A prominent asbestos plaintiffs’ law firm was prevented from appealing bankruptcy court orders holding it in contempt and levying $400,000 in sanctions because the orders aren’t final, an appellate court said.

<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-2b4d-d4b6-a98f-ff7dbe200000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">WeWork Inc. and its major financial backers including <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/9984%20JP%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-2b4d-d4b6-a98f-ff7dbe200001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">SoftBank Group Corp. have struck a new restructuring deal to get the ailing workspace provider out of bankruptcy, spurning a competing financing proposal from co-founder Adam Neumann.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s leveraged finance desk and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s private credit team are among the firms in discussions to lead a $1.05 billion financing for metal and hardware producer <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0130828D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-2ae9-d4b6-a98f-fffd09bb0002","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">ASC Engineered Solutions, according to a person familiar with the matter.

<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-2ae8-d4b6-a98f-fffd37ee0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">TotalEnergies <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/TTE%20FP%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-2ae8-d4b6-a98f-fffd37ee0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">SE has emerged as one of the contenders for the assets of AES Corp. in Brazil, competing against <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-2ae8-d4b6-a98f-fffd37ee0003","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">China Three Gorges Corp. and Sao Paulo-based <-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-2ae8-d4b6-a98f-fffd37ef0000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Auren Energia SA, according to people familiar with the matter.

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund is set to <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SCOXPXT0G1KW","_id":"0000018f-299f-d583-afbf-ebdf72620000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">debut its first dollar bond. Meanwhile, Blackstone made a <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"SCOXMKT0AFB4","_id":"0000018f-299f-d583-afbf-ebdf72620001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">fresh offer for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, intensifying a bidding war for the owner of song catalogs from Blondie, the Kaiser Chiefs and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Williams & Connolly has become a Washington institution by bucking industry norms and waging war with the Justice Department.