Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » September, 2024

Mergers & Acquisitions - September, 2024

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• Colo. Says Kroger Merger Would Divest To 'Retail Liquidator'
• Pa. Bankruptcy Court OKs $53M Sale Of Nursing Homes
• Bristol-Myers Beats Celgene Investors' Drug Delay Suit
• Private Trading Platform Scraps SPAC Merger In Favor Of IPO
• Alaska-Hawaiian Merger, An Aviation Anomaly
• FCC Approves Audacy's Soros Deal, Triggering GOP Anger
• Chancery Sidelines Squarespace Merger Doc Suit For Now
• Activist Investor Urges Basic-Fit Gym Operator To Sell
• FTC Withdraws From Feds' Merger Review Labor Pact
• SEC Fines LA Man In Truth Social-Linked Insider Trading Case
• AGs, Academics Back Media Giants In Sports Streaming Fight
• 4 Firms Guide Verizon's $3.3B Wireless Comms Towers Sale
• Schwab Nears Deal In Antitrust Suit Over TD Ameritrade Buy
• Popwallet Shareholders Sue Buyer Snap Inc. After Stock-Drop
• Marsh McLennan Paying $7.75B For McGriff Insurance
• AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys
• Chevron-Hess 2nd Oil Merger To Get FTC OK With CEO Ban
• 5 Firms Guide DirecTV, Dish On $10B Debt Exchange Merger
• REA Pulls £6.2B Rightmove Bid After Board's Rejection
• Twitter Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over Musk's Backpedaling
• Ex-CEO To Pay SEC Fine For Pre-SPAC Disclosure Failures
• Musk Skirts Sanctions In Missed Twitter Deposition, For Now
• Early Trump Media Backer Dumps Shares As Lockup Expires
• 50-Year-Old Lobs Age Bias Suit At Sporting Products Co
• Alvarez & Marsal Tax Appoints Former Weil Official
• NY Court Won't Transfer DOJ's Live Nation Antitrust Case
• Ballard Spahr Adds Former In-House Atty From Dayforce
• Key Takeaways From DOJ's New Corp. Compliance Guidance
• Advil Owner Haleon Paying $637M To Up Stake In China JV
• Ault Disruptive To Dissolve After Failing To Ink SPAC Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Skadden, Cleary
• UK Drops Probe Into Amazon's $4B AI Investment
• Murdoch's REA Group Logs 4th Offer For Rightmove At £6.2B
• Sen. Warren Presses OCC, Fed For Tighter Leash On NYCB
• Judge Says Avon Should Hold Off On Deal With Parent Co.
• VivoPower Keeps HQ In UK To Qualify For $21B Gov't Program
• How Lucia, Jarkesy Could Affect Grocery Merger Challenge
• Qualcomm Eyes Massive Buyout Of Intel, Plus Other Rumors
• $200M RTX Deal Underscores Need For M&A Due Diligence
• Southwest Airlines Touts Big Changes Amid Activist Pressure
• Ex-NBA Star Tells Jury He Was Duped By Ga. Businessman
• 3 Firms Rep As Citi, Apollo Form $25B Private Credit Program
• UpHealth Wins Most Of $115M Award In Glocal Merger Dispute
• US Steel Clears One Hurdle In $14B Nippon Steel Deal
• IP Protection Firm's $426M SPAC Merger Is Scrapped
• E-Bike Maker Argues In Del. Supreme Court To Salvage Sale
• Cancer Detection Biz To Go Public Via $694M SPAC Merger
• NYSE Cancels Proposal To Extend SPAC Merger Deadlines
• Cleary-Led Apogee Buys UW Solutions In $240M Cash Deal
• Rightmove Rejects £6.1B Offer By Murdoch's REA Group
• Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Fuel Refiner Vertex Hits Ch. 11 With $422M Debt, Lender Deal
• UniCredit To Base Bigger Commerzbank Stake On Benefits
• ATI To Pay $31M In SPAC Merger Litigation Settlement
• Chancery Told SwervePay Deserves Sanctions In Earnout Suit
• DuPont Employee Defends Mass Email In ERISA Trial
• Everton Finds New Buyer In US Billionaire
• Dish Slams 'Entitled' Standard General Exec's Race Bias Suit
• Dealmaker Lessons From CFIUS' New Enforcement Webpage
• Presidents And Precedents May Direct Khan's Future Course
• 7 Attys In M&A, Real Estate Join Jones Walker In New Orleans
• King & Spalding, Skadden Rep $1.7B DE Shaw-Macquarie Deal
• Bradley Hires Real Estate And Corporate Partner In Miss.
