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Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2014
305 articles
- Covidien, Medtronic Settle Investor Suit Over $42.9B Merger
- First Reserve Acquires Oil Firm Ahead Of Pipeline Completion
- Deals Rumor Mill: Stryker, HeidelbergCement, BeijingWest
- Court OKs Medtronic Payments For Board's Inversion Taxes
- UK Antitrust Watchdog Investigating $321M Gorkana Deal
- Radian Inks $810M Sale Of Bond Insurance Biz To AGC
- Family Dollar Delays Vote On $8.5B Dollar Tree Deal
- Hogan, Skadden, Wachtell Guide $658M Colony Capital Merger
- Plaintiff Asks Fla. Judge To Deny Stiefel's Recusal Request
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Porter Hedges' Soliman
- Barnes & Noble Buys Back Pearson's Nook Stake In $28M Deal
- KKR, Veresen Form $860M Venture, Buy Gas Assets For $516M
- Australia's Telstra Grabs Pacnet From PE Backers For $697M
- 10 Tactical Omissions In A Commercial RE Buyer's Contract
- Cargill Drops Pursuit Of Dutch Animal Feed Co.
- New Docs Stall FCC Probe Of $45B Comcast-Time Warner Merger
- Idearc Trustee Says 5th Circ. Cut Off Its Right To A Jury
- 1 Firm Advised On $126.9B Of PE Deals In 2014
- Rosneft's Deal For Morgan Stanley Oil-Trading Unit Dies
- Pa. Court Upholds Post-Merger Asbestos Liability Cap
- Deals Rumor Mill: Occidental, Viettel, Madison Dearborn
- Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q4
- Oracle Spree Continues With Digital Marketing Biz Buy
- MoFo Picks Up Herbert Smith M&A Whiz For Tokyo Office
- FTC Approves $5.4B Eli Lilly-Novartis Deal With Divestiture
- What Private Equity Buyers Are Doing To Win
- Caesars Re-Merges With Subsidiary Ahead Of Bankruptcy
- The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2014: Second Half
- J&J Could Pay Out Up To $700M In Deal To Boost Cancer Biz
- Safeway, Albertsons Sell Stores To Win FTC Nod For $9B Deal
- American Apparel Confirms Takeover Bid Worth Up To $245M
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft Stettinius' Toshio Nakao
- The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
- NY Court Gets It Right On Common Interest Privilege
- Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
- Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
- Judge Slaps Down HP's 3rd Try At Autonomy Settlement
- Bankrupt Aereo Gets Green Light To Stage Asset Auction
- Chancery Won't Block Family Dollar Vote On $8.5B Buyout
- K&L Gates Lands Deals Ace From LipoScience In NC
- EU Approves €385M IMS-Cegedim Deal Pending Fixes
- Starwood Drops $1.5B In Scandinavia's Largest 2014 RE Deal
- Ally Hotfoots Out Of TARP With US' $1.3B Stake Sale
- Dollar General Still Talking With FTC Over Family Dollar Bid
- Zillow, Trulia Shareholders OK $3.5B Merger
- Taxation With Representation: Wilson Sonsini, Shearman, DPW
- Cos. Looked To REIT Spinoffs To Unlock RE Value In 2014
- Enterprise Products VP Joins Norton Rose Fulbright
- Gaillon Raises Club Med Offer To $1.15B In Bidding War
- Plummeting Oil Prices Open Door For Distressed PE In 2015
- Del. Justices Nix Voting Ban On $2.9B C&J Energy-Nabors Deal
- The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2014: First Half
- GI Partners Snaps Up Health Care IT Co. From OMERS
- BASF, Gazprom Ditch Asset Swap Amid Sour EU-Russia Ties
- Xerox Unloads Outsourcing Biz In $1B Sale To Atos
- Thai Seafood Giant To Swallow Bumble Bee In $1.5B Deal
- The 5 Biggest Themes Dominating PE In 2014
- Australia's NSW To Raise $16.3B For Roads Via Power Lease
- Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
- Kellogg Ups Ante With $140M Bid For Egyptian Biscuit Co.
- Aer Lingus Rejects Intl. Airlines Group Takeover Bid
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Curtis's William Candelaria
- Merck Will Drop Up To $375M On Cancer Treatment Co.
