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Mergers & Acquisitions - May, 2017

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• Irish Finance Ministry To Hand Off Quarter Of AIB Stake
• China's Fosun Nabs $887M Stake In Russian Gold Producer
• Mass. Racetrack Sells For $155M, Setting Up Redevelopment
• TransPerfect Custodian Seeks Opposition Group Discovery
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fortum, Zhong An Online, United Engineers
• Fresh Market Investors Seek Class Cert. In Apollo Deal Suit
• Genworth Investor Calls Rival's Conflict Claims 'Baseless'
• Compliance And The Transition To Value-Based Care
• The Sale Of A Solvent Company Over Stockholder Objections
• The Return Of Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire
• Chancery Cuts SWS Merger Price In Blow To Investors
• M&T Bank, Hudson City Want Suit Over $3.7B Deal Tossed
• Deals Rumor Mill: Miami Marlins, Mallinckrodt, E.ON
• Rupari's $26M Stalking Horse Offer Is Winning Asset Bid
• Weil, Wachtell Lipton Guide First Data-CardConnect Deal
• Ex-Rentrak Investors To Get $19M In ComScore Settlement
• Oaktree Inks $430M Sale Of Puerto Rico Airport Stake
• Elliott Loses Court Bid To Force Vote On AkzoNobel Chairman
• German Antitrust Watchdog Details Merger Remedy Guidance
• Gray Matters: Identities Are Us
• LSEG Drops $685M For Citi's Fixed-Income-Related Biz
• UK Competition Watchdog To Review £3.7B Tesco-Booker Deal
• Kirkland, Wilson Sonsini Steer Vista's $564M Xactly Buy
• Marsh Supermarkets Wins OK For Rapid Bankruptcy Sale Plan
• Latham Leads Ensco In $860M Deal For Atwood Oceanics
• Don't Sell US Short On Cross-Border M&A — But Mind CFIUS
• Turning 50, Greenberg Traurig Tops The Law360 400
• The Firms That Grew Fastest Without Merging
• The Law360 400
• Biggest US Firms Opt For Modest Growth In Sluggish Market
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground In 2016
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Venture Financing Begins To Stabilize After Downturn
• Deals Rumor Mill: Linde, State Bank of India, PepsiCo
• Sports Biz Of Chinese Tech Co. Valued At $3.5B In Fundraise
• SquareTwo Looks To Confirm Ch. 11 Plan After Creditor Deal
• Investors Denied $4.5B Bump-Up In PetSmart Appraisal Suit
• Penthouse Must Return Control Of Websites To FriendFinder
• Holland & Knight Bolsters M&A Focus With 3-Person Team
• FTC OKs $11B Sherwin-Williams, Valspar Tie-Up With Fixes
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Paul, Winston, Davis
• BNC Bancorp Investor Sues Over $1.9B Pinnacle Merger Docs
• Spirax-Sarco Pays $415M For PE-Backed Thermal Tech Co.
• Paul Weiss Nabs Ex-Simpson Thacher M&A Lawyer In London
• ABA Urges South Africa To Adjust Gun-Jumping Guidelines
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Staples, Web.com, Stada
• Hidden Risks In Practice Acquisitions And Joint Ventures
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 2
• Chinese Cos. Buy Condom, Sexual Wellness Biz For $600M
• Vulcan Nabs SPO Partners' Aggregates Biz In $900M Deal
• Rayonier Advanced Materials Inks $807M Deal For Paper Co.
• US Trustee Opposes $2.1M Katy Stalking Horse Bid Fees
• The IRS Brings Partial Clarity To North-South Scenarios
• Extending Omnicare Beyond The Section 11 Case
• Marsh Unsecured Creditors Sweat 'Extremely' Quick Sale Plan
• Regulator Won't Rethink $12.2B Great Plains-Westar Merger
• Battery Firm Seeks Quick OK For Ch. 11 Bidding, Auction Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Abercrombie, Unity, Stada
• Adams Resources Gets OK For 'Unique' Ch. 11 Auction Plan
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 1
• The Risk Of Liability After A Preferred Stock Redemption
• Safran Cuts Zodiac Offer To €7.3B To Appease Shareholders
• Linde, Praxair Fine-Tune Plans For $65B Combination
• Cardiac Tech Investors Hit NEA Funds With Del. Class Suit
• Winstead Adds Transactional Partner In Dallas
• Blank Check Co. Inks $1.84B PE-Backed Deal For Fidelity
• PE Firm CD&R Snags FIS Consulting Biz Stake In $477M Deal
• 7th Circ. Scrutinizes Fallout From Tainted Whey Product
• Class Concedes Possible End To Redstone Challenge In Del.
