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Latest News in Private Equity

  • June 25, 2026

    Kirkland, Paul Weiss Guide Bain's €7.4B VW Unit Deal

    U.S. investment company Bain Capital will buy a majority stake in Volkswagen's marine and power engines subsidiary Everllence in a deal valued at €7.4 billion ($8.4 billion), the companies said Thursday.

  • June 24, 2026

    SitusAMC's $5.3M Data Breach Deal Draws Judicial Scrutiny

    A New York federal judge is asking the plaintiffs suing real estate finance services firm SitusAMC over a 2025 data breach for additional information about the administration and public notice of their newly disclosed $5.3 million deal to resolve negligence and other claims stemming from the incident, saying the details are necessary for preliminary approval. 

  • June 24, 2026

    Split 2nd Circ. Denies Bail To NYPD Bribery Case Cooperator

    A split Second Circuit panel has denied bail for a man once described by prosecutors as "one of the single most important" cooperating witnesses in the recent history of the Southern District of New York while he appeals his conviction in a police bribery scheme.

  • June 24, 2026

    SEC Pressed To Curtail Hedge Fund, VC Reporting Rules

    Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and Ropes & Gray LLP are urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to rewrite the definition of "hedge fund" before putting into place proposed regulations on what those funds have to disclose about their holdings.

  • June 24, 2026

    Cleary-Led Korean Tech Giant SK Hynix Targets $29B US IPO

    South Korea-based flash memory chipmaker SK Hynix on Wednesday filed plans with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering that could raise up to $29.4 billion.

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