Private Equity

  • December 02, 2024

    Citi Splits Off Mexican Retail Bank Ahead Of Planned IPO

    Citigroup said Monday it has completed the expected spinoff of its Mexican retail banking unit called Banamex — part of a strategy to separate its retail and institutional banking businesses in Mexico — paving the way for an initial public offering of Banamex.

  • December 02, 2024

    Musk Asks Court To Halt OpenAI's Conversion To For-Profit

    Elon Musk sought a preliminary injunction asking a California federal court to stop OpenAI from transitioning into a for-profit enterprise, arguing the plaintiffs and the public would be harmed whether as competitors, donors, investors, consumers, taxpayers, citizens or "simply as people" worried about AI rushing unsafe products into the marketplace.  

  • December 02, 2024

    Funds Get $30M Payout From SEC's Fight With Fugitive Trader

    A Connecticut federal judge has approved a receiver's plan to distribute $30 million to four Oak Management Corp. funds that were among the victims of a former in-house trader who spent a decade defrauding investors and misappropriating $67 million, court records show.

  • December 02, 2024

    Pocketlaw Raises New Capital, Appoints Music Exec To Board

    Contract creation and automation platform Pocketlaw Ltd. announced last week both the closing of a new funding round and the appointment of Kobalt Music Group founder Willard Ahdritz, one of its latest investors, as a board member.

  • December 02, 2024

    PE Firms Swap Calisen Stake At Reported $5B Value

    A majority stake in Calisen Group is changing hands in a private equity-backed deal that is said to value the British smart metering company at more than $5 billion, according to disclosures made Monday. 

  • December 02, 2024

    3 Firms Guide UAE Food Delivery App's Landmark $2B IPO

    Shares in Talabat, a food delivery app based in the United Arab Emirates, are set to begin trading next week following a $2 billion initial public offering that marked the largest global technology IPO this year, under guidance from three law firms.

  • December 02, 2024

    Bochner Litigator Jumps To Gordon Rees In Bay Area

    Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP is deepening its California bench, bringing in a Bochner PLLC litigation and transactional attorney as a partner in its San Francisco Bay Area offices.

  • December 02, 2024

    Software Biz K3 To Sell Unit To PE-Backed Co. For £36M

    U.K. business software group K3 said Monday that it has agreed to sell subsidiary NexSys to Syspro for £36 million ($46 million) as the private equity-backed company aims to expand in the U.K. and Europe.

  • November 29, 2024

    US Firm Gathers Support For £351M Bid For Loungers

    U.S. investment firm Fortress Investment Group LLC said Friday that its takeover bid of approximately £350.50 million ($447 million) for British hospitality chain Loungers has won support from another shareholder.

  • November 29, 2024

    Kirkland-Led Apollo Biz Makes £1B Offer For Auto Parts Maker

    TI Fluid Systems said Friday that it has agreed to accept a takeover offer of just over £1 billion ($1.27 billion) from a Canadian rival, ABC Technologies, in a transaction guided by three law firms — Kirkland, Paul Weiss and Latham.

  • November 28, 2024

    Jones Day-Led Loungers Backs £351M Fortress Takeover Bid

    British hospitality chain Loungers said Thursday that it has agreed to accept a takeover offer of approximately £350.5 million ($444.5 million) from U.S. investment firm Fortress Investment Group LLC, which will remove the company from the London Stock Exchange.

  • November 27, 2024

    GOP-Led States Accuse BlackRock Of Driving Up Coal Prices

    Texas is leading a coalition of nearly a dozen Republican-led states suing BlackRock Inc. and two other large asset managers for allegedly running an "investment cartel" that takes advantage of their large holdings in publicly traded energy companies to drive up coal prices, a claim that BlackRock has said is "baseless and defies common sense."

  • November 27, 2024

    Weil-Led Apse Capital Secures €350M For Continuation Fund

    British private equity firm Apse Capital Ltd., led by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, on Wednesday announced that it closed a €350 million ($370.1 million) continuation fund, which will be used to acquire three portfolio companies from one of the firm's other funds.

  • November 27, 2024

    SEC Exempts More Debt Securities From New Trading Rules

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is relieving broker-dealers who quote unlisted stocks from increased information-gathering requirements that would have also applied to many fixed-income securities, a development attorneys say will prove welcome for debt issuers.

  • November 27, 2024

    Davis Polk, Cleary Drive Chinese Robotaxi Firm's Upsized IPO

    Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI Inc. priced an upsized $260 million initial public offering Wednesday, represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters' counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, raising money that the self-driving startup hopes will turbocharge growth.

  • November 27, 2024

    Chaotic But PE-Friendly Enviro Expected As Trump Returns

    Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory means that, for only the second time in U.S. history, a former president will make his way back to the White House after a four-year gap. Here, Law360 speaks to private equity attorneys from three separate firms about what they expect to see from Trump’s administration and the ramifications it might have on the industry.

