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Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2012
233 articles
- Renco Owes Ex-Unit $49M From Humvee Venture, Judge Says
- Investors Behind Duke Derivative Suits Called To Meet In Del.
- As Fiscal Cliff Looms, 'Tis The Season For Big M&A Deals
- NYSE Heeds Past Lessons With $750M Antitrust Breakup Fee
- E.ON Pays Arrow $110M To End Contractor Indemnity Battle
- HP, Others Hit With Derivative Suit Over $11B Merger
- Feed Co. Westway Group Goes Private In $419M Deal With EQT
- Expedia Lands $632M Stake In German Hotel Site
- Sidley Austin Guides Apollo Unit In $1.8B Aviva USA Buy
- Pa. PUC Shouldn't Investigate Exelon Merger, Judge Says
- Panasonic To Sell Sanyo Digital Unit To Japanese PE Firm
- GE Drops $4.3B To Buy Avio's Aviation Business From Cinven
- UK Competition Watchdog Bars Akzo's Metlac Takeover
- MoFo Advises Pinnacle On $2.8B Ameristar Casinos Buy
- Nigeria's Oando To Pay $1.8B For ConocoPhillips' Assets
- Clearwire Investor Looks To Block $2B Sprint Buyout
- Office Depot Unloads Hungarian Arm To Venture Capitalist
- Judge Won't Halt Health System's Physician Practice Buy
- Cleary, Troutman Lead In Google's $2B Motorola Home Sale
- Sheppard Mullin Hires Corporate Expert From O'Melveny
- EQT Corp. To Net $720M In Sale Of Utility Arm To Peoples
- Lowenstein Adds Private Equity, M&A Partner From McDermott
- Kirkland Help Sauer-Danfoss Weigh $2.3B Unsolicited Bid
- Norway, Prologis Launch $3B Industrial Property Fund
- 2nd Circ. Approves $180M Sirius XM Antitrust Settlement
- Dominion, Caiman Energy To Form $1.5B Midstream Service JV
- Icahn's American Railcar Ups Offer To $597M For Rival
- EU Accepts Rio Tinto's Aluminum Antitrust Moves
- Wilson Sonsini Expands China Practice With Beijing Office
- ICE To Buy NYSE Parent Co. In $8.2B Stock-And-Cash Deal
- EU Regulator To Probe Syniverse's $694M Mach Acquisition
- Latham Reps Carlyle In $424M Energy Investor Buy
- Del Monte Seeks $14M From Kraft, RJR For Pollution Cleanup
- Oracle Inks $871M Deal For Another Cloud-Based Software Co.
- Reminder: Joint Ventures Are Subject To Antitrust Review
- Cleary Gottlieb Steers Warburg To Crossmark Acquisition
- Focus Media Goes Private In $4B Deal With PE Firms, CEO
- Game Maker THQ Seeks Replay With Ch. 11
- US Declines To Join FCA Suit Over Chrysler, Fiat Deal
- CB&I Shareholders OK $3B Plan To Merge With Shaw
- E.ON Unloads $1.3B Waste Biz Stake, Forms Venture With EQT
- Former Porsche Execs Charged Over Failed VW Deal
- Greenbrier Says Icahn's $543M Offer Shortchanges Investors
- Kodak Hopes $525M Patent Sale Will Pave Path Out Of Ch. 11
- $330M Tech Co. Tie-Up Will Create 'Near-Monopoly,' FTC Says
- SEP Antitrust Analysis — More Complex Than It Seems
- Debevoise Reps Markel In $3B Buy Of Rival Insurer Alterra
- Getco, Knight Capital Agree To $1.4B Merger
- Weak Business Casts Doubt Over Billabong Exec's $556M Bid
- Coke Bottler Eats Up Cheez Doodle Maker, Ecuador Snack Co.
- Bowing To Vocal Investor CalSTRS, Cerberus To Sell Gunmaker
- BC Partners Faces WARN Class Action Over Texas Layoffs
- Spanish Bank To Pay Aviva $804M To Settle JV Dispute
- Wells Fargo Eyes Alternative Assets In Rock Creek Buy
- ConocoPhillips Sells Algeria Unit For $1.75B To Pertamina
- Icahn's Railcar Co. Tries Again With $543M Offer For Rival
- Drug Co. Lied About $245M Buyout Offer, SEC Claims
- Simpson Thacher Guides Nielsen's $1.3B Buy Of Arbitron
- Calif. High Court's 2nd Stab At Henkel Could Help M&A
- Ancestry.com Must Reveal More About $1.6B Permira Deal
- Judge OKs Settlement In Temple-Inland Shareholder Suit
- Elliott Management Offers $2.3B To Acquire Compuware
- Energy PE Firm Buys $140M Stake In Texas American Partners
- In Rare Defection, Cravath M&A Partner Joins Kirkland
- Teavana Settles Shareholder Suits Over $620M Starbucks Deal
- Laclede Puts Up $1B For Southern Union's Gas Utilities
- Joh. A. Benckiser Inks $340M Deal For Caribou Coffee
- CFTC Mandates Audio Logs Of Swaps Transactions
- Johnson Controls Appeals A123's $256M Bankruptcy Sale
- First Quantum Ups Inmet Offer To $5.2B After Copper Find
- China Gas Puts Up $400M For Fortune Oil's Gas Biz
- Equitable Gas Delays Rate Increases In Pipe Acquisition Deal
- Skadden Aids Guggenheim's $1.4B Sun Life Annuity Unit Buy
- American Realty Capital Trusts To Merge In $2.2B Deal
- Sprint Notches Clearwire Buy With Increased $2.2B Offer
- 'Don't Ask, Don't Waive' Standstills And The Auction Problem
- AIG To Sell Off $6.7B Stake In Asian Insurer
- Private Health Care Opportunities In Latin America
- $80M SPAC Buys Digital Sign Maker 4 Weeks Before Deadline
- Heelys Directors Sued Over 'Unfair' $63M Buyout Price
- Texas Hospitals Scott & White, Baylor Plan Merger
- Canadian Antitrust Watchdog Drops Charges Against Waste Co.
- Philippine Investor Buys Stake In Chevron Geothermal Unit
- Exelon Unit Sues IHI Over $12M In Power Plant Bills
- Talmer Gets Go-Ahead For $60M First Place Bank Buy
- Best Buy Gives Founder More Time To Put Together Offer
- Helix Lands $610M From Talos In Sale Of Gulf Energy Assets
- Cleary, SyCip Aid Coca-Cola Bottler's $688M Major Stake Buy
- DLA Piper Aids Discovery In $1.7B Nordic TV Portfolio Buy
- Akzo Nobel Gets $1.05B From PPG For N. American Paint Biz
- Lukoil Pulls Out Of Colombia With Sale Of Condor Stake
- Arsenal Capital Portfolio Co. Takes Over Adhesive Maker
- Ryanair Loses Bid To Block UK Probe Of Aer Lingus Stake
- Shareholder Cries Foul Over Softbank-Sprint Merger
- Some CEOs Spend On Investors, Not M&A, As Tax Hike Looms
- Vertical Pharma Suit Claims Deloitte Derailed Acquisition
- MSR Resort's Disclosure Statement Gets Green Light
- Fortis Eyes Settlement With NY To Close $1.5B CH Energy Buy
- Tesoro To Pay $400M For Chevron Northwest Pipeline System
- Mitsubishi Buys BofA's Share In Private Banking Venture
- Audax Announces 2 Investments After $1.25B Fund Close
- Plains Drops $125M On Eagle Ford Assets From Chesapeake
- Towers Perrin Beats Principals' Suit Over Watson Wyatt Merger
- Legg Mason To Snag Fauchier Partners From BNP Paribas Unit
- Georgia-Pacific Puts Up $750M For Temple-Inland Unit
- Sprint Offers $2.1B For Remaining Clearwire Stake
- A Fresh Look At Diversity In ADR
- Berkshire Hathaway Spends $1.2B In Stock Buyback
- Tronox, Kerr-McGee Dispute Intent In Closing Arguments
- EC Win In Merger Fine Case Puts Companies On Notice
- Nanya Can End DRAM Patent Case Against Elpida, ITC Says
- Viacom Can't Claim IP Indemnity From Harmonix Shareholders
- Shareholder Challenges TD Bank's $668M Epoch Purchase
- Malaysian Tycoon Puts Up $1B To Take Guoco Group Private
- Primaris REIT Says $4.4B KingSett Buyout Bid Falls Short
- EC Approves $1.7B Austria Telecom Buyout, With Conditions
- HuffPo Bloggers' Compensation Suit Falls In 2nd Circ.
- A Trap For The Unwary In Terminating M&A Transactions
- Gilead Shells Out $510M For YM BioSciences
- Shearman & Sterling Guides Nasdaq's $390M Reuters Units Buy
- Germany Brings In $1.4B For Commercial Real Estate Firm TLG
- Rosneft To Spend $28B For Remaining Half Of TNK-BP
- Swiss Chocolatier Inks $950M Asian Cocoa Supplier Buy
- Plains, McMoRan Shareholders Challenge $9B Freeport Bid
- SEC Sues NJ Consultant Over Chinese Reverse Mergers
- Chinese Co.'s $275M Bid For Bankrupt A123 Gets Judge's Nod
- Italy Raids Parmalat, Lactalis In Probe Of US Deal
- Dechert Adds Ex-Mayer Brown Private Equity Leader In NY
- Foley Adds M&A, Project Finance Partner In Florida
- SEC Can't Prove Stock Buyback Scheme, GSK Unit Says
- Insurance Checklist For Mergers And Acquisitions
- MSR Ch. 11 Plan Incorporates $1.5B Sale To Sovereign Fund
- DOJ, NY AG Sue To Unwind NYC Tour Bus Monopoly
- China OKs E-Security Joint Venture, With Conditions
- Tullow Pays PE Firm $670M For Norwegian Oil Co.
- Belden Pays $516M For Broadcast Parts Maker PPC
- Delta Takes Aim At Heathrow In $360M Virgin Atlantic Buy
- Simpson Thacher Aids Siris Capital Units In $862M TNS Buy
- Chem Rx Trustee Sues Ex-Execs Who Profited From Faulty LBO
- Skadden Steers Spectra's $1.5B US-Canada Pipeline Buy
- Diageo Abandons Cuervo Bid, Feeding Beam Buy Rumors
- Apple, Google Joint Bid Tops $500M For Kodak Patents
- Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Amgen on $415M DeCODE Buy
- Ultra Petroleum Raises $225M In Gas Pipeline Sale
- WellPoint Defeats Final Claims In Premium Hike Class Action
- Weston Presidio Sells Evenflo Breastfeeding Unit To PE Firm
- Paul Hastings Aids PE Firm's Exit From Nursing Home Operator
- Ryanair Offers More Concessions To EU In Aer Lingus Bid
- McGuireWoods Adds Nordic-Focused M&A Partner In London
- Japan-Backed Fund To Lead $1.8B Renesas Bailout
- Yahoo, NBC To Combine Sports Content, Coverage
- China's Wanxiang Scores A123 Assets For $257M At Auction
- Bingham Guides Honeywell's $600M Deal For Intermec
- AIG Jet Leasing Biz Valued At $5B In Sale To Chinese Cos.
- Heelys Abandons PE Sale Plan After $63M Sequential Offer
- Canada Approves CNOOC's $15B Nexen Purchase
- AIG Eyes Sale Of Jet Leasing Biz
- KBR Blocking Release Of Funds From $280M Deal, Suit Says
- GDF Suez Scores $1.1B For Control Of Italian Wind Portfolio
- DOE Wants To Block Deposition On Stake In A123 Assets
- Community Banks Tame Regulatory Costs By Teaming Up
- Law School Friends Deny IBM Tip Trading Charges
- Douglas Shareholders Approve $2B Advent Takeover Bid
- North Plains Absorbs UK Digital Marketing Software Co.
- ERISA Suit Slams HP Stock Offering Following Major Losses
- PE Firm Headland Grabs Majority Stake In YoungToys
- EU Regulators Take Deeper Look At Munksjo-Ahlstrom Merger
- Video Tech Co. Faces Derivative Suit Over Accounting Methods
- Carlyle's Claris Sells $194M Stake, Forms Injections JV
- German Regulator Concerned About $787M Cable Merger
- Apollo To Buy UK Jeweler, Watchmaker Aurum
- Italian PE Firm Revs Up Aston Martin With $240M Stake Buy
- US Bank Claims Dibs On Extended Stay's $100M Guaranty
- Developing Countries' Investments Boom As Europe Pares Back
- Bankrupt Vertis Gets Go-Ahead For $259M Sale To Quad
- LMI Pays $247M To Pick Up Peer Aerospace Parts Maker
- Sovereign Fund's Uncontested $1.5B Bid Lands It MSR Assets
- M&A MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Daniel Wolf
- $853M Bid Gives China's Tianqi World's Biggest Lithium Miner
- Dorsey Bolsters NY Corporate Team With Ex-K&L Gates PE Ace
- Norton Rose Aids Barclays In $2.1B Africa Deal With Absa
- EU Antitrust Chief Uncertain About UPS/TNT Concessions
- Leonard Green Takes $805M Topshop Stake As Chain Eyes US
- PPR To Reap $525M In Plus-Size Clothing Unit Sale
- FTC's Tough Message On Standard-Essential Patents
- Investor Takes Aim At Pork Co.'s $500M Go-Private Deal
- Bondholders Say Elpida IP Deals Benefit Micron, Not Creditors
- Ocwen Must Appoint Monitor To Oversee Mortgage Servicing
- France, Germany Sign On To EADS Structural Overhaul
- Court Chides Atty For Letter To Judge In Securities Case
- SEC Sues Wells Fargo Banker In $11M Insider Trading Case
- Judge Won't Find $1.5B Bid For MSR Was In Good Faith Yet
- Baird Takes Majority Stake In Legal Head-Hunter SR Group
- M&A MVP: Latham & Watkins' Charles Ruck
- Simpson Thacher Aids PE Pair In $713M TPC Buyout
- KingSett-Led Group Puts Up $4.4B For Shopping Mall REIT
- SAExploration's GC Barred In Contract Suit, Texas Court Says
- Wachtell Leads Freeport To $9B Merger With Plains, McMoRan
- Blackstone Pays $882M For Dutch Tax Consultancy
- Critical Issues For Post-Acquisition Physicians
- A Noteworthy Investigation Of An Acquisition In Alaska
- McDermott Steers Intersnack To $645M KP Snacks Buy
- HSBC Swings $9.4B Deal For Ping An Stake
- HuffPo Tells 2nd Circ. It Never Vowed To Stay Independent
- FTC Official Justifies Tough Hospital Merger Enforcement
- Bahraini Telecom Puts Up $1B For CWC Monaco, Islands Biz
- Ace Rips Reinsurer's Bid To Back Out Of Subsidiary Buy
- FTC Clears Disney's $4B Lucasfilm Buy
- M&A MVP: Skadden's Nancy Lieberman
- Icahn Shelves $3B Oshkosh Bid Upon Tepid Investor Reception
- Kirkland & Ellis Aids Linden's $314M Dental Co. Buyout
- Coke, Dairy Farm Co-Op Take Shares Of Protein Drink Co.
- Qualcomm Offers Up To $120M For Stake In Struggling Sharp
- Kirkland Guides Baxter's $4B Buy Of Dialysis Co. Gambro
- M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Alan Klein
- Texas Judge OKs $66M Award In Hospital Investor Suit
- Solar Co. Satcon Gets Nod For Credit Deal Over Objections
- TCW To Move Forward With Sale To Carlyle Despite EIG Suit
- GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
- SEC Targets Audit Firms Over Chinese Reverse-Merger Docs
- $110M Deal Over Kinder Morgan's El Paso Buyout Gets OK
- South Africa's Bidvest Picks Up Brandcorp From PE Owner
- BofA Shareholders' Attys Want $177M From $2.4B Settlement
- Saputo Shells Out $1.45B For Dean Foods' Dairy Co.
- Latham & Watkins Leads BWAY In $265M Ropak Buy
- Archer Daniels Lobs Sweetened $3B Bid At GrainCorp
- Diamond Foods Can't Dodge Investor Suit Over Walnut Scandal
- Innospec Drops $745M Bid To Acquire TPC Group
- Wells Fargo Execs, Investors Settle 2 Wachovia Suits
- Onex Puts Up $165M For 50% Stake In Aircraft Manager
- Computer Sciences Gets $1B In Credit Unit Sale To Equifax
- Nokia Siemens Sells Optical Fiber Unit To PE Firm
- Takeaways From Del. Encore And Auriga Rulings