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17-415: The newspaper, published Monday through Friday, provides daily coverage of civil and criminal cases from state and federal courts, as well as news about court administration, large and small law firms, elected officials, government offices, law schools, nonprofit agencies, in-house legal departments, and bar associations. It provides analysis and insight in columns written by leading professionals and serves as

34-499: A private equity fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., L.P. , in 1998. Shortly afterward, it acquired National Law Publishing Company (parent of The National Law Journal and New York Law Journal ) from Boston Ventures and the legal publications of Legal Communications (including The Legal Intelligencer ) from Meridian Venture Partners. In 1999, U.S. Equity bought real estate publisher Schein Publications. In 2007, ALM

51-459: A target Enterprise Value of $ 100–5,000 million. Apax raises capital for its investment funds through institutional investors including corporate and public pension funds , university and college endowments , foundations and fund of funds . In 1972, Ronald Mourad Cohen and Maurice Tchénio founded the advisory firm Multinational Management Group (MMG) in London, Paris, and Chicago, marking

68-626: Is a British private equity firm, headquartered in London , England. The company also operates out of six other offices in New York , Hong Kong , Mumbai , Tel Aviv , Munich and Shanghai . As of March 2024, the firm had raised and advised funds of approximately US$ 77 billion. Apax Partners is one of the oldest and largest private equity firms operating on an international basis. Apax invests across four sectors: technology , internet/consumer, healthcare and services. It looks for investments in

85-474: Is also one of the accepted newspapers regularly used to serve process by publication of legal notices . The full text of most Law Journal articles on its website is available to subscribers only; however, a selection of articles from NYLJ and other ALM properties is available for free on ALM's New York Law Journal website. This article about a New York newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to law in

102-602: The United States or its constituent jurisdictions is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . ALM (company) ALM (formerly American Lawyer Media ) is a media company headquartered in the Socony–Mobil Building in Manhattan , and is a provider of specialized business news and information, focused primarily on the legal , insurance, and commercial real estate sectors. The company

119-661: The United States. In March 2006, Alan Patricof left Apax. In 2006, Apax Partners in London and Apax Partners France in Paris became independent. Apax Partners France rebranded to Seven2 in 2023. The circumstances surrounding the demerger, transfer of assets and subsequent collapse of the British United Shoe Machinery in 2000 led to questions about Apax's behaviour being raised in Parliament by MPs of both main parties. After calls for an enquiry into

136-511: The beginning of Apax Partners. In 1977, they formed a partnership with early venture capitalist Alan Patricof , who founded Patricof & Co in New York in 1969. The new firm would be known as Alan Patricof Associates (APA) and ultimately come to be known as Apax Partners ( apax means "unique" in classical Greek). Throughout the 1980s, the firm grew steadily raising capital under a series of separate funds. In 1991, Apax Partners became

153-560: The highest circulation legal daily newspaper in the United States. The paper's website has 3,500 paid subscribers. Its primary audience is litigators. Because the full decisions of many New York City court cases, particularly the New York City Civil Court , are reported only in the Law Journal , it is common for lawyers practicing in these courts to cite to the newspaper for case law authority. The Law Journal

170-484: The legal profession. Law Journal Press, ALM's professional book imprint, publishes over 130 treatises on a broad range of legal topics. Other ALM businesses include newsletter publishing, court verdict and settlement reporting, production of professional educational seminars, market research, and content distribution. In 1997, Brill sold ALM to Time Warner , mainly for its CourtTV stake. ALM's legal publications were acquired from Time Warner by U.S. Equity Partners, L.P.,

187-505: The loss of hundreds of pensions were refused, Ros Altmann , the pensions expert and, as of 2015, UK Pensions minister described it "one of the worst cases ..I have seen ..the actions of the former owners – Apax have been immoral." The Member of Parliament Ashok Kumar said, "I think these people needed flogging ..these are greedy, selfish, capitalists who live on the backs of others." Following its sale of Wind Hellas in 2007, Apax and Hellas co-owner TPG were sued by former bondholders of

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204-646: The official name for all of its European operations however the U.S. business still operated under the Patricof & Co. name. By the mid-1990s Apax had become one of the larger private equity firms globally. In 2001, Patricof & Co. adopted the Apax Partners branding and formalized its affiliation with its European business. In 2002, Apax Partners LLP was established. In 2005, Apax announced it would acquire middle market leveraged buyout firm Saunders Karp & Megrue to augment its buyout business in

221-453: The official publication for the First and Second Judicial Departments. The newspaper publishes a number of special issues, including its " NYLJ 100" rankings of New York's 100 largest law firms. The Law Journal is published by ALM . The Law Journal is published Monday through Friday, except on February 20 in honor of President's Day . With a circulation of 11,450, which it says makes it

238-407: The periods cited in some of the lawsuits. (In 2005 a New York judge awarded $ 56 million to some of these bondholders, made against Hellas Telecommunications Finance and Hellas Finance, rather than Apax or TPG). Other lawsuits related to Apax and TPG's ownership of Hellas are being heard in the United States. In December 2015 a separate legal action brought by the liquidators of Hellas Telecommunications

255-427: The telecom company, who allege that Apax and TPG unjustifiably enriched themselves from Hellas and misrepresented the true state of its accounts. Apax has countered that some of these bondholders only began their dispute after passing up on the chance of selling prior to the bankruptcy of 2009, and that Apax sold the business in 2007 (almost three years before the bankruptcy) and so was not the legal owner of Hellas during

272-455: Was purchased by Incisive Media for US$ 630 million. Two years later, Incisive had to restructure the loan used to purchase ALM, and ALM once again became an independent company, owned by the lenders and Apax Partners . Wasserstein & Co. repurchased ALM in 2014. In 2015, ALM acquired Summit Professional Networks. In January 2016, the company acquired British legal magazine Legal Week . Apax Partners Apax Partners LLP

289-646: Was started in 1979 by Steven Brill to publish The American Lawyer . ALM owns and publishes 33 national, regional, and international magazines and newspapers , including Credit Union Times , The American Lawyer , the New York Law Journal , Corporate Counsel , The National Law Journal , The Legal Intelligencer , Legal Times , GlobeSt.com , and Real Estate Forum , as well as the Law.com and Law.com International brands. The company also produces conferences and trade shows for business leaders and

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