Private Equity

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

  • May 29, 2026

    Skadden-Led IFF Selling Ingredients Biz To CVC For $4.3B

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is advising food and fragrance company IFF on an agreement to sell its food ingredients business to White & Case LLP-advised CVC Capital Partners, valuing the unit at about $4.3 billion, according to a Friday announcement. 

  • May 29, 2026

    REIT Take-Privates Pick Up As Valuation Gaps Persist

    Real estate investment trust take-private activity is showing signs of momentum after a relatively subdued period, as private capital and real estate investors increasingly converge around valuation gaps between public markets and underlying asset values.

  • May 29, 2026

    Latham Advises CoStar On $800M Zonda Acquisition

    CoStar Group plans to acquire housing market data and software company Zonda for $800 million in cash from private equity firm MidOcean Partners, with Latham & Watkins LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP advising, according to deal announcements Friday.

  • May 28, 2026

    Lawmakers Raise Alarm Over PE-Backed DOD Contractors

    Three Democratic lawmakers wrote to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing concern over the Pentagon's growing reliance on private equity-backed defense contractors, which they said could pose risks to taxpayers and national security.

  • May 28, 2026

    McDermott-Led Ampersand Clinches $1.5B Fund

    Healthcare-focused private equity firm Ampersand Capital Partners, advised by McDermott Will & Schulte, on Thursday revealed that it closed its latest fund with $1.5 billion.

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Private Equity

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  • Private equity deals valued at $50MM or more
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