Mergers & Acquisitions

  • September 26, 2024

    Ex-NBA Star Tells Jury He Was Duped By Ga. Businessman

    Former NBA superstar Dwight Howard told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday that an Atlanta businessman tricked him into making a $7 million investment that he thought was for the purchase of a women's basketball franchise, a promise that turned out to be "a slap in the face."

  • September 26, 2024

    3 Firms Rep As Citi, Apollo Form $25B Private Credit Program

    Banking giant Citigroup and asset management firm Apollo on Thursday unveiled plans to launch a "landmark" $25 billion private credit direct lending program in North America, entering into an exclusive agreement that was guided by three law firms.

  • September 25, 2024

    UpHealth Wins Most Of $115M Award In Glocal Merger Dispute

    Bankrupt digital health services company UpHealth can enforce a large part of a $115 million arbitral award against the Indian healthcare services platform Glocal in their feud over an ill-fated merger, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

  • September 25, 2024

    US Steel Clears One Hurdle In $14B Nippon Steel Deal

    An arbitration board has sided with U.S. Steel amid its union's challenge to a planned $14.9 billion acquisition by Nippon Steel, clearing one hurdle while Nippon continues fighting on another front for approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.  

  • September 25, 2024

    IP Protection Firm's $426M SPAC Merger Is Scrapped

    Intellectual property management firm Zacco Holdings, formerly known as OpSec Group, and blank check company Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp. I on Wednesday announced that they will be terminating their merger plans.

  • September 25, 2024

    E-Bike Maker Argues In Del. Supreme Court To Salvage Sale

    An attorney for a private equity affiliate that beat a Barcelona-based electric scooter rental chain's attempt to force a closing on the scooter company's $100 million sale in Chancery Court told Delaware's Supreme Court Wednesday that the seller's current appeal ignores its own fatal contract breaches.

  • September 25, 2024

    Cancer Detection Biz To Go Public Via $694M SPAC Merger

    Special purpose acquisition company Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp. on Wednesday announced that it has agreed to merge with and take public clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company YD Biopharma Ltd. in a deal that gives the combined company an estimated enterprise value of $694 million and was built by three firms.

  • September 25, 2024

    NYSE Cancels Proposal To Extend SPAC Merger Deadlines

    The New York Stock Exchange has pulled a proposal that would have provided special purpose acquisition companies with more time to complete mergers while remaining listed, several months after it sought regulatory approval for the extension.

  • September 25, 2024

    Cleary-Led Apogee Buys UW Solutions In $240M Cash Deal

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP-led Apogee Enterprises Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to buy high-performance coated substrates maker UW Interco LLC from private equity shop Heartwood Partners, both advised by Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, for $240 million in cash.

  • September 25, 2024

    Rightmove Rejects £6.1B Offer By Murdoch's REA Group

    Rightmove PLC said Wednesday that it has rejected the latest proposed offer of £6.1 billion ($8.1 billion) from Australian online property advertising business REA Group Ltd., dismissing the approach by business magnate Rupert Murdoch's company for the third time.

  • September 25, 2024

    Fuel Refiner Vertex Hits Ch. 11 With $422M Debt, Lender Deal

    Oil refiner Vertex Energy filed for Chapter 11 protection with $422.5 million in debt and plans to pursue a sale under a prenegotiated restructuring agreement.

  • September 25, 2024

    UniCredit To Base Bigger Commerzbank Stake On Benefits

    The chief executive of UniCredit said Wednesday that his Italian bank is considering a further increase to its 21% stake in Commerzbank but would take the step only on terms that are beneficial for shareholders and clients of both lenders. 

  • September 24, 2024

    ATI To Pay $31M In SPAC Merger Litigation Settlement

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday approved ATI Physical Therapy Inc.'s $31 million deal to resolve stockholder and derivative accusations that the company's top brass hid attrition issues to get shareholder approval of ATI's merger with Wilco Holding Inc.

  • September 24, 2024

    Chancery Told SwervePay Deserves Sanctions In Earnout Suit

    A court-appointed special magistrate has recommended sanctioning e-payment venture SwervePay and related parties over up to 22 months of missing or deleted text messages sought by SPOSC Investment Holdings and others in a post-merger battle over an alleged multibillion-dollar overstatement of "monetizable" payment traffic.

  • September 24, 2024

    DuPont Employee Defends Mass Email In ERISA Trial

    A DuPont employee was scrutinized on the witness stand Tuesday for the way a worker learned about how the chemical company's merger with Dow would impact their benefits, with a judge calling a heavily redacted trial exhibit useless and a plaintiffs' attorney quizzing her on basic email functions.

  • September 24, 2024

    Everton Finds New Buyer In US Billionaire

    The company controlled by U.S. billionaire businessman Dan Friedkin has agreed to take a majority stake in Everton Football Club in a move that comes after a prior Everton sale fell through amid legal troubles for the buyer.

  • September 24, 2024

    Dish Slams 'Entitled' Standard General Exec's Race Bias Suit

    Dish Network has called for sanctions against Soo Kim, his hedge fund Standard General and their attorneys, calling Kim's racial discrimination suit against Dish, the Federal Communications Commission and a collection of other media players "an expensive temper tantrum."

  • September 24, 2024

    7 Attys In M&A, Real Estate Join Jones Walker In New Orleans

    Jones Walker LLP announced that seven attorneys focused on mergers and acquisitions and real estate law from New Orleans firm Fishman Haygood LLP joined the firm's corporate practice.

