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Latest News in Private Equity

  • October 23, 2026

    Economy Top Of Mind As M&A Optimism Falls, Survey Shows

    A new survey from Dykema Gossett PLLC found that roughly half of dealmakers expect U.S. mergers and acquisitions activity to increase over the next 12 months, down from 74% last year, but there is notable enthusiasm about the middle market strengthening and artificial intelligence speeding up deal processes.

  • October 23, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Milbank, De Brauw, Wachtell

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, EQT Private Equity announces a takeover offer for life sciences testing company Qiagen NV, Salesforce acquires customer engagement platform Braze and London Stock Exchange Group buys U.S. credit intelligence provider Octus.

  • October 23, 2026

    Investor Says 'Failing' Real Estate PE Firm Hid Fund Losses

    An investor alleged in Texas federal court that a real estate private equity firm and its leaders hid the firm's failures from investors and tricked them into supporting "an overleveraged, failing enterprise."

  • October 23, 2026

    Latham Steers 42% Valencia CF Stake Sale To KKR Founders

    Valencia CF said Friday that a consortium of investors, including co-founders of U.S. investment giant KKR & Co. Inc., has agreed to acquire a 42% stake in the Spanish football club, valuing it at €1.25 billion ($1.4 billion).

  • October 22, 2026

    Skechers Accused Of Using Tariffs To Shortchange Investors

    Skechers USA Inc. is facing a lawsuit in California federal court accusing it of overstating the impact that tariffs would have on its business in order to defraud investors into agreeing to a $9.4 billion take-private transaction.

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