Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » December, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2022

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• The Most-Read Legal Industry Law360 Guest Articles Of 2022
• Congress Sends $1.7T Spending Deal To Biden
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Wachtell Guide Week's Hot Deals
• SEC Urges 2nd Circ. To Uphold 2018 Deal With Elon Musk
• Microsoft Tells FTC That $69B Activision Deal Benefits Gamers
• FTC's Sole GOP Member Urges Movement On Meta-Within
• Crypto Exchange Bullish Pulls Plug On $9B SPAC Merger
• Insurers Slam Scouts Plan; FTX To Start Clawback Actions
• Energy Cos. Labored To Make Deals In 2022
• Senate Passes $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill With Policy Riders
• Class Attorneys Win $10.7M Fee In $50M Kyocera Settlement
• Cleary, TCF Law Steer $200M Rainwater Tech Co. SPAC Merger
• Our Favorite Chancery Court Quips And Quotes Of 2022
• App Developer Sues Twitter In Del. Chancery Over Shares
• TruFin Rejects PE Firm's £26M Offer For Early Payments Biz
• What 3 Legal Industry Trends From 2022 Mean For Next Year
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Australian Miner BHP To Buy Rival OZ Minerals For $6.5B
• The Largest Securities Settlements Announced In 2022
• Learning From This Year's Legal Industry Discrimination Suits
• Biden Names 6 New District Court Picks
• Schulte Roth-Led Investor Urges Six Flags To Cash In On Land
• Holland & Knight Gains Energy Pro From Akin Gump
• Settlement Bid In Del. Cannabis Co. Suit Boosted To $39.9M
• How A BigLaw Probe Led To A Record NBA Franchise Sale
• Origin Extends Review Window For $12.1B Takeover Proposal
• DC Circ. Won't Put Emergency Block On Albertsons Dividend
• DOJ, FTC Fought Mergers In 2022 And Judges Pushed Back
• Energy Biz's Unit Buys Petrobras Assets In Brazil For $1.1B
• Abu Dhabi's Oil Biz To Acquire 24.9% Stake In Austria's OMV
• Saudi Biz Invests $2.4B In Supply Chain Firm's UAE Assets
• Gamers Sue To Block Microsoft's $68.7B Activision Deal
• Blackwells Hid JV From Investors, Real Estate Trusts Say
• SEC Fines IT Co. Over SPAC-Linked Accounting Shortfalls
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Hospital's $5.5M Medicaid Dispute With HHS
• Musk Wants 'Slapdash' Twitter Investor Suit Sent To Delaware
• SPAC Investors Defend Suit Over Satellite Co.'s Value Plunge
• 2 Firms Lead Asia-Focused SPAC AlphaVest's $60M IPO
• ExpressJet To Get OK For Equity-Sale Ch. 11 Plan
• SPAC Investor Sues In Del. For $20M Crypto Deal Breakup Fee
• Merger Fees Hike, AG Forum Pick Included In Year-End Bill
• Phoenix Suns, Mercury Sold In Record $4B Deal
• The Future Of Legal Ops: AI Has Important Role To Play
• Anaplan Stockholders Sue In Del. Over Insider Equity Moves
• Cleary Gottlieb, Willkie Farr Steer Deal For $900M Food Biz
• 4 Proactive Strategies For 'Rocket Docket' Discovery In SDNY
• EU Opens In-Depth Probe Of Broadcom's $61B VMware Deal
• 10 Pre-Deal Considerations In Cross-Border M&A Transactions
• 3 Firms Drive $1.53B Sale Of Veoneer Biz To Magna
• Zuckerberg Testifies In FTC Fight To Halt Meta-VR Merger
• UK Gas Biz Serica To Buy North Sea Rival In £644M Deal
• Del. Justices Undo $690M Award In Boardwalk Pipeline Case
• Meta's CTO Says 'Fear' Apple Would Buy VR Co. Fueled Deal
• Baker Hughes Investors Ask Chancery To Preserve Class Suit
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Bayer Asks Chancery To Toss Merck's Talc Liability Suit
• Freight Forwarding Co. To Go Public Via SPAC Merger
• Class Attys Get $26.4M For CVR Buyback Suit Deal In Del.
