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Latest News in Private Equity
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December 01, 2025
Chancery OKs $9.4M Deal To End Sears Take-Private Suit
Terming it a settlement that is "easy to approve," a Delaware vice chancellor on Monday OK'd a $9.37 million deal to end a suit contesting investor payouts after a take-private deal for Sears Hometown and Outlet stores in 2019.
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December 01, 2025
Chancery Tosses Suit Challenging Auto Repair Biz Sale Nix
Investors in affiliates of auto repair venture Repairify Inc. failed to show an enforceable fiduciary duty breach when they launched a derivative suit accusing the company's controller and others of snubbing a push to sell the business, a Delaware vice chancellor declared on Monday.
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December 01, 2025
Weil Guides Brookfield On $900M Italian Machinery Biz Deal
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP-advised Brookfield said on Monday it has agreed to buy Italy's Fosber, a maker of machinery and services for the corrugated packaging industry, in a deal that values the company at about $900 million.
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December 01, 2025
MVP: Davis Polk's Andrew M. Ahern
Andrew M. Ahern of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP co-led a $6 billion fund for PSG Equity LLC, a $2.2 billion buyout fund for J.F. Lehman & Co. and multiple funds totaling $2 billion for Lightspeed Venture Partners amid a move to his new firm, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.
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December 01, 2025
Investment Firms End $3.4B Pursuit Of Australian Insurer AUB
AUB Group Ltd. said Monday that talks with investment firms EQT AB and CVC Asia Pacific Ltd. have ended after the consortium said it would not proceed with a takeover of AUB worth AU$5.24 billion ($3.44 billion).
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
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- POLICY & REGULATION
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- Litigation
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- 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
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