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Latest News in Private Equity
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August 21, 2025
Nikola SPAC, Related Settlements Reach $33.75M In Del.
A multi-court string of settlements has produced a $33.75 million proposed payout for stockholders who alleged in direct and derivative state and federal actions that they were misled in deals that took electric vehicle maker Nikola Corp. public.
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August 21, 2025
GTCR Deal A 'Smokescreen' For Coatings Merger, FTC Says
GTCR BC Holdings LLC's $627 million bid to buy the nation's largest medical device coatings company is a blatant attempt to overwhelmingly dominate an already highly concentrated market, and the "smokescreen" of a partial divestiture shouldn't convince anyone otherwise, the Federal Trade Commission told an Illinois federal judge Thursday.
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August 21, 2025
5 Firms Advise On $1.5B International Paper Fiber Biz Sale
International Paper Co. has agreed to sell its global cellulose fiber business to private equity firm American Industrial Partners for $1.5 billion, part of a broader effort to focus on sustainable packaging solutions, in a deal steered by five law firms, the companies said on Thursday.
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August 21, 2025
V&E, Kirkland Steer Blackstone's $1.6B Shermco Buy
Private equity giant Blackstone, advised by Vinson & Elkins LLP, on Thursday unveiled plans to buy electrical equipment services company Shermco from middle-market private equity shop Gryphon Investors, both advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, in a $1.6 billion deal.
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August 21, 2025
Rising Star: Clifford Chance's Neil Barlow
Clifford Chance LLP partner Neil Barlow has helped lead the growth of the firm's U.S. private equity practice while advising on high-profile cross-border deals, including KKR and Carlyle's $10.1 billion acquisition of a student loan portfolio and the sale of global fund administrator Alter Domus, earning him a spot among the private equity law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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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