Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » January, 2018

Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2018

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• Life Time Fitness Investors Can't Bring Back PE Buyout Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, Liberty Mutual, Avast Software
• Hunger For Food And Bev M&A May Cause Antitrust Concerns
• Daiichi Wins Enforcement Of $550M Ranbaxy Award In India
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• IT Staffing Firm Snaps Up Gov't Contractor In $775M Deal
• Fujifilm Takes Over Xerox In $6.1B Joint Venture Deal
• Paul Weiss, Debevoise Guide $2.4B Building Products Deal
• The Allure And Pitfalls Of Earnouts: Part 1
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Skadden
• 2017 M&A Suits Push Securities Class Actions To Record High
• Pilgrim's Pride Investor Challenges $1.3B Moy Park Deal
• Blackstone Inks Deal For $20B Thomson Reuters Unit
• Aerogroup Pins Hopes On New Asset Auction Plan In Ch. 11
• El Paso Pipeline Investor Fights To Revive Merger Suit
• Cannabis-Focused SPAC MTech Acquisition Prices $50M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walmart, Telecom Italia, InterCement
• German Watchdog Says Court Backs 'Wedding Rebate' Ruling
• SAP Snags Calif. Cloud Tech Co. Worth $2.4 Billion
• CFIUS Approval Of Chip Deal Gives Hope To Foreign Cos.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher
• Alston & Bird Nabs M&A Pros For Dallas, Atlanta Offices
• Recent Trends In Books And Records Demands
• PE Firm Can't Get Quick Win In Honeywell Chem Cleanup Row
• Investors Seek Early OK For $290M Valeant, Pershing Deals
• Altaba Seeks To Toss Yahoo-Verizon Sale Noteholder Bonus
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sky Betting, Autodis, Renesas
• Kite Pharma Investors Seek Appraisal After $11B Gilead Buy
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• Sidley Austin Nabs Ex-Bracewell Enviro Partner In Houston
• EU Extends Deadline For Bayer-Monsanto Review
• Billionaire's £2B Buyout Bid For M&C Hotels Lapses
• Union Acquisition Files $100M IPO To Buy Latin American Biz
• RELX Pays £580M For Digital Risk Identification Biz
• Sanofi Beats Novo To Buy Ablynx For $4.8B
• Investor Group Pays $5.36B For Wanda Commercial Stake
• Dr Pepper Snapple, Keurig Merge To Create Beverage Titan
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• WestRock Scoops Up Rival KapStone In $4.9B Deal
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Deals And Due Diligence In The #MeToo Era
• FTC Finally Poised For A Shake-Up
• Fresh Market Board Says Law Supports Toss Of Investor Suit
• GST AutoLeather Nears Deal On DIP Funding And Sale Plans
• Equistone Sells Off Life Sciences Co. In £163M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Remington, Kroger, Dell
• Judge OKs Cobalt's $500M Pact With Sonangol For Oil Blocks
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Bancomext Wants $550M In Pre-Ch. 11 M&G Transfers Probed
• Boston Herald Unions Fight To Keep CBAs Ahead Of Sale
• Health Hires: Frost Brown, EBG, McDermott, Dykema Cox
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Greenberg Traurig Partner In Houston
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Proskauer, Debevoise
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Cravath
• AOL Says Dell Ruling Gives It a Leg Up In Appraisal Case
• Aeropostale Ch. 11 Judge Mulling Release Consent 'Opt In'
• Oracle, Shareholders Spar Over $9.3B NetSuite Merger
• Vinson & Elkins Nabs Antitrust, Finance Pros In DC, London
• Del. Gov. Backs Strine's Proposal To Expand Chancery Bench
• Shareholders Sue Cancer-Drug Maker Over $1.7B Roche Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Deals Pro From Mitchell Silberberg
• Gun Part Co. Says Smith & Wesson Cut It Out Of Sales Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, Pfizer, Carlyle Group
• K&L Gates Snags Saul Ewing's Tech Practice Chair In Pa.
