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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2012
265 articles
- Lion Capital Eyes Deal For French Optical Retailer
- High Court Won't Hear $14M S&L Crisis Case Against US
- Software Co. Heads To $291M Merger Vote After 2 Settlements
- Warner Chilcott Weighs Sale To Boost Shareholder Value
- Supreme Court Frees Verizon, JPMorgan From Spinoff Suit
- Kodak Wins Approval For $13.5M Retention Bonus Plan
- Semtech Filed Bogus Suit To Sink Merger, Rival Claims
- Jones Day, Brown Rudnick Aid Hologic In $3.7B Gen-Probe Buy
- Terra Firma Inks $1.3B Deal To Buy UK Health Co.
- MOFCOM's 'Fusion' Approach To Chinese Merger Control
- Raven Russia Pays $215M For Warehouse Complex
- Energy Transfer Plans $5.3B Sunoco Takeover
- PE Firm To Pay $752M For Food Service Co. Spotless
- JPMorgan Suit Trimmed Over $848M American Century Resale
- Bankruptcy Judge OKs 4Kids' $10M Sale Of 'Yu-Gi-Oh' Rights
- Italian Regulators Put Brakes On Insurance Merger
- Vt. Congress Divided Over $700M Utility Merger Plans
- Canada Woos Investors With Transparency In M&A Review
- Judge Sinks Investor Suit Over $1B Oracle-ATG Deal
- Morgan Lewis Helps Wells Fargo Nail Merlin Securities Buy
- Intuit Makes $424M Play For Cloud Firm Demandforce
- Globaltrans Puts Up $540M For Russian Iron Ore Rail
- Iamgold To Spend $620M On Gold-Rich Trelawney Mining
- TV Provider Capitol Receptive To $11M Bankruptcy Sale
- Buyer, Beware: Pitfalls Of Purchasing Bankrupt Assets
- Bright Food, Brit PE Firm Mum On Rumored £1B Cereal Buy
- Large Private Equity Deals Rarer In 2011, Report Says
- Howard Stern Renews Bid For Bonuses In $330M Sirius Battle
- Great Wolf Investors To Settle Suit Over Apollo Buyout
- Sirius XM Shareholders Seek To Nix $180M Settlement
- MetLife Sells Reverse Mortgage Business To Nationstar
- LoopNet To Shed Unit To Reboot $860M CoStar Deal
- Dubai Jeweler Accepts $445M Bid From Mannai, EFG Hermes
- Cal-Bay Buys Half Of $200M Calif. Commercial Development
- Ametek Takes German Blower Maker Off Triton's Hands
- Celesio Fast-Tracks $344M Brazilian Pharmaceutical Buy
- Fresenius Makes $4B Offer For German Hospital Operator
- Operationalizing Law Department Performance Metrics
- Latham Aids Suburban On $1.8B Inergy Propane Unit Buy
- NewPage Creditors Get Extra Time To Look Into $1.7B LBO
- Kleinberg Kaplan Picks Up Versatile Commercial Litigator
- Watson To Pay $5.6B For Generic-Drug Maker Actavis
- AMR Witnesses Quizzed On Ch. 11 Alternatives In Union Row
- Icahn Ditches Amylin Suit After Chat With CEO
- Trade Groups Can't Stall $29B Scripts, Medco Merger
- Middleman In $660M Miramax Buyout Settles Finder's Fee Suit
- Halcon Eyes Oil Reserve Boost In $1B GeoResources Deal
- Lorillard's $135M Buy Marks Entry Into E-Cigarette Market
- Amgen To Shell Out $669M For Turkish Drugmaker
- Navis Capital Offers $373M For Malaysian Education Co.
