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Mergers & Acquisitions - July, 2012
240 articles
- Emmis Investors Resist Alleged Attack On Voting Rights
- Texas Court Kills $1.8M Corilant Verdict Over Failed Merger
- PokerStars Pays $731M, Acquires Full Tilt In DOJ Settlement
- Judge Keeps $50M Malpractice Claim Against Paul Hastings
- Illumina, Investor Drop Fight Over Poison Pill In Roche Bid
- Valero May Reap Up To $4B From Gas Station Biz Spinoff
- Anglo American To Pay $5.1B For Majority De Beers Stake
- Judge To Review Paul Weiss Docs In $1.5B AXA, ING Case
- Dealing With State Antitrust Officials: 5 Considerations
- Verizon's $4B Spectrum Plan Draws Fire From Senators
- Warburg Puts $55M Into Chinese Children's Clothing Co.
- Hardware Retailer Rona Spurns Lowe's $1.8B Takeover Bid
- Markey Presses Geithner To Block China-Nexen Oil Deal
- Apax Sues Endo Over $1.2B Qualitest Deal
- KKR Makes $94M Play For French Unit Of Italian Energy Co.
- ConAgra To Drop $265M On Unilever Frozen Foods Unit
- Sealing The Deal: Weil Reps AMC In $2.6B Sale To Chinese Co.
- Volcano Tentatively Exits Investor Suit Over $27M Payouts
- Mercapital Invests $57M In Rubaiyat Restaurant Chain
- Rio Tinto Adds $935M To Mongolian Mine Investment
- Wachtell Aids Chicago Bridge With $2B-Plus Shaw Buy
- Confidentiality Agreements Matter: 3 Recent Cases
- Roper Industries Pays $1.4B For Lab Software Co. Sunquest
- BP Hit With $3B Penalty Over Russian Arctic Venture
- Ex-Home Diagnostics CEO Says He Didn't Divulge Merger Tips
- Midstream Energy Deals Eclipsed Shale Plays In 2Q: Report
- Petronas Raises Progress Offer To $6B In Bidding War
- Billabong Flips On TPG's $726M Bid, Allows Due Diligence
- Universal Offers EU Antitrust Fixes To $1.9B EMI Deal
- GeoEye Investor Challenges $900M DigitalGlobe Buyout
- Sealing The Deal: Orrick Reps Yammer In $1.2B Microsoft Sale
- Sen. Demands Security Review Of CNOOC's $15B Nexen Buy
- Weil Helps Apple With $357M Buy Of Sensor Maker
- Latham & Watkins Reps Odyssey In L-Com Buy
- RBS Ducks Contract Claim In Liverpool Takeover Case
- GSK's $3B Takeover Of Human Genome Survives 2 Challenges
- TTC Grabs €688M Share Of PPR Unit, Eyes Full Stake
- US, EU Say UTC Must Sell Assets For $18.4B Deal To Clear
- Weil Guides Brookfield In $366M Merger With Texas REIT
- Judge Strikes Breakup Fee From LSP Stalking Horse Deal
- London Appeals Court Says BAA Must Sell Stansted Airport
- Terumo Seeks To Beat Sony With $640M Olympus Tie-Up Offer
- RoundTable Rakes In $400M In Aspen Surgical Sale
- Mid Europa Buys 50 Percent Stake In Czech Nutrition Co.
- Case Study: Polypore V. FTC
- Parlux Says Investor, Attys Should Pay For 'Bad-Faith' Suit
- Linc Energy Unit Faces Contract Suit Over $236M Well Sale
- BC Partners, Carlyle To Pay $3.5B For Industrial Pump Maker
- Par Pharmaceutical Investor Sues To Halt $1.9B TPG Deal
- DVD Co. Cinram Gets US Clearance For $83M Sale To Najafi
- Hong Kong Mogul-Led Group Ponies Up $1B For Gas Co.