• Del. High Court Upholds Dismissal Of Books-A-Million Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sinochem, Constellation, Delivery Hero
• An Overview Of Silent 2nd-Lien Loans In The US And Europe
• PE Shop Taps China Life For $950M Net Lease Portfolio Recap
• Genworth Investors Say Lead Plaintiff Rival Has Conflict
• Zeltiq's Disclosures Mooted Suit, But Not Fees, Investor Says
• Investment Bank Hits Monster With $8.9M Contract Suit
• Attorneys, Your Input Is Needed On Deposition Rule
• SquareTwo Clears Path To Ch. 11 Exit With Creditor Deal
• Calif. Proton Seeks Ch. 11 Summary Ruling, Operator Toss
• PE-Backed RCN Readies $2.37B Wave Broadband Buy
• RetailMeNot Investors Sue In Del. For $630M Merger Data
• India-Focused Blank-Check Co. Files $125M IPO
• $1.4B Virtu Acquisition Undervalues KCG, Shareholders Say
• US Trustee Objects To 'No Info' Ryckman Creek Sale
• Agent Provocateur Seeks $200K Loan From Prospective Buyer
• Concert Pharma Gets 2nd FTC Request Over Vertex Deal
• Carlyle, EOG Resources Sign $400M Partnership
• Deals Rumor Mill: HNA, Sinochem, General Electric
• EU Antitrust Watchdog To Study Syndicated Loan Market
• UK Watchdog Launches Probe Into Car Parts Cos.' Merger
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Assist On $446M Sale Of Nutraceutical
• The Efficiencies Defense: What Would High Court Do?
• Clariant, Huntsman Ink Deal To Form $20B Chemicals Co.
• Marsh Supermarkets Proposes Exec Bonus Plan
• Stillwater Investors Seek Chancery Appraisal Of $2.2B Deal
• Del. Plaintiffs Attys Fear Exodus Of Chancery Deal Suits
• Gardere Adds 3 Coats Rose Bankruptcy Attys In Dallas
• Investors Drop Suit Over $204M Derma Sciences Merger
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• MLB Pushes Up Under Armour Uniforms To 2019
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Wachtell, Vinson
• Ciber Nearly Doubles Asset Price To $93M After Auction
• Sanctions ​And Export Control Risks For Health Care Cos.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, EDF, Ducati
• Steward To Create US Hospital Operating Giant With IASIS Buy
• RJR Stay Denied In Del. Dispute Over Florida Tobacco Levy
• Olympiacos Owner Acquires English Soccer Club Nottingham
• Consultant, Buyer Accused Of Cutting Crucial Info From Proxy
• EU Accuses Altice Of Gun-Jumping In PT Portugal Deal
• JCI Investors Fight To Protect Tax Suit Over $16.6B Inversion
• How Client Feedback Programs Benefit Law Firms And Clients
• Deals Rumor Mill: UAE Exchange, Naspers, Julius Baer
• EU Fines Facebook $122M Over Lies During WhatsApp Deal
• Lowe's Builds On Multifamily Biz With $512M Acquisition
• Merger Notification In China And The Statute Of Limitations
• Aussie Media Co. Gets Competing $2.1B PE Buyout Offer
• Noble Eyes Marcellus Exit With $765M Midstream JV Sale
• Morgan Lewis Nabs Paul Hastings Pair Shortly After Move
• Chinese Construction Firm Pours $140M Into NYC Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: WaveDivision, Stonyfield, Global Atlantic
• PE Firm Eyes $517M Sale To Shed Jeld-Wen Majority Stake
• UK Agency Eyes Antitrust Review Of $441M Autodata Buy
• Canada's Vesta Energy Clinches $217.4M PE Investment
• Jive Software's $462M Sale Undervalues It, Investors Say
