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Latest News in Private Equity

  • January 22, 2026

    2 Firms Advise Energy Infrastructure Co.'s Go-Public Deal

    Utility-scale energy infrastructure developer Hecate Energy Group said Thursday that it is set to become a public company valued at $1.2 billion under a merger advised by Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP and Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP.

  • January 22, 2026

    Cadwalader Fund Finance Partner Joins King & Spalding

    A Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP partner has moved to King & Spalding LLP's finance and restructuring practice group ahead of his former firm's planned merger with Hogan Lovells.

  • January 22, 2026

    Ropes & Gray, Vinge Guide EQT's $3.7B Coller Capital Deal

    Swedish private equity company EQT said Thursday that it will buy the U.K. secondaries firm Coller Capital for up to $3.7 billion in a bid to take advantage of the growing market for continuation vehicles as the PE sector continues to struggle to offload assets.

  • January 22, 2026

    Norton Rose-Led PE Biz To Buy UK Wholesaler For £251M

    Private equity firm OEP Capital Advisors LP said Thursday that its subsidiary has agreed to acquire U.K. food wholesaler Kitwave Group PLC in a deal worth £251 million ($337.5 million).

  • January 21, 2026

    Cloover Raises $1.22B Via Series A, Debt Facility

    Cloover announced Wednesday that the green fintech company raised $22 million via a Series A equity financing as well as a $1.2 billion debt facility from a leading European bank, guided by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. 

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