• Binance Wins Bid For Voyager's $1B Crypto Portfolio
• Mondelēz Intl. Sells Major Chunk Of Gum Biz In $1.35B Deal
• Allen & Overy Leads Travel Biz's €566M Amsterdam HQ Sale
• UK Fund's US Micro-Cap Sells Co. Stake For $54.6M
• Wash. High Court Extends Block On $4B Albertsons Payout
• Hedge Fund Makes Concessions In Tegna Go-Private Deal
• Meta Exec Says Expanding VR Uses Is 'Like Pokemon For Us'
• 3 Execs Quit Trump-Tied SPAC In Latest Shakeup
• Meta Calls FTC Expert's Market Definition 'Fatally Unreliable'
• Albertsons Says AGs Want To Replace Its Dividend Judgment
• Trean Insurance Valued At $316M In Takeover By Altaris
• A High-Profile Year For The WARN Act
• French Publisher Vivendi Offers EU Fix For Lagardère Deal
• Calif. AG Approves Hospital Merger
• PE Firm Advent Buys Space Tech Biz In $6.4B Go-Private Deal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Increasing Law Firm Polarization Will Degrade Rule Of Law
• Latham Guides Repsol's €560M Buy Of Renewable Energy Biz
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Davis Polk, Cravath
• Capital Markets Activity Plunged To Earth In 2022
• Rio Tinto Completes $3.1B Deal For Canadian Mineral Biz
• FIS Inks Agreement With Activist For Biz Review, New Director
• Atty In Australia Asks NJ Judge To Toss $5M Malpractice Suit
• Unilever Says Ben & Jerry's Suit Over TM Control Is 'Resolved'
• Hotel Tech Startup Mews Gets $185M In New Funding Round
• Southwest Gas Sells Pipeline Holding Co. In $1.5B Deal
• 5 Firms Build $950M Greenfire Resources SPAC Merger
• Alleged Insider Trader Sues For Fees In Del. Bioverativ Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Phoenix Suns, Carlyle Group, Twitter
• 3 Firms Guide Online Casino Biz's €45M Buy Of AskGamblers
• UK Clears $5.7B Chemical Admixtures Deal After Fixes
• Antitrust Judge Asks VR Co. Exec: 'Why Sell To Meta?'
• Eutelsat Urges FCC Approval Of OneWeb Satellite Deal
• Insider Trading Suspect Developed Own AI To Fight Case
• Ex-GOP Rep. Unlikely To Get Split Insider Trading Trials
• Merck's $1.35B Merger With Biotech Faces Investor Suits
• SPAC Investors Sue In Del. After Talkspace Value Plunge
• AGs Offered Nothing New In Albertsons Suit, Judge Says
• Grant & Eisenhofer To Lead Warner-Discovery Securities Suit
• Luse Gorman, Holland & Knight Lead $150M First Bank Deal
• Enforcers Get More Time For $4.95B Deal Review
• How To Deal With Difficult Clients, Practically And Ethically
• 3 Firms Power $1.5B SPAC Deal For Clean Energy Tech Co.
