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Latest News in Private Equity

  • June 16, 2026

    Align Capital Secures $1.1B Across 2 New Funds

    Align Capital Partners, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Tuesday revealed that it closed its two latest funds after securing a combined $1.1 billion of investor commitments.

  • June 16, 2026

    Kirkland-Led Clearlake Wraps $14.8B Flagship Fund

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised private equity shop Clearlake Capital Group LP on Tuesday revealed it had closed its eighth flagship fund with $14.8 billion in tow, targeting investments in the artificial intelligence, software modernization, digital transformation and operational efficiency sectors.

  • June 16, 2026

    Skadden Adds Investment Management Trio In DC, Abu Dhabi

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has hired three former lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP who will work with investment management clients in Abu Dhabi and Washington, D.C., according to a Tuesday announcement.

  • June 16, 2026

    4 Firms Advise On Yum Deal To Sell Pizza Hut For $2.7B

    Yum Brands said Tuesday it has agreed to sell Pizza Hut in two transactions valued at about $2.7 billion in total, with private equity firm LongRange Capital acquiring the business outside mainland China and Yum China Holdings buying the China operations.

  • June 16, 2026

    Florida Judge Blocks Lutnick Deposition In Trump Media Suit

    A Florida judge has denied a second bid to depose U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick in the lawsuit over the delayed public offering of President Donald Trump's social media website, ruling that the court has no jurisdiction over the Cabinet official because he's not a party to the action.

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