CHICAGO, Illinois, April 8 -- DePaul University issued the following news release: Innovative, interdisciplinary programs that prepare students for professional careers are central to a DePaul University education. DePaul College of Law alumnus Marc Lieberman (JD '83) and his wife, Cindy, are strengthening that mission with a $1.6 million legacy gift through their estate plan. The gift creates the Marc and Cindy Lieberman Fund for Excellence in Business Law at DePaul's College of Law. The endo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 8 -- DePaul University issued the following news release: DePaul University has named the Los Angeles Catholic Worker as the 2024 recipient of the Berrigan-McAlister Award. Created in 2021, the award honors individuals or organizations whose acts of Christian nonviolence -- like those practiced by the Rev. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., Phillip Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlister -- resist injustice, transform conflict, foster reconciliation, and seek justice and peace for all. An  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 8 -- DePaul University issued the following news release: The Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology program in DePaul University's College of Science and Health is a candidate for accreditation with the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). As part of the site visit, a public meeting will be held Wednesday, May 1 from 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm at the DePaul LEVAN   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 8 -- DePaul University issued the following news release: Four distinguished leaders from the fields of professional athletics, finance, theology and technology joined DePaul University's Board of Trustees. The board elected David Booth, associate vice president of basketball operations for the National Basketball Association; Sister Barbara Reid, O.P., president of the Catholic Theological Union; Dr. Stephanie D. Shipp, global head of diversity, equity and inclusion fo  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 6 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis represented Goldman Sachs' Petershill Partners and its affiliates in making a passive minority investment in Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, a high-growth alternative investment management firm with approximately $14 billion under management across private funds, a business development company and collateralized loan obligations. The transaction was announced on April 2, 2024.  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 6 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland and Ellis advised JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) on a definitive agreement to make a voluntary takeover for all of the issued and outstanding shares of food processing company Marel hf (ICL: Marel). JBT is a global technology solutions provider to high-value segments of the food & beverage industry. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2024, subject to regulatory clearance and s  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 6 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Sumeru Equity Partners on its $109 million growth equity investment in Aerospike, Inc. The investment accelerates innovation and go-to-market capabilities for Aerospike's core transaction, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, including vector and graph databases, to meet the skyrocketing data demands of the global data analytics and AI software market. Rea  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 6 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a specialist global investment manager focused exclusively on the infrastructure needed for the energy transition, on the successful closing of Quinbrook's Valley of Fire Continuation Fund with $600 million in capital commitments from leading U.S. and European institutional investors. The Valley of Fire Continuation Fund is a continuation   more