

Expert Analysis

  • A Healthier Legal Industry Starts With Emotional Intelligence

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    The legal profession has long been plagued by high rates of mental health issues, in part due to attorneys’ early training and broader societal stereotypes — but developing one’s emotional intelligence is one way to foster positive change, collectively and individually, says attorney Esperanza Franco.

  • To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef

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    To deliver clear and effective written advocacy, lawyers should follow the model of a fine dining chef — seasoning a foundation of pure facts with punchy descriptors, spicing it up with analogies, refining the recipe and trimming the fat — thus catering to a sophisticated audience of decision-makers, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?

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    Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

  • A Look At M&A Conditions After FTC's Exxon-Pioneer Nod

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent consent decree imposing several conditions on Exxon Mobil's acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources helps illustrate key points about the current merger enforcement environment, including the probability of further investigations in the energy and pharmaceutical sectors, say Ryan Quillian and John Kendrick at Covington.

  • FTC Theories Of Harm After Anesthesia Co. Ruling

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    As Federal Trade Commission litigation against U.S. Anesthesia Partners proceeds following a Texas federal court's recent decision to dismiss a private equity sponsor from the suit, the case attempts to incorporate and advance some of the commission's theories of competitive harm from the final 2023 Merger Guidelines, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • Investors Can Aid In The Acceptance Of Psychedelic Medicine

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    Psychedelic medicine is ready to have its breakthrough moment, and although it still faces political, legal and communications challenges, private equity investors can play a significant role in changing the public perception on psychedelics from taboo to acceptance, say Kimberly Chew at Husch Blackwell, Charlie Panfil at the Daschle Group and Ethan Lutz at FTI Consulting.

  • Perspectives

    Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys

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    As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.

  • What Updated PLR Procedure May Mean For Stock Spin-Offs

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    A recently published Internal Revenue Service revenue procedure departs from commonly understood interpretations of the spinoff rules by imposing more stringent standards on companies seeking private letter rulings regarding tax-free stock spinoff and split-off transactions, and may presage regulatory changes that would have the force of law, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Opinion

    Del. Needs To Urgently Pass Post-Moelis Corporate Law Bill

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    After the Delaware Chancery Court's decision in West Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension v. Moelis sparked confusion around governance rights, recently proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law would preserve the state's predictable corporate governance system, says Lawrence Hamermesh at Widener University Delaware Law School.

  • 4 Arbitration Takeaways From High Court Coinbase Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's May 23 decision in Coinbase v. Suski, which provides clarity to parties faced with successive contracts containing conflicting dispute resolution provisions, has four practical impacts for contracting parties to consider, say Charles Schoenwetter and Eric Olson at Bowman and Brooke.

  • Series

    Playing Music Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My deep and passionate involvement in playing, writing and producing music equipped me with skills — like creativity, improvisation and problem-solving — that contribute to the success of my legal career, says attorney Kenneth Greene.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

  • Series

    Being An EMT Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While some of my experiences as an emergency medical technician have been unusually painful and searing, the skills I’ve learned — such as triage, empathy and preparedness — are just as useful in my work as a restructuring lawyer, says Marshall Huebner at Davis Polk.

  • Mitigating Incarceration's Impacts On Foreign Nationals

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    Sentencing arguments that highlighted the disparate impact incarceration would have on a British national recently sentenced for insider training by a New York district court, when compared to similarly situated U.S. citizens, provide an example of the advocacy needed to avoid or mitigate problems unique to noncitizen defendants, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert.

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