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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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November 21, 2025
Escrow Agent Accused Of $4.6M 'Insider Payoff' In NC Sale
Stewart Title Guaranty Co. facilitated the unauthorized sale of a financially struggling luxury apartment complex and then handed a $4.6 million "insider" payout to one of the operating owners, according to a lawsuit by a real estate investment trust that claims it was cut out of the decision process.
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November 21, 2025
DLA Piper Adds Fenwick Emerging Growth, VC Expert In LA
DLA Piper is boosting its corporate team, bringing in a Fenwick & West LLP venture capital ace as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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November 21, 2025
MVP: Simpson Thacher's Mark Myott
Mark Myott, a partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's mergers and acquisition practice, guided private equity clients through some of the most high-profile deals this past year, including Silver Lake's $13 billion take-private acquisition of the global sports and entertainment company Endeavor, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.
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November 21, 2025
Conn. Banking Chief Says Private School Fraud Topped $5.1M
Putnam Science Academy, a private high school in Northeastern Connecticut, owes an additional investor money in what is alleged to have been an affinity fraud scheme that topped $5.1 million, according to an amended order by the state banking commissioner.
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November 21, 2025
BNY Mellon Cleared By Jury Of Unjust Enrichment Claim
A New York federal jury has cleared Bank of New York Mellon of allegations of unjust enrichment from a contractor who claimed his investment valuation model had been misappropriated.
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.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals