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Latest News in Private Equity
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September 16, 2025
AI Startup Boost Run To Go Public Via $614M SPAC Merger
Artificial intelligence cloud infrastructure and high performance compute provider Boost Run LLC on Tuesday announced plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company Willow Lane Acquisition Corp. in a $614 million deal built by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP and Winston & Strawn LLP.
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September 16, 2025
FTC Chair Pledges 'Action' Against Late Merger Fixes
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson vowed Tuesday to take unspecified "action" against tactics by merging companies to propose fixes only after antitrust enforcers bring a transaction challenge, a strategy he called "bad for the system."
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September 16, 2025
VarmX Partners With Biotech CSL In Deal Worth Up To $2.2B
European life sciences venture capital firm EQT Life Sciences on Tuesday announced that its portfolio company VarmX, a Netherlands-based biotech, has entered into an exclusive option agreement to be bought by global biotech CSL in a deal worth up to $2.2 billion.
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September 16, 2025
Oakley Capital To Invest Extra £25M In School Group Affinitas
Oakley said Tuesday that it is strengthening its presence in the growing primary and secondary education sector, after one of its funds agreed to inject £25 million ($34 million) into Affinitas Group, a schools group which operates in Latin America and Europe.
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September 15, 2025
Rent The Runway Gets Investor Suit Trimmed On 2nd Look
Designer dress rental company Rent the Runway convinced a New York federal judge to trim certain shareholder claims against it after the judge reconsidered an earlier ruling on a putative class action suit that alleges the company failed to inform investors about major challenges it was facing prior to its 2021 initial public offering.
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.
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