- FaegreBD Reps Couche-Tard In $1.7B Convenience Store Deal
- Roberto Cavalli Inching Toward Long-Awaited PE Deal
- Italy's Gtech To Buy Back $920M Bond Ahead Of Merger
- Simpson Thacher Guides $2.9B Apax Orange Exit
- C&J Energy Asks Court To Ax Voting Ban In $2.9B Nabors Deal
- Trinity Health Adds 3 NE Hospitals To National Network
- Deb Stores Gets Nod For Bankruptcy Auction Plans
- Apollo Pays $572M For Stake In Leighton Services JV
- Allergan Investors Accuse Valeant, Pershing Of Takeover Plot
- Advent, Avista Drop $1.5B Drug Co. Buy Amid FDA Scrutiny
- Brazil's Cielo To Issue $1.28B To Fund JV With Bank
- PetSmart Details Financing Plan, Breakup Fee For $8.7B Sale
- Reps & Warranties Insurance Dominates 2014 PE Deal Talk
- Philips Puts Down $1.2B For Medical Device Manufacturer
- What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
- Sheridan Rakes In $1.5B For US Oil, Gas Acquisitions
- Skadden Guides $3.6B Visteon Spin Off To PE Group
- Option Deals For Biotech: Ensuring They Are Enforceable
- Chancery Court Speaks To Underlying Reality of Influence
- Insurer Catlin Mulling $4B Offer From Deal-Hungry Rival XL
- Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
- 3rd Circ. Upholds IRS Win In Fight Over Offshore Cos.
- Networks Slam Aereo's Plans To Shop Infringing IP
- L-3 To Offload Marine Systems Biz In $356M Deal
- Verisk Drops $650M EagleView Bid After FTC Monopoly Claim
- Goodwin Procter Reps Partners Group In $1.1B Dynacast Deal
- Kiewit-Turner, VA To Discuss Reviving $1B Hospital Project
- Scana Reaps $650M From Sales Of Gas, Telecom Units
- FTC Taps Antitrust Professor To Lead Policy Planning Office
- CVS To Buy Back $10B In Shares, Predicts Growth In 2015
- NJ High Court Won't Toss Fox Rothschild Malpractice Suit
- Key Changes To ISS And Glass Lewis Voting Guidelines
- Oil Price Drop Loomed Large Over Energy M&A In 2014
- Sabre Braces For Big Hit On LastMinute.com In $120M Sale
- Biotech Acquisition Co. Prices $40M IPO
- Deb Stores Faces Opposition To Bankruptcy Sale Plans
- Progressive Spends $875M To Boost Stake In Property Insurer
- Major BT Investor Encourages $20B EE Acquisition Play
- Repsol Inks Buzzed-About $13B Deal For Canada's Talisman
- Skadden Atty Testifies On Failed $21B J&J-Guidant Merger
- Proskauer Reps Accor In Bid To Make Asia Hotel 'Powerhouse'
- Bridge Bancorp And Community Merge To Form $3.2B Bank
- BT Confirms Exclusive Talks Aimed At $20B EE Acquisition
- EU Probing $5B Mondelez, DE Master Blenders Coffee Venture
- EU Puts Antitrust Fixes On BP Airport Fuel Deal
- Lackluster Take-Private Market Sees Late-Year Shine
- RE Rumor Mill: Jurys Inn, Heritage Equity, Warby Parker
- Technip Strikes Smaller Deal After $1.8B CGG Play Collapses
- Emerson Nabs $1.4B In Sale Of Power Biz To Regal Beloit
- Tour Co. Tuniu Nixes Public Offering For $148M Investment
- EU OKs Holcim-Lafarge Merger With Slew Of Divestitures
- PetSmart Marks Activist's 2nd Large-Cap Buyout Coup In 2014
- Gibson Dunn Nabs 2nd Kirkland Corporate Atty This Month
- Recall Rebuffs $1.8B Takeover Bid From Iron Mountain
- The 5 Biggest M&A Failures Of 2014
- Apache Corp To Get $3.7B For Two LNG Project Exits
- Bain Puts Up $648M For Irish Co.'s Concrete Biz
- Riverbed Agrees To $3.6B Buyout Amid Activist Pressure
- Activist Orange Compromises With Bellatrix After Sale Push
- FTC Centennial: How Health Care Antitrust Has Evolved
- 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
- BC Partners Offers $8.7B For PetSmart In 2014's Biggest LBO
- NJ Judge To Mull Backup Revel Bid After Nixing $110M Deal
- TIAA, Korean Teachers Form $1B JV, Buy NYC Office Loan
- Deals Rumor Mill: Repsol, Bain Capital, ID Leisure
- Civitas Therapeutics Drops IPO Plan In Wake Of Acorda Deal
- Permira Nets $622.4M In Hugo Boss Stake Sale
- Tenet Blames Regulatory Hurdles In Nixed Conn. Hospitals Buy
- BAE Systems To Pay Esterline $28M For Texas Intelligence Biz
- Amid Push For Growth, Danone Says $3.7B Unit Isn't For Sale
- DOJ, NY AG Reach Deal With Tour Bus Cos. In Merger Fight
- Hearst Inks $2B Deal To Plump Up Fitch Group Stake
- Freeport CEO's $35M Stock Gift Is Bogus, Investor Claims
- Veyance Sheds Unit To Win OK For $1.8B Continental Deal
- EDF Deepens Brazil Biz With Stake In 400MW Hydro Project
- Taxation With Representation: Hughes Hubbard, Hogan, Ropes
- Eni Halts Saipem Sale Process Amid Oil Price Plunge
- House OKs $1.1T Spending Bill With IRS Cuts, Internet Tax Ban
- Greenberg Traurig Snags Winstead Corporate Pro In Texas
- Deals Rumor Mill: Telecom Italia, EPH, Shell
- Burger King Inversion May Lop $1.2B Whopper Off Taxes
- DOJ Demands Divestiture In $1.8B Continental, Veyance Deal
- Adobe To Pay $800M For PE-Backed Stock Photo Co.