• Cleary Guides WillScot On £335M Sale Of UK Biz
• Albertsons Asks Wash. Justices To Forgo Blocking Dividend
• Jesse Jackson Tells FCC He Supports Tegna-Standard Deal
• Illumina Tells FTC Commissioners Grail Deal Will Save Lives
• 7 Firms Lead Metals, Pharma And Wellness Co. SPAC Deals
• 2 Firms Drive Up To $6B Deal For Nimbus' Psoriasis Drug Biz
• Sandbagging Issues To Watch In Deal Documents
• Attys Spar Over Trial Dates In CBS, Viacom Suits In Chancery
• Ex-CNN Boss Launches Investment JV With $1B In Capital
• T-Mobile Drops Bid To Pause Private Merger Suit
• Chemicals Biz To Sell Units To US Plastics Co. For £216M
• Skadden-Led Software Co. To Buy Logistics Firm For €1.8B
• AGs Want Stay Of Albertsons Dividend Injunction Denial
• Infinite Reality Inks $1.85B SPAC Deal Shaped By 3 Firms
• Ares, Oaktree Sue MasTec, IEA In Chancery For Deal Breaches
• 2 Firms Steer PE Group's $8B Take-Private Buyout Of Coupa
• Voyager Says FTX Deal Officially Dead, $5M Deposit Held
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Paul Hastings Hires Weil Gotshal Rainmaker As NY Partner
• 3 Firms Fire Up $3.7B Go-Private Deal For Weber
• Veris Says Sweetened $1.6B Takeover Bid Still Falls Short
• Federal Courts Should Adopt Supreme Court's Amicus Stance
• 1st Circ. Told No Harm, No Foul In Jury Poll Denial
• Top Firms Make Growth A Priority For 2023
• The 2022 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Tetra's £636M Bid For RPS Wins UK, Australian Approvals
• Amgen To Buy Ireland's Horizon Therapeutics For $28B
• Microsoft To Buy 4% Stake In London Stock Exchange
• Judge Says $4B Albertsons Payout Not Anti-Competitive
• Celsius To Hold Customer Crypto, Alex Jones' Personal Ch. 11
• 4 Takeaways From FTC Bid To Block Microsoft Gaming Deal
• Fla. Mall Seller Unfairly Hiked Price, Buyer Says
• Navigating The Fast-Evolving Global ESG Antitrust Terrain
• AGs Have Nothing New On $4B Albertsons Payout, Court Told
• Attys Seek $12.6M In Grubhub Investors' Securities Suit
• How Will The FTX Collapse Affect Other Companies?
• Zendesk Investors Seek Appraisal In Del. After $10.2B Buy
• 2 Firms Guide $122.2M Craft Distillery SPAC Merger
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Simpson Thacher, Latham
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Wachtell Guide Week's Hot Deals
• UK Deepens Probe Into $107M Vehicle Salvage Deal
• DLA Piper-Led Power Provider Buys Equipment Co. For £122M
• Sweden's Hedin Pulls £405M Bid For Car Dealer Pendragon
• Hitachi's €1.7B Rail Deal Could Push Up Fares, UK Says
• FTC Says Meta Crying Wolf At Hearing To Pause Within Deal
• Sen. Rand Paul Blocks Package Raising Fees For Big Mergers
• Bankman-Fried Hit With Campaign Finance Complaint
• 2 Firms Guide Marketing Tech Co.'s $380M SPAC Merger
• Time For A New Look At Interlocking Board Directorate History
• Celsius Ch. 11 Sale Of Israeli Assets Delayed For More Info
• 3 Firms Build SPAC Merger For UK Construction Tech Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: LedgerX, Unilever, Global Switch
• FTC Moves To Block Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard Deal
• 4 Firms Rep As Keurig Dr Pepper Buys $863M Nutrabolt Stake
• House Probe Rips Snyder, NFL For Toxic Workplace In Report
• UK Auto Retailer Drives Off With Luxury Car Seller For £182M
• PE Biz Partners To Buy Indian Renewables Platform For $400M
• French Biz Lands 30% Of Mexican Airport Group For $1.2B
• T-Mobile Says Suit Challenging $26B Merger Lacks Standing
• RedSeal Seeks Chancery Toss Of Challenge To 2019 Merger
• Health Co. Inks $4M Deal To End Suit Over Hemp Co. Buyout
• Meta Can't Toss Advertiser's 'Monopoly Broth' Suit
• Short-Seller Says Health Care REIT Welltower Masks Losses