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• Trump Names Two More For FTC Posts
• Berkshire Aerospace Unit Denied Exit From Investor Suit
• Weil Atty Helps Secure Loans For 3 Of 2017's Largest Deals
• Finding Your Groove In Chinese Dealmaking
• Steelworkers Seek Assurance M&G Buyer Will Honor CBA
• Investor In Stan Lee Media Company Challenges Merger
• Synutra Directors Say Take-Private Deal Complied With Law
• Deals Rumor Mill: Weinstein Co., Luye, Microsemi
• MoFo Adds Jones Day Partner to M&A Group In Palo Alto
• Stanley Black & Decker Scoops Up Fastener Co. For $440M
• Tronox Accuses FTC Of Running Down Cristal Merger Clock
• 10 Antitrust Developments And Trends To Watch In 2018
• Sterno Spending $145M On Candle Co. Acquisition
• Aurora Cannabis' $890M CanniMed Deal Ends Takeover Fight
• Tax Reform's Likely Impact On Domestic M&A
• TCJA's Opportunities And Challenges For Leveraged Finance
• Ex-Brokers Ask 2nd Circ. To Ax IBM Insider Trading Verdict
• Tapped For Bench, A Look Back At Ohlhausen's Time At FTC
• Chancellor Tosses 'Novel' Bid For $5M Merger Suit Fee
• Deals Rumor Mill: Facebook, Deutsche Telekom, ComScore
• Bob Evans $1.5B Post Deal To Face Del. Chancery Appraisal
• Broadcom Aims To Control Qualcomm In $130B Proxy Battle
• IRS OKs New Stock Value Calculations For Some Reorgs
• Health Care, Life Sciences M&A To Stay Strong In 2018
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• Murdochs' Power Concerns Regulator Weighing Fox-Sky Deal
• Southcross' $815M Deal Shortchanges Investors, Suit Says
• Partners Group Scores $520M In Sale Of Clothing Label Co.
• Significant 2017 Decisions Affecting Private M&A: Part 3
• Metro Holdings Venture Drops $113M On London Property
• AT&T May Get DOJ's 3rd Party Info In Merger Fight
• FCC Should Take Fresh Look At Comcast-NBCU, Group Says
• Breitburn Shareholders Seek To Prolong Ch. 11 Plan Talks
• GST AutoLeather Sale Stalls Amid Creditor Infighting
• Covington Guides Bacardi's Patrón Purchase
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walmart, Toshiba, Dalian Wanda
• Icahn Calls For Xerox Chief's Ouster Amid Fujifilm Rumors
• Russia's Mail.Ru To Pay $100M For Esports Co. ESforce
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• Significant 2017 Decisions Affecting Private M&A: Part 2
• Debevoise Guides AIG's $5.56B Deal For Validus
• Celgene Continues Active January With $9B Juno Acquisition
• Sanofi Buys Hemophilia Drugmaker In $11.6B Deal
• FTC Wants More Info On Broadcom Bid For Qualcomm
• FTC OKs 7-Eleven's $3.3B Bid For Sunoco Portfolio With Fixes
• SEC Chair Urges Retail Focus In Activist Investor Debate
• Gigamon Investors Seek Appraisal Of $1.6B Elliott Purchase
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• $10M Indorama Bid Set As Stalking Horse For M&G W.Va. Site
• DOJ Antitrust, FTC Chiefs Signal Continued Focus On IP
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bunge, Adyen, Dalian Wanda
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Lincoln Financial Drops $3.3B On Liberty Life Assurance
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Kirkland, Latham
• Significant 2017 Decisions Affecting Private M&A: Part 1
• Weyerhaeuser Can't Upend Domtar Win On Post-Sale Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, FirstCaribbean, Boeing
• EU High Court Urged To Read Gun-Jumping Rules Narrowly
• Consumer-Oriented SPAC One Madison Prices $300M IPO
• Toshiba To Sell Claims Against Westinghouse For $2.2B
• Qualcomm Trims IP From $37.7B NXP Deal For EU Approval
• A Snapshot Of M&A Activity In 2017
• Discovery, Scripps Offer EU Concessions For $14.6B Merger
• CFIUS Changes Could Harm Export Regime, Panel Says
• Kirkland Advises Wyndham On $2B Buy Of La Quinta
• TransPerfect Dispute Flares Up Over Shawe's Purchase Bid
• Del. Justices Probe Disclosures In Diamond-Apollo Merger
• Length Of US Merger Reviews Continues To Climb
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, J&J, Weinstein Co.