• Kirkland Snags Ex-Weil PE, M&A Partner In Germany
• Katy Industries Gets Interim OK For $7.5M DIP Loan
• Pharma Sale Conflict Suit Against Hinshaw Gutted, For Now
• Jevic Ruling Scuttles Constellation's Ch. 11 Dismissal
• Ex-Faruqi Partner Urges 2nd Circ. To Revive Commission Suit
• Vodafone Kicks Off 2nd Tax Arbitration Against India
• RBS Fight Over Liverpool Soccer Club Sale Headed To Trial
• Valeant, Pershing Square Balk At Draft Class Action Notices
• Arnold & Porter Scoops Up Another Ex-DOJ Antitrust Atty
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, Securus Tech, Fidelity & Guaranty
• TPG, Dragoneer Join Call For Possible Sale Of Etsy
• Yahoo Readies $3B Share Buyback Ahead Of Verizon Deal
• Oakley Capital Takes Majority Stake In IP Consulting Biz
• Activist Elliott Urges BHP To Split Off Petroleum Biz
• Solving The Legal Industry's Data Protection Breakdown
• What Fintech Investors Need To Know About 'Fintech Banks'
• RJ Reynolds, ITG Spar In Chancery Over Stay, Fla. Claims
• HP, Plaintiffs Spar In 9th Circ. Over $11B Autonomy Purchase
• DOJ Declares Investigation As Chicago Papers Signal Merger
• Williams Shareholder Suit Tossed For Lack Of Board Demand
• TransPerfect Lobbyists Want Access To Custodian Expenses
• Katy Industries Hits Ch. 11 In Delaware, Seeking Sale
• Molycorp Judge Nixes Credit Bid Objection In Ch. 11 Sale
• Squire Patton Adds UK Energy Atty From Herbert Smith
• Sidley Austin Adds Ex-Vinson & Elkins M&A Partner in Dallas
• Dechert's NY Office Gains 2 Corporate Partners
• Akin Gump Adds Ex-Norton Rose Energy Atty In Singapore
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In April
• Deals Rumor Mill: Stada, Ticketfly, Indigo
• Energy And Media SPACs Raise $390M To Fund Acquisitions
• Mexican Watchdog Fines Panasonic, Ficosa Over Acquisition
• Thermo Fisher Readies $7.2B Patheon Buy
• 5 Things To Know About Justice Gorsuch's First 30 Days
• Central Grocers Reaches Terms On $100M Stalking Horse Bid
• Del. Gov. Picks Public Defender For Supreme Court Seat
• Western Digital Wants Possible Toshiba JV Sale Arbitrated
• AdvancePierre Investor Sues To Block $4.2B Tyson Deal
• Moody's Taps Skadden For €3B Bureau Van Dijk Acquisition
• Italy's Atlantia Bids €16.3B For Fellow Toll Road Operator
• Chancery Tries To Rein In Corwin Defense In Massey Ruling
• Constellation Hits Back At Ch. 11 Dismissal Deal Critics
• Inseego Says It Was Conned Into Buying Wireless Tech Co.
• 5 Mistakes That End Law Firms
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• ATopTech Quells Sale Objections From Largest Creditor
• Intrinsic Value Asks AkzoNobel For More Analysis Of PPG Bid
• 9th Circ. Rejects WaMu Try For Savings & Loan Tax Refund
• Texas Court May Clarify Jurisdiction In Cross-Border Disputes
• EU Clears $5.9B Broadcom-Brocade Deal With Conditions
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Sullivan, Fried
• Harman's $28.3M Deal Gets Initial OK In Stock Drop Suit
• Brazilian Bank Itau Cuts Deal For $2B Stake In Brokerage
• Reichhold-Polynt Deal Clinches EU Approval With Plant Sale
• Anthem Kills $54B Cigna Merger After Delaware Loss
• More Than A Dozen Firms Led Top April Hotel M&A Matters
• Just How Preferred Is Your Preferred?
