Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Global law firm Reed Smith has appointed Tom Whelan as a Partner focusing on private equity in its London office. Whelan joined the firm’s global corporate group from McDermott Will & Emery (MWE), where he was also a Partner.

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Private Equity Wire

APRIL 4, 2024

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has appointed Fatema Orjela as a partner in the firm’s transactions practice group in London. Ordeal’s practice focuses on private equity transactions and related advisory matters. Orjela provides strategic counsel to European and US private equity sponsors.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

Law firm Jackson Walker has hired Patrick H Rose, IV as Partner in the corporate & securities practice group in its Dallas office. Rose most recently served as Partner at US law firm BakerHostetler.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

Scrivani was most recently a partner at international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Scrivani advises private equity firms and public and private clients on leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions, public company acquisitions, sales and divestitures and mergers of equals.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 12 of its existing attorneys as the firm’s latest Partners, effective 1 November, including several whose practices cater for private equity and other private credit and private fund clients. He has a versatile skillset and deep experience with platform acquisitions and sales.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Frontenac bought it in 2020 and merged it with other firms to form Integris in 2021, then supported it through several acquisitions. OMERS Private Equity will support management in maintaining its impressive track record of profitable growth, both organically and through strategic acquisitions. domain.com.

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