Private Equity

  • October 22, 2025

    Crypto Exchange FalconX Snags ETP Provider 21shares

    Digital asset brokerage FalconX on Wednesday unveiled plans to buy cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds and products (ETFs/ETPs) provider 21shares, a move that comes just over a month after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission eased listing standards for crypto ETPs.

  • October 22, 2025

    NC Biz Court Bulletin: COVID Coverage, A Suspect Signature

    The North Carolina Business Court has rounded the corner into fall with insurance disputes over COVID-19 coverage at a chain of outlet malls and the theft of over $900,000 in legal THC reportedly stolen from a warehouse in the Southwest.

  • October 22, 2025

    Uber, Nebius Plug $375M Into Self-Driving Car Biz Avride

    Autonomous driving technology developer Avride on Wednesday revealed that it has secured $375 million of strategic investments and commercial commitments from Uber and Nebius.

  • October 22, 2025

    A&O-Led Ipsen To Buy Blood Cancer Research Biz For €1B

    Global biopharmaceutical company Ipsen said Wednesday that it will acquire a biotechnology company, ImCheck Therapeutics, from a consortium of French, European and U.S. investors for up to €1 billion ($1.16 billion) to boost the portfolio of its cancer treatments.

  • October 21, 2025

    Anesthesia Giant Cuts Deals To End Hospital Antitrust Cases

    North America's largest anesthesia provider has reached settlements ending antitrust claims from hospitals in New York and Florida as well as counterclaims accusing the hospitals of illegally recruiting away clinicians, according to court filings.

  • October 21, 2025

    Crypto Miner Bgin Blockchain Prices Downsized $30M IPO

    Cryptocurrency mining company Bgin Blockchain Ltd. on Monday announced the pricing of its initial public offering, saying that it now expects to raise roughly $30 million, or $6 per share, about $20 million less than it initially projected.

  • October 21, 2025

    Chancery Mulls 'Sufficiency' Ruling In Squarespace Doc Suit

    An attorney for a former stockholder of website hosting venture Squarespace Inc. told a Delaware vice chancellor Tuesday that the Chancery Court's senior magistrate erred in declining to order a release of emails for a books and records investigation focused on the company founder's role in a $7.2 billion take-private sale.

  • October 21, 2025

    Baker McKenzie Can't Get Illinois Malpractice Suit Tossed

    An Illinois state judge has refused to dismiss a private equity firm's malpractice suit accusing Baker McKenzie of botching a client's bid to reacquire a Russian coal mine, saying the plaintiffs have sufficiently pled claims sustainable under both Illinois and Russian law at this stage of the case.

  • October 21, 2025

    Willkie-Led Cloud Data Biz Veeam Buys Securiti AI For $1.73B

    Private equity-backed information technology company Veeam Software, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, on Tuesday unveiled plans to acquire data privacy management software company Securiti AI in a $1.73 billion deal.

  • October 21, 2025

    Coinbase Pays $375M For Echo Amid 'Full-Stack' Crypto Push

    Coinbase said Tuesday it has acquired blockchain fundraising platform Echo for approximately $375 million, as the cryptocurrency giant makes its latest push to create a "full-stack" solution for crypto investors.

  • October 21, 2025

    Chamber Survey Says Overhaul Doubled Merger Filing Burden

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday released the results of a small survey indicating that an overhaul of U.S. merger notification requirements, which it's challenging in court, has created a dramatic increase in the time spent by outside counsel and the costs associated with preparing transaction paperwork.

  • October 21, 2025

    Debevoise Taps Goodwin Team For Private Funds Group

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has hired a team of secondaries lawyers from Goodwin Procter LLP, including a partner who will co-chair the firm's private fund transactions group.

  • October 21, 2025

    PE Giants Ink $18.3B Deal For Hologic Amid Megadeal Blitz

    Hologic Inc. said Tuesday it will be acquired by a private equity consortium in a deal valuing the Wachtell-advised medical technology company around $18.3 billion, marking one of the largest leveraged healthcare buyouts in recent years.

  • October 21, 2025

    Cleary Adds Proskauer Funds Atty Amid Changing Market

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has hired a new global funds group attorney in Washington, D.C., who is joining the team from Proskauer Rose LLP as retail and private investment markets continue evolving, the firm announced Monday.

  • October 21, 2025

    Incline Closes $300M Continuation Fund For Accredited Labs

    Middle market private equity shop Incline Equity Partners on Tuesday announced that it wrapped a single-asset continuation vehicle with roughly $300 million in committed capital, which will be used to continue the firm's investment in Accredited Labs.

  • October 21, 2025

    KKR, Quadrantis Buy Minority Stake In Peak Re

    U.S. private equity business KKR and Portuguese venture capitalists Quadrantis said Tuesday that they will take a 15% stake in Hong Kong reinsurer Peak Re to help its global growth.

  • October 20, 2025

    Argent, North Highland Ink $2.4M Deal In ESOP Fight

    North Highland Co. and its employee stock ownership plan trustee Argent Trust Co. will pay $2.4 million to end a suit from North Highland workers alleging the plan was mismanaged and devalued.

  • October 20, 2025

    OpenAI Says It Owes Musk Nothing In For-Profit Move

    OpenAI and Microsoft have asked a California federal court to avoid trial on claims that OpenAI duped Elon Musk into donating $45 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit, arguing no such promises were made and that the billionaire's money came without strings or control.

  • October 20, 2025

    Trump Media Aims To DQ Gunster In Fight With Investors

    Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, is fighting with investors over whether Gunster should be allowed to represent them against the company's lawsuit over taking the business public in light of a Florida state judge's ties to the firm.

  • October 20, 2025

    Paul Weiss-Led Diversis Wraps 3rd Fund With $1.2B

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP-advised Diversis Capital Management LP on Monday revealed that it closed its third fund with over $1.2 billion in tow, which will be used to invest in software and technology-enabled services companies.

  • October 20, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    This past week, the Delaware Chancery Court and Supreme Court handled a crowded corporate docket, weighing blockbuster merger appeals, shareholder settlement objections, fights over control involving an NBA franchise and a high-profile appeal from Elon Musk involving a massive payday from Tesla.

  • October 20, 2025

    Crypto Exchange To Go Public Via $1B SPAC Merger

    Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP-led digital asset treasury Evernorth Holdings Inc. on Monday unveiled plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Armada Acquisition Corp II, advised by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, in a deal that is expected to raise over $1 billion in gross proceeds.

  • October 20, 2025

    Paul Hastings Adds TCV Vice President To Growing PE Group

    Venture capital firm TCV's vice president and associate general counsel has moved to Paul Hastings LLP as a technology-focused private equity partner.

  • October 17, 2025

    Altria, Juul May Face Certified 'Frankenstein' Antitrust Class

    A California federal judge indicated on Friday that he will likely certify classes of direct and indirect purchasers accusing e-cigarette makers Juul and ex-rival Altria of violating antitrust laws by conspiring to reduce product variety on the market, although Altria's lawyer urged the judge to reconsider and avoid a "Frankeinstein" for damage calculations.

  • October 17, 2025

    Investment Firm Founder Indicted On Alleged $500M Scheme

    The co-founder of two Florida-based investment firms has been accused by federal prosecutors and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of defrauding lenders and investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars with false representations about the firms' financial success and assets.

Expert Analysis

  • SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI

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    The Southern District of New York’s recent order in the OpenAI copyright infringement litigation, denying discovery of The New York Times' artificial intelligence technology use, clarifies that traditional preservation benchmarks apply to AI content, relieving organizations from using a “keep everything” approach, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.

  • Dropped Case Shows SEC Focus On Independent Directors

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent liquidity rule case against Pinnacle Advisors, despite its dismissal by the commission, serves as a reminder that the SEC expects directors to embrace their role as active, probing fiduciaries, says Dianne Descoteaux at MFDF.

  • Navigating The SEC's Evolving Foreign Private Issuer Regime

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    As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reevaluates foreign private issuer eligibility, FPIs face not only incremental compliance costs but also a potential reshaping of listing strategies, capital access, enforcement exposure and global regulatory coordination, potential unintended effects that deserve further exploration, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Opinion

    High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal

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    As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to decline, the court should adopt a collegial framework in which all justices decide questions of recusal together — a reform that respects both judicial independence and due process for litigants, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • Series

    Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Traveling by myself has taught me to assess risk, understand tone and stay calm in high-pressure situations, which are not only useful life skills, but the foundation of how I support my clients, says Lacey Gutierrez at Group Five Legal.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service

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    Law school teaches you how to interpret the law, but it doesn't teach you some of the key ways to keeping clients satisfied, lessons that I've learned in the most unexpected of places: a book on how to be a butler, says Gregory Ramos at Armstrong Teasdale.

  • US-German M&A Hits Its Stride Despite Economic Headwinds

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    Against expectations, dealmakers in both the U.S. and Germany are actively seeking investment opportunities in each other's markets, with 2025 shaping up to be the strongest year in recent memory, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • Opinion

    Ending Quarterly Reporting Would Erode Investor Protection

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    President Donald Trump recently called for an end to the long-standing practice of corporate quarterly reporting, but doing so would reduce transparency, create information asymmetries, provide more opportunities for corporate fraud and risk increased stock price volatility, while not meaningfully increasing long-term investments, say attorneys at Bleichmar Fonti.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: 3 Tips On Finding The Right Job

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    After 23 years as a state and federal prosecutor, when I contemplated moving to a law firm, practicing solo or going in-house, I found there's a critical first step — deep self-reflection on what you truly want to do and where your strengths lie, says Rachael Jones at McKool Smith.

  • A Look At Project Crypto's Plans For Digital Asset Regulation

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    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins' recent announcement of Project Crypto, an agencywide initiative to modernize federal securities regulations, signals a significant shift toward a more flexible regulatory framework that would shape the future of the U.S. digital asset market, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • Series

    Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Painting trains me to see both the fine detail and the whole composition at once, enabling me to identify friction points while keeping sight of a client's bigger vision, but the most significant lesson I've brought to my legal work has been the value of originality, says Jana Gouchev at Gouchev Law.

  • Opinion

    SEC Arbitration Shift Is At Odds With Fraud Deterrence

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent statement allowing the use of mandatory arbitration by new publicly traded companies could result in higher legal costs, while removing the powerful deterrent impact of public lawsuits that have helped make the U.S. securities markets a model of transparency and fairness, say attorneys at Labaton Keller.

  • Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach

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    In the wake of a recent cyberattack on federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, civil litigants should consider seeking enhanced protections for sensitive materials filed under seal to mitigate the risk of unauthorized exposure, say attorneys at Redgrave.

  • Gauging SEC Short-Sale Rules' Future After 5th Circ. Remand

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    Though the Fifth Circuit recently remanded to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission two Biden-era rules requiring disclosure of securities lending and short-sale activity in order to consider the rules' cumulative economic impact, it's possible they will get reproposed, meaning compliance timelines could change, says Scott Budlong at Barnes & Thornburg.

  • Series

    Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Judging figure skating competitions helps me hone the focus, decisiveness and ability to process complex real-time information I need in court, but more importantly, it makes me reengage with a community and my identity outside of law, which, paradoxically, always brings me back to work feeling restored, says Megan Raymond at Groombridge Wu.

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