Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » April, 2010

Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2010

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• UCLA Law Professor, Partner Appointed Trib Examiner
• FTC Examines Simon's $2.3B Prime Outlets Buy
• Antitrust All-Clear For United-Continental Combo Likely
• Barclays Reaped 'Load' In Lehman Assets Deal: CFO
• L'Occitane Raises $707M In Hong Kong IPO
• Cooperation Key For Cross-Border Investment: EU
• Reed Smith Boosts Corporate Atty From Morgan Lewis
• The New Energy Battleground: Transmission
• United, Continental Merger Imminent: Report
• Ex-Lehman CFO Says Barclays Gig Didn't Affect Sale
• More Short Sellers Join Securities Suit Against Porsche
• Lionsgate Scrambles To Repel Icahn Takeover
• Simpson Thacher Advises PPL In $7.2B E.ON Deal
• Medtronic To Buy ATS Medical In $370M Deal
• Orrick Reps First Solar In $285M NextLight Acquisition
• Is The Future Of Broadband Video At Stake?
• Lenders Win Phila. Newspapers Auction With $139M Bid
• HP Adds Palm For $1.2B In Bid To Enter Phone Fray
• Nixon Peabody Finance Attys Jump To DLA Piper
• Lehman Atty Recalls Chaos In Run-Up To Barclays Deal
• Canadian Regulators Crush Lions Gate Poison Pill
• Another Suit Filed Over $11B Qwest-CenturyLink Deal
• Russia's DST To Snap Up AOL ICQ Unit For $188M
• DOJ OKs Baker Hughes, BJ Merger With Divestitures
• A Path To Accountable Care Runs Through The FTC
• Legal Landmines Surround Goldman Execs At Hearing
• Before Dismissing A Foreclosure Complaint ...
• Lehman Exec Says He Knew Of Hidden Barclays Perks
• PwC, KPMG Tossed From Collins & Aikman Breach Case
• EU Clears State Street's €1.3B Deal For ISP Units
• Avigen, MediciNova Settle Shareholder Suit Over Deal
• Magna Gets Greenlight For Reorganization Plan
• CORRECTED: Blank Rome Reps Iconix In $175M 'Peanuts' Brand Deal
• BP To Shell Out $991M For Total Oil Field Interests
• Lyondell Set To Exit Ch. 11, Offer Stock
• Arena Shareholders Sue Over $6.2B SandRidge Merger
• Morgan Lewis, Morris Nichols Rep Apollo In $1B Deal
• Orrick, SJ Berwin In Merger Talks: Report
• Davis Polk Reps Charles River In $1.6B WuXi Deal
• Abbott, Hospira Off Hook In ERISA Class Action
• Latham Advises Thoratec In $136M Danaher Deal
• Debevoise, Jones Day Rep Hertz In $1.2B Acquisition
• Intl. Paper To Pay $200M For SCA Asian Packaging Biz
• Refining China's Anti-Monopoly Law
• DOJ Ends Probe Into Switch And Data, Equinix Merger
• Colo. Lawmakers Fear Job Losses In $11B Qwest Sale
• Weil Snags Ex-Senate Banking Committee Counsel
• Ratings Agencies Bowed To Wall St. Pressure: Report
• Goldman Director Gave Rajaratnam Insider Tip: Report
• Sears Pays $560M For Larger Stake In Canadian Unit
• Bid To Stop Vote On $1.4B Zenith-Fairfax Deal Rejected
• Transaction Adjustments In Convertible Securities
• General Growth $6.6B Financing Pact Draws Fire
• Group Asks SEC To Review CVS Stock Sales
• K&L Gates Nabs Corporate Partner From Vinson
• Ukraine To Rethink $22B VimpelCom-Kyivstar Merger
• Buyers Beware: Relaxing Due Diligence Could Be Fatal
• Wachtell, Jones Walker Rep CenturyLink In Qwest Deal
• US Airways Ends Merger Talks With United
• Deutsche Bahn Shells Out $2.4B For UK-Based Arriva