- Sheppard Mullin Adds Corporate Pro From Cadwalader
- Abertis Makes $2B Deal For Toll Projects In Brazil, Chile
- Ardea Sued Over $1.3B AstraZeneca Deal
- Citi Units Burned Buyer In $348M Metal Co. Deal, Suit Says
- UK Minister Objected To BSkyB Antitrust Probe
- BLP Continues Magic Circle Raid With Allen & Overy Hire
- French Firm's Bid For Full Tilt Fails, 2nd Buyer Rumored
- Fried Frank Lures IP, Tech Deals Expert From Patterson
- Innisfree Snags Takeover Pro From Sullivan & Cromwell
- Reluctant Toy Maker Agrees To Talk Takeover With Oaktree
- S. African Co. Puts Up $440M To Nab Steelmaker From Anglo
- Shell One-Ups Thai Rival With $1.9B Cove Buy
- Gibson Dunn Helps CVC Capital Nab $1B Stake In AlixPartners
- NewPage Creditors Blast Effort To Block $2B Buyout Probe
- Standstills And No Shops: A Potentially Dangerous Mix
- BVF Partners Pursues Appeal Over Genetics Co. Sale
- BP Unit Sues Bridas Over Failed $7B Pan American Deal
- Vinson Nabs Energy Deals Expert From Herbert Smith
- Latham & Watkins Snags Energy Ace From Morgan Lewis
- $26B Duke, Progress Merger Plan Faces Antitrust Heat In SC
- Sinopec Touts $2B China Gas Takeover Bid In Open Letter
- Judge Expedites Icahn's Suit Over $3.5B Amylin Takeover Bid
- Sullivan Aids Veritas In $1.3B Thomson Reuters Data Unit Buy
- Mayer Brown Reps Nestle On $12B Purchase Of Pfizer Unit
- Vodafone Eyes Lighter Data Load With $1.7B C&W Deal
- Paul Hastings Opens In Houston, Boosting Energy Practice
- Beam Inc. To Swallow Pinnacle Vodka In $605M Deal
- Covington Aids AstraZeneca In $1.3B Ardea Biotech Buy
- Catalyst Investors Get Short Shrift In $4B SXC Buyout: Suit
- Shareholder Claims $341M Merger Undervalues SureWest
- Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Jackson Walker Tax Controversy Pro
- Firms Spar For Lead Role In Suit Over $2B Quest Buyout
- Judge Declines To Block Perfumania's $118M Parlux Buy
- Buyer Beware: 363 May Not Absolve Successor Liability
- TPG Won't Top SS&C's $897M Bid For GlobeOp
- Great Wolf OKs Apollo's $262M Offer, Halting Bidding War
- A Recap Of FCPA Enforcement So Far This Year
- US Airways Strikes Deal With AMR Unions In Merger Ploy
- Consumers Push Judge To Block Express Scripts Deal
- M2 Ponies Up $200M For Primus' Australian Division
- McLaren Adds CareSource's Mich. Medicaid HMO Business
- McDermott Snags Former McGuireWoods Life Sciences Chair
- KSL Again Raises Offer In Great Wolf Bidding War
- EU Approves $2.2B Sony-Led EMI Buy After Concessions
- CVR Drops Poison Pill Blocking $2.6B Icahn Buyout
- Biotech Co. Human Genome Rejects $2.6B Bid From GSK
- J&J's $21B Synthes Buy Gets EU Nod After Divestiture
- Unions Back UMG's $2B EMI Buy Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
- FTC Backs Cardinal Health's Nuclear Pharmacy Sale Plan
- Locke Lord Nabs Seyfarth Partner For Corporate Group
- Audi's $1B Ducati Buy Revs Up VW Motorcycle Portfolio
- Cox Smith Adds 3 K&L Gates Partners In Austin
- Avista Unit Pays $1.5B To Acquire Cable Provider Knology
- Real Estate Info Cos. Advance $860M Merger With FTC Deal
- Investors Demand Goldman Execs' Evals In Bid-Rigging Row
- Couche-Tard's $2.8B Bid Snags Statoil Convenience Store Arm
- Roche Gives Up On $6.2B Hostile Bid For Illumina
- Sidley Guides SXC In $4.4B Purchase Of Catalyst
- Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
- Montagu Drops £200M To Net UK College Of Law
- Bankrupt Paper Co. Seals $12M Sale To Watermill Group
- Pfizer Nears $9B Sale Of Baby Formula Unit To Nestle
- Successor Liability: Still Seeking Certainty
- Edwards Wildman Wins Back Tax Partner From S&W
- ConAgra Maintains Acquisition Streak With Odom's Buy
- Sirius XM Freed From Howard Stern Affiliates' $330M Suit
- DLA Piper Rounds Out Ex-Morgan Lewis Corporate, Tax Trio
- Encore Shareholders Blast Exec Perks In $250M Cadence Deal
- Bucyrus Didn't Follow Terms Of $1.3B Terex Deal: NY Court
- Mongolia Balks At China's SouthGobi Coal Mine Takeover Bid
- Vivendi's $611M TV Buy Faces Scrutiny From French Watchdog
