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Latest News in Private Equity
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January 23, 2026
Feds Seek $35M Forfeiture After Ex-CFO's Crypto Conviction
Government prosecutors urged a Seattle federal judge to impose a $35 million forfeiture judgment on a software startup's former executive following his wire fraud conviction, arguing that Nevin Shetty's quick loss of the money in a cryptocurrency collapse doesn't change the fact that he stole it.
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January 23, 2026
Heart Valve Deal Was Blocked Over Innovation Concerns
The D.C. federal court ruling earlier this month that upended a deal for Edwards Lifesciences Corp. to purchase JenaValve Technology Inc. was based on concerns that the deal would reduce innovation by eliminating competition for a heart valve treatment that's still being developed, according to a ruling unsealed on Friday by the judge who issued it.
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January 23, 2026
Vegan Protein Co. Claims Bad-Faith Dilution By Partner
A vegan protein company has asked the Delaware Chancery Court to block what it describes as a deeply unfair capital call that would dramatically dilute its ownership stake in a mineral-processing venture, accusing its majority partner of engineering a squeeze-out through bad-faith governance and below-market pricing.
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January 23, 2026
Taxation With Representation: Vinge, A&O Shearman, Cassels
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Swedish private equity company EQT buys U.K. secondaries firm Coller Capital, biopharmaceutical giant GSK PLC acquires Rapt Therapeutics Inc., and fusion energy company General Fusion announces plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III.
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January 23, 2026
Clifford Chance Guides €3.8B Czech Defense Group's IPO
Czechoslovak Group said Friday that it has raised €3.8 billion ($4.5 billion) in its initial public offering in the largest European IPO since 2022.
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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