• Chancery Hears Dismissal Bid In MeadWestvaco Merger Suit
• Creditor Wants To Break EFH's 'Vise' Grip On Ch. 11 Case
• Investors' Challenge To $400M Cyan Merger Thrown Out
• NJ Regulator Approves New Leases For Caesars' Casinos
• Deals Rumor Mill: Abercrombie, Dominion Diamond, HCG
• Ryckman Creek Lines Up Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• Engie Inks $5.1B Sale Of Unit To PE-Backed Neptune Energy
• Anthem Denied Injunction To Keep Cigna In $54B Merger
• Deals May See Clearer Path To Antitrust OK Under Trump
• DLA Piper Gains Ex-Fox Rothschild Corporate Partner In LA
• Chicago Hospitals Aim For Win In Price-Hike Suit
• Verizon's $3.1B Deal Wins Straight Path Bidding War
• UK Probes £2.2B Wood-Amec Oil Field Services Merger
• WildHorse Pays $625M For Texas Oil And Gas Assets
• Baker Hughes Hit With Investor Suit Over Proposed GE Merger
• Pa. Denied $1.2M In Atty Fees In FTC Hospital Merger Case
• Reducing M&A Risks With Caps And Baskets
• 4 Ex-Ropes & Gray Attys Join Gibson Dunn In Hong Kong
• Ex-Autonomy CFO Can't Yet Get HP's Morgan Lewis Report
• Fast Molycorp Injunction Action Denied As Sale Murk Grows
• Maxus Secures Del. Ch. 11 OK For Sale Of Gulf Assets
• Syngenta Shareholders Approve $43B ChemChina Deal
• Solomon Gets Nearly $5M In Spirogen Sale Dispute
• Investors Drop Suit Over $1.4B REIT Sale
• Adidas Sells Golf Equipment Biz To PE Firm In $425M Deal
• 6 Habits Of A Successful Tech Lawyer
• IRS To Issue Private Rulings Again On Certain Distributions
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, Pret A Manger, Sandals Resorts
• Energy Industry Attys Say Deals Changing Post-Downturn
• Ex-DOJ Antitrust Head Baer To Rejoin Arnold & Porter
• INC Research, InVentiv Ink $7.4B Tie-Up
• Surgery Partners To Expand Facilities With $760M Buy
• DOJ Antitrust Nominee Vows Focus On International Arena
• How US Firms' Growth Has Changed London's Legal Scene
• 'Excess' Atty Fees Chopped In $40M Sears REIT Settlement
• Towing Co. Seeks Dismissal Of Ch. 11 Case After Sale
• Investors Sue Ellison, Oracle Board Over $9.3B NetSuite Deal
• Marijuana Co. Provisionally Settles SEC's Sham Pot Farm Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: SoftBank, Broadcom, Atlantia
• ATopTech Ch. 11 Bidder Seeks Info Demand Protective Order
• Elliott Blasts AkzoNobel's Rejection Of PPG's $29.3B Bid
• Steelworkers Union Doubles Down On Aleris Deal Opposition
• Wilson Sonsini Snags Former Del. Supreme Court Justice
• Crown Resorts Sells Remaining Melco Stake In $987M Deal
• DOJ Antitrust Pick Faces Multiple Conflicts Of Interest
• Chancery Should Reconsider Its Decision In Trulia
• Anthem, Cigna Battle In Del. Over $54B Merger Termination
• Straight Path Suitor Offers $3.1B To Again Top AT&T Deal
• NextEra Blasts Texas Rejection Of $18B Energy Future Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Parexel, Kinder Morgan
• Spencer Fane Opens Las Vegas Office
• Comcast, Charter Ink Pact For Wireless Collaboration
• Orrick Nabs Lowenstein Partner To Lead NY Tech Co. Team
• Huntsman To Spin Off Pigments Maker Venator Through IPO
• Icahn Asks Chancery To Ax Federal-Mogul Takeover Challenge
• Cooley Nabs WilmerHale's Tech Transactions Leader
• TPG Unit Buys Hospital Staffing Firm Medical Solutions
• Investor Asks Va. Court To Delay FBR Merger Vote
• AkzoNobel Snubs Latest $29.5B PPG Takeover Offer
• Aussie Media Co. Fairfax To Mull $1.6B PE Buyout Offer
• Bayer To Sell Liberty Biz To Clinch $66B Monsanto Buy
• O'Melveny, Fried Frank, Sidley Steer $7.4B REIT Tie-Up
• Luxury Brand Coach Inks $2.4B Kate Spade Buy
• Sinclair Absorbs Tribune Media In $3.9B Deal
• In Contract Law, There Is A 'Try' And It Can Have Teeth
• Trustee, Creditors Rip Constellation Ch. 11 Deal, Cite Jevic
• Molycorp Investor Asks Chancery To Stop Mineral Rights Deal
• DOJ Denies Merger Rule Stretch In Radioactive Waste Trial
• Taxation With Representation: Bracewell, Osler, Debevoise
• Vivendi, Telecom Italia Offer EU Antitrust Fixes On Deal
• Law Firm Hack Suspects Ordered To Cough Up $9M To SEC
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We Followed This Week
• 4 Ways To Make Your Client's Offer Stand Out Above The Rest
• Deals Rumor Mill: Comcast, Chuck E. Cheese, Rio Tinto
• Simpson, Kirkland Steer $6.4B Laboratory Products Merger
• Anthem Appeals $54B Cigna Merger Case To Supreme Court
• SPACs Continue To Be Attractive Capital-Raising Vehicles
• News Corp. Lobbies FCC To Lift Ownership Restrictions
• Chancery Throws Out Claims Over Massey Mining Explosion
• AbbVie Investors Sue In Chancery Over $55B Shire Merger
• Chamber Blasts IRS' Case Citation In Inversion Rule Row
• CIBC Adds Cash To $4.9B PrivateBancorp Deal In Final Offer
• Aussie Antitrust Agency Questions Billboard Co. Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Landis & Gyr, BNP Paribas, Ant Financial
• Akin Gump Nabs Ex-Pepper Hamilton M&A Partner In Calif.
