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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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December 10, 2025
Macquarie Capital Plugs $150M Into Insurance Brokerage Biz
Insurance brokerage platform Enterprise Risk Associates on Wednesday announced that it received a $150 million investment from Macquarie Capital Principal Finance that will be used to support its acquisition-driven growth strategy across insurance distribution verticals.
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December 10, 2025
Justices Go Over 'Close' Case On Fund Contract Disputes
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waffled over whether there was a private right to sue to void contracts that allegedly violate the Investment Company Act, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh saying that a decision on the case involving an activist investor's voting rights would be "extremely close."
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December 10, 2025
Nelson Mullins Adds Former K&L Gates Partner In Pittsburgh
An attorney with more than 30 years of experience counseling clients on their investment management strategies has moved his practice to Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's Pittsburgh office after nearly 12 years with K&L Gates.
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December 10, 2025
VC Apple Tree Hits Ch. 11 After Row With Russian Billionaire
Biotechnology investor Apple Tree Life Sciences Inc. and affiliates filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court, days after a Chancery Court judge ordered a Russian billionaire who partnered with the fund to cough up $97 million that Apple Tree demanded to support its struggling medical companies.
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December 10, 2025
V&E-Advised Geothermal Co. Wraps $462M Funding Round
Geothermal power company Fervo Energy, advised by Vinson & Elkins LLP, revealed Wednesday that it closed an oversubsccribed Series E funding round after raising $462 million in capital, which will be used to boost the company's growth.
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
- Private equity lawyers at top law firms
- 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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