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Mergers & Acquisitions - June, 2013
332 articles
- FTC Finalizes Merger Notification Withdrawal Rules
- Bankrupt Hardware Chain Orchard Can Hold Liquidation Sales
- Milbank Snaps Up Derivatives Pro From Allen & Overy
- 'Stay Tuned' For More Hospital Merger Battles: FTC Head
- Choppy Debuts May Darken Private Equity's IPO Exit Path
- Challenge To $29B Express-Medco Merger Trimmed Again
- Arch Coal Rakes In $435M As It Sends Utah Biz To Bowie
- Hartford Off Hook In PE Firm's Suit Over Stock Purchase
- Clearwire Suit Ends Quietly As $3.6B Sprint Offer Takes Root
- Japan's Lixil Puts Up $542M For Top Bathroom Fixture Co.
- Weil Keeps Adobe On Pace With $600M Marketing Buy
- Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Anglo American, Murdoch
- Boston Scientific Puts Up $275M For Bard Cardiac Unit
- Health Care REIT Buys Out $173M Stake In Senior Housing JV
- Beware The Boilerplate In Merger Clauses
- 'Only In Delaware' Ruling A Win For Boards, But Tests Await
- Rosneft To Offer Lower Share Price Deal To TNK-BP Minority
- Highmark Flouting Settlement In Antitrust Row, UPMC Says
- Midstream Energy Industry Headed For Merger Mania
- Deals Rumor Mill: ING, KKR, Amgen
- Some Practical Antitrust Reminders From Google-Waze Deal
- Aspen Makes Another $1B Growth Play With New Merck Deal
- Precision To Pay $600M For Aerospace Co. Permaswage
- Spotlight On Rule 13e-3
- Founder 'Nowhere Close' To Controlling Dell, Strine Says
- Revstone's $54M Sale Of Nondebtor Units In Limbo
- EU Names New Chief Economist, Media Unit Director
- Jones Day Adds PE Partner From Winston Strawn In NYC
- Dish Withdraws $6.8B Bid For Clearwire
- Georgia-Pacific Shifts $1.5B Buckeye Buyout To Merger
- 3 HSR Lessons From Case Against MacAndrews & Forbes
- Starboard To Wage Proxy Fight Before Office Depot's Big Deal
- 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Duane Reade Execs' Fraud Convictions
- Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Riverstone, Total
- Total Ups Stake In Novatek As LNG Project Moves Forward
- US Judge Approves Micron's $2B Takeover Of Elpida
- $1.4B Getco, Knight Capital Tie-Up Wins Investor Approval
- $1B Office Depot, OfficeMax Merger Won't Nix Annual Meeting
- Strine Upholds 'Only In Delaware' Lawsuit Bylaws
- US Trustee Protests IGPS Plan For Ch. 11 Sale
- China Says $7B Smithfield Deal Won't Hurt US Food Safety
- Sprint Shareholders Approve $21.6B SoftBank Takeover
- Vinson Reps BreitBurn In $860M Okla. Oil Fields Buy
- Broadcaster Slips Into Ch. 11 After $47M Jury Verdict
- Deals Rumor Mill: Total, Thai Life, Sumitomo
- Seibu Shareholders Reject Cerberus' Bid To Shake Up Board
- LifeLabs To Drop $1.2B On Lab Testing Rival
- BioVeris Sues Spinoffs Over $4.4M Contract Spat
- Norway Pays $254M To Boost Cermaq Stake As PE Deal Looms
- Indian Oil Giants Revive $2.5B Mozambique LNG Stake Bid
- Club Med Board Approves $732M Fosun, AXA Buyout
- What To Know About The Common Interest Privilege
- Partners Group Spends $270M For Big Stake In IT Servicer
- ENRC Balks At $4.7B Bid, But Big Shareholder On Board
- Scooter Store Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Auction In August
- More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
- Sterling Liable For $22M Superfund Site, Judge Says
- Sinopec Pays $1.5B For Marathon Angola Oil Field Stake
- Anderson Kill Corporate Law Pro Jumps To Davidoff Hutcher
- FTC Probes Google's $1B Waze Buy
- Bankrupt Oncology Centers Reveal $125M Offer On The Table
- Deals Rumor Mill: Carrefour, Pharmstandard, Lloyds
- Smithfield Investor Says $7B Sale Grossly Undervalues Co.
- Lafarge Reaps $700M For Gypsum Biz In Ongoing Asset Sale
- Siemens, Manatt Phelps Win Favor In Contracting Suit
- TIAA, Henderson Join Forces On $19B Global Real Estate JV
- Thoma Bravo Inks $395M Buyout Deal For Keynote Systems
- EU Clears ICE's $8.2B Acquisition Of NYSE Euronext
- Telefonica To Unload Irish Unit For $1B To Trim Debt
- Gibson Dunn Guides Tenet In $1.8B Vanguard Health Buy
- PE-Backed Neiman Marcus Preps For $100M IPO
- Vodafone Pays €8B To Snap Up German Cable Powerhouse
- KKR Puts Up $1.3B For Clinical Trial Provider PRA
- High Court Leaves FTC Ban On $76M Polypore Merger In Place
- Stiefel Labs Beats Former Exec Suit Claiming $40M Con
- Dell Buyout Critics Seek New Market For Appraisal Rights
- Casden Wins In Merger Loan Suit Lobbed By Cerberus Unit
- Perelman Firm Strikes Deal In FTC's Filing Violation Case
- EU Seeks To Extend Merger Oversight To Minority Stakes
- 2013 Proxy Season Marked By Supersize Targets, Novel Tactics
- OCC Issues Final Rule On Counterparty Lending Limits
- UK Competition Court Upholds Akzo Nobel Merger Ban
- CNPC Grabs Minority Stake In $20B Novatek LNG Project
- Strine Rejects Quick Trial For Dell Plaintiffs
- Morgan Stanley Avoids Block Of Going Private Deal, For Now
- Marine Harvest Scraps $1.7B Cermaq Offer Amid Weak Support
- Electra Pays $66M For UK Audio Mixing Co. From Bain Unit
- Mediobanca To Sell €1.5B In Italian Corporate Stakes
- Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Local TV, Leonard Green
- Due Diligence After AIA Is No Longer Business As Usual
- HP Swaps Morgan Lewis For MoFo In Autonomy Litigation
- Chip Maker Spreadtrum Mulls $1.4B Bid From Tsinghua
- Taking No Chances With SEC, Icahn Reports Dell Tweet
- HDT Sues To Enforce $7M Arbitration Award Over Acquisition
- Goldman Pays $380M For Piece Of Mexican Road Operator
- Blackstone Pays $10M To End $1B Extended Stay Buyout Suits
- Skadden Can Collect Disputed $4M Fee In Radnor Ch. 11
- Canadian Hardware Co. Nets $208M In Sale Of Specialty Unit
- Cooper Tire Selling Itself Short In $2.5B Merger, Suit Says
- 3-D Printer Deal Opts For Unusual Stock Earnout
- Delta-Virgin JV Cleared By US, EU Antitrust Regulators
- FERC Greenlights ITC, Entergy $1.8B Transmission Deal
- Senators Want Deeper Probe Of $7B Smithfield Sale
- Sprint Trumps Dish With Sweetened $3.9B Clearwire Bid
- Deals Rumor Mill: Unilever, Nets, Microsoft
- Sony Shrugs Off Hedge Fund's Spinoff Plan At Annual Meeting
- Carlyle To Hold Stake In Aussie Equipment Rental Co.
- Carlyle To Pay $280M For Italian Motor Maker
- Why The Tesoro-BP Deal Withstood Antitrust Scrutiny
- GAO Says American-US Air Tie-Up Would Restrain Competition
- 3-D Printer Cos. Ink $403M Deal To Merge
- Ebix, Goldman Sachs End $820M Merger Deal Over Scrutiny
- Allied Wins $33.5M Replacement Loan Over Yucaipa Protest
- Burger Chain Johnny Rockets Sold To Sun Capital Unit
- US Air, American Execs Defend Merger Against Senate Grilling
- Suits Buck Dole CEO's $1.5B Offer, Citing Board Conflicts
- How To Structure A Going Private Transaction
- Dish Turns Back On $25.5B Sprint Deal To Focus On Clearwire
- Investor Sues To Block Suspected Icahn Herbalife Deal
- Private Equity Exits Slow To A Crawl In Europe
- Dalian Wanda Offers $1.6B For Hotel, James Bond Yacht Co.
- Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, KKR, SunGard
- PE-Backed German Publisher Seals $4.4B BC Partners Buyout
- Judge Won't Revisit HP Investor Claims Over WebOS Flop
- Bankrupt Hardware Chain Orchard Gets Nod For $176M DIP
- Verizon Finishes Off Creditor Suit Over $9B Idearc Spinoff
- BC Partners To Pay $4.2B For German Publishing Co.
- Chinese Developer Landsea Buys $111M Majority Stake In Rival
- Obama FCC Pick Scrutinized Over AT&T, T-Mobile Comments
- Tesoro To Shed Assets To Close $355M Chevron Pipeline Buy
- Ex-FTC Chief Leibowitz Joins Davis Polk's Antitrust Practice
- Polsinelli Lures 10 Attys From Husch Blackwell
- Icahn Calls For $15.6B Stock Buyback In Dell Buyout Fight
- Par Petroleum To Shell Out $400M For Tesoro Hawaii
- Tribune Could Owe $500M In Taxes On Cubs, Newsday Deals
- Minmetals Eyes $4B Stake In Rio Tinto Iron Ore Unit
- M&T Bank To Address Money Laundering Issues In $4B Merger
- Morgans Hotel Board Learns SandRidge 'Proxy Put' Lesson
- White & Case Snaps Up Hong Kong M&A Pro From Ropes
- Mengniu To Pay $1.6B For Carlyle-Backed Chinese Milk Co.
- Aspen Makes Play For GSK Thrombosis Drugs, Facility
- Deals Rumor Mill: Johnson Controls, Verizon, Apollo
- Liberty Stages $10B Kabel Deutschland Bid War With Vodafone
- UK Joint Ventures: Sanctions And Corruption Risks
- Royalty Pharma Drops $8B Hostile Bid For Elan
- Hardware Store Chain Plans $205M Sale To Lowe's In Ch. 11
- Sprint Sues Dish To Block Clearwire Takeover
- Arnold & Porter Partner To Head FTC's Competition Bureau
- Graco Hit With Antitrust Class Action Over Rival Buys
- Jones Day Lures Health Care Transactions Partner In Dallas
- Embassy Suites Operator To Sell Off Hotels In Ch. 11 Plan
- Squire Sanders Adds Ex-Goltsblat Private Equity Pro
- Warnaco Shareholder Settles Challenge To $2.9B PVH Buyout
- V&E Reps Warburg In $600M African Oil Explorer Buy-In
- Pinnacle Makes FTC Deal To Clear $2.8B Casino Purchase
- Hong Kong Billionaire Pays $1B For Waste-To-Energy Co.
- StellarOne Shareholder Rips $445M Community Bank Deal
- Piper Jaffray Focuses On PE With Edgeview Partners Purchase
- Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, AT&T, Fiat
- Latham Aids AXA's Stake Buy In $333.8M French Testing Co.
- PE Firms Bid $1.1B For Cermaq Unit, Jeopardizing Buyout
- J&J Inks $1B Deal To Acquire Aragon Pharmaceuticals
- Cinven Strikes $2B Deal For Rockwood's CeramTec
- Smithfield Breakup Worth More Than $7B Sale, Starboard Says
- New Ways To Manage Old Pension Liabilities
- Elan Vote Puts Royalty's $8B Hostile Bid In Doubt
- Office Depot Must Hold Election Despite Merger Plan, Suit Says
- PokerStars Not Ready To Fold In NJ Casino Takeover
- Zombie Fund Glut Bad For LPs, Good For Bargain Shoppers
- Belo Shareholder Bucks $2.2B Gannett Takeover
- Yucaipa Slams Revisions To Allied's $33.5M Loan, Sale Plan
- Ocwen Marks $2.5B For OneWest Mortgage-Servicing Rights
- Elan Puts Itself Up For Sale To Avert Royalty's $8B Hostile Bid
- FTC, Phoebe Eye Settlement In $195M Hospital Merger Fight
- Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, Siemens, KKR
- PetroChina Forms $6.5B Pipeline Venture With Asset Managers
- EQT Opts For $1B Springer IPO Over Proposed Buyout
- JPMorgan To Split Off $4.5B Private Equity Arm
- Sprint, SoftBank Defend $22B Deal Against Dish Backlash
- Equinix TKOs Shareholder Suit Over $700M Merger
- DLA Piper Shakes Malpractice Claim In Broke Hospital's Suit
- When Del. Lays Out Path For CEO Buyouts, CEOs Take It
- NY Regulators Greenlight $1.5B Fortis Utility Deal
- Revlon Settles SEC Claims It Misled 401(k) Investors
- AsiaInfo Investor Challenges $890M Take-Private Deal
- McDermott Seeks To Limit Client's Malpractice Claim
- Pursuit Of Monied Investors Drives Holding Co.'s Broker Buy
- NorthStar, Goldman Drop $925M On Real Estate PE Funds
- Gannett Doubles TV Holdings With $2.2B Deal For Belo
- Cosco Shareholders Greenlight $1.2B CIMC Stake Sale
- GE Offers Concessions For EU Approval Of $4.3B Avio Buy
- Deals Rumor Mill: Springer, TPG, Sinopec
- Irish Court Keeps Royalty's Hostile $8B Elan Bid Alive
- Catch Me If You Can: How To Serve Foreign Defendants
- Google's $1B Waze Buy An Antitrust Threat: Consumer Group
- First Reserve Pours $500M Into New Midstream Energy Venture
- Clearwire Dumps Sprint In Favor Of Dish's Takeover Bid
- Grocer Sobeys Drops $5.7B On Rival Safeway's Canadian Biz
- Goldman Sachs Ducks Final Claims In $580M Negligence Suit
- Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Marubeni, Vale
- Polish Banking Giant PKO Puts Up $815M For Nordea Unit
- $4.5B Shareholder Payday Costs Sprint On Deal Terms
- The New Frontier Of Agreements To Negotiate
- Icahn To Raise Funds For Federal-Mogul Recap
- We're No Pyramid Scheme, Herbalife Tells Ackman
- Vodafone, Kabel Deutschland In Talks Over $10B Takeover
- Apollo Tyres To Drop $2.5B On Cooper Tire
- Fortress Strikes $25M Deal For Failed Electric Car Co. Coda
- 'Apples And Oranges' Bids Make For Tough Board Work
- US Can't Halt Payouts From LifeCare's $320M Sale To Carlyle
- Edwards Wildman Adds US Capital Markets, RE Partner
- India Energy Cos. Close In On $2.5B Gas Field Stake Buy
- Royalty Goes On Offense In Ireland Over $8B Elan Bid
- Diamond Offshore Pulled Back Into Asbestos Liability Fight
- Ex-Stiefel Employee Says Co. Bilked Him Of Full Stock Price
- Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Springer, Glencore Xstrata
- Google Pays $1B For Israeli Mapping Tech Startup
- Suitors Scrap $8.2B Severn Trent Bid As Deadline Passes
- Georgia-Pacific's $1.5B Buckeye Buy Draws Antitrust Scrutiny
- Dole CEO Joins Take-Private Trend With $1.5B Buyout Bid
- SoftBank Blocks Dish With Sweetened $21.6B Bid for Sprint
- 3 Recent Trends In US Merger Enforcement
- A New Ballgame For Enviro Due Diligence In Texas
- PE-Owned Dairy Co. Fetches $7.4M at Ch. 7 Auction
- Fannie, Freddie Investors Target US In $41B Bailout Suit
- IRS Scrutiny May Mean Stricter Rules For REIT Converts
- Elan Drops Suit After Royalty Opens Up On $8B Hostile Bid
- Judge Nixes $3B Lawsuit Against GM Over Saab Bankruptcy
- Virginia Community Banks Combine In $445M Deal
- Atlas Shells Out $800M For EP Energy Natural Gas Assets
- Distressed Investing In Cyprus: The Cyprio Bank Bail-In
- US Security Trumps Competition In $550M GenCorp Deal: FTC
- Deals Rumor Mill: Google, SnapChat, Asia Pacific
- Suitors Say Severn Trent Putting $8.2B Buyout Bid In Jeopardy
- Cermaq Blasts $1.7B Marine Harvest Bid, Eyes Asset Sales
- Investors Drove Out Fracking Sand Co.'s CEO, Suit Says
- Marubeni To Cut Gavilon Energy Arm From $3.6B Buyout
- Kinder Morgan Moves Beyond Pipelines With New Coal Venture
- Doughty Reaps $1.5B In Vue Sale To Canadian Pension Funds
- Skadden, Gowling Guide Travelers' $1.1B Canadian Biz Buy
- B&G Foods Pays $195M For Pirate's Booty Snack Brand
- Brazil's JBS Strikes $2.7B Deal For Rival Pork, Poultry Biz
- AstraZeneca Inks Back-Loaded $1.15B Deal For US Drugmaker
- FCPA Powerhouse: WilmerHale
- Judge Won't Give Idearc Creditors Jury Trial In $9.9B Suit
- Do-Or-Die For Four M&A Deals This Week
- BofA Fails To Reach Deal With Opt-Outs From $2.4B Accord
- K-V Judge Signs Off On Investors' $275M Plan
- Heinz 'Ketchup Provision' Was Nifty But Unneeded In $28B Deal
- Pallet Co. IGPS Wins $12M DIP Loan, Sets Stage For Sale
- Crestwood Shareholder Sues To Block $7B Inergy Merger
- Stiefel Crying Wolf Over Worker's $2M Win, 11th Circ. Told
- How To Secure Your D&O Liability Insurance Lifelines
- Ameren Can't Transfer Ill. Pollution Waiver To Dynegy
- Strategix Urges 9th Circ. To Revive St. Paul Coverage Suit
- AMR Inks Cash-Saving Lease Deals In Advance Of $11B Merger
- Consortium Lobs Sweetened $8.2B Bid At Severn Trent
- Deals Rumor Mill: Fiat, Icahn, HSBC
- Royalty Pharma Makes Sweetened $8B Bid For Elan
- FCPA Powerhouse: Willkie Farr
- Cartesian, Thomvest Buy Canada Wireless Co. Public Mobile
- Bankrupt Pallet Co.'s $12M DIP Loan Bid Put On Hold
- Cadwalader Wants More Discovery In Six Flags Malpractice Suit
- Tech Firm Draws $332M Bid As China's MBOs Keep Rolling
- KKR Steps Into Euro Real Estate With Portfolio Buy
- FCPA Powerhouse: Venable LLP
- Dechert Snaps Up Akin Gump Energy Pro
- Heckmann Investors Win Round In $400M Merger Challenge
- Royalty In 'Wait-And-See' Mode With $6.3B Elan Tender Offer
- Young, Media General To Form $800M TV Broadcaster
- Akin Gump Adds Cross-Border Dealmaker To Beijing Office
- Aussie Antitrust Agency Objects To Heinz Baby Food Co. Buy
- SAP Grabs Swiss Software Firm To Boost Cloud Offerings
- UK Antitrust Watchdog Blocks Eurotunnel's Ferry Plan
- Deals Rumor Mill: PepsiCo, CVC Capital, Credit Suisse
- Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
- AB InBev, Modelo Tank Drinkers' Bid To Block $20B Merger
- Greenberg Traurig Scores Deals Pro In Vegas
- Proxy Advisers May Be Tainted By Conflicts, Lawmakers Hear
- SK Group Cleared To Take Stake In $3B Chinese Petro Project
- Susman Godfrey Botched Opt-Out From $2B BofA Deal: Judge
- V&E Reps Summit Midstream In $460M Pipeline Assets Buy
- Greenberg Traurig Adds Franchise Expert to M&A Practice
- Pallet Co. Plans Quick Ch. 11 Sale To PE Group
- PE-Backed Publisher Eyes $1B IPO Amid Takeover Interest
- Burkle Backs Morgans' Board, Rips Dissident Slate
- CapLease Investor Sues To Stop $2.2B American Realty Deal
- LifeCare Says US Can't Freeze Funds From $320M Carlyle Deal
- Chinese Co.'s $7B Smithfield Buy Draws Senate Scrutiny
- Elan Withdraws Irish Bid To Block Royalty Takeover
- Dodgers Must Reveal Details Of Frank McCourt Deal
- Blank Rome Lands Ex-Harleysville GC As Partner In Philly
- Rakoff Grants Partial Win To Wexford In Suit Over $674M Deal
- Marine Harvest Eases Conditions In $1.7B Cermaq Acquisition
- Deals Rumor Mill: Rio Tinto, CVC Capital, Glencore Xstrata
- FCPA Powerhouse: Reed Smith
- Edgewater V. HIG Demonstrates Article 9 Sale Standards
- Pushing Buyout, Dell Says Icahn's Math Doesn't Add Up
- Trustee Slams $25M Bid For Bankrupt Electric Car Co. Unit
- Dish Chairman Slams Sprint's Challenge To Clearwire Offer
- Elan Wins Injunctions, But Hostile Bidder Gets ISS Support
- Office Depot Inks $690M Deal To Break Up Mexican JV
- Canada Blocks $367M Telecom Deal Amid Policy Changes
- Scor Shells Out $920M For Generali's US Reinsurance Unit
- 2nd Circ. Revives Airline's Bid To Enforce Brazil Arbitration
- Deals Rumor Mill: Vodafone, Sprint, Porsche
- FCPA Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis
- AMR Cleared To Solicit Votes For Ch. 11 Plan
- Russian Partner Can't Dodge $350M Boeing Suit Over JV
- Morgans Will Consider Sale As Proxy Fight Heats Up
- IBM Puts Up $2B For Cloud-Computing Firm SoftLayer
- Flagging Billabong Eyes Refinancing As PE Suitors Walk Away
- Salesforce Drops $2.5B On Social Marketer ExactTarget
- Bankrupt Smelter Ormet Gets OK For $130M Sale To PE Firm
- Private Equity Sees Bargains In Dinged-Up Chinese Stocks
- Skadden Denies Collusion, Seeks $4M Fees In Radnor Ch. 11
- Omthera Investor Challenges $443M AstraZeneca Buyout
- Fairfax Pays $306M To Acquire American Safety Insurance
- Random House, Penguin Merger OK'd By Chinese Regulator
- Skadden Helps AmericanWest Pick Up 8 Pacific Trust Branches
- Bankrupt Hardware Wholesaler Seeks Sale To PE Firm
- Brazilian Power Cos. Bid $1.5B For Bankrupt Utility's Units
- When Foreign M&A Advisers Approach US Targets
- UK Water Co. Severn Trent Rejects $7.9B Takeover Offer
- NYSE Shareholders Bless $8.2B ICE Deal
- Sprint Says Dish's Bid For Clearwire Violates Del. Law
- Websense Investor Says Board Rushed Into $1B Vista Deal
- FCPA Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn
- Amundi To Acquire US Fund Manager Smith Breeden
- ISS Backs SoftBank's $20B Sprint Deal
- Exor Exits SGS With $2.6B Stock Sale To Groupe Bruxelles
- MAA, Colonial To Merge Into $8.6B UPREIT