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Private equity giant Inflexion in talks to buy global law firm DWF

Private Equity Insights

Private equity group Inflexion is in talks to buy global law firm DWF. read more Next Capital Announces Fund V, final close at $375m Mid-market private equity firm Next Capital has locked in $375m for its latest fund, which saw.

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Are M&A Deal Parties Turning Away from Reps & Warranties Insurance? 

Private Equity Professional

In 2021, a record-setting year for M&A deal volume, buyers were often faced with expedited timelines and may not have been able to perform full due diligence. A few years later, deal parties are experiencing the effects of lax diligence (e.g.,

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Private Equity Wire European Awards 2025 winners announced

Private Equity Wire

The winners are: Managers Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Buyout – 21 Invest (21 Invest Continuation Fund) Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Co-invest – Qualitas Funds (Qualitas Funds Direct II) Emerging Fund Raising of the Year: Direct Lending – Foresight Group Holdings (Midlands Engine Investment Fund II) Emerging Fund Raising (..)

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AI piques private equity interest

Private Equity Wire

More than half of large PE firms are looking to acquire an artificial intelligence (AI) business, according to the second annual Global M&A Trends and Risks Report from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and M&A intelligence specialist MergerMarket.

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Regulators Demanding More Disclosure From Private Equity and Hedge Funds

Pension Pulse

This is still a sweeping series of rules for private fund managers that will have significant effects," said Kelly Koscuiszka, partner with Schulte Roth & Zabel law firm in New York. Despite the softening of the original proposal, lawyers said the changes marked a sea change for the industry.

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Transcript: Matt Levine

The Big Picture

But yeah, then I went to Wachtel afterward because it, it seemed like, because like, you know, you’re, you’re a law student and you don’t know what a law firm is. And then like you can spend your second year summer at a law firm. And so you end the summer knowing what a law firm is.

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Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

We stay close to our corporate clients, of course, and spend a lot of time with law firms as well. We have a suite of products that can help facilitate transactions when there might be some terms that need to be settled between buyer and seller. So it's an important capability set that we bring to our clients. But we'll see.

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