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Friday, 20 May, 2022

News in-depthGoldenTree Asset Management LP
Sexual misconduct case rocks $47bn asset manager GoldenTree
Dispute with sacked executive details litany of misconduct as well as information about how partners’ investments are structured
Thursday, 19 May, 2022

ExplainerTwitter Inc
Twitter deal leaves Elon Musk with no easy way out
Strength of $44bn agreement comes into focus as Tesla chief appears to have second thoughts
Wednesday, 18 May, 2022

US & Canadian companies
About those Twitter fairness opinions
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan’s verdicts might make a renegotiated price tricky
Wednesday, 11 May, 2022

News in-depthAffirm Holdings, Inc
Affirm struggles to convince investors of fintech bona fides
‘Buy now pay later’ group becomes more reliant on loans amid plummeting share price
Monday, 9 May, 2022

Inside BusinessUS & Canadian companies
Should vulture investors be required to show ‘good faith’ with adversaries?
Judge allows test case on issue in lawsuit against mattress maker Serta Simmons Bedding
Tuesday, 3 May, 2022

Industrials
Raising Arizona (rescue debt)
Two pandemic darlings in Phoenix fall on hard times
Monday, 2 May, 2022

News in-depthElon Musk
Musk’s Twitter deal rewards risk-taking at Morgan Stanley
US bank’s central role in $44bn bid caps long effort to cement ties with the billionaire
Wednesday, 27 April, 2022

Elon Musk
Musk wins SolarCity case but fails to escape SEC ‘funding secured’ deal
Tesla chief gets a mixed bag of legal decisions on his past dealings
Wednesday, 27 April, 2022

Leon Black
Leon Black gave £2mn to Russian model for British visa
Billionaire financier brokered introduction to lawyer to help ex-mistress obtain legal status in UK
Tuesday, 26 April, 2022

Elon Musk
Elon Musk could pay $1bn if Twitter deal falls through
Favourable terms mean billionaire could back out by stumping up fraction of net worth
Tuesday, 26 April, 2022

US & Canadian companies
Twitter’s most besieged board member
Who on earth would even want this job?
Monday, 18 April, 2022

FT Alphaville
Alphaville’s Twitter LBO model
How Elon’s bid for the company might (just) work
Monday, 18 April, 2022

Inside BusinessSpecial purpose acquisition companies
A court battle that has raised concerns about Spacs
Lawyers and regulators now have lopsided financial products in their sights
Friday, 1 April, 2022

LexCompanies
The Lex Newsletter: business can’t please any of the people any of the time Premium content
Russian oil | P&O | US wealth tax | Instacart | Nielsen | Arm
Monday, 21 March, 2022

Inside BusinessRussian Direct Investment Fund
Private equity facing more fractured world after invasion of Ukraine
Geopolitical rifts will mean more segmented markets for capital
Saturday, 5 March, 2022

Apollo Global Management LLC
Leon Black’s Epstein ties risked ‘catastrophic impact’ at Apollo, ex-deputy claims
Josh Harris fires back at private equity billionaire in escalating legal dispute
Friday, 18 February, 2022

US opioid epidemic
Sackler owners offer up to $6bn to settle Purdue Pharma bankruptcy
Proposal revealed by court mediator comes after a judge rejected earlier deal
Friday, 11 February, 2022

Leon Black
Leon Black’s lawyers pushed for probe into extortion claim
New York prosecutors investigate allegation that Russian model was blackmailing former Apollo chief
Thursday, 10 February, 2022

News in-depthApollo Global Management LLC
Apollo under scrutiny over lingering ties to Leon Black
Former boss remains top shareholder in investment group as he feuds with co-founder
Wednesday, 9 February, 2022

News in-depthAutomobiles2 min
How Hertz bounced back from bankruptcy
The car rental group has staged a remarkable recovery after a bankruptcy like no other
Sunday, 6 February, 2022

News in-depthLegal services
‘Texas two-step’ outcry risks ending fee bonanza for law firm Jones Day
Critics denounce tactic to shield companies from legal liabilities as abuse of bankruptcy law
Friday, 4 February, 2022

ExplainerOaktree Capital Group LLC
How Oaktree captured Evergrande’s castle
Howard Marks’ $161bn fund has control of two prize assets after defaults by world’s most indebted developer
Tuesday, 25 January, 2022

Leon Black
Leon Black says former Apollo protégé conspiring to ‘destroy’ him
Court papers claim Joshua Harris orchestrated a plot targeting the private equity kingpin after he was passed over for CEO job
Monday, 17 January, 2022

Inside BusinessCorporate bonds
Distressed debt titans Anchorage and Oaktree reveal industry shift
Low levels of debt defaults have forced funds to adapt investing strategies
Monday, 17 January, 2022

Leon Black
Billionaire Leon Black targets New York elite in fight against rape claim
Former Apollo leader’s attorneys seek phone records of leading PR figure and subpoena accuser’s law firm