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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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January 26, 2026
Freshfields, Fried Frank Aid CVC's $1.2B Buy Of US Credit Biz
Private equity firm CVC said Monday that it plans to buy hedge fund Marathon Asset Management LP in a cash and equity deal of up to $1.2 billion to boost its credit products in the U.S.
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January 26, 2026
Latest Cadwalader Exits Fuel Paul Hastings Charlotte Launch
A group of approximately 15 to 20 fund finance lawyers have left Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and Haynes Boone to launch a Charlotte, North Carolina, office for Paul Hastings LLP, marking the third time a large law firm has set up shop in the banking hub in recent months.
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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.
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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