  • September 24, 2024

    King & Spalding, Skadden Rep $1.7B DE Shaw-Macquarie Deal

    Australian investment firm Macquarie Asset Management, advised by King & Spalding LLP, on Tuesday announced that it has agreed to take a "significant" minority stake in renewable energy company D.E. Shaw Renewables Investment Group, led by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, for up to $1.73 billion.

  • September 24, 2024

    Bradley Hires Real Estate And Corporate Partner In Miss.

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP hired ex-Balch & Bingham LLP partner M. Patrick Everman as a partner for its real estate and corporate and securities teams in its office in Jackson, Mississippi, the firm announced.

  • September 24, 2024

    2nd Circ. Partly Revives Suit Over $18.5B Telehealth Deal

    The Second Circuit on Tuesday partially revived a suit against telehealth company Teladoc Health Inc. brought by investors who claim they were misled about the status of its integration with Livongo following their $18.5 billion merger.

  • September 24, 2024

    3 Firms Rep As Blackstone, Vista Ink $8.4B Smartsheet Buy

    Work management platform Smartsheet Inc. will be purchased by private equity giants Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash, take-private deal valued at around $8.4 billion that was built by three law firms, the companies said Tuesday.

  • September 24, 2024

    Smiths Group To Buy 2 North American Cos. For £110M

    Industrial technology company Smiths Group PLC said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire a Canadian electrical heating business and a U.S. metal and flexible ducting manufacturer for a total of £110 million ($147 million), expanding its footprint in North America.

  • September 24, 2024

    Linklaters-Led Gulf Energy Biz To Buy Enviro Co. For $1.4B

    Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. PJSC said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy green energy company Saeta Yield SA from Brookfield Renewable Partners LP of Canada for $1.4 billion, to strengthen its presence in Spain and Portugal. 

  • September 24, 2024

    Eversheds Sutherland-Led REIT In £147M Bid For Mall Owner

    NewRiver REIT said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Capital & Regional PLC, a shopping mall owner, for £147 million ($197 million) as it aims to benefit from rental growth in the sector.

Expert Analysis

  • 4 Takeaways From Biden's Crypto Mining Divestment Order

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    A May 13 executive order prohibiting the acquisition of real estate by a foreign investor on national security grounds — an enforcement first — shows the importance of understanding how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States might profile cross-border transactions, even those that are non-notified, say attorneys at Kirkland.

  • Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance

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    A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.

  • Del. Dispatch: Chancery's Evolving Approach To Caremark

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    Though Caremark claims are historically the least likely corporate claims to lead to liability, such cases have been met in recent years with increased judicial receptivity — but the Delaware Court of Chancery still expressly discourages the reflexive filing of Caremark claims following corporate mishaps, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Series

    Teaching Yoga Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.

  • A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System

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    As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.

  • Standardizing Early Case Appraisal In Securities Class Actions

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    While an initial economic assessment of securities class action litigation is far too often not undertaken, it's an important step in planning the defense strategy that can provide counsel, clients and insurers with a much clearer view of the case, and can be simplified through standardized analyses, says Assen Koev at SCA iPortal.

  • Del. Ruling Highlights M&A Deal Adviser Conflict Disclosures

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    The Delaware Supreme Court recently reversed the Court of Chancery's dismissal of challenges to Nordic Capital's acquisition of Inovalon, demonstrating the importance of full disclosure of financial adviser conflicts when a going-private merger seeks business judgment rule review, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Key Antitrust Class Certification Questions Remain Unclear

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    The U.S. Supreme Court, by recently rejecting certiorari in Visa v. National ATM, turned down the opportunity to clarify how to analyze disputed evidence bearing on the certification of antitrust class actions, leaving the applicable standards unclear instead of resolving this split of authority, says Jonathan Berman at Jones Day.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data

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    Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Dual-Track IPO-M&A Exit Strategies For Life Science Cos.

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    A dual-track process for life sciences companies offers a proven path to securing favorable deal terms for an exit, and strategic moves can include running a crossover financing round in the lead-up, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • How New Rule Would Change CFIUS Enforcement Powers

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    Before the May 15 comment deadline, companies may want to weigh in on proposed regulatory changes to enforcement and mitigation tools at the disposal of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, including broadened subpoena powers, difficult new mitigation timelines and higher maximum penalties, say attorneys at Venable.

  • PE In The Crosshairs Of Public And Private Antitrust Enforcers

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    A series of decisions from a California federal court in the recently settled Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust Litigation, as well as heightened scrutiny from federal agencies, serve as a reminder that private equity firms may be exposed to liability for alleged anti-competitive conduct by their portfolio companies, say attorneys at Axinn.

  • Series

    Swimming Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Years of participation in swimming events, especially in the open water, have proven to be ideal preparation for appellate arguments in court — just as you must put your trust in the ocean when competing in a swim event, you must do the same with the judicial process, says John Kulewicz at Vorys.

  • A Recipe For Growth Equity Investing In A Slow M&A Market

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    Carl Marcellino at Ropes & Gray discusses the factors bolstering appetite for growth equity fundraising in a depressed M&A market, and walks through the deal terms and other ingredients that set growth equity transactions apart from bread-and-butter venture capital investing.

  • PE-Healthcare Mergers Should Prepare For Challenges

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    State and federal regulators are increasingly imposing new requirements on healthcare transactions involving private equity partners, with mergers that would have drawn little scrutiny a few years ago now requiring a multijurisdictional risk analysis during the deal formation process, say attorneys at Stinson.

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