• What To Expect From Calif. Bill Regulating PE In Healthcare
• 2nd Circ. Partly Revives Suit Over $18.5B Telehealth Deal
• Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
• 3 Firms Rep As Blackstone, Vista Ink $8.4B Smartsheet Buy
• Smiths Group To Buy 2 North American Cos. For £110M
• Linklaters-Led Gulf Energy Biz To Buy Enviro Co. For $1.4B
• Eversheds Sutherland-Led REIT In £147M Bid For Mall Owner
• Swisscom's €8B Vodafone Italia Deal Gets EU Clearance
• Albertsons Says Wash. AG 'Cherry-Picked' Merger Fears
• J&J Talc Claims Paused In Latest Spinoff Ch. 11
• Kroger Fights FTC's Bid To Move Constitutionality Case
• Warner Bros. Fights To Keep NBA Streaming Suit In Court
• Davis Polk Vows Ex-Clerk Won't Touch Crypto Merger Suit
• Google And The Next Frontier Of Divestiture Antitrust Remedy
• Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
• Ex-Comtech CEOs Push For New Board, Strategic Changes
• Paul Weiss Gains PE, M&A Partner From Ropes & Gray
• Tempur Sealy Sets Divestiture Plan Ahead Of FTC Court Battle
• UniCredit Boosts Commerzbank Stake To 21%, Eyes More
• Clifford Chance-Led BNP To Buy HSBC Unit In Germany
• Murdoch's REA Makes Higher £6.1B Offer For UK Property Biz
• EV Battery Co. Hit With $207M Default Loss For Lack Of Attys
• SEC To Seek Sanctions For Musk Deposition 'Gamesmanship'
• Agriculture Tech Biz's $147M SPAC Merger Is Scrapped
• Fed's Surprise Rate Cut Gives M&A Markets Needed Relief
• US Chamber Warns Del. Justices On TC Energy Case Fallout
• BNP Paribas Plugging $5B Into Apollo-Backed Atlas
• HCA Presses For NC Attorney General's Merger Review Docs
• 3 M&A Elements To Master In A Volatile Economy
• It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers
• Cardinal Health Pays $1.12B For Integrated Oncology Network
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Holland & Knight
• Ventilation Biz Volution To Acquire Aussie, NZ Rival For $190M
• EQT To Buy Indian Affordable Housing Finance Biz For $210M
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Suit Over Renewable Energy Co. Buyout
• Potomac Law Group Adds Morgan Lewis Partner
• Senate Panel Holds Steward CEO In Contempt After No-Show
• Live Nation Looks To Trim Gov't Antitrust Case
• Sidley-Led Knowles Sells Microphones Biz For $150M
• No Coverage For Santander Shareholder Suit, Allianz Says
• Pink Floyd, NFL And PE Take Limelight In Latest Deal Rumors
• 3 Firms Lead Vistra's $3B Buy Of Leftover Stake In Nuclear Biz
• Furth Wilensky, Raz Dlugin Guide $1.95B Mobile Gaming Deal
• Touchstone Criticizes UK Rules After Failed Trinity Bid
• HSF Guides REIT NewRiver On £50M Placing, Retail Offer
• Close Brothers To Sell Wealth Manager To Oaktree For £200M
• PureCycle Investors Seek Final OK Of $12M Settlement
• First Horizon To Pay SEC $325K Over Reg BI Violations
• $24.5M Fee Sought In Del. For $125M Discovery Suit Deal
• Gov't Lifeline Gives Nippon A Fighting Chance On US Steel
• Vista Rejects MNC's Latest Offer, Recommends Czech Co. Bid
• SEC Settles Latest Covington Info Theft Case For $33K
• Disney Star Seeks $940M From Zee In Cricket Broadcast Spat
• EU Drops Microsoft-Inflection Probe After Illumina Ruling
• Rogers Pays $3.45B For Control Of Toronto Pro Sports Teams
• No Excess Coverage For Atos' Trade Secrets Suit, Judge Says
• Parent Of UK's TGI Fridays Falls Into Administration
• WillScot, McGrath RentCorp Nix $3.8B Deal Over FTC Scrutiny
• Norton Rose Adds Family Office Ace From Sidley In Dallas
• Del. Dispatch: Drafting Lessons For Earnout Provisions
• HR Software Provider Workday Buys Contract Platform Evisort
