Recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law afford safe-harbor protections for sponsors taking part in going private transactions...

St. Augustine famously said, in his multi-book tome, the City of God (Book 11, Chapter 26), that: "If I am mistaken, I am." St. Augustine elaborated...

A recent decision from the Court of Chancery in Delaware highlights the importance of sponsors hiring independent counsel when approaching a restructuring.

On January 29, 2026, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") Antitrust Division and the US Postal Service ("USPS") announced that they made a $1 million dollar payment...

On January 9, 2026, Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC") request for a preliminary injunction, blocking Edwards Lifesciences's acquisition...

Professional services buyouts run on people and client relationships, and deal terms reflect it. Our DealVision360 data shows a distinct playbook versus other sectors.

An acquisition agreement's purchase price adjustment – where lawyers pretend to be accountants and accountants pretend to be lawyers...

The European PE fund landscape is experiencing a shift in carried interest waterfall structures away from the traditional single-tiered, whole-of-fund structures.

The latest Weil European Distress Index (WEDI) reveals that Retail and Consumer Goods remains Europe's most distressed sector, with conditions now surpassing levels last seen during the 2009 financial crisis.

In February 2025, the European Commission introduced an "Omnibus Package" of proposed changes to a number of the flagship EU sustainability legislation…

On November 21, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) achieved a significant milestone in antitrust enforcement when a Nevada federal court sentenced Eduardo Lopez to forty...

The sector is in growth mode, but when assessing investment opportunities and hold periods, and negotiating contracts and pricing, sustainability-related regulatory...

Continuation funds have cemented their position in the private capital ecosystem. The growth of the continuation fund market and the increase in both scale and complexity of these transactions..

On November 10, 2025, the English High Court sanctioned the groundbreaking Part 26A restructuring plan of Fossil (UK) Global Services Ltd (the "Plan Company"), a subsidiary of Fossil Group, Inc. ("FGI").

The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) latest loss in a "litigate-the-fix" merger challenge demonstrates that U.S. courts are more inclined to apply more forgiving standards than competition...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently sued Zillow and Redfin, alleging that they agreed not to compete for internet listing services (ILS) advertising for multifamily rental properties.

In response to investor demand for clear and consistent pay-for-performance analysis as executive compensation plans become increasingly complex, Glass Lewis recently announced...

In a take-private transaction involving a public company, the public company board is responsible for negotiating the transaction as a fiduciary of the target stockholders.

Depending on how preferred equity instruments are drafted, in a US chapter 11 case, preferred equity may be treated as "pari passu" with common equity.

As take privates continue to play a meaningful role in sponsor-backed transaction activity, below we compare key deal terms from sponsor-backed take private transactions announced in 2024 to those announced in 2025...