Private Equity

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Latest News in Private Equity

  • September 04, 2026

    Rent The Runway Inks $9M Deal To End Investor IPO Suit

    Rent the Runway Inc. and several of its directors, including actress Gwyneth Paltrow, and underwriters have reached a $9 million deal with shareholders who accused them of concealing major challenges the designer rental company was facing prior to its 2021 initial public offering.

  • September 04, 2026

    Former Weil Private Funds Co-Head Joins Simpson Thacher

    The former co-head of U.S. private funds at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP will be making the jump to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as a partner in the firm's investment funds practice.

  • September 04, 2026

    SVB Parent's Claim Loss To FDIC Bears Bond Wording Lesson

    A North Carolina federal court’s recent ruling that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., as receiver for the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank, solely owns a $73 million fraud claim illustrates why parent financial institutions should scrutinize joint assured provisions in fidelity bonds to prevent a failed subsidiary's covered losses going to a receiver, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.

  • September 04, 2026

    Manhattan Tower Tenants Say Blackstone Overcharged Rents

    A proposed class of tenants at a Manhattan skyscraper accused Blackstone Inc.'s BREIT Operating Partnership LP of overcharging for their rent-stabilized apartments and not properly registering them with the New York state government.

  • September 04, 2026

    Latham, Simpson Thacher Steer Oura's Expected $2.5B IPO

    Fitness-tracking ring maker Oura has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering that could raise around $2.5 billion.

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Private Equity

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