• Organon To Buy Psoriasis Treatment Biz For Up To $1.2B
• Trinity To Drop Touchstone Bid After Rival Offer Approved
• Campari Buys Stake In Whisky Brands Owner For £69.6M
• British Packaging Co. To Buy US Conveyor Biz For $17M
• Travers Smith, Simpson Thacher-Led PEs In £1.4B Builder Buy
• Chancery Sides With Truth Social Backer In SPAC Deal Payout
• FDIC, OCC Cement New Bank-Merger Policy Guidelines
• Wheel Pros Floats $30M Ch. 11 Sale Of Its 4WP Unit
• DOT Clears $1.9B Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines Combo For Takeoff
• VivoPower Plots $1.13B Merger After Unit's SPAC Deal Closes
• White & Case Foreign Investment Pro Joins Paul Hastings
• Philip Morris To Part With Inhaler Maker In Up To £258M Deal
• E-Discovery Services Co. Proteus Makes 1st Acquisition
• Merit Medical To Buy Rival's Heart Implant Biz For $210M
• Competitiveness Outranks Climate In New EU Commission
• Ashurst Hires Fintech Pro From EY Law In London
• US Utility AES Sells 30% Stake In Ohio Unit For $546M
• Guardian In Talks To Sell The Observer To Tortoise Media
• Conn. AG Balks At Avangrid's $2.55B Take-Private Deal
• Syensqo Transfers $485M of Pension Risk To Pacific Life, RBC
• Freshfields-Led Warburg Pincus Sells IT Biz Shares For €153M
• Euronext Buys UK Stock Market Research, Data Software Biz
• Wealth Manager Brooks Macdonald To Buy Financial Planner
• Arthur Cox Steers Betting Giant On €2.3B Italian Biz Buy
• Tax Traps In Acquisitions Of Financially Distressed Targets
• Swedish Amazon Aggregator Files Ch. 15 To Halt Arbitration
• DLA Guides Software Biz Netcall On €8.7M Acquisition
• Ex-Cadwalader Litigation Co-Head Among Duo Added By V&E
• Boeing To Pay Embraer $150M To End Failed JV Arbitration
• Finnish Insurer Boosts Buyback To €475M, Extends End Date
• Insurer Phoenix Group Cancels Plan To Sell SunLife
• White & Case-Led Fund Manager To Buy Citi Trust For £80M
• A&O Shearman Hires Finance Pro From Latham In Paris
• King & Spalding, Winston Rep Hospice Facilities Deal
• CACI Buys DOD Engineering Services Supplier In $1.3B Deal
• Thoma Bravo's $5B Bid For Darktrace All Set For Completion
• UniCredit Launches €1.7B Share Buyback After Profit Gains
• France's Rexel Rejects €8.6B Offer From QXO Tech Biz
• The 2024 Regional Powerhouses
• Truth Social Founders Take Trump Fight To Fed Court
• Investors Greenlight Carbon Credit Co.'s $213M SPAC Merger
• Vista Hails Sweetened CSG Bid, But Leaves MNC Door Open
• New Lessons On Managing Earnout Provision Risks
• SBA Proposal Materially Alters Contractor Recertification
• Trio Of BigLaw Mergers Expected To Drive More Deal Talks
• Steptoe Hires Antitrust Lawyer From Arthur Cox
• Dentons Taps Norton Rose For 3 Disputes Pros In Hong Kong
• Australia's Roc Oil Bids $186M For Swedish Rival Tethys
• Plane Leaser Avolon To Fly Away With Aircraft Fleet For $5B
• Finnish Sports Agency Seeks Over $1M For Broken NHL Deal
• Energy Biz Wants To Claw Back £3.8M From Waste Plant Deal
• High Court Sanctions £2.2B Deal For Network International
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Freeths Hires McNulty As Pensions Director In London
• PE Giant KKR's Plan To Buy Entertainment Biz Gets EU Nod
• Arthur Cox-Led Betting Biz Buys $350M Stake In Brazil Rival
• Freight Co. DSV To Buy Germany's Schenker For €14.3B
• HSF-Led National Grid To Sell Supply Unit To Gov't For £630M
• Vodafone-Three Deal Could Boost Users' Costs, UK Warns
• Towers Watson Can't Duck Bump-Up Exclusion, 4th Circ. Told
• Steward Health Care CEO Faces Contempt For No-Show
• Navigating A Potpourri Of Possible Transparency Act Pitfalls
