Private Equity

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Latest News in Private Equity

  • September 11, 2025

    DLA Piper Adds Leveraged Finance Partner In LA

    DLA Piper has hired a former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP attorney as a leveraged finance partner in Los Angeles, where she will also serve as leader of the firm's West Coast fund finance team.

  • September 11, 2025

    AI, Tech and More Sectors Drive $4B-$7B Deal Rumors

    Valuations in the $4 billion to $7 billion range emerged as the sweet spot in this week's deal rumors, with companies across artificial technology, tech and other sectors reportedly nearing stake sales, divestitures and initial public offerings.

  • September 11, 2025

    Freshfields, Kirkland Advise On Advent's $4.7B Zentiva Sale

    European generics pharmaceutical company Zentiva will be sold by private equity firm Advent to U.S.-based GTCR, Advent announced Thursday.

  • September 11, 2025

    Clifford Chance Hires Ex-Fried Frank PE Partner In NY

    Clifford Chance LLP announced Thursday the hiring of a private equity partner in New York who spent the past two decades at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

  • September 11, 2025

    Cooley-Led LB Pharmaceuticals Raises Upsized $285M IPO

    LB Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharma company developing therapies for a number of neuropsychiatric diseases, hit the public markets on Thursday after raising $285 million in an upsized initial public offering.

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