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DOJ Declination of Private Equity Firm Underscores Need for Robust M&A Due Diligence

JD Supra: Mergers

Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, announced that they would not prosecute White Deer Management LLC (“White Deer”), a Texas‑based private equity firm, in connection with sanctions and export control violations committed by Unicat Catalyst Technologies LLC (“Unicat”), a portfolio company it had acquired in 2020.

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U.S. Private Equity Market Recap - April 2025

JD Supra: Mergers

private equity market. The drop in March deal count pushed Q1 deal count to the lowest quarterly level since the onset of the pandemic in Q2 2020. Read our latest insights into the U.S. We cover monthly deal activity and size, fundraising, exits, leveraged loans, and a look ahead.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Finds That Controller Sale Of Company Did Not Harm Minority Interests

JD Supra: Mergers

On January 7, 2025, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a post-trial decision in favor of defendant, a private equity fund (the Fund), finding that the Funds sale of a portfolio company (the Company) was protected by the business judgment rule and did not harm the interests of minority stockholders.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Denies Motion To Dismiss Claims Regarding Squeeze-Out Merger Because Special Committee Members Were Allegedly "Interested"

Shearman & Sterling

On February 26, 2020, Chancellor Andre G. challenging the take-private buyout of the company by its controlling stockholders and a private equity firm. Bouchard of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied a motion to dismiss breach of fiduciary duty claims brought by former shareholders of AmTrust, Inc., 2018-0396-AGB (Del.

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Investing Principles: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Wins, Losses, and Strikeouts

Mergers and Inquisitions

This is why I still recommend fields like investment banking and private equity to ambitious students: You want the optionality to earn a high income when youre young. As a specific example, I made the unconventional choice to put the safe part of my portfolio in gold and silver rather than bonds in 2020.

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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

The TRADE

I made the jump to Credit Suisse and we developed this product nucleus within the equities division to facilitate content distribution and market making across all asset classes, including volatility strategies tailored for hedge fund clients.

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Elliott has built a stake in Global Payments. How the activist can help the company lift its share price

CNBC: Investing

The firm's team includes analysts from leading tech private equity firms, engineers, operating partners – former technology CEOs and COOs. On April 17, Global Payments announced that it had agreed to acquire Worldpay from Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) and private equity firm GTCR. billion.

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