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Latest News in Private Equity
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July 03, 2025
4 Things To Watch At DOL In 2025's 2nd Half
Management-side attorneys are expecting a shakeup at the U.S. Department of Labor if President Donald Trump's pick to lead the agency's employee benefits arm wins Senate confirmation. Here, Law360 looks at four issues that employee benefits experts say they'll be monitoring at the DOL in the latter half of the year.
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July 03, 2025
How Trump's Trade Policies Are Shaping Foreign Investment
Five months into the Trump administration, investors are beginning to see the concrete effects of the president’s America First Investment Policy as it presents new opportunities for clearing transactions more quickly, while sustaining risk aversion related to Chinese trade and potentially creating different political risks, say attorneys at Covington.
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July 03, 2025
Thoma Bravo Buying Restaurant Platform Olo In $2B Deal
Software-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to purchase New York-based Olo Inc., a software-as-a-service platform for restaurants, in an all-cash transaction that gives Olo an approximately $2 billion equity value, the companies said Thursday.
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July 03, 2025
Simpson Thacher Adds Practice Heads In Leadership Shift
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has tapped a number of longtime partners for new leadership roles, adding new positions leading the firm's global private equity and asset management teams, also naming new co-heads of its investment funds practice and a new chair of funds and funds adjacencies.
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July 03, 2025
Cooley Leads AI-Focused Chipmaker Ambiq's $75M IPO Filing
Venture-backed chipmaker Ambiq Micro Inc. filed for a $75 million initial public offering Thursday, with Cooley LLP advising it and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP representing the underwriters, marking the latest artificial intelligence-related startup to pursue an IPO.
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
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- 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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