- Pipeline Co. Withdraws $1B Bid For Rival SemGroup
- Sidley Adds Global Tax Partner From Arnold & Porter
- Holland & Hart Helps Storage REIT In $298M Partner Buyout
- O'Melveny Lures Capital Markets Expert From Shearman
- German Antitrust Chief Says Reforms Don't Do Enough
- 3-D Printer Cos. Ink $1.4B Pact To Join Forces
- Temasek Grabs ICBC Shares Worth $2.3B In Goldman Sale
- $1.2B Earns Anheuser Majority Stake In Presidente Brewer
- BGC Closes Grubb & Ellis Sale To Form Real Estate Giant
- Altering The Leveraged Lending Landscape
- As Virgin Mulls Appeal, EU Stands By IAG-Lufthansa Approval
- Securities Regulators Set New Rules For Clearinghouses
- Edelman Board Approves Lee Equity's $258M Take-Private Bid
- Coty Hints At Sweetened $10B Avon Bid If It Gets More Info
- International Power OKs GDF Suez's New $11B Takeover Bid
- The Latest FTC Challenge To A Hospital Merger
- Weil Moves To Larger Hong Kong Office Space
- Great Wolf Backs KSL's $234M Bid Over Apollo's Offer
- Dodgers' Ch. 11 Plan, $2B Sale Waved Home
- $26B Duke Energy, Progress Merger Still On Track, Cos. Say
- Auto Parts Co. Loses Bid To Scrap $28M Claim By PE Firm
- Sills Cummis Partner Sued Over $112M Leather Co. Deal
- PE Firm Snags Spanish Video Game Co. Out Of Bankruptcy
- Bill To Ease Hospital Mergers Sweeps Through RI Senate
- Key Takeaways From Southern Peru
- Glencore, Xstrata Delay Docs Amid Antitrust Probe Of Merger
- Vodafone, Others Face EU Probe Of UK Mobile Wallet Venture
- OpenGate Capital Acquires French Consumer Magazine
- Davis Polk Nabs 2nd Freshfields Partner For London Office
- Dutch Bank ABN Amro Splits, Sheds Insurance Business Unit
- CVR, Icahn Meet To Discuss $2.6B Takeover Bid
- Dechert Leads France Telecom In $2B Egyptian Mobile Co. Offer
- Ryerson Not Insured For $8.5M Fraud Settlement: 7th Circ.
- Investor Sues To Halt Genstar's $400M Buy Of Research Co.
- Ill. Health Systems Ditch Merger Plans After FTC Antitrust Suit
- BP To Sell Off Older Gulf Of Mexico Wells
- Icahn Sues Amylin For Docs On Rebuffed $3.5B Bristol Bid
- Caterpillar Unloads $400M Aussie Mining Distributor
- NBNK Makes New Offer For 632 Lloyds Bank Branches
- Canada's New M&A Regs Require Attention To Assets, Revenues
- Travelers Asks 8th Circ. To Make Reinsurer Share EPA Cleanup
- Reddy Ice Enters Ch. 11 With Plan To Acquire Arctic Glacier
- Legal Challenges To Exclusive Forum Bylaw Provisions
- Squire Sanders Helps Cytec Drop $439M In Cash For Umeco
- Dippin' Dots Proposes $12.7M Asset Sale To Exit Bankruptcy
- Fox Sports Affiliate Objects To Dodgers' Ch. 11 Plan
- M&A Drove 2011 Securities Actions As Crisis Suits Died Down
- FERC Asks Duke, Progress For More Info On Merger Plans
- CVC Drops $644M On Hong Kong Telecom Unit
- Sidley Helps Takeda With $800M Gout Drugmaker Buy
- Beyond Conventional Wisdom: 4 Tips For New Lawyers
- Minn. Gov. Nixes Bill Curbing Cos.' Asbestos Liability
- $29B Scripts, Medco Deal Will Hurt Pharmacies, Judge Hears
- Wilson Sonsini Adds David Polk PE Partner In Shanghai
- Renco Unit, Steelmaker Fight Over $14M Owed To Joint Venture
- Morgan Stanley PE Buys Out Canadian ATM Network
- Bouygues Nets Brit Construction Group In UK Expansion
- TE Connectivity To Rake In $404M From Sale Of 2 Units
- Bloomberg Says Comcast Favors NBC News Stations
- Pegasus Capital Snatches Up Global Resort Business
- Sullivan Aids Amgen On $315M Kidney Drugmaker Buy
- Greenberg Traurig Grabs Goodwin VC, Tech Ace
- PVR Cuts Coal Reliance, Gains PE Backer In $1B Gas Buy
- Australia OKs Foxtel's $2.7B Austar Buy After Concessions
- Latham Guides Genstar In $400M Pharma Research Co. Buy
- Cracker Barrel Tries 20% Poison Pill To Halt Takeover
- Shearman Reps Corning In $730M Labware Unit Buy
- Spotlight On China's Antitrust Enforcement In 2011
- Martin Marietta, Vulcan Won't Get Quick Ruling On Hostile Bid
- Icahn Sues Amylin Over Alleged $3.5B Takeover Bid
- David Bergstein Sues Filmyard, Colony Over Miramax Buy
- Korea Development Bank Buys HSBC's S. Korea Retail Unit
- Oak Hill Pays $300M For NC Organic Food Retailer
- Facebook's $1B Instagram Buy To Net Trendy Photo Tech
- Delphi Pays $49M To Settle Investor Suit Over Buyout
- Express Scripts Says Delay Of Merger Suit Is Inexcusable
- Kaye Scholer Nabs Shanghai PE Partner From Debevoise
- Microsoft To Pay $1B For 800 AOL Patents
- Cerberus Shells Out $950M For AT&T's Yellow Pages
- KSL Tops Apollo With $234M Bid In Great Wolf Bidding War
- Penta Bids For Insolvent German Retailer Schlecker
- Arnold & Itkin Can't Kick Sanctions In Arbitration Dispute
- Dewey Loses Structured Finance Chair To Mayer Brown
- Taiwanese Venture Giant Bids $1.8B For Leading Brokerage
- McGuireWoods Wants Broke Hospital's Malpractice Suit Tossed
- Piedmont REIT Argues Hiding Merger Offer Was Legal
- Illumina Backed By Advisory Firm In Roche Proxy Fight
- Lessons From Omnicare Antitrust Litigation
- Class Cert. Bid Revived In Chicago Hospital Antitrust Case
- Chile's High Court Upholds Conditions On Airline Merger
- FexEx Nabs Polish Shipper As It Battles UPS In Europe
- FTC Wins Bid To Temporarily Block Hospital Merger
- Kilpatrick Nabs Ex-Baker & McKenzie Corporate Partner
- Rising Star: Cravath's Damien R. Zoubek
- Former Clients Accuse Andrews Kurth Of Legal Malpractice
- Quest's $2B Sale To Insight A Fraud Cover-Up, Investor Says
- Spectrum To Pay $206M For Cancer Drug Manufacturer
- Private Equity Firms Start Bid Fight Over Great Wolf
- Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
- Jones Day Adds 2 M&A Partners In Dusseldorf
- Covidien's $300M Oridion Buy Latest In Shopping Spree
- Judge Sinks K-Sea Investor Suit Over $604M Sale To Kirby
- Shareholder Knocks Avon For Rebuffing $10B Coty Offer
- Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' William Sorabella
- Inside The European Debate On Takeover Regulation
- Najafi-Owned Book Club Co. Snaps Up In-Flight Mag SkyMall
- SEC Vet Returns For 3rd Dance With Pillsbury
- Alston & Bird Snags Ex-HUD Atty With M&A, Securities Chops
- Lender Slams Brookfield's Renewed Atlantis Resort Deal
- Great Wolf Investor Howls Over $703M Apollo Buyout
- Bryan Cave Adds PE, Health Ace To Transactional Practice
- Viasystems Buys DDI For $268M To Grow Defense Business
- Burger King To Reclaim NYSE Throne In $1B Investment Deal
- Icahn Claims Majority Shares For $2.6B CVR Takeover
- Dewey Exodus Continues As DLA Piper Snags 4 M&A Pros
- Vector Claims New Evidence In Fight Over $307M Citi Sale
- Molson Coors Taps European Market With $3.5B StarBev Buy
- Sirius Calls Challenge To $180M Antitrust Deal Moot
- Tech, Life Sciences Cos. Vulnerable To Activist Takeovers
- EU Antitrust Watchdog Probes $954M Sale Of Dexia Unit
- Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Matthew Salerno
- CME Deals For GreenX In Carbon Market Push
- Sole Bidder Versa Capital Cleared To Buy United Retail
- RBC Will Pay $1.1B For Outstanding Joint Venture Stake
- Foley Nabs 2nd Greenberg Private Equity Expert
- Biomet Offers $280M For Johnson & Johnson Trauma Biz
- Skadden Picks Up Asia Corporate Ace From Paul Hastings
- Cairn Adds North Sea Oil Wells With $450M Agora Buy
- $270M IAG-Lufthansa Deal Cleared For Takeoff In EU
- Relovair Bet Fuels Glaxo's $213M Theravance Stake Buy
- Illumina's Board Rejects $6.5B Cash Offer From Roche
- Latham Attracts IP, Life Sciences Transaction Pro From Wilson
- Ericsson Denies It Swiped Airvana's Hardware Designs
- Philly-Area Bigwigs Pay $55M For City's Biggest Papers
- AboveNet Investors Sue To Block $2B PE-Backed Merger Offer
- Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sarah Payne
- Latham & Watkins Guides Schiff On $150M Airborne Buy
- Sirius Asks FCC To Cage Liberty Media's Takeover Play
- Sino-Forest Shareholder Floats Restructuring Plan
- BASF Seals Up $1.1B Sale To EuroChem
- Avon Scoffs At $10B Coty Takeover Proposal
- CVC, ValueAct Quit Takeover Talks With Misys
- DBS Group To Buy Indonesian Bank For $7.3B
- $29B Express Scripts, Medco Tie-Up Wins FTC Approval