• Del. Justices Uphold Chancery Toss Of $1.2B NCino Deal Suit
• Sedgwick Lands PE Investment At $13.2B Enterprise Value
• DLA Piper Taps Brussels Veteran As Int'l Head Of Competition
• King & Spalding Adds Former Kirkland Partner In Atlanta
• Nippon's Push To Save US Steel Buy And Other Deal Rumors
• Wilson Sonsini Hires Tax Pro From Slaughter and May
• EU Probes Bankrupt German Racetrack Sale After Court Loss
• Italian Watchdog Probing Swisscom's €8B Vodafone Deal
• Marlowe To Spin Off Health Unit For £225M AIM Listing
• Digital Media Solutions Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Sell
• Cleary Gottlieb-Led General Mills Snacks On $2B Yogurt Sale
• Mastercard To Buy Recorded Future Security Co. For $2.65B
• Energy Biz Bowleven Edges Closer To Quitting LSE Listing
• UK Investment Biz Sells Unit To Canaccord For Up To £51M
• Sanofi Sets €320M Licensing Deal With US, French Biotechs
• Litigation Spending To Rise As Cases Grow More Aggressive
• Split 6th Circ. Backs SEC Win In Proxy Adviser Rule Change
• Politics Impacting US Steel-Nippon Review, Biz Groups Warn
• Studio Behind 'Sound Of Freedom' Worth $1.6B In SPAC Deal
• Ipsen Exec Made Illegal Trades Before Merger, Feds Say
• Investor 'Blindsided' By Dye & Durham's Increasing Debt Load
• Invitation Homes' $200M Summer Spend Added 580 SFRs
• Dickson Minto Breaks Tradition With Walker Morris Hire
• Anglo American Sells $400M Of Shares In Platinum Subsidiary
• Dentons Adds 2 Corp. Pros In Dublin From US Rivals
• Latham Hires Senior Tax Pro From Travers Smith In London
• Dubai Builder Sells Entire Stake In UK Rival Costain For £38M
• Aussie Metal Exploration Biz Raises £250M To Fund M&A
• UK Property Biz Rejects £5.6B Bid By Murdoch's REA Group
• EU Merger Control Concerns Remain After ECJ Illumina Ruling
• SEC Files New Insider Case Tied To Stolen Covington Info
• Buyer Says Waste Facility Co. Owes $450M Over Trashed Plan
• Blink Fitness Lands $105M Bid From PureGym
• Truth Social Founder Ordered To Disclose Investor Details
• Werfel Asked To Clarify How To Treat R&D Costs In M&A
• Vista Delays Investor Vote On MNC Capital's $2.15B Bid
• V&E Launches New Dublin Office In Aviation Finance Push
• Slaughter and May-Led AngloGold Bids £1.9B For Centamin
• Britain's Renold Buys Canadian Conveyor Biz For $31.4M
• Healthcare Real Estate Firm Pays $80M For 277 US Properties
• White & Case Guides £100M Hedge Fund Deal For Spectator
• EU Antritrust Chief Resists Softer Telecom Merger Rules
• Southwest Plans Board Shakeup Amid Activist Pressure
• Vorys-Led Infrastructure Biz Buys Steel Maker For $30M
• UK Watchdog Probes Carlsberg's £3.3B Britvic Takeover
• 'Structuring Issue' Snarls TC Energy's CA$1B Pipeline Deal
• Paul Hastings Taps Capital Markets Pro From Davis Polk
• Cooley Hires Team For Emerging Companies And VC Practice
• Increased IPOs In '24 Shows Importance Of Strategic Planning
• Exec Denied New Trial In 'Shadow Trading' Case, Fined $321K
• SES, Intelsat Tell FCC They Need $3.1B Combo To Compete
• Handbag Market Probed As FTC's $8.5B Merger Hearing Starts
• 7-Eleven Says No To Talks With Couche-Tard After $40B Denial
• Court Won't Nix Flyers' Case Over JetBlue-American Pact
• DLA Piper, Kirkland Guide $875M Cloud Software Deal
• Bradley Arant Adds Katten Partner In Dallas
• How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Pa. Nursing Home Chain Gets OK For October Facility Auction
• Hostmore Nixes £177M TGI Fridays Takeover
• EU Should Loosen Merger Rules To Compete, Report Says
• Squarespace Gets 'Best And Final' $7.2B Offer From Permira
• Paul Hastings Lands King & Spalding M&A Atty In New York
