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Latest News in Private Equity

  • November 05, 2026

    Blue Congress, Red Regulators: 5 FinReg Predictions

    Lawmakers are set to return to Washington, D.C., next week for the final stretch of Republican control on Capitol Hill before Democrats take over, a reversal that is reshaping the outlook for financial services oversight in the remainder of President Donald Trump's term.

  • November 05, 2026

    Chancery Won't Allow Redo Of Fight Over Fund's $9M In Cash

    The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday declined to revise rulings in a yearslong dispute over a distressed credit fund's records and more than $9 million of withheld cash, disagreeing with arguments that the fund's former managers and controllers had been improperly swept into the orders.

  • November 05, 2026

    Kirkland Guides DTE Energy On $3B Non-Utility Business Sale

    Detroit, Michigan-based DTE Energy said Thursday it has agreed to sell its DTE Vantage business for about $3 billion to institutional investors with advice from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • November 05, 2026

    5 Firms Guide Brains Bioceutical's $750M SPAC Merger

    Cannabinoid life sciences and pharmaceutical company Brains Bioceutical Corp. on Thursday unveiled plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company Armada Acquisition Corp. III in a deal that values it at roughly $750 million and that was built by five law firms.

  • November 05, 2026

    Tax Court Denies Partnerships' $46.1M Easement Deductions

    Two Georgia partnerships that formed to buy adjacent tracts of rural, mountainous land in Tennessee improperly claimed conservation easement deductions of about $26.7 million and $19.4 million, the U.S. Tax Court ruled Thursday, saying the companies failed to obtain a qualified appraisal.

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