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Private Equity Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on private equity deals and the attorneys involved. Coverage includes high-impact deals, related litigation and enforcement actions, and policy developments that affect private equity firms.
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Latest News in Private Equity
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May 09, 2025
Investor Claims PE Firm Filed False Financial Statements
A private equity firm and several of its executives were hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Friday alleging the firm filed several false and misleading financial statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, causing the firm's stock price to drop when they could no longer be relied upon.
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May 09, 2025
Private Fundraising Takes Hit Amid Volatile Backdrop
Global private equity and venture capital funding plunged in April amid volatile equity markets, data released Friday shows, falling from a peak in March driven by one blockbuster artificial intelligence deal.
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May 09, 2025
3 Firms Build Take-Private Deal Of Outsourcing Biz TaskUs
Outsourced digital services provider TaskUs Inc. on Friday announced plans to go private through a sale to a group that includes the company's co-founders and private equity giant Blackstone, in a transaction guided by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.
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May 09, 2025
Auto Parts Mogul Challenges Order To Pay Alter Domus $127M
An auto parts manufacturer accused of failing to make good on a credit agreement urged a Michigan federal judge to undo a 2021 ruling ordering him to pay $127 million to Alter Domus, saying the administrative agent admitted it did not have a financial stake in the case.
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May 09, 2025
Renewable Energy SPAC Taps Surging Market For $150M
EGH Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company targeting energy transition businesses, began trading Friday after raising a $150 million initial public offering, while another SPAC joined the pipeline as new filings continue to rise.

Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Private equity deals valued at $50MM or more
- Venture capital investments of $25MM or more
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Capital investments, including mezzanine and growth capital deals
- Joint ventures involving private equity firms
- Hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts
- Distressed investment deals
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- International competition and securities regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Delaware corporate law
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- Private equity industry lobbying
- International banking legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Merger reviews
- Second requests
- Challenges and divestitures
- Litigation
- Antitrust suits
- Shareholder disputes
- Corporate governance fights
- Poison pill challenges
- Hostile takeover disputes
- Privacy and consumer protection suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings involving private equity stakeholders
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of private equity practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the private equity industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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