- Guidant Tells Judge J&J Can't Sue Over Botched $22B Merger
- Human Genome Shareholders Say GSK's $3B Offer Too Low
- BrightPoint Gave Shoddy Info Ahead Of $840M Sale, Suit Says
- E&Y Stalling Case Over $1.5B ING Unit Buy, AXA Says
- Hong Kong Exchange's $2B LME Buy Gets Shareholder Nod
- Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Issues In Leshinsky And Asadi
- Judges OK Private Equity Firm's $70M Northstar Buy
- Kerr-McGee Witness Begins Defense In $25B Tronox Case
- GenOn Shareholders Sue To Block $1.7B NRG Merger
- Adviser's Fee Claims Pared In Fight Over $58M Cleantech Deal
- Insurers Tell Congress Dodd-Frank Will Hurt Industry
- Chicago Hospitals Delaying Antitrust Suit, Patients Say
- Cooley Opens In LA With Ex-Gibson Dunn, DLA Piper Attys
- Distributor Fights Arbitration In Mike's Hard Contract Row
- NY Court Nixes Arizona Tea Co-Founder Bid To Block Buyout
- Blackstone Pours $125M Into NantWorks Biopharmaceutical Arm
- Noncompetition Covenants In The M&A Context
- PE Titans Try Again To Whittle LBO Bid-Rigging Claims
- TPG Rebids For Billabong At $717M As Clothier Struggles
- Ritz Landlords Cry Foul Over Speedy Bidding Process
- VMware Lays Down $1.3B For Computer Networking Firm
- DreamWorks Pays $155M For 'Classic' TV, Movie Characters
- Black & Decker To Pay $850M For Hong Kong Fastener Co.
- Judge Stays Penthouse Publisher's Suit Over $500M Acquisition
- CNOOC's $15B Nexen Buy Continues China's Global Oil Spree
- French Antitrust Cop Conditionally Approves TV Acquisitions
- GenCorp To Pay $550M For United Technologies' Rocketdyne
- DigitalGlobe's $900M Deal Turns Tables On Ex-Suitor GeoEye
- Genesee Eyes $1.4B RailAmerica Buy To Form US Rail Titan
- NRG's $1.7B GenOn Buy Creates Largest US Power Producer
- Peet's Coffee To Go Private In $978M Joh. A. Benckiser Buy
- Inside Italy's New Antitrust And Competition Rules
- American Laser Wants More Time To File Ch. 11 Plan
- Stimulating Bank Investment By Simplifying Review
- Fresenius Scoops Up PE-Owned Blood Collection Co.
- SP Newsprint's Lenders Form $145M Stalking Horse
- Packaging Co. Sues To Enforce $200M Merger's No-Hire Deal
- Afghan Co. Can't Dodge Suit Over Control Of Security Unit
- Aussie TV Network Reaps $150M From Ad Unit Sale
- Savings Groups Must OK Security Issuers Periodically: FDIC
- EDP Sells Spanish Gas Grid For $296M To Meet EU Directive
- SEC Sets Bar To Meet 'Mortgage-Related Security' Definition
- EU Antitrust Unit Eyes UPS's $6.8B TNT Buy
- Heineken Brews Up $4B Deal To Control Asian Beermaker
- SEC's Broad Municipal Adviser Rule Risks Collateral Damage
- Presidential Life Investors Protest $415M Sale To Athene
- P&G Notches $1B Deal To Buy Out Spanish Venture Partner
- Gaylord Defends $210M Marriott Deal After TRT Cries Foul
- Goldman, Others Can't Duck HCA Claim In LBO Antitrust Case
- Drugmaker Taro Rejects Sun Pharma's Latest Buyout Bid
- Providence Sells 22 TV Stations In Deals Worth $1B
- Unfinished Dodd-Frank Rules Leave Banks In The Dark
- Ex-Progress CEO Says Duke Tried To Exit Merger
- Repsol Pulls In $540M From Sale Of Chilean Natural Gas Unit
- PE Firm, Pension Fund Put Up $6.6B In Suddenlink Buy
- Tronox, Kerr-McGee Trial To Resume In Enviro Liabilities Row
- Morgan Lewis Aids Pearson In $116M Self-Publisher Buy
- Jones Day Reps Georgia Gulf In $2B Buy Of PPG Division
- AMR Gets More Time To File Plan, Consider Merger Options
- Winston & Strawn Helps Highstar Unit In $2B Waste Biz Buy
- Nordgold Pitches $1.2B Buyout For High River Gold
- ThaiBev To Pay $2B For Stake In Singapore Beverage Co.
- Cogeco Offers $1.36B For Atlantic Broadband, US Presence
- Seyfarth Adds PE Firm's Ex-GC As Partner In NY
- SAIC To Pay $473M For Health Care IT Consulting Co. MaxIT
- Brazilian Antitrust Official Vows Quick Merger Reviews
- Arctic Glacier's $434M Sale To HIG Gets US Approval
- Ex-SecureNet CEO Lobs $192M Suit At Duane Morris
- Duke CEO To Discuss Progress Merger With Fla. Utility Panel
- Jones Day Reps Steris In $270M US Endoscopy Buy
- Judge Lets Hawker Beechcraft Negotiate With Chinese Bidder
- TiVo Branches Into TV Analytics With $20M Research Co. Buy
- Duke Energy Investors Sue Over Progress CEO's Ouster
- Ardagh To Pay $880M For Anchor Glass Ahead Of IPO Reboot
- State Street To Pay $550M For Goldman Fund Management Unit
- Pa. Court Denies Philly Exchange's Right To Legal Fees
- Key Considerations For The Sale Of A Private Company
- Samsung To Pay $310M For Chipmaker's Mobile Handset Biz
- Loeb & Loeb Lures Capital Markets Pro From Reed Smith
- Tawa, Argonaut Find No Quick End To Suit Over $114M Sale
- $616M Reuters Deal Bilked FX Alliance Investors, Suit Says
- Hawker Sale To China Risks Military Secrets, Union Says
- US Owes Raytheon $60M In Pension Costs, Judge Says
- FTC OKs Novartis' $1.5B Fougera Buy With Divestitures
- Ryanair Fights UK Refusal To Halt Aer Lingus Probe
- US Bancorp Pays $10M To Exit Pension Class Action
- Accor's $275M Hotel Group Buy Boosts Presence In Brazil
- Comcast Pays $300M To Break NBC News JV With Microsoft
- Shell Won't Answer Thai Rival's $1.9B Bid For Cove Energy
- Toll Brothers GC Jumps To Duane Morris Corporate Practice
- WilmerHale Reps Thermo Fisher In $925M Buy Of One Lambda
- GSK Finally Lands Human Genome With Upped $3B Offer
- Ballard Spahr Adds Carlton Fields Banking, PE Partner
- Kirkland Reps PE Firm In Deal For Biometrics Co.
- TPG Offers $1.9B For Generic Drug Co. Par Pharmaceutical
- Sidley Austin Helps Athene In $415M Buy Of Presidential Life
- NC Agency Orders Ousted Progress CEO To Testify On Merger
- Mayer Brown Beefs Up Beijing M&A Practice
- Canadian Pension Fund Buys $326M Stake In Helly Hansen
- Beware Damage Waiver Provisions In M&A Agreements
- Nordic Capital Buys Swedish Insurance, Finance Stakes
- Ace, NY Life Ordered To Arbitrate $75M Sale Price Row
- Aussie Mining Magnate Offers $5.4B For Whitehaven Coal
- Novartis Cancer Unit Escapes Securities Suit
- Hunton & Williams Aids Darden's $585M Yard House Eatery Buy
- Texas Jury Hands Down $118M Verdict In Hospital Investor Suit
- Judge To Tap Mediator In NewPage Ch. 11 Feud
- Sealing The Deal: DLA Piper Speeds Reddy Ice Through Ch. 11
- Dentsu To Pay $5B For Aegis In Bid To Spur Global Growth
- High Court Asked To Weigh Juries' Role In Punitive Damages
- Vodafone To Pay $662M For Telstra's New Zealand Unit
- Centrica Pays $110M For 2 Iberdrola Units
- Valentino Stays Private In $850M Sale To Qatari Investors
- Shell's 4th Push Of $1.8B Cove Offer May Prompt Bid War End
- FTC Seeks More Info On $5.2B Watson, Actavis Merger
- UK Minister To Reconsider Criminal Antitrust Changes
- Australia Acquisition Inks $350M Asset Deal To Join Harbinger
- AMR CEO Says It's Time To Consider Merger Options
- Bondholders Rip NewPage Rejection Of $1.5B Verso Merger
- McGraw-Hill Reveals Debt Plan For Spinoff Of Education Unit
- 11th Circ. Backs FTC Order Undoing Polypore's $78M Deal
- Ex-Aeriform Workers Say PE Buyout Ruined Retirement Funds
- Halliburton Hits KBR With $256M Suit Over Spinoff Tax Pact
- Mondi Group To Pay $781M For Oaktree's Nordenia Stake
- Another Reason To Take HSR Compliance Seriously
- White & Case Adds Dewey Energy M&A Partner In Beijing
- Private Equity In The Crosshairs
- Duke CEO Defends Ousting Of Progress Chief
- $1.8B Chinese Bid For Hawker Stirs Up Security Concerns
- Comcast To Sell A&E Stake For $3B To Disney-Hearst Duo
- Holland & Knight Hires PE Expert From Katten Muchin
- Stagecoach Ditches Merger Plans After UK Seeks Review
- N+1, Mercapital Merger Creates Spain's Biggest PE Firm
- Willkie Farr Aids Aquiline In BI-SAM Buy
- Intel Invests $4B To Boost ASML's Chip Development
- Chinese Aerospace Co. To Pay $1.8B For Hawker Beechcraft
- WellPoint Grows Medicaid Biz With $5B Amerigroup Buy
- $385M Deal For Offshore Unit Boosts Golar's LNG Operations
- Bankrupt Ritz Camera Seeks Stalking Horse Bid
- Sunoco Shareholder Sues To Stop $5.3B ETP Takeover
- Nigerian Court Strikes Down Rusal's $205M Aluminum Co. Buy
- Campbell To Spend $1.6B On PE Firm's Food Retailer
- Middle East-Geared Fund Pays $130M For Jordan Dubai Capital
- Loeb & Loeb Hires Beijing Deals Atty Away From Paul Hastings
- Fried Frank Reps Thomson Reuters In $625M ForEx Buy
- NY Appeals Court Tosses Claims In Arizona Iced Tea Feud
- $1.1B Buyout Undervalues M*Modal, Shareholder Claims
- Dynegy Files For Ch. 11, Will Merge With Subsidiary
- Southwest Plaintiffs Ask 9th Circ. For Clarity On Merger Suits
- ENN, Sinopec's $2.2B China Gas Bid Gets Shareholder Nod
- NuStar Sells $175M Stake In Refineries To Lindsay Goldberg
- Tax Tips For Private Equity Acquisitions
- King & Spalding Adds Mayer Brown PE Partner In London
- KKR Buys $292M Stake In German Coffeemaker Co.
- Himart Takes $1.1B Lotte Offer, Sends MBK Partners Packing
- Portuguese Antitrust, Merger Overhaul Set For Saturday
- GKN Beefs Up Aero Division With $991M Volvo Unit Buy
- UK Insurer Aviva To Narrow Focus, Shed 16 Business Units
- EU Clears SCA's $1.7B Georgia-Pacific Buy, With Conditions
- Glencore-Xstrata Vote Delayed As Aussie Regulator OKs Deal
- Publicis Scoops Up Top Ad Agency BBH
- Carlyle Acquires Controlling Stake In Chinese Hotel Co.
- Providence Takes €265M In Debt To Buy German TV Network
- AXA Private Equity Backs French Web Conferencing Co.
- Jones Day Aids Bayer CropScience In $425M AgraQuest Buy
- Walgreens Inks $438M USA Drug Deal In 2nd Summer Buy
- Facing CFIUS: Better Safe Than Sorry
- Volkswagen Swallowing Porsche For $5.5B Ahead Of Schedule
- Amylin Shareholder Sues Over $7B Sale To Bristol-Myers
- BMC Software, Elliott Funds Strike Deal To End Takeover Battle
- JPMorgan PE Arm Bids $1.1B For Medical Transcription Co.
- SAP, Ariba Send More Info On $4.3B Merger To DOJ
- Wood Mackenzie Valued At $1.7B In Hellman & Friedman Deal
- Shearman, Debevoise Steer Syniverse's $694M MACH Buy
- OMERS To Sell Investment Portfolio To AXA Private Equity
- BlackRock To Buy Swiss Re's $7.5B PE, Fund Of Funds Units
- $1.7B PE Bid For Aussie Retail Co. Draws Regulator's Scrutiny
- Microsoft Posts $6.2B Writedown, Citing 2007 aQuantive Buy
- Naspers Unit Picks Up Netretail Stake From Intel, PE Firm
- West Penn Lambasts UPMC's 'Bogus' Antitrust Claims
- Baker Adds Three PE Partners In Chicago
- Bristol-Myers, AstraZeneca Team Up On $7B Amylin Deal
- EverBank To Spend $2.5B For GE Capital Real Estate Loan Biz
- Skadden Aids Dell In $2.4B Quest Software Buy
- Cravath Guides Linde's $4.6B Offer For US Medical Co.
- UK PE Firm Withdraws $1.7B Bid For Australian Retail Co.
- Micron's $2.5B Buyout Covers Bankrupt Elpida's Debts
- So. Florida: Latin America's Int'l Arbitration Destination
- Dewey & LeBoeuf And The 'Unfinished Business' Doctrine