Private Equity

  • January 09, 2025

    Hochul Floats Curbing Tax Breaks For PE Home Investments

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that she is seeking to curtail certain tax breaks for private equity firms that invest in certain residential properties, saying the policy would make more of the state's housing stock available to individual homebuyers.

  • January 09, 2025

    Ropes & Gray-Led Vistria Wraps Largest-Ever Fund At $3B

    Middle-market private equity shop The Vistria Group LP, advised by Ropes & Gray LLP, on Thursday said it clinched its largest-ever private equity fund after securing $3 billion of total investor commitments.

  • January 09, 2025

    Kirkland Leads Project Liberty's Bid For TikTok As Ban Looms

    Kirkland & Ellis-advised Project Liberty announced Thursday that it has offered to acquire TikTok's U.S. assets, just 10 days before the deadline for the social media platform to divest from its Chinese parent or face a nationwide ban.

  • January 08, 2025

    Oppenheimer Fights Claims Over Ex-Worker's Ponzi Scheme

    Financial services giant Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. is seeking to avoid an arbitration fight brought by three North Carolina residents over a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by a former Oppenheimer employee, arguing in a new suit the individuals have never been customers of Oppenheimer and, therefore, have no standing to bring claims or arbitrate.

  • January 08, 2025

    Shoppers Say Kroger Merger Suit Still Alive After Nixed Deal

    Consumers challenging the abandoned merger between Kroger Co. and Albertsons urged a California federal court not to toss their case despite two court injunctions against the deal, arguing that they have effectively prevailed on their antitrust claims and should get an injunction and attorney fees.

  • January 08, 2025

    Fried Frank-Led Bonaccord Clinches $1.6 Billion Fund II

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP-advised Bonaccord Capital Partners, a private equity business of private markets solutions provider P10 Inc., on Wednesday announced that it wrapped its second general partner stakes fund after securing $1.6 billion in total commitments.

  • January 08, 2025

    Jones Day, Ropes & Gray Build $795M Deal For Simple Mills

    Packaged bakery food producer Flowers Foods Inc., advised by Jones Day, on Wednesday announced plans to acquire better-for-you snack brand Simple Mills, led by Ropes & Gray LLP, in a $795 million cash deal.

  • January 08, 2025

    Wilson Sonsini, Cooley Lead $621M Take-Private Of Accolade

    Private equity-backed healthcare company Transcarent, advised by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, and personalized healthcare company Accolade, led by Cooley LLP, on Wednesday announced plans to merge in a $621 million deal that will result in Accolade becoming a private company.

  • January 07, 2025

    Oilfield Services Firm Flowco Set to Drill Down On $392M IPO

    Oilfield equipment and services provider Flowco Holdings Inc. on Tuesday launched plans for an estimated $392 million initial public offering, represented by Sidley Austin LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP, marking the latest company to join the new year's IPO pipeline.

  • January 07, 2025

    Cooper Standard Says $11M Royalty Fight Can't Be Arbitrated

    The former parent company of a group of international automotive product suppliers has asked a Michigan federal judge not to force arbitration of its lawsuit accusing them of stiffing it out of more than $11 million in royalties, saying the suppliers waived their right to arbitration.

  • January 07, 2025

    Carlyle Beats Chancery Challenge To $77.5M Authentix Sale

    The Carlyle Group on Tuesday beat a more than four-year-old suit accusing the global investment giant and three directors of authentication provider Authentix Inc. of breaching their fiduciary duties in approving Authentix's $77.5 million sale to private equity firm Blue Water Energy LLP in 2017.

  • January 07, 2025

    Canada Needs Catalysts To Heat Up Cold IPO Market

    Following another chilly year for initial public offerings in Canada, capital markets lawyers in the Great White North are approaching 2025 with caution, hoping that a few catalysts can break through and thaw an otherwise frozen market for public listings.

