Blackstone and EQT AB said Thursday that they will buy Spanish recycling company Urbaser from Platinum Equity LLC for $6.6 billion as they seek to cash in on the growing industrial waste management sector.
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TOP NEWS

4 Firms Guide Blackstone, EQT's $6.6B Spanish Recycler Deal

By Najiyya Budaly

Blackstone and EQT AB said Thursday that they will buy Spanish recycling company Urbaser from Platinum Equity LLC for $6.6 billion as they seek to cash in on the growing industrial waste management sector.

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Deutsche Börse To Buy PE Firm's Data Biz Stake For €1.1B

By Tom Fish

Deutsche Börse Group said it has agreed to buy the remaining 20% minority stake held by global private equity firm General Atlantic in Iss Stoxx, which provides data, analytics and indexes, for €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion).

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Union Capital Clinches $450M 4th Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised Union Capital Associates on Thursday revealed that it wrapped fundraising for its fourth fund after securing $450 million from investors.

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Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk Steer SoftBank-Backed IPO

By Lauren Berg

SoftBank Group Corp.-backed Japanese mobile payment service PayPay Corp., represented by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Thursday filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering, the underwriters of which are represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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POLICY & REGULATION

SEC's Atkins Rejects Top Dem's Crypto Corruption Claims

By Jessica Corso

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins on Thursday pushed back on claims his agency dropped against cryptocurrency firms as a political favor to President Donald Trump, telling Senate Democrats a "changed attitude" by the commission led to the dismissals.

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Top SEC Enforcer Sees Fewer Cases Over Common Violations

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement chief says she is confident that many violations of federal securities laws concerning requirements for reporting, recordkeeping and internal accounting should not result in agency enforcement actions.

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DEALS & FINANCING

Elliott Takes Stake In Stock Exchange Group, More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Activist investor Elliott Management has taken a sizable stake in the London Stock Exchange Group as it faces underperformance, payments company giant Stripe is planning a tender offer that could value it at $140 billion, and private equity firm Hellman & Friedman is looking to buy payments firm Bill Holdings.

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LITIGATION

Colo. Appeals Panel Backs Ex-Director's $3.36M Jury Award

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado appellate court panel affirmed on Thursday a $3.36 million jury verdict in favor of a natural gas marketing company ex-trading director, but denied him the $10 million in statutory penalties he sought, saying an earlier version of the Colorado Wage Claim Act applied.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Navigating New Risks Amid Altered Foreign Issuer Landscape

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's potential rulemaking to redefine who qualifies as a foreign private issuer will shape securities regulation and enforcement for decades, affecting not only FPIs and U.S. investors but also the U.S.' position in global capital markets, says Elisha Kobre at Sheppard.

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Series

Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Navigating the muddy, root-filled path of trail marathons and ultramarathons provides fertile training ground for my high-stakes fractional general counsel work, teaching me to slow down my mind when the terrain shifts, sharpen my focus and trust my training, says Eric Proos at Next Era Legal.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a former U.S. defense contractor convicted of tax evasion face legal action, French football club Olympique Lyonnais sued following a $97 million ruling against its owner John Textor, consulting giant Kroll targeted by a South African airline, and H&M hit with a claim alleging it copied protected sunglasses designs. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.

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Brief

Indiana AG Declines Intervention In Posner Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Indiana's attorney general has declined to intervene in a pro se plaintiff's suit seeking to revive $170,000 in wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, finding the case did not pose a "substantial" constitutional challenge to a state statute mandating that delayed contracts must be written and signed to be enforced.

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Louisiana Atty Takes Responsibility For AI Usage Snafu

By Christine DeRosa

After facing the threat of sanctions alongside three of his co-counsel, a Louisiana attorney told a federal judge that he was solely responsible for an error-riddled brief written with the assistance of artificial intelligence. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Taking heat from Republican senators over not notifying members of Congress about subpoenas for their phone records, Verizon's general counsel has pledged that in the future, the company will fight gag orders requiring it to keep silent. And taking heat from shareholders and colleagues over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Goldman Sachs' chief legal officer has agreed to leave the firm in June.

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Colorado Atty Delayed Filing, Gave Faulty Advice, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado attorney waited nearly five years to file a lawsuit on behalf of two clients and provided faulty advice, the former clients alleged Thursday in a malpractice lawsuit in state court.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Bar Association

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Aux

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

Barclays PLC

Binance Holdings Ltd.

British Broadcasting Corp.

ByteDance Ltd.

Concord Energy LLC

Cornerstone Research Inc.

EQT AB

EQT Corp.

General Atlantic Service Co. L.P.

Google LLC

H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB

Hellman & Friedman LLC

Instagram Inc.

International Business Machines Corp.

Investments Ltd.

J Sainsbury PLC

Kyndryl Holdings Inc.

Laing O'Rourke

Leidos Holdings Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

Lloyd's America Inc.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Meta Platforms Inc.

Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd.

Morgan Stanley

Nasdaq Inc.

Navy Federal Credit Union

New York University

PPG Industries Inc.

Platinum Equity LLC

Renaissance Capital

Sling TV LLC

Snap Inc.

SoftBank Group Corp.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Hershey Co.

TikTok Inc.

Transocean Ltd.

UBS Group AG

Valaris

Verizon Communications Inc.

Vista Equity Partners Management LLC

Vodafone Group PLC

W.R. Berkley Corp.

W.R. Grace & Co.

Walmart Inc.

YouTube Inc.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Baker Donelson

Ben Crump Law

Brockstedt Mandalas

CMS Cameron McKenna

Clyde & Co

Conyers Dill

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

Davis Polk

Dean Omar

Dentons

DiCello Levitt

Eichhorn & Eichhorn

Fenchurch Law

Gibbs Mura

Gillam Smith

Gowling WLG

HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers

Hacker Stephens

Harrison Goddard Foote

Hogan Lovells

Homburger AG

Howes Percival

Hunton Andrews

Jones Fussell

Keoghs LLP

Kessler Topaz

Kirkland & Ellis

LK Law Pty Ltd

Latham & Watkins

Lenz & Staehelin

Levin Sedran

Lieff Cabraser

Linklaters LLP

Liskow & Lewis

Mayer Brown

MoloLamken

Motley Rice

Nabarro LLP

Osborne Clarke

Otteson Shapiro

Penningtons Manches

Quinn Emanuel

Reynolds Porter

Riess LeMieux

Seeger Weiss

Sharp Law LLP

Sheppard Mullin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Skadden Arps

Taylor Rose

Thompsons Solicitors

Trethowans LLP

Trowers & Hamlins

Tycko & Zavareei

Uria Menendez

Vincents Solicitors

Wagstaff & Cartmell

Walker Morris LLP

Ward Hadaway

WilmerHale

Womble Bond

gunnercooke LLP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Supreme Court

Delaware Court of Chancery

Financial Conduct Authority

Indiana Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

UK High Court