• Davis Polk, Goodwin Steer $108M IT Outsourcing Investment
• TransCanada Drops Down Pipeline Stakes To MLP For $765M
• Ring.com Seeks Fast Trial In IP Battle With ADT
• Australia Warns BHP Billiton Changes Could Spur Penalties
• Kayne Anderson Unit To Buy KKR-Backed REIT In $825M Deal
• First Horizon Nabs Fellow Southeast Bank In $2.2B Deal
• DigitalGlobe Investors Sue To Block $2.3B MDA Deal
• Lab Services Market Remains Ripe For Private Equity
• ATopTech Slams Creditor's Prying Before Stalking Horse Sale
• Halt Medical Gets OK On Reduced Breakup Fee Proposal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Citrix, Logicor
• Baker Botts Snags Farella Braun's Biz Transactions Chair
• ATM, Health Mergers Face In-Depth Probes In UK
• Fox Accusers' Atty Warns UK Regulator Reviewing Sky Deal
• Del. Justices Eye CB&I-Westinghouse Nuke Deal History
• Covington Adds Reed Smith Tech M&A Partner In Calif.
• Akorn Hit With Derivative Suit Over $4.3B Fresenius Deal
• Straight Path Says Sweetened $2.3B Buyout Offer Tops AT&T's
• Dechert Guides Lexmark In Sale Of Enterprise Biz To Thoma Bravo
• Where Things Stand With Corwin: 7 Decisions In 2017
• Judge Won't Take 2nd Look At Duane Morris Malpractice Claim
• Fox Rothschild Expands Into Seattle With Riddell Williams
• SquareTwo Unsecured Creditors Get More Time To Probe Co.
• IT Co. Ciber Gets Green Light For Ch. 11 Auction Plans
• Merger Savings Defense Gains Toehold From Anthem Ruling
• Challenge To $67B EMC-Dell Merger Gets Tossed
• ATopTech Creditor Wants Answers Before Stalking Horse Sale
• 'The Refund Is Owed,' Judge Tells IRS In $15M Tax Suit
• Hedge Fund Urges Etsy To Make Changes, Weigh Sale
• Dow, DuPont Get Conditional Nod From China On Tie-Up
• R&W Insurance As A Competitive Tool In Middle-Market Deals
• Genworth Investors Fight For Top Spot In $2.7B Merger Action
• Deals Rumor Mill: Staples, Home Capital, Guangzhou Rural
• Cisco Makes $610M Deal To Buy Software Developer Viptela
• Zhengzhou Makes Auto Parts Play With $594M Bosch Unit Buy
• Dutch Bicycle Maker Accell Nixes $951.9M Bike Deal
• Reed Smith Adds Tax Transactions Partner In New York
• Dealmakers See Robust Year Of Tech M&A Ahead
• What Lawyers Should Know To Avoid Online Scams
• Wachtell, Sidley Guide IAC's $500M Angie's List Buy
• Abrams & Bayliss, Ballard Spahr To Helm Starz Appraisal Row
• Investors Can't Have Walgreens Docs On Alliance Acquisition
• Telecom Co. Loses $452M Refund Bid In Australia
• Aerospace Holdings Gets OK On $14M Private Sale To Harlow
• Revival Sought For Fox Rothschild Frivolous Petition Suit
• Monsanto Drops Planting Unit Deal With Deere A Month Ahead Of DOJ Trial
• ADT Sues Ring.Com, Zonoff Exec Claiming Tech IP Grab
• Del. Justices Won't Bend Schedule For Facebook Deposition
• Lionbridge Investors Sue Over $360M HIG Buyout
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tribune Media, Endeavor Energy, ViaWest
• Texas Jury Melts $16M Claim Over Ice Cream Co. Value
• O'Melveny, Hogan Steer $2.8B HTA-Duke Realty Deal
• King & Spalding Taps Investment Fund Boss As M&A Head
• No Laches, More Problems: SCA Hygiene's Impact On M&A
• Web Servers: An Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk At Law Firms
• Canada's Pembina Nabs Energy Co. Veresen In $7.1B Deal