• A&O Shearman Guides OCI's $2.05B Methanol Biz Sale
• Earthlink Investors Accept $85M Deal To End Merger Suit
• AstraZeneca Unit Owes $130M In Chancery Scuttled-Drug Suit
• Ingersoll Rand Blocks Rival From Hiring Ex-Exec In NDA Fight
• EU Antitrust Chief Charts Path Forward After Illumina Setback
• Renewable Energy Biz Goes Public Via $386M SPAC Merger
• Baker McKenzie M&A Partner Jumps To Bell Nunnally
• As Biden Looks To Block US Steel Deal, Rival Co. Weighs In
• EU Gears Up For New Commission With A Plea: More Women
• 7-Eleven Parent Rejects Nearly $40B Buyout Offer
• Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Bennett, Orrick
• CMA To Probe GXO's £762M Bid For Logistics Biz
• Increased Scrutiny Raises Int'l Real Estate Transaction Risks
• SEC Accuses Esmark Of Lying About US Steel Bid
• NC County Says Hospital 'Monopoly' Led To ER Understaffing
• FTC Staff Opposes Indiana Hospital Merger
• Biden To Block US Steel-Nippon, And More Deal Rumors
• Colo. Cannabis Co. Manager Stole $150K, Suit Claims
• FTC Focus: What Access To Patent Settlements Would Mean
• 4 Firms Build First Majestic's $970M Buy Of Silver Mining Biz
• Flyers Denied $34M Fee For JetBlue, Spirit Deal Challenge
• Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
• Latham-Led Topgolf Plans Spinoff Into 2 Separate Cos.
• Debevoise, Cravath Steer Verizon's $20B Frontier Takeover
• Bird & Bird Recruits M&A Partner In Frankfurt Amid Growth
• Freshfields-Led Tech Co. To Buy Sensor Biz For €133M
• UK Probes Acerinox's $800M Bid For Haynes International
• Albertsons CEO Takes Stand On Kroger Merger, Missing Texts
• Pet Toy Co. President Has No Voting Power, Founder Says
• Towns Say Settlement Doesn't Limit Rail Merger Appeal
• Orrick-Led Epam Systems Buys Neoris In $630M Cash Deal
• NJ Health System Wins Access To Fraud File In Antitrust Fight
• Fintech Investor Tries To Undo 'Formulistic' Nix Of NCino Suit
• 9 Liability Management Tips As Debt Maturity Cliff Looms
• Nordstrom Family Makes Takeover Offer, Valuing Biz At $3.8B
• Hausfeld Snaps Up Litigation Pro From Covington In London
• US Steel, Nippon Defend Deal After VP Harris Voices Concern
• Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
• Microsoft Hiring Of Inflection AI Team Too Small To Worry UK
• J&J Hit With $1B Damages In Del. Merger Milestone Fight
• EU Scrambles To Close Competition Gap After Illumina Ruling
• Simpson Thacher-Led Blackstone Inks $16.2B AirTrunk Deal
• Investors Get 3rd Extension For £253M Bid For Payments Co.
• Mishcon Helps Starwood Capital Buy UK REIT For £674M
• NBA, Warner Bros. Eye April 2025 Trial In Media Rights Spat
• Alaska Says Nothing's Changed As Flyers Try Merger 'Do-Over'
• Aspire Biopharma Inks SPAC Deal At $316M Valuation
• Harris Follows Biden In Opposing $15B US Steel-Nippon Deal
• Baker McKenzie Adds MoFo M&A Team In Singapore
• $15M Class Atty Fee Sought In Microsoft-Activision Suit
• Cozen O'Connor Adds 13 Clark Wilson Lawyers In Vancouver
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
• Bain One-Ups KKR's $4B-Plus Bid In Battle For Fuji Soft
• $2.2M Bowling Co. Investor Settlement Gets Initial Green Light
• Semnur Pharmaceuticals To Go Public Via $2.5B SPAC Merger
• CMA Clears Tate & Lyle Sugar Biz Deal
• TotalEnergies Forms $444M India JV With Adani
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Goodwin Tech M&A Partner In Boston
• EU Wrong To Probe Illumina's $8B Grail Deal, Top Court Says
• Simpson Thacher-Led Blackstone Inks €1B Property Deal
• UK Underwriter Dual Buys Specialist Travel Insurance Co.
• Dickson Minto-Led Investor Phoenix To Take Over UK Rival