• SPAC Sues TradeStation, Monex In Del. For Deal 'Betrayal'
• White & Case Likely To Get Court OK To Drop Russian Tycoon
• EU Also Probing Cochlear's Hearing Implant Merger
• 4th Circ. Mulls SEC's Rare Midtrial Loss In Insider Trading Suit
• Judge Rejects Protections For Ruby Pipeline Stalking Horse
• Turkish Cargo Airline To Go Public Via $676M SPAC Merger
• MLB's Sanctions Bid Strikes Out With Magistrate Judge
• Ruby Pipeline Clashes With Noteholders On Asset Bids
• FTC Staff Warn Against Changing Juul-Altria Standard
• Magellan Investor's Attys Seek $1.1M Fee In Centene Deal Suit
• FTC To Test Meta's Future Reality In VR Merger Fight
• Consumer Claims American-JetBlue Pact Sparked Price Hikes
• ArentFox Schiff, Latham & Watkins Guide $100M SPAC Deal
• 5 Firms Steer 2 Energy-Related SPAC Mergers Totaling $2.6B
• FTC Extends Review Of Kroger, Albertsons $24.6B Deal
• Energy Co. NRG Acquires Vivint Smart Home In $5.2B Deal
• DSW Stock Tip Case Dropped After Witness Gets Cold Feet
• FTC, Meta To Face Off In 36-Hour Antitrust VR Merger Hearing
• Taylor Swift Fans Say Ticketmaster Debacle Violated Calif. Law
• AGs Want 'Breakneck' Speed In Albertsons Payout Challenge
• Straight Path Ex-Director Says Buyers Nixed $1.1B IDT Claim
• Mall Of America Lease Fight With Sears Turns To Remedies
• DOJ Needs Time To Review Assa Abloy's Planned Merger Fix
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Attys Seek $10.7M For Kyocera-AVX Merger Suit Settlement
• EU Wants Illumina To Unwind $8B Grail Deal 'Swiftly'
• Holland & Knight Adds Sklar Kirsh Corporate Partner In LA
• Deal For Crypto Biz Circle Among 2 SPAC Mergers Falls Apart
• Flexi Group Goes Public In $205M SPAC Deal Led By 4 Firms
• Judge Axes Challenge To SEC's Pared-Back Proxy Rules
• 3 Pricing Trends In Law Firm Use Of Litigation Funding
• In Law Firm Race For Revenue, Top Dogs Stand Alone
• The 2022 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
• Robinson & Cole-Led Gaming Co. Buys Digital Firm For $75M
• John Lewis, Abrdn Build On £500M Residential Joint Venture
• National Grid Clears Conditions For Sale Of $11.8B Subsidiary
• 3 Firms Steer Galaxy Digital's Buyout Of Celsius' GK8 Unit
• FTC Eyes Expanded Enforcement Efforts But Questions Loom
• Investor Serves Up Securities Suit Over Poshmark-Naver Deal
• Fed OKs Merger Of Farmers National Bank Cos. in Ohio, Pa.
• Don't Miss It: Sidley, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Xerox Spinoff Reaches $32M Deal In Securities Class Suit
• SPAC Sues Monex, TradeStation In Del. After $1.43B Deal Dies
• Interest Rates Doom Lender, Crypto Winter Persists
• FTC Scrutinizes $5.2B Purchase By Natural Gas Producer EQT
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Safeguarding Attorneys' Greatest Asset: Our Mental Health
• Fox Rothschild Adds Partner To Atlanta Corporate Practice
• PE Biz's £1.8B Bid For Enviro Energy Co. Gets Regulatory Nod
• Yale Lock Owner Sells Units To Clear $4.3B US Hardware Deal
• DC, Calif., Ill. AGs Try Again To Block Albertsons' $4B Payout
• Ye And Parler Call Off Deal For Rapper To Buy Social Platform
• Unions Call Tegna Deal 'Template' For Hedge Funds
• Stila Styles CEO Asks To Seal Courtroom For Sale Testimony
• DirecTV Streamers Join Tying Fight With Disney Over ESPN
• Over 20 Groups Urge FTC To Block Kroger-Albertsons Deal
• Next Bails Out Retail Store Rival Joules With $42M Acquisition
• CMA Wants NEC To Sell Units After £62M Software Deal
• Top 10 Labor And Employment Issues In M&A Transactions
• Simpson, Hogan Guide Blackstone's $1.27B Hotel Stake Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: CoinDesk, News Corp., Liverpool FC
• Nuts And Bolts Biz To Buy Industrial Supplier For Up To £36M