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November 22, 2024
Apollo Secures Another Week For £1B Bid For Auto Parts Biz
Auto parts supplier TI Fluid Systems said Friday that both it and the U.K. mergers and acquisitions authority have given Canadian rival ABC Technologies a second extension to finalize its takeover offer of approximately £995 million ($1.3 billion).
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November 21, 2024
Big Lots Seeks To Include Claims Against Execs In Asset Sale
Discount retailer Big Lots on Thursday asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve a $760 million asset sale to a private equity group and override creditor objections to the inclusion of potential litigation claims against company insiders in the package.
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November 21, 2024
3 Firms Guide $370M Investment In Hospitality Co Lighthouse
Travel and hospitality platform Lighthouse, steered by Paul Weiss and Latham & Watkins, has received $370 million in a Series C investment round led by Gibson Dunn-advised private equity firm KKR that will be used to "drive continued product innovation," the company announced Thursday.
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November 21, 2024
Kirkland-Led LLCP Secures $575M For Continuation Fund
Middle-market private equity shop Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Thursday announced that it closed a multiasset continuation fund after securing $575 million in capital commitments, which will be used to buy interests in three portfolio companies.
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November 21, 2024
2 Energy Transition-Focused SPACs Raise $210M Combined
Two special purpose acquisition companies looking to capitalize on energy transition opportunities began trading publicly on Thursday after announcing pricing for their respective initial public offerings, which combined would raise $210 million.
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November 21, 2024
PE Posting Near-Record Megadeal Numbers, Report Shows
Private equity dealmaking has built significant momentum this year, notching respectable deal volume and posting a record number of megadeals over $5 billion, according to a new report from S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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November 21, 2024
White & Case Guides Mediaocean On $525M Innovid Buy
Private equity-backed advertising company Mediaocean said Thursday it has agreed to buy software platform Innovid for roughly $525 million, with White & Case LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP steering the deal as legal counsel.
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November 21, 2024
Mayer Brown Practice Co-Head To Lead Linklaters Team
Following a series of high-level corporate and finance hires this year, Linklaters announced Thursday that it is hiring the former co-leader of Mayer Brown LLP's infrastructure mergers and acquisitions practice as its head of U.S. infrastructure and private capital M&A.
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November 21, 2024
Accel-KKR Closes Tech-Focused Fund With $2.2B In Tow
Technology-focused private equity shop Accel-KKR on Thursday announced that it closed its AKKR Strategic Capital LP fund after raking in over $2.2 billion of investor commitments, which will be used to invest in a range of transactions mainly focused on the software industry in the secondary market.
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November 21, 2024
New SEC 'Dealer' Rule Tossed In Win For Hedge Funds, Crypto
A Texas federal judge on Thursday overturned a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that expanded the definition of "dealer" to include proprietary trading firms, some hedge funds and crypto firms, saying the agency overstepped its authority when it adopted the rule.
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November 21, 2024
Trump Eyes Crypto, SpaceX To Sell Shares, And More Rumors
Donald Trump's social media company wants to enter the cryptocurrency business, while Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning a tender offer of shares that values the space technology startup at $250 billion. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.
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November 21, 2024
SEC Chair Gensler To Step Down When Trump Takes Office
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said Thursday that he will be leaving the agency on Jan. 20, clearing the way for new leadership under an incoming Trump administration that is expected to dismantle Gensler's climate disclosure regulation and open the SEC's door to more crypto-friendly policies.
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November 21, 2024
Consortium Set To Complete €2.2B Cybersecurity Biz Buy
Exclusive Networks said Thursday that its biggest shareholder Permira and U.S. private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice have won all the regulatory clearances for their approximately €2.2 billion buy of the French cybersecurity firm.
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November 21, 2024
Sterlington Boosts Aviation Group With Ex-Mintz Member
Sterlington PLLC has added a first-chair litigator in commercial, partnership, private aviation and intellectual property disputes from Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC as a partner in New York.
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November 21, 2024
Tritax Investors Greenlight Brookfield's £557M Takeover
Shareholders at Tritax EuroBox shareholders have approved a £557 million bid by Canadian investment management giant Brookfield to acquire the U.K. logistics real estate investor.
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November 21, 2024
Freshfields Helps PE Firm Cinven Invest In Grant Thornton UK
Private equity firm Cinven said Thursday that it plans to buy a majority stake in "big six" accountant Grant Thornton UK in a move to capitalize on the resilient professional services and advisory sector.