  • January 07, 2025

    Winston & Strawn Lands Sidley Transactions Ace In Miami

    A former Sidley Austin LLP partner jumped to Winston & Strawn LLP's transactions department in Miami to continue his work advising multinational clients on cross-border transactions in the U.S. and Latin America, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • January 07, 2025

    Davis Polk, Kirkland Guide Paychex's $4.1B Paycor Buy

    Human capital management company Paychex Inc., advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on Tuesday unveiled plans to buy fellow human capital management, payroll and talent acquisition software company Paycor, led by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, in a deal with an enterprise value of $4.1 billion.

  • January 07, 2025

    6 Firms Guide $5.6B PE-Backed Deal For GFL Unit

    Six law firms are guiding a deal disclosed Tuesday that will see funds managed by affiliates of Apollo and BC Partners purchase the environmental services business of GFL Environmental Inc. at an enterprise value of 8 billion Canadian dollars ($5.6 billion).

  • January 07, 2025

    London Software Co. Receives Two £315M Takeover Bids

    Team Internet Group PLC said Tuesday that it has received two competing bids from investment managers TowerBrook and Verdane, which each value the internet services company at approximately £315 million ($394 million).

  • January 07, 2025

    PE Firm Lovell Minnick Invests In UK Consultancy Broadstone

    Lovell Minnick said Tuesday that it has taken a stake in Broadstone, a British financial services consultancy, as the U.S. private equity firm eyes a slice of the growing advisory sector.

  • January 06, 2025

    Biden Signs DC Football Stadium Bill Into Law

    President Joe Biden on Monday gave Washington, D.C., government control over a site that could become home to a new stadium for the NFL's Commanders.

  • January 06, 2025

    Proskauer Adds New Funds Partners In NY, DC

    Proskauer Rose LLP announced Monday it has rung in the new year by adding two new partners to its private funds group, with the addition of a tax expert from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York and a regulatory specialist from the SEC in Washington, D.C.

  • January 06, 2025

    KKR Pushes Fuji Soft To Pursue Legal Action Against Bain

    Private equity giant KKR called on the board of Fuji Soft on Monday to take legal action against Bain Capital amid a bidding war for the company between the two competing investors, arguing that Bain's unauthorized use of confidential information and breach of its nondisclosure agreement "significantly jeopardizes" the reputation of private equity funds in Japan.

  • January 06, 2025

    Paul Hastings, Cravath Steer Pork Giant Smithfield's IPO Filing

    Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. on Monday submitted the year's first filing for an initial public offering, part of a spinoff from China's WH Group Ltd., represented by Paul Hastings LLP and underwriters' counsel Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.

  • January 06, 2025

    Olshan Frome, Ellenoff Grossman Guide Gun Biz SPAC Deal

    Online firearm retailer GrabAGun, advised by Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, announced plans on Monday to go public through a $150 million merger with special purpose acquisition company Colombier II, led by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.

  • January 06, 2025

    More Investment Firms Fight Saba's Plans To Oust Boards

    Another two investment companies listed on the London Stock Exchange warned shareholders on Monday against voting for proposals by Saba Capital Management LP to infiltrate their boards with its own nominees, calling the U.S. hedge fund's plans "opportunistic" and "self-serving."

  • January 03, 2025

    Cancer Drug Co. Revives Bid To Go Public Via Direct Listing

    Brain cancer-focused drug developer NeOnc Technologies Holdings Inc. filed plans on Friday to go public through a direct listing, represented by Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, as it pursues an alternative to an initial public offering after canceling a prior IPO attempt.

  • January 03, 2025

    PayPal's Minority Program Biased Against Asians, Suit Says

    A lawsuit filed in New York federal court alleges that PayPal's $535 million investment program for Black- and minority-led businesses is racially biased against Asian Americans and violates federal civil rights laws. 

Expert Analysis

  • Money, Money, Money: Limiting White Collar Wealth Evidence

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    As courts increasingly recognize that allowing unfettered evidence of wealth could prejudice a jury against a defendant, white collar defense counsel should consider several avenues for excluding visual evidence of a lavish lifestyle at trial, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.

  • How Associates Can Build A Professional Image

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    As hybrid work arrangements become the norm in the legal industry, early-career attorneys must be proactive in building and maintaining a professional presence in both physical and digital settings, ensuring that their image aligns with their long-term career goals, say Lana Manganiello at Equinox Strategy Partners and Estelle Winsett at Estelle Winsett Professional Image Consulting.

  • 5 Steps To Navigating State Laws On Healthcare Transactions

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    As more states pass legislation requiring healthcare-transaction notice, private equity investors and other deal parties should evaluate the new laws and consider ways to mitigate their effects, say Carol Loepere and Nicole Aiken-Shaban at Reed Smith.

  • Firms Must Rethink How They Train New Lawyers In AI Age

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    As law firms begin to use generative artificial intelligence to complete lower-level legal tasks, they’ll need to consider new ways to train summer associates and early-career attorneys, keeping in mind the five stages of skill acquisition, says Liisa Thomas at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Next Steps After 5th Circ. Nixes Private Fund Adviser Rules

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    The Fifth Circuit's recent toss of key U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding private fund advisers represents a setback for the regulator, but open questions, including the possibility of an SEC petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, mean it's still too early to consider the matter closed, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Inside Antitrust Agencies' Rollup And Serial Acquisition Moves

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    The recent request for public comments on serial acquisitions and rollup strategies from the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Justice Department mark the antitrust agencies' continued focus on actions that fall below premerger reporting thresholds, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Always Be Closing

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    When a lawyer presents their case with the right propulsive structure throughout trial, there is little need for further argument after the close of evidence — and in fact, rehashing it all may test jurors’ patience — so attorneys should consider other strategies for closing arguments, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Continuation Funds: What You Need To Know

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    As the continuation fund market matures, the structure and terms of these transactions have become increasingly complex, presenting challenges that should be carefully navigated by participants to ensure a successful transaction process, say lawyers at Skadden.

  • Reps And Warranties Insurance Considerations As M&A Slows

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    The first six months of the year have seen increasingly favorable rates and policy terms for the representations and warranties insurance market, and policy purchasers are right to pay close attention to pricing, coverage, exclusions, structures and claims as the M&A market cools, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Series

    Playing Chess Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    There are many ways that chess skills translate directly into lawyer skills, but for me, the bigger career lessons go beyond the direct parallels — playing chess has shown me the value of seeing gradual improvement in and focusing deep concentration on a nonwork endeavor, says attorney Steven Fink.

  • How M&A Attorneys Can Best Serve Self-Funded Searchers

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    Post-pandemic, and with the so-called great wealth transfer on the horizon, individuals looking for small and midsize businesses to acquire are increasingly going the self-funded route, so deal attorneys must understand the major pain points and unique needs of this demographic, say Kevin Henderson and Eric Pacifici at SMB Law Group.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Attys Can Be Heroic Like Olympians

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    Although litigation won’t earn anyone an Olympic medal in Paris this summer, it can be worthy of the same lasting honor if attorneys exercise focused restraint — seeking both their clients’ interests and those of the court — instead of merely pursuing every advantage short of sanctionable conduct, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Lean Into The 'Great Restoration' To Retain Legal Talent

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    As the “great resignation,” in which employees voluntarily left their jobs in droves, has largely dissipated, legal employers should now work toward the idea of a “great restoration,” adopting strategies to effectively hire, onboard and retain top legal talent, says Molly McGrath at Hiring & Empowering Solutions.

  • Key Takeaways From 2024 Accountants' Liability Conference

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    At the recent annual Accountants' Liability Conference, regulators provided important commentary on new Public Company Accounting Oversight Board rulemaking and standard-setting initiatives, and emphasized regulatory priorities ranging from the tone at the top to alternative practice structures, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Series

    Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Atop the list of ways fishing makes me a better lawyer is the relief it offers from the chronic stress of a demanding caseload, but it has also improved my listening skills and patience, and has served as an exceptional setting for building earnest relationships, says Steven DeGeorge​​​​​​​ at Robinson Bradshaw.

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