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July 15, 2025
Deep Sea Mining Co. Gets Suit Over 'Green' Investments Axed
A New York federal judge has dismissed in its entirety a suit accusing The Metals Co. Inc. of misleading investors about the magnitude of its "green" investments and its private equity backing before going public, finding that the suit's challenged statements were not false when made.
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July 15, 2025
Kirkland Tops M&A League Tables In First Half Of 2025
Kirkland & Ellis LLP was the top mergers and acquisitions legal adviser both globally and in North America during the first half of 2025, as measured by both value and transaction numbers, league table data from GlobalData showed Tuesday.Â
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July 15, 2025
La Caisse Plugs $200M Into PE-Backed Renewa
Infrastructure investor QIC Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that its portfolio company Renewa received a $200 million primary equity commitment from investment group La Caisse.
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July 15, 2025
Willkie Adds PE Trio From Akin, A&O Shearman In Dallas
A trio of private equity transactional attorneys from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Allen Overy Shearman Sterling have made the move to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Dallas, the firm said Tuesday.
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July 15, 2025
Holland & Knight Adds LGBTQ-Led Startup Pro To VC Team
Holland & Knight LLP has added a director of client development with over a decade of experience in venture capital, startup investing and business development for its emerging companies and venture capital practice.
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July 15, 2025
Brookfield, Google Ink $3B Hydroelectric Power Deal
Brookfield Asset Management, its subsidiary Brookfield Renewable Partners and Google have agreed to a "first-of-its-kind" more than $3 billion deal that aims to build up to 3,000 megawatts' worth of hydroelectric power capacity throughout the country, Brookfield announced Tuesday.
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July 15, 2025
Saudi Arabian Healthcare Co. Snags $124M In VC Funding
Saudi Arabian long-term care, rehabilitation and home healthcare services provider Baraya Extended Care on Tuesday announced that it secured $124 million in Series B funding led by healthcare investor TVM Capital Healthcare.
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July 15, 2025
Food Biz To Sell Stake In Supply Chain Platform For £22M
Hilton Food Group said on Tuesday it is selling a stake in Foods Connected, its supplier management platform, for £22 million ($30 million) to Apax Global Impact Fund.
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July 15, 2025
Paul Hastings Adds M&A Specialist From Paul Weiss
Paul Hastings LLP has brought on a Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP partner who specializes in mergers and acquisitions as well as complex transactions for public and private companies and private equity firms, the firm said Tuesday.
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July 14, 2025
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Deal To Put Medical Debt Back On Reports OK'd
A Texas federal court has reversed a Biden-era rule that kept an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and lender trade groups struck a deal to axe the rule.
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July 14, 2025
Willkie-Led McGraw Hill Launches $500M IPO
Education publisher giant McGraw Hill Inc. on Friday launched its initial public offering with plans to raise $500 million, with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP advising the company and Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP steering the underwriters.
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July 14, 2025
PE-Backed NIQ Global Intelligence Plans $1.1B IPO On NYSE
Private equity-backed consumer research services provider NIQ Global Intelligence on Monday disclosed plans to raise $1.1 billion in its initial public offering.
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July 14, 2025
Wachtell Guides Huntington Bancshares On $1.9B Veritex Buy
Huntington Bancshares Inc. said Monday it has agreed to acquire Dallas-based Veritex Holdings Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.9 billion, deepening the Ohio-based lender's presence in the Texas market.
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July 14, 2025
Debevoise-Led Stone Point Secures $11.5B For 10th PE Fund
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP-advised private equity shop Stone Point Capital LLC on Monday revealed that it wrapped its latest fund with $11.5 billion in tow, marking the largest fundraise in the firm's history.
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July 11, 2025
Courts Face Early Push To Expand Justices' Injunction Ruling
In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other forms of relief used in regulatory challenges and class actions. So far, judges don't appear receptive to those efforts.Â
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July 11, 2025
Soros Fund Boss Says Radio CEO Can't Sue Him In Conn.
A Soros Fund Management LLC portfolio manager says a radio CEO cannot sue him in Connecticut because he's beyond the state's long-arm jurisdiction, seeking to shake the CEO's claim that he was boxed out of dividends and a potential job after allegedly helping the fund acquire broadcasting company Audacy Inc.
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July 11, 2025
Genesis Healthcare Gets Interim OK For $30M DIP Financing
Genesis Healthcare Inc., a holding company for rehabilitation centers and nursing homes in 18 states, can access $12 million of a $30 million Chapter 11 financing package, a Texas judge ruled Friday over the objection of one of the debtor's first lien holders.