- Whiff Of Deal Activity Slowdown In The Air For Late 2015
- What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
- Cargill Says It Still Wants To Buy Dutch Feed Co. Nutreco
- Looking At Anti-Dilution Rights For Minority Stockholders
- Advisory Board Co. Pays $850M For Higher Ed Consulting Co.
- Starboard Buys Into Staples, Fueling Merger Chatter
- Swiss Bank ZKB To Pay $372M For Asset Manager Swisscanto
- Brazil OKs Holcim-Lafarge Merger With Fixes
- Ralls May Give Foreign Investors More Leverage With CFIUS
- Don't Miss It: Hot Deals We're Following This Week
- Goodrich Mulls Eagle Ford Sale Amid Oil Price Drop
- Siemens' $3.6M Settlement With HearUSA Stockholders OK'd
- Inversions Heating Up Again After Crackdown Froze Deals
- Ropes & Gray Reps Belden In $710M Tripwire Buy
- Hot Cross-Border Deals Market Lures UK's Penningtons To SF
- Deals Rumor Mill: Danone Groupe, Vestas, Fosun International
- Maker Studios Beats Shareholder Suit Over $950M Disney Deal
- FERC OKs Duke Energy Unit's $1.2B NC Power Asset Buy
- Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Fights Cosan's $3B Railway Bid
- Deal Makers Knock Out Record US IPO Run In 2014
- Revel Wants $95M Backup Bid Revived After Winner's Pullout
- EMS Jumps On Bandwagon For Qatar's Canary Wharf Bid
- Plains All American Raises $1.2B To Back Pipeline Deal
- Publicis Launches €1.3B Bond Offering To Back Sapient Deal
- Bidder-Activist Collaboration Will Continue To Evolve
- Deals Rumor Mill: JCDecaux, Valeant, AAR Corp.
- Carlyle, Unison Shed Ceramics Co. In Deal With CoorsTek
- MD Sass CEO Wants Out Of Suit Over Eastman's Sterling Buy
- Market Rumors: Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Santander, Ardagh
- Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
- Questions Linger As Family Dollar Antitrust Review Wears On
- Bridgepoint Investors Take $250M Buyback Suit To 9th Circ.
- Mitsui Acquires Stake In Vale's $3.2B Moatize Mining Project
- Aided By Jones Day, Riverside Continues Dec. Deals Streak
- Airbus Cedes Stake In Finnish Defense Co. Patria
- Wachtell Says Icahn Malpractice Suit Is 'Duplicative'
- Activist Bears Down On Omnova Shakeup With 3 Board Picks
- Board Decision-Making Lessons From Chancery
- Bankrupt Biofuel Co. KiOR Gets Nod For Jan. Auction
- Indian Officials Conditionally Approve $3.2B Ranbaxy Sale
- King & Spalding Brings Energy Pro Back To Austin Office
- Deal Momentum To Stay Hot For PE Players In 2015, E&Y Says
- Walgreen Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Alliance Boots Buy
- Apax Lobs $600M Bid For Norwegian IT Co. Evry
- Rice Energy's MLP Fine-Tunes $500M IPO Plans
- Worldview Capital Sues Petroceltic, Calls For CEO's Ouster
- Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, RBS, Mizuho
- Stiefel Labs Pushes For Judge's Recusal In ERISA Suit
- Hanwha Solar Inks $1.2B Deal To Merge US, German Units
- Qatar Says PE Firm Supports $4B Bid For Canary Wharf Owner
- Global Cash Access Backs $1.2B Deal With Note Offering
- German Publisher Pays $548M To Lift Digital Classifieds Stake
- Infosys Founders Unload Stakes Worth $1B In Share Sale
- Merck Keeps Pharma M&A Flowing With $9.5B Cubist Pickup
- Risks And Opportunities Amid Falling Oil Prices
- Family Dollar Investors Seek To Hold Up $8.5B Buyout Vote
- Bonomi Prolongs Bidding War With New Club Med Offer
- Slaughter & May Reps Songbird On Rebuff Of $4B Buyout Bid
- Emmis Investors Take Dividend Fight To 7th Circ.
- Deals Rumor Mill: Merro, TDC, Alex & Ani
- Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Cravath, Latham
- M&A MVP: MoFo's Robert Townsend
- Weil Snags Corporate Partner From Freshfields' Paris Office
- AXA Sheds Finnish Retail For $131M To PE Venture
- Clothing Retailer Delia's To Liquidate After Deal Bid Fails
- Pulling Up Stakes: Haynes, Gibson Dunn, Weil
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
- Balfour Rejects $1.6B Bid For PPP Assets From John Laing
- PE Firms Lob $731M Bid For Aussie Mining Products Co.
- IOI Properties Drops $808M To Buy Stake In Taipei 101
- Dow Sells Off 2 More Units Amid Big-Ticket Slimdown Push
- Impact Of The Revised 'Passive Business Rule' On SBICs
- Answers Corp. Investors Can't Revive Claims Over $127M Deal
- Aerospace Cos. ATK, Orbital Get DOJ OK For $5B Merger
- Death Of PGW Sale Won't Stop Philly Energy Hub, Experts Say
- Common Interest Privilege Doesn't Start With Pending Suit
- Deals Rumor Mill: Oi, Fortum, Arbor Pharmaceuticals
- Uber Valued At $40B After Latest Financing Round
- EU Worries $4.4B Orange-Jazztel Deal May Thwart Competition
- Barnes & Noble, Microsoft End Nook Media Partnership
- Qatar Fund, Brookfield Float $4B For Canary Wharf Owner
- M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Rob Spatt
- Chinese Regulators OK $43B Medtronic-Covidien Inversion
- BTG To Pay Up To $475M For Emphysema Treatment Maker
- Russian Billionaires Want Rival's $2B Contract Suit Nixed
- Constellium To Back $1.4B Wise Deal With $666M Debt Sale
- EQT Exits Paper Co. Munksjo Ahead Of Secondary Listing
- RCS Capital, ARCP Strike $60M Settlement Over Killed Deal
- Bain, Virgin Group Chart Course For Cruise Venture
- NextEra, Hawaii Utility Combine In $4.3B Deal
- Freshfields Reps CVC Bet On Sky Gaming Unit In $1.3B Deal
- Waiting For Investors, Brazilians Extend $681M Chiquita Bid
- A New Era Of Simplified M&A In Pennsylvania
- Dollar General Holds To $9B Family Dollar Bid As Vote Looms
- M&A MVP: Fried Frank's Philip Richter
- Deals Rumor Mill: Holcim, Vodafone, Guggenheim
- $127M Answers Corp. Deal Was Rushed, Del. Justices Hear
- H&R REIT Sells Industrial RE Portfolio Stakes For $643M
- $75M Whole Foods-Anchored Texas Project Secures Financing
- FTC Removes Premerger Hurdle In $680M Chiquita Buyout
- Inversion Legislation Could Raise $14B More Than Expected
- $10B Discrimination Suit Targets AT&T, DirecTV Merger
- Omnova Latest Target In Activist-Swarmed Chemical Industry
- CME Offers $675M For GFI To Match Competing Hostile Bid
- Kellogg Ups Bid To $132M In Fight For Egyptian Biscuit Co.
- Alico To Become Largest Citrus Grower In US With $363M Buys
- Japan Toy Co. Tomy Plunks Down $118M In Buybacks
- The Unique Risks Of Investing In Out-Of-Network Providers
- FCC Restarts Clock On Comcast, AT&T Merger Reviews
- Puda Coal Relief Delayed In Favor Of Bulk Settlement Talks
- Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
- Deals Rumor Mill: Arizona Chemical, Brown Shoe, Pepe Jeans
- Gibson Dunn Nabs PE, M&A Partner From Kirkland In NY
- Reichhold Gets Nod For $106M DIP, January Auction
- Jones Day Reps Riverside In Second Exit In Two Days
- DOJ Requires Bazaarvoice To Appoint Antitrust Officer
- Sophisticated Deals Attys Aren't Immune To Hackers' Guile
- Citizens Financial Plans $1.5B Offering On