• Lufthansa Appeals Interim EU Decision In Air Berlin Deal
• Cott To Sell UK Juice Plant To Clear $1.25B Refresco Merger
• Mudrick Capital Files $200M IPO To Buy Post-Bankruptcy Biz
• Caesars Palace Owner Rejects MGM Growth's $6B Offer
• Akin Gump Gains Energy Atty From BakerHostetler
• GKN Rebuffs £7.4B Takeover Bid By Turnaround Firm Melrose
• Law School Link Wins Skadden Role On Advisory Board Deals
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• 2nd Circ. Clarifies Cert. Standard For Stock-Drop Actions
• Breitburn Shareholders Face Pushback Over Co.'s Valuation
• Indorama Offers $10M For M&G's W.Va. Plant, $5M DIP Loan
• Aetna Investors Sue Over $77B Merger With CVS
• ComScore Investors Ink $110M Deal Over Inflated Stocks
• Deals Rumor Mill: Aramco, JD.com, WME
• Energy Transfer Sells Gas Compression Biz In $1.8B Deal
• Ferrero Inks $2.8B Deal For Nestle's US Confectionery Biz
• How Delaware Courts Approach Effort Commitments
• Tech-Focused SPAC Nebula Acquisition Closes $275M IPO
• Ramius Vows To Block Qualcomm's $37.7B NXP Buyout
• Gibson Dunn Guides MGM Growth Bid To Buy VICI Properties
• Fintech Co. Blackhawk Snapped Up By PE Firms For $3.5B
• Energizer Pays $2B For Spectrum's Battery Biz
• A Momentous Year For CFIUS: Part 2
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Live Nation Settles Songkick Antitrust Suit In $110M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Qualcomm, Hyundai, Lowe's
• Valeant Says Insurers Must Defend Allergan, Stock-Drop Suits
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• $4.5M Settles Katzenberg DreamWorks-Comcast Merger Suit
• 9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Suit Over HP's $11B Autonomy Buy
• Investors Want Abbott To Explain Delay In Alere Deal
• Holland & Knight Hires 5 From Jones Day In Mexico City
• Taxation With Representation: Davis, Skadden, Simpson
• FCC Pauses Review Clock For $3.9B Sinclair-Tribune Deal
• A Momentous Year For CFIUS: Part 1
• NJ's Evolving Health Care Arena: Trends To Watch In 2018
• Breitburn Execs Defend Asset Valuations Tied To Ch. 11 Plan
• Judge OKs $160M Settlement In Liquidation Of Fla. Builder
• 1st Circ. Chides Biolitec For Umpteenth Appeal Of $70M Fine
• Wolters Kluwer Sells Health Software Co. For $180M
• Proposed CFIUS Bill Could Have Opposite Of Intended Effect
• Deals Rumor Mill: Peter Thiel, Xerox, Dropbox
• PE-Backed Internet Brands Absorbs Legal Services Biz Avvo
• Germany Blocks Newly Merged Retailer's 'Wedding Discounts'
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• Sweden's Tele2 Pays $3.2B For Cable Provider Com Hem
• SS&C Scoops Up Info Processing Co. DST In $5.4B Deal
• 2017 Del. Cases That Reflected Transformation In M&A Law
• Buyer Sues Tech Co. For Lying About Sales In $110M Deal
• Barracuda Shareholders Sue Over $1.6B Thoma Bravo Deal
• AT&T Merger Fight No Outlier, FTC Competition Head Says
• GFG Unit Offers $500M For Rio Tinto Smelter In Euro Push
• Deals Rumor Mill: 21st Century Fox, Nestle, Aramco
• SEC To Deliberate On Nasdaq's Bid To Ease SPAC Rules
• BakerHostetler Grows Corporate Practice With Stradling Hire
• AmTrust Forms Committee To Weigh $1.1B Go-Private Deal
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• La Paloma Judge Won't Stay Order Scotching Enviro Liability
• Ryan Says Tax Act Spurs Cos. To Stay In US, Boost 401(k)s
• CFIUS Needs More Support, Not Overhaul, House Panel Told
• Hershey's Target Sued In Bid To Block $1.6B Acquisition
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Akamai, GSK
• Cadwalader Out To Sink Six Flags Proxy Malpractice Beef
• Kirkland Adds Corporate Partner From Choate Hall In Boston
• Blackstone Grabs Vancouver REIT For $3.05B
• Bazaarvoice Investor Challenges $521M Marlin Equity Merger
• Endeavor Ups Branding, Marketing Power With 160over90 Buy
• More Than 20 Firms Guided The 10 Largest M&A Deals In 2017
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• Bob Evans Investor Wants To Investigate $1.5B Sale To Post
• Winston & Strawn Hires 2 Jenner & Block Int'l M&A Attys
• Heitman Buys Out Joint Owner's Stake In Firm For $110M
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• Riverstone, Goldman JV Pays $1.6B For NM Gas Assets
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dermapharm, Aramco, Life Healthcare
• Belgian Biotech Ablynx Pushes Aside $3.1B Novo Nordisk Bid
• Arcapita Puts Up $100M For Lighting, Signage Co.