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November 20, 2024
SEC Cooperators More Likely To See Pay Reprieve In 2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent emphasis on cooperation seems to have paid off for both the agency and some of the entities it regulates, according to a report released Thursday, which found that more public companies entered into nonmonetary settlements with the SEC in fiscal year 2024 than in any year over the previous decade.
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November 20, 2024
$2.6M Deal Proposed To End Chancery Lottery.com Suit
Five executives of the special purpose acquisition company that took Lottery.com public have reached a $2.6 million settlement with company shareholders to resolve claims that the 2021 take-public deal misled investors about the potential value of the business.
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November 20, 2024
AI-Driven Software Co. LogicMonitor Gets $800M PE Infusion
Software-as-a-service-based hybrid observability platform LogicMonitor on Wednesday announced that it secured an $800 million investment from a consortium of private equity investors, valuing the company at $2.4 billion.
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November 20, 2024
Cleary Hires Milbank Atty For Capital Markets Team
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced the addition of a former Milbank LLP transactional attorney to its New York office on Wednesday, saying she will be an asset for its capital markets clients.
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November 20, 2024
Healthcare-Focused PE Firm Clinches $2.3B Buyout Fund
Healthcare-dedicated private equity shop Frazier Healthcare Partners on Wednesday announced that it closed its oversubscribed 11th buyout fund after receiving $2.3 billion of investor commitments.
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November 20, 2024
Oakley Capital To Invest In German Insurance Agent
Oakley Capital said Wednesday that it is investing in German insurance managing general agent Konzept & Marketing, or K&M, through its Fund V, with its affiliate Oakley Capital Investments injecting approximately £14 million ($17.7 million) into the deal.
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November 20, 2024
Bankman-Fried Tech Deputy Who Parsed Code Avoids Prison
A Manhattan federal judge allowed tech expert Zixiao "Gary" Wang to avoid jail Wednesday for his role in the $11 billion FTX fraud, crediting his effort to detail programming "back doors" that enabled Sam Bankman-Fried to loot the bankrupt crypto exchange.
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November 20, 2024
Investors Get More Time For £253M UK Payments Tech Biz Bid
The mergers and acquisitions watchdog has given a group of investment companies more time to make a firm £253 million ($320 million) offer for Equals Group, the payments technology business said Wednesday.
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November 19, 2024
CFPB's Medical Debt Guidance Faces Industry Injunction Bid
Debt collectors asked a D.C. federal court on Monday to put an immediate hold on recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau guidance aimed at the medical debt collection market, escalating their challenge to the document ahead of its looming effective date.
Expert Analysis
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Avoiding Merger Disputes Via Careful LLC Agreement Drafting
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently upheld a merger in a dispute over the process of amending the target's limited liability company agreement, underscoring the importance of understanding the Delaware LLC Act default rules and careful drafting to allow for contractual modifications, says Jane Trueper at Lathrop.
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Opinion
FDIC's Foray Into Index Fund Rules Risks Regulatory Chaos
A proposed Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. rule concerning control over passive index fund investments in banks is outside the agency's remit, clashes with an existing Federal Reserve process and would inhibit competition in the index fund sector, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University.
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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Opinion
Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.
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Series
The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.
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HSR Amendments Intensify Merger Filing Burdens, Data Risk
The antitrust agencies' long-awaited changes to premerger notification rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act stand to significantly increase the time and cost involved in preparing an initial HSR notification, and will require more proactive attention to data issues, says Andrew Szwez at FTI Technology.
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State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.
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Making Sure Your Co. Isn't In The Next Section 13(f) Sweep
Enforcement actions taken against 11 institutional investment managers for alleged failures to file forms required by Section 13(f) of the Securities Exchange Act serve as a reminder that firms should carefully monitor their obligations to avoid becoming the target of the next enforcement sweep, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.
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Opinion
This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Series
Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.
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Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.
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8 Issues AI Firms May Encounter As M&A Action Accelerates
As the AI merger climate heats up, potential complications may arise, including antitrust scrutiny, talent retention agreements, and aggressive and protective deal terms intended to compensate for lofty valuations, say Scott Schwartz and Kishan Barot at Manatt.
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Series
Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.
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Secret Service Failures Offer Lessons For Private Sector GCs
The Secret Service’s problematic response to two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this summer provides a crash course for general counsel on how not to handle crisis communications, says Keith Nahigian at Nahigian Strategies.