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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
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February 07, 2025
Chancery Tosses $3.4B Hertz Stock Warrant Redemption Suit
Delaware's Court of Chancery dismissed a suit Friday filed by two Hertz institutional investors accusing the company of relying on an impermissible reinterpretation of a warrant agreement to reject a redemption demand purportedly triggered by the company's post-Chapter 11 recapitalization, finding the plaintiffs' interpretation of the agreement leads to "absurd results."
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February 07, 2025
NJ Statehouse Catch-Up: Offshore Wind, AI, Neurodiversity
The retraction of New Jersey's fourth offshore wind solicitation came alongside a wave of legislative and regulatory activity that also proposed workplace rules to bolster inclusivity and a new compensation path for assault victims
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February 07, 2025
SPAC Market Hums Again Following Multiyear Downturn
Special purpose acquisition companies are once again asserting their presence in the capital markets and M&A landscape, forming new vehicles at the highest pace in three years — albeit in leaner form than in the last cycle, when many deals ended in busts.
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February 07, 2025
SolarWinds Accepts $4.4B Sale To PE Firm Turn/River Capital
SolarWinds said Friday it has agreed to be sold to Turn/River Capital for $4.4 billion, marking a notable turnaround for a company that came back from a consequential 2020 data breach to become what its CEO told Law360 is now "one of the most secure software companies."
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February 07, 2025
Texas Judge Ends Fund's SEC Suit Over 'Fishing Expedition'
A North Texas judge has tossed a South Carolina private equity fund's lawsuit accusing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of an unconstitutional "fishing expedition" investigation, hours after the fund accused the commission of trying to gut it through a Florida lawsuit.
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
- Private equity lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the private equity industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- 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.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals