/privateequity?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Private Equity Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:39:50 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350391?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350391 Stablecoin issuer Circle's explosive debut will likely stimulate more crypto listings and possibly jolt the broader pipeline of initial public offerings, capital markets attorneys say. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:29:50 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350667?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350667 The Washington Post must face Trump Media & Technology Group's suit over an article accusing it of committing securities fraud over a purported finder's fee paid to Entoro Securities to secure a loan, a Florida federal judge said Friday, ruling Trump Media's latest pleading "squarely alleges" no fee agreement existed.  Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:22:14 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350455?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350455 OpenAI and Microsoft have urged a California federal judge to again trim Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned transition to a for-profit enterprise, arguing the billionaire and his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, have not made any changes to their previously nixed claims for contract breach and fraudulent enterprise. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:39:08 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2349586?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2349586 Buchalter PC is expanding its litigation team, bringing in a Duane Morris LLP securities litigation ace as a shareholder in its San Francisco office. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:30:19 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350319?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350319 The former CEO of a defense industry supplier has settled his lawsuit alleging he was duped into taking the job by a North Carolina private equity firm and then fired for refusing to go along with fibs about its financial future to a major client, according to a notice filed Friday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:04:00 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2342370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2342370 As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Â鶹´«Ã½ School. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:38:07 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350496?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350496 Greenberg Traurig LLP said Friday that it has added Daniel F. Rayner to its corporate private funds group from Clifford Chance LLP. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:13:25 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350555?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350555 Crypto exchange Gemini Space Station Inc. said Friday it confidentially filed for an initial public offering, marking a first step toward going public amid growing enthusiasm for crypto-related listings following stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc.'s blockbuster IPO. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:30:16 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350404?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350404 Michael Saylor's Strategy Inc. said Friday it priced an estimated $1 billion initial public offering of preferred stock to bolster its growing stockpile of bitcoin, in a deal represented by Latham & Watkins LLP and placement agents' counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:24:18 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350188?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350188 Swedish private equity firm EQT said Friday that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Waga, a natural gas producer, ahead of a possible full takeover that would value the French company at €680 million ($774 million). Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:35:26 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2345427?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2345427 Aideen Brennan, a former mergers and acquisitions and private equity senior managing associate at Sidley Austin, has joined Mayer Brown's global corporate and securities practice as a partner in New York. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:14:40 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350081 A "sparse and self-serving" record provided by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management still shows the agency unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire probationary employees en masse, so a California federal court can reach a final decision now and "unwind" those terminations, a coalition including unions and advocacy groups said Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:54:58 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2349007?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2349007 Venture-backed virtual care provider Omada Health Inc. on Thursday priced a $150 million initial public offering within its marketed range, represented by Latham & Watkins LLP and underwriters counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:11:42 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2349239?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2349239 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could see its lowest level of enforcement attorneys since the first Obama administration if Congress approves the agency's requested budget, with the proposal indicating that even more workers could leave the SEC in the next fiscal year.  Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:10:13 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2349461?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2349461 Elon Musk is planning a $5 billion debt sale for his AI startup, Ontario’s pension seeks final bids for an Indian hospital system, and Merck eyes a Swiss biotech with a potential $3 billion price tag. Here's a rundown of these and other notable deal rumors from the last week. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:39:43 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2349555?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2349555 A New Jersey federal judge has dismissed some claims in a proposed investor class action alleging pool supply company Hayward Holdings Inc. concealed it was struggling with ballooning inventory and lowered demand, but ruled that some of the claims, including the claims against the company's consortium, can continue. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:06:20 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2350012?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2350012 The Katten-advised Chicago White Sox announced Thursday that they have reached a long-term investment agreement that would pave the way for Covington-led private equity billionaire Justin Ishbia to obtain a controlling interest in the team. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:19:32 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2349782?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2349782 Self-driving truck software maker Plus Automation Inc. plans to go public at an estimated $1.2 billion valuation by merging with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital IX Corp., both parties announced Thursday, in a deal guided by five law firms. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:38:28 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2349941?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2349941 As President Donald Trump dismantles a growing list of white collar criminal cases with a flurry of clemency grants early in his second term, erasing years of investigative and prosecutorial work with a stroke of his black Sharpie, experts worry his actions will have a chilling effect on prosecutorial decision-making. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:56:10 +0000 /privateequity/articles/2328074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /privateequity/articles/2328074 After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie.