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Latest News in Private Equity

  • June 08, 2026

    OpenAI Joins Anthropic In Confidentially Filing IPO Plans

    OpenAI said Monday that it had confidentially submitted a proposed initial public offering to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, an announcement that comes a week after artificial intelligence rival Anthropic said it had done the same.

  • June 08, 2026

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    At the Delaware Chancery Court, a trial over World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s $21.4 billion merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship's parent company has been canceled, and a Reddit investor has filed a suit claiming the company used artificial intelligence to challenge his grievance about a charter provision.

  • June 08, 2026

    Clearing House To Pay $40.7M Over 'Slush Fund' Claims

    Axos Clearing LLC owes more than $40.7 million to more than 100 claimants for allegedly turning a blind eye as the brokerage firm Worden Capital Management LLC used the claimants' accounts as personal slush funds, following Worden Capital's expulsion by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

  • June 08, 2026

    White & Case, Reed Smith Lead $1.2B Space SPAC Deal

    Spacecraft developer Quantum Space LLC said Monday it plans to go public through a merger with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI, a special purpose acquisition company, in a deal that values the combined company at about $1.2 billion and would give the business new funding to build out its national security-focused spacecraft platform.

  • June 08, 2026

    Freshfields-Led Arcline Bids $535M For Continental Aerospace

    Freshfields LLP advised private equity firm Arcline Investment Management on a proposed acquisition of aircraft parts maker Continental Aerospace Technologies in a $535 million deal.

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