• Sills Cummis & Gross Snags NJ Economic Czar
• Swiss Regulators Crush €1.5B Orange-Sunrise Deal
• Paul Weiss Advises Oak Hill In $815M Hillman Buy
• Kirkland Reps BofA In $1.9B Fund Sale To AXA Unit
• Obama To Wall St.: Stop Fighting Finance Reform
• Gibson Dunn Reps American Tire In $1.3B TPG Takeover
• Top Bidder For Phila. Newspapers To Revise Offer
• Ill. OKs $8.5B Frontier-Verizon Deal Over Objection
• Live Nation Faces Contract Dispute Over Merger
• Skadden Advises Visa On $2B Deal For CyberSource
• Salesforce.com To Buy Jigsaw For $142M
• White & Case Reps Calpine In $1.65B Power Plant Deal
• Ericsson To Buy Stake In LG-Nortel Venture For $242M
• Blackstone May Join Centerbridge's Extended Stay Bid
• An Eye On Acquiring Minority Interests
• Lawyers React To Proposed New Merger Guidelines
• New Merger Guidelines Would Up Enforcer Flexibility
• Latham Snags Cleary Gottlieb Broker-Dealer Guru
• Debevoise Advises Equity Firms In $1.1B Sedgwick Buy
• Caveat Venditor: Ensure Debtor Has Authority To Pay
• Ohio Sen. Asks DOT To Ground Airline Mergers
• US Antitrust Officials Propose New Merger Guidelines
• Station Casinos Says It Has Most Creditors Lined Up
• Latham, Shearman, White Case Rep MIE In $288M IPO
• Pfizer, Wyeth Antitrust Complaint Nixed For 3rd Time
• Australia Says No-Go On NAB's $12B AXA Deal
• Shareholder Suit Seeks To Halt MAM-Emera Merger
• FCC To Take More Time On Comcast-NBC Deal
• Lawmakers Look To Use Goldman In Reform Push
• Goldman Hints At Strategy Against SEC Claims
• SEC Takes Big Gamble With Goldman Suit
• Dewey Calls $150M Bond Issue A Success
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Benet O'Reilly
• Kirkland Advises Constellation In $365M Gas Plant Buy
• Tycom Pays $79M To Settle Securities Suit Over IPO
• Erickson Emerges From Brief Stint In Ch. 11
• Davis Polk Reps Oracle In $685M Phase Forward Deal
• SEC Charges Goldman With Fraud In Failed CDO
• 3 Lessons From Google's China Fiasco
• MedQuist, CBay Get Bankrupt Spheris For $116M
• Rising Star: Reed Smith's David Mittelman
• US Air, United Merger Could Take Flight 2nd Time Around
• Bill Introduced To Extend Comcast-NBC Comment Date
• CNX Investors Slam $960M Consol Stock Purchase Bid
• Apache To Snap Up Mariner Energy For $2.7B
• The Growth Of Agricultural Competition Enforcement
• Image Entry CEO Cops To $2M Fraud
• Ill. Patients Appeal Denied Antitrust Class Cert. Bid
• Utilicraft Founder Sues Freight Feeder Over Asset Sale
• Kirkland Leads Charter In $1.6B Debt Buyback
• Orleans To Sell Most Assets To NVR For $170M
• Rising Star: Skadden's Z. Julie Gao
• Creditors Balk At Parking Corp. $111M Asset Sale Plan
• Embracing The Go-­Shop
• GMAC To Sell European Mortgage Assets To Fortress
• Thompson & Knight Energy Guru Joins Mayer Brown
• Sirius XM Seeks To Limit Antitrust Class Action
• Kinder Morgan To Buy Half Petrohawk Unit For $875M
• Double Derivative Claims Fall Flat Post-Merger
• Rising Star: Cahill's Bill Miller
• Boston Sci Misled Investors After Guidant Deal: Suit
• MIG Appeals Loss In Paul Weiss Malpractice Suit
• Philadelphia Newspapers' Impact On Secured Creditors
• Lionsgate Asks Shareholders To Block Icahn Bid
• Trustee Accuses Bruno's Execs Of Trashing Company
• Touradji Freed Of Some Claims In Ownership Spat
