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Latest News in Private Equity
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January 12, 2026
EQT To Sell Stake In Irish Biz To Haemonetics In €185M Deal
European venture capital firm EQT Life Sciences said Monday that it has sold its stake in Irish biotechnology company Vivasure Medical to Haemonetics Corp., which has acquired the whole business for up to €185 million ($216.3 million).
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January 09, 2026
Bernstein Litowitz Asks To Exit $13B Endeavor Stock Suit
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP asked the Delaware Chancery Court on Friday to allow its attorneys to withdraw as lead co-counsel for the shareholder class action over sports and entertainment company Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.'s $13 billion take-private merger.
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January 09, 2026
AI Can Help Advisers With Proxy Voting, SEC Official Says
Artificial intelligence can assist investment advisers with handling corporate proxy voting decisions, an official with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said in a speech decrying the proxy advisory landscape as dysfunctional.
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January 09, 2026
Ropes & Gray Steers IPO Plan For Bob's Discount Furniture
The Ropes & Gray-led Bob's Discount Furniture Inc. announced plans to offer its stock to the public Friday for the first time since its 1991 launch, but a Bain Capital investment fund may remain in control the retailer, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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January 09, 2026
Future Risk Not Enough To Save Verizon Pension Annuity Suit
A New York federal judge tossed a suit from a group of retirees who claimed Verizon Communications Inc. and its independent fiduciary State Street Global Advisors Trust Co. illegally converted $6 billion in pension benefits to risky annuities, ruling that the workers hadn't shown that the annuity holders were unlikely to follow through on their benefits.
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