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July 11, 2025
Walgreens Boots Shareholders Approve $24B Sycamore Deal
Walgreens Boots Alliance said Friday its shareholders have approved a plan for the company to be purchased by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, in a transaction with a total value of up to $23.7 billion.
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July 11, 2025
Cancer-Focused BridgeBio's $949M SPAC Deal Gets SEC Nod
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, advised by Goodwin Procter LLP, and White & Case LLP-led special purpose acquisition company Helix Acquisition Corp. II on Friday revealed that their $949 million merger had been cleared by U.S. regulators.
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July 11, 2025
SEC Quietly Drops First-Ever Liquidity Rule Suit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday agreed to dismiss its first-ever case accusing an investment adviser of violating a rule that limits the amount of illiquid investments a mutual fund can hold.
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July 11, 2025
Rent Reward Co. Bilt Hits $10.8B Valuation In Mortgage Push
Bilt Rewards said it has reached a $10.75 billion valuation after raising $250 million as part of an effort to expand to mortgage-holders its system of offering tenants perks for making rent payments.
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July 11, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Kirkland, Cassels
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Merck buys U.K. drugmaker Verona Pharma, CoreWeave acquires fellow data center company Core Scientific, Royal Gold acquires Sandstorm Gold and Horizon Copper, and Italian food company Ferrero buys WK Kellogg.
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July 11, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen HS2 hit with a defamation claim by two ex-employees who blew the whistle on alleged under-reporting of costs, Craig Wright and nChain face legal action brought by its former chief financial officer over a fraud scheme, and pro-footballer Axel Tuanzebe bring a clinical negligence claim against his former club Manchester United F.C. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 11, 2025
Warehouse REIT Backs Blackstone's Sweetened £489M Offer
The board of Warehouse REIT switched allegiance to Blackstone on Friday, after the private equity heavyweight pitched a sweetened £489 million ($662 million) cash offer in a bidding war with property investor Tritax Big Box.
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July 10, 2025
VC Giant Andreessen Rips Del. Courts, Plans Move To Nev.
Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz on Wednesday announced plans to reincorporate in Nevada, saying that it was no longer a "no-brainer" to launch a company and incorporate in the historically corporate-friendly state of Delaware.
Expert Analysis
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SEC Signals Opening For Private Fund Investment Reform
At SEC Speaks in late May, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made clear that it's considering allowing registered funds of private funds to be offered broadly to true retail investors, meaning existing funds should review their disclosures focusing on conflicts of interest, liquidity and fees, say attorneys at Stradley Ronon.
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How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity
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 Law School.
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Series
Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Supporting A Trial Team
While students often practice as lead trial attorneys in law school, such an opportunity likely won’t arise until a few years into practice, so junior associates should focus on honing skills that are essential to supporting a trial team, including organization, adaptability and humility, says Lucy Zelina at Tucker Ellis.
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Recent Complex Global Deals Reveal Regulatory Trends
An analysis of six complex global deals that were completed or abandoned in the last year suggests that, while such deals continue to face significant and lengthy scrutiny across the U.S, U.K. and European Union, the path to closing may have eased slightly compared to recent years, say attorneys at Weil.
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SEC Staff Input Eases Path For Broker-Dealer Crypto Activities
Recent guidance from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff on broker-dealer and transfer agent crypto-asset activities suggests a more constructive regulatory posture on permissibility and application of financial responsibility rules, bringing welcome clarity for blockchain market participants and traditional financial institutions alike, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw
When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.
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Opportunity Zone Revamp Could Improve The Program
If adopted, the budget bill's new iteration of the opportunity zone program could renew, refine and enhance the effectiveness and accountability of the original program by including structural reforms, expanded eligibility rules and incentives for rural investment, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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At 'SEC Speaks,' Leaders Frame New Views
At the Practising Law Institute's recent SEC Speaks conference, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission leadership highlighted the agency's significant priority changes, including in enforcement, crypto and artificial intelligence, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References
As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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Opinion
The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit
The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.
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Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.
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Opportunities And Challenges For The Texas Stock Exchange
While the new Texas Stock Exchange could be an interesting alternative to the NYSE and the Nasdaq due to the state’s robust economy and the TXSE’s high-profile leadership and publicity opportunities for listings, its success as a national securities exchange may hinge on resolving questions about its regulatory and cost advantages, say attorneys at Norton Rose.
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Review Risk Is Increasing For Foreign Real Estate Developers
Federal and state government efforts have been expanding oversight of foreign investment in U.S. real estate, necessitating careful assessment of risk and of the benefits of notifying the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles
Law firms looking to recruit legal business talent should consider turning to paralegals, who practice several key skills every day that prepare them to thrive in marketing and client development roles, says Vanessa Torres at Lowenstein Sandler.