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Chantal Kordula
• Osler Reps Conoco In $4.7B Sale Of Syncrude Stake
• Proskauer Lures Deals Partner From Mayer Brown
• Devon To Sell Gulf Assets To Apache For $1B
• Akin Gump Reps Cerberus In $1.5B DynCorp Deal
• Jones Day, Wachtell Rep Atlas In $1.7B Reliance Deal
• FTC Seeks More Info On Monster-Yahoo Jobs Site Deal
• Wachtell Reps Mirant In $3.1B Merger With RRI Energy
• MGM Garners Interest From Scott Brothers
• Starwood Wins €100M In French Hotel Deal Dispute
• Casey's Rejects Couche-Tard's $1.9B Hostile Bid
• FRB Finds Banks Manipulate Debt At Quarter-End
• Reader's Digest UK Unit Pulled Out Of Insolvency
• Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Douglas Horowitz
• Q&A With Craig & Macauley's Christopher Panos
• Saul Ewing Reps PBF In $220M Del. Refinery Purchase
• Another Weapon In The Midsize Firm Arsenal
• Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Robert Hayward
• Tribune Touts Deal With Creditors To Leave Ch. 11
• Hong Kong Utility Sues BlueScope Over Failed Deal
• Extended Stay Backs New Centerbridge Bid
• Sullivan Guides British Airways In $7.5B Iberia Deal
• Financial Sector Deals Poised for Uptick: Report
• Bioenvision Shareholder Suit Rightly Nixed: 2nd Circ.
• Hemispherx's Hostile Takeover Suit Stays Alive
• Lessons In Public-Private Partnerships
• FairPoint Creditors Press Verizon For Merger Docs
• Geithner Urges EU To Revise Hedge Fund Rules
• US Airways, United In Merger Talks: Report
• 8th Circ. Tosses American Express Franchisee Spat
• Judge Bashs DOJ's Complaint In Dean Foods Merger Suit
• Rising Star: Baker Donelson's Tonya M. Grindon
• Ex-Booz Allen Execs Fail In Bid For $60M From Sale
• Renault-Nissan, Daimler Tie-Up Targets Small Cars
• Fujitsu Ex-Prez Threatens To Sue Over Lost $53M Deal
• Oakfabco Got Asbestos Liability In Boiler Buy: Court
• Kohl Wants FTC to Scrutinize $750M Google-AdMob Deal
• Bankruptcy Sale Orders Vs. Receivership Sale Orders
• Sears Prevails In Kmart Real Estate Securities Suit
• Former Spirit Execs Sue Macquarie Over Capital Freeze
• Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Sharon Flanagan
• Residential, Underwriters Still Face MBS Class Claims
• Barclays Seeks To Keep $7B From 2008 Lehman Deal
• UK Reps Bash Kraft For Cadbury Buy Maneuvers
• Solow Drops Fraud Suit Over $1.4B GM Building Sale
• Cedar Fair, Apollo Nix Deal In Wake Of Investor Ire
• Top 10 Best Practices For Lenders On Problem Loans
• Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Chris Abbinante
• DOJ To Give Closer Look To Schlumberger, Smith Merger
• Ballard Spahr Leads Medegen In $225M CareFusion Deal
• Kingdom Holding Inks $847M Growth Deal With Qatar
• Denbury To Sell Properties To Quantum For $900M
• Joint Venture: A Good Idea, Or Too Much Trouble?
• Covington Counsels SandRidge In $6.2B Arena Deal
• White & Case Reps Calpine In $740M Power Plant Sale
• Chinese Education Co. Didn't Mislead Investors: Judge
• Fraud Claims Preserved In Tronox Spinoff Fight
• Grant Follows Canadian Parent Into Bankruptcy
• GGP Seeks OK Of $6.6B Financing For Ch. 11 Exit
• Ex-Locke Lord Partner Sues Over Capital Loan
• Andrews Kurth Reps Wal-Mart In $2B Debt Issue
• Alternative Fee And Billing Arrangements: A Primer