  • November 27, 2024

    JD Sports Completes €520M Deal For French Footwear Biz

    JD Sports Fashion PLC said Wednesday that it has finalized the €520 million ($546 million) acquisition of French footwear company Groupe Courir SAS, after the European Union addressed competition concerns.

  • November 26, 2024

    Del. Justices Uphold Chancery Toss Of No-Compete Suit

    Delaware's Supreme Court has backed a Court of Chancery finding that private equity firm Court Square Capital Management wrongly withheld nearly $5.4 million in carried interest payments from former partner Kevin Brown after he was accused — three years after his 2016 departure — of violating a no-compete agreement.

  • November 26, 2024

    MLBPA, FanDuel Ink Licensing Deal After Settling Legal Spat

    The Major League Baseball Players Association, FanDuel and OneTeam Partners on Tuesday announced that they are teaming up on a product and marketing licensing agreement, a move that comes just weeks after FanDuel was dropped from an MLBPA lawsuit over the alleged use of players' photos to promote sports gambling.

  • November 26, 2024

    Ropes & Gray Atty Is Kirkland's Latest Debt Finance Hire

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced the latest of several recent additions to its debt finance group on Monday, a Ropes & Gray LLP partner with a host of multibillion-dollar deals under his belt.

  • November 26, 2024

    GTCR Plugs $1.33B Into Software Testing Biz Tricentis

    Software testing and engineering company Tricentis, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, on Tuesday revealed that it has reached an enterprise value of $4.5 billion following a $1.33 billion investment from Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led private equity giant GTCR.

  • November 26, 2024

    Streaming Biz Brightcove Sold In $233M Go-Private Deal

    Streaming technology company Brightcove Inc., advised by Goodwin Procter LLP, has agreed to go private and be bought by Latham & Watkins LLP-led software company Bending Spoons in an all-cash deal valued at around $233 million.

  • November 25, 2024

    SEC Secured Historic $8.2B Enforcement Haul In 2024

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission obtained $8.2 billion in civil penalties and disgorgement via successful enforcement actions in 2024, the highest amount in the history of the agency despite a significant decline in total enforcement actions, the SEC has announced. 

  • November 25, 2024

    Tuna Price-Fixing MDL Lead Attys Awarded $86M In Fees

    A California federal judge has agreed to award a combined total of $86 million in fees and costs to lead counsel representing two classes of canned tuna buyers who reached settlements in recent months with StarKist, Dongwon Industries and Lion Capital in a decadelong price-fixing case.

  • November 25, 2024

    Lampert, Sears Stockholders Set Appraisal Share Faceoff

    Delaware's Court of Chancery has teed up an argument on how to handle class member claims of former Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. stockholders whose share appraisal demand was torpedoed by the company's bankruptcy in 2022.

Expert Analysis

  • Implementing Human Rights Due Diligence

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    The Bureau of Industry and Security’s recent removal of a Canadian surveillance provider from its export blacklist, after just eight months, illustrates the importance of integrating human rights due diligence into the vetting process by asking a few targeted questions, say attorneys at Cravath.

  • Opinion

    FTC Actions In Oil Cases Go Against Its Own Rulemaking

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    Two recent Federal Trade Commission actions concerning the oil and gas industry appear to defy its own merger guidelines, with allegations that fall far short of the commission's own standard — raising serious questions about the agency's current approach, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.

  • Series

    Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.

  • Series

    Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Performing circus arts has strengthened my ability to be more thoughtful, confident and grounded, all of which has enhanced my legal practice and allowed me to serve clients in a more meaningful way, says Bailey McGowan at Stinson.

  • 3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less

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    Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.

  • The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule

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    Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.

  • Series

    Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.

  • So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?

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    Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.

  • 5 Areas Congress May Investigate After GOP Election Wins

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    With Republicans poised to take control of Congress in addition to the executive branch next year, private companies can expect an unprecedented uptick in congressional investigations focused on five key areas, including cryptocurrency and healthcare, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • Philly's Algorithmic Rent Ban Furthers Antitrust Policy Trends

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    A Philadelphia bill banning the use of algorithmic software to set rent prices and manage occupancy rates is indicative of growing scrutiny of this technology, and reflects broader policy trends of adapting traditional antitrust principles to respond to new technology, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Predicting Shareholder Activism Trends In New Trump Admin

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    While President-elect Donald Trump has promised tax policies, deregulation and lax antitrust enforcement — which all fuel shareholder activism — a closer look at his first administration's track record suggests that his second presidency might be a mixed bag for activist investors and companies alike, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals

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    Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • Series

    Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron. 

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata

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    Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • The 3rd-Party Bankruptcy Release Landscape After Purdue

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    In its Purdue Pharma ruling prohibiting nonconsensual third-party releases, the U.S. Supreme Court did not comment on criteria to render a third-party release consensual, opening a debate in the bankruptcy courts on the permissibility of opt-out versus opt-in releases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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