• Discovery In AT&T Merger Row On Pace, Attorneys Say
• Subway Founder's Cos. Get $10M Atty Fees Award In Row
• Breitburn Asset Valuations At Heart Of Ch. 11 Plan Fight
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Weil Picks Up Goldman Sachs Pro For Capital Markets Team
• Lawyers Head To JPMorgan Conference Eager To Spark Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Sun Capital, Air India
• Taxation With Representation: Morgan, Mayer, Simpson
• Second Bidder's Fees OK'd For Boston Herald Ch. 11 Auction
• India Raises Antitrust Worries Over Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Allergan Target Faces Bid To Halt Vote On $30M Merger
• DLA Piper Guides Takeda In €520M Biopharma Acquisition
• More Than A Dozen Firms Guided Largest 2017 Hotel Deals
• Doormaker Slams Competitor's Bid To Dodge Antitrust Suit
• Billabong Bought By PE-Owned Rival For $299M
• A Look At Recent Efforts To Contain Health Care Costs
• Hyundai, VW Reach Deals With Driverless Car Startup
• Senators Urge DOJ, FCC To Probe $3.9B Sinclair-Tribune Deal
• Greenberg Traurig To Pay $5M To Defunct Builder In JV Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: Weinstein Co., Dalian Wanda, Axiata
• Norton Rose Snags Baker McKenzie M&A Atty In Houston
• EU Merger Notifications Hit 10-Year High
• 3 Things For M&A Attys To Know About Delaware Law In 2018
• Exxon, Lockheed Settle $16M Asbestos Litigation Bill Dispute
• Brookfield Puts Up $4.6B For Bankrupt Westinghouse
• Colliers International Buys Finland Real Estate Firm
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• Apollo, Varde Snag Fortress' OneMain Stake In $1.4B Deal
• White & Case Snags Linklaters Atty For London Team
• Aviragen Stockholder Sues For Meeting Before $60M Merger
• Shearman Guides Liberty Global In Latin American Spinoff
• InterOil Investors Misled Into OK'ing Exxon Deal, Suit Says
• More Than A Dozen Firms Aided 2017's Top Real Estate Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Spotify, RBS, J&T Finance
• Dell Strongly Reinforces Importance Of Merger Price
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• Merger Suit Doesn't Need Financial Whiz At Helm, Court Says
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Forcing Cott-Refresco Concessions
• Ackman's Pershing Square To Trim Stake In Howard Hughes
• Ex-Skadden Securities Atty Joins Allen Matkins In Calif.
• Dominion Energy Pays $7.9B For Utility Co. SCANA
• Chipmaker's Investors Sue To Block $6B Marvell Merger
• Pershing, Valeant Agree To $290M Deal Ending Allergan Suits
• Biotech Cos. Lead 7 Post-Christmas IPO Filings
• Revolution Media Disputes Boston Herald Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• MoneyGram, Ant Financial Call Off Merger Over CFIUS Woes
• Aetna Says Inquiry Shows ACA Withdrawal Suit Is Meritless
• RJR Ordered To Continue Fla. Tobacco Payments
• Deals Rumor Mill: Boeing, Siemens Healthineers, Nippon Life
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• Archrock To Take Over Limited Partnership In $607M Deal
• Simpson Thacher Guides $600M Rebar, Steel Asset Sale
• M&A Regulation To Watch In 2018
• 5 PE Trends To Watch Out For In 2018
• 5 New Year's Resolutions For M&A Partners
• Delaware Cases To Watch In 2018
• Merger Reviews To Watch In 2018
• How Attorneys Can Land Big-Ticket Deals In 2018
• Shareholder Activism Poised For Busy, High-Stakes 2018
• 10 EU Telecom Regulatory Developments To Watch In 2018