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		<title>Private Equity: The Turnaround Has Been Deferred (Again)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There was a fair amount of optimism about the prospects for Private Equity dealmaking heading into 2026, but according to Bain &#38; Company&#8217;s &#8220;Private Equity Midyear Report,&#8221; so far the year hasn&#8217;t lived up to expectations . Here are some of the highlights: &#8211; Coming into 2026, the buyout market had largely shaken off tariff [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>M&#038;A Due Diligence: The Implications of the Latest AI Executive Order</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/06/ma-due-diligence-the-implications-of-the-latest-ai-executive-order.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, President Trump signed an executive order focused on promoting AI development while also strengthening cybersecurity and national security protections for frontier AI models. This excerpt from a recent Thompson Hine memo highlights the issues raised by the executive order for M&#38;A transactions: For private equity sponsors and M&#38;A buyers, the order has [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Timely Takes Podcast: Kekst CNC Study Finding &#8216;AI Slants Activist&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/06/timely-takes-podcast-kekst-cnc-study-finding-ai-slants-activist.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re interested in the use of AI for proxy voting recommendations in contested elections, check out Meredith&#8217;s recent podcast with Kekst CNC&#8217;s Co-CEO Lyndsey Estin and the co-leader of the firm&#8217;s Investor Relations and Contested Situations Practice, Nick Capuano. Lyndsey and Nick joined Meredith to discuss Kekst&#8217;s recent analysis of how voting recommendations from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>M&#038;A Trends: The Return of the Mega Deal</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/06/ma-trends-the-return-of-the-mega-deal.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This WTW article notes that during the first quarter of 2026, 12 deals valued in excess of $10 billion closed, representing the highest quarterly number of &#8220;mega deals&#8221; WTW&#8217;s tracked since 2008. Furthermore, the first quarter saw 215 transactions above $100 million completed worldwide. That&#8217;s a 32% volume increase and represents the fourth consecutive quarterly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fiduciary Duties: Del. Chancery Dismisses Claims Involving Failed Sale Process</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/06/fiduciary-duties-del-chancery-dismisses-claims-involving-failed-sale-process.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In CIBC v. Barker, (Del. Ch.; 5/26), the Chancery Court dismissed a creditor&#8217;s derivative breach of fiduciary duty claims against the board of a distressed company. Those claims were premised on allegations that the board acted in bad faith in rejecting viable acquisition proposals in pursuit of a deal that would provide sufficient funds to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Private Equity Exit Market: Improved But Still Not Normal</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/06/the-private-equity-exit-market-improved-but-still-not-normal.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A recent CLS Blue Sky blog from Mayer Brown&#8217;s Jonathan Dhanawade reviews the state of the private equity exit market. As this title suggests, the theme is that the market &#8220;has improved, but it has not reverted to the conditions many sponsors once viewed as normal.&#8221; Several sponsor-backed issuers accessed the public markets during the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Del. Chancery Finds Damages Claim Time-Barred by Membership Interest Purchase Agreement</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/06/del-chancery-finds-damages-claim-time-barred-by-membership-interest-purchase-agreement.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week, in Shore Community Energy LLC v. MassAmerican Development (Del. Ch.; 5/26), the Chancery Court addressed claims for damages following a purchaser&#8217;s failure to pay the purchase price under multiple membership interest purchase agreements and found them to be time-barred under the terms of the agreements. The facts are as follows: Shore Community established [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Does Your AI Strategy (or Lack Thereof) Invite Activism?</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/06/does-your-ai-strategy-or-lack-thereof-invite-activism.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley recently addressed how activist campaigns are raising AI-related criticisms. Complaints usually reflect the activists&#8217; belief that companies should be more aggressively using AI to cut costs or to move into new markets. Activists are making specific asks around AI, including: &#8211; Margin improvement tied to AI-enabled efficiency &#8211; More explicit articulation of AI [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SEC&#8217;s Registered Offering Reform Proposal Would Help De-SPAC Companies</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/06/secs-registered-offering-reform-proposal-would-help-de-spac-companies.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, last week the SEC proposed changes that, if adopted, would significantly decrease the regulatory burden of Exchange Act reporting for most public companies by extending current SRC and EGC accommodations to 80% of filers and make it much easier for public companies to raise capital in registered offerings. For this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cross-Border M&#038;A: Managing Geopolitical Risks</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/cross-border-ma-managing-geopolitical-risks.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 04:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This recent FTI Consulting article highlights the increasing role that geopolitics and national security considerations play in the dealmaking process and how they are shaping deal strategy. The article highlights several areas of geopolitical risk that should be on dealmakers&#8217; radar when doing deals in EU member jurisdictions, including the implications of receiving foreign subsidies, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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