Skadden-Led Energy Co. AES Agrees To $10.7B Buyout

By Al Barbarino

AES Corp., guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, said Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by a consortium of infrastructure investors led by Blackrock's Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT Infrastructure VI in a deal with a $10.7 billion equity value and a $33.4 billion enterprise value. 

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Kirkland-Led Bregal Sagemount's 5th Fund Hits $3.5B Limit

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Growth-focused private equity shop Bregal Sagemount, led by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Monday announced it had wrapped up fundraising for its fifth fund after securing $3.5 billion in capital commitments.

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2 Firms Steer Warburg Pincus' $1B Global Eggs Investment

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity giant Warburg Pincus, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, unveiled plans Monday to invest up to $1 billion in Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP-advised egg producer and distributor Global Eggs.

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Europe Floats Secondary Market For Private Co. Shares

By Najiyya Budaly

The European Union said Monday that it is weighing the creation of a platform for investors to trade shares in private companies, as exit opportunities for private equity continue to dry up meaning that startups are being forced outside of Europe to secure funding.

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Uniswap, VC Backers Get Crypto Buyers' Suit Tossed Again

By Katryna Perera

A New York federal judge on Monday tossed the remaining claims in a proposed class action against Uniswap Labs and its venture capital backers that sought to hold them liable for the sale of so-called scam tokens on the decentralized Uniswap exchange, after the Second Circuit last year sent the case back to the district court for reconsideration.

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PE Firm Helios Makes $297M Offer For CAB Payments

By Dawood Fakhir

Private equity firm Helios said Monday that it has made a firm offer to buy CAB Payments for $297 million, despite the cross-border payments business rejecting that amount in February.

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BrewDog Sold To US Cannabis Biz Tilray For £33M

By Najiyya Budaly

U.S. medical cannabis company Tilray Brands Inc. said Monday that it has bought the brand and intellectual property of Scotland's BrewDog out of administration, in a £33 million ($44 million) deal that will not benefit equity holders in the struggling brewer.

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Cadwalader Continues Restructuring Growth With UK, US Duo

By Andrea Keckley

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced on Monday that it is continuing to invest in its restructuring bench with two lawyers in New York and London.

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Preferred Equity Monetizations Unlock Energy Tax Credits

As private capital funds more energy and infrastructure projects, preferred equity monetization structures — combining elements of tax credit transfers and tax equity partnership-flip transactions with hybrid capital structures — can help project sponsors monetize federal tax credits, access private capital markets and gain structuring flexibility, say attorneys at Willkie.

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5 Different AI Systems Raise Distinct Privilege Issues

A New York federal court’s recent U.S. v. Heppner decision, holding that a defendant’s use of Claude was not privileged, only addressed one narrow artificial intelligence system, but lawyers must recognize that the spectrum of AI tools raises different confidentiality and privilege questions, says Heidi Nadel at HP.

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DOJ Drops Law Firm Executive Order Appeals

By Alison Knezevich and Lauren Berg

The Trump administration told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that it is dropping its fight over executive orders targeting four law firms.

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Dems Probe Trump 'Fixer' In Kirkland Pro Bono Deal

By Lauren Berg

Top Democratic legislators who are investigating the legality of pro bono agreements some BigLaw firms made with President Donald Trump demanded Monday that Kirkland & Ellis LLP provide information about the involvement of Boris Epshteyn, whom the lawmakers called Trump's "legal fixer and co-conspirator to overturn the 2020 presidential election."

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Analysis

4 Things That Likely Sealed Fate Of SCOTUSblog Founder

By Jared Foretek

When 12 "guilty" verdicts were read aloud by the jury in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax evasion and mortgage fraud trial last week, it was the culmination of a 16-day trial that took jurors deep into Goldstein's ultra high-stakes poker playing, his lavish lifestyle and his former law firm's accounting. Here, Law360 looks at four key pieces of evidence that likely moved jurors to their decision.

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Hagens Berman Denied Rehearing Bid In Sanctions Dispute

By Emma Cueto

The Third Circuit on Monday rejected plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's request to reconsider weighing in on the sanctions dispute in a since-dropped product liability case that resulted in the trial court judge referring the firm for possible criminal investigation.

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Ex-Atty Kossoff Axed From Bankruptcy Case Amid Appeal

By Emily Sawicki

A New York bankruptcy judge determined he has jurisdiction over litigation stemming from the collapse of real estate law firm Kossoff PLLC after its principal stole $14 million from its clients, finding the firm's founder may be dismissed as a defendant because the now imprisoned, disbarred lawyer "appears to be judgment-proof."

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Scientists Slam 'Political Attack' On Judges' Reference Book

By Lauren Berg

Partisan politics is interfering with a reference manual judges routinely rely on to understand complicated scientific evidence, according to more than two dozen contributors who on Monday raised the alarm about Republican attorneys general successfully lobbying for a chapter on climate change to be deleted.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket last week featured headline-grabbing disputes involving fast food giant Jack in the Box and boxing legend Mike Tyson's cannabis venture, alongside high-stakes fights over merger documents, appraisal rights and a $75 million renewable energy funding clash.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of February

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the second month of 2026 included high-profile appointments at Walmart, Walgreens and the Big 12 Conference. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from February.

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