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Latest News in Private Equity

  • October 21, 2026

    7 Firms Advise EQT, Qiagen On $12.1B Take-Private Deal

    A long list of firms — including Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Linklaters LLP and Milbank LLP — are steering Sweden-based EQT Private Equity's $12.1 billion takeover of life sciences testing company Qiagen NV, according to a Wednesday announcement.

  • October 21, 2026

    Fla. Judge Mulls Tossing Stock Fraud Indictment Over Delay

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday declined to rule on whether to toss an indictment against a man accused of stock fraud conspiracy, saying the court should first weigh additional evidence that the government tried its best to prosecute the five-year-old case.

  • October 21, 2026

    VC Firm Vintage Raises $920M Of Fresh Capital

    Venture capital firm Vintage Investment Partners on Wednesday announced that its total assets under management grew to $4.8 billion after it raised $920 million in new capital.

  • October 21, 2026

    Stiiizy Affiliate Sues Over Cannabis Shop Control

    A Stiiizy-affiliated investment company is asking a Los Angeles state court to declare it owes nothing to a minority owner of a San Francisco dispensary that finds itself in the red, according to a lawsuit that also accuses him of engaging in a power grab that could jeopardize the shop's cannabis license.

  • October 21, 2026

    Rural Virginia Broadband Co. Files Ch. 11 With $219M Debt

    A provider of broadband, wireless and telephone services to customers in rural Virginia and North Carolina filed for Chapter 11 protection Wednesday in Norfolk, Virginia, saying it owes $219 million to lenders and has a $92 million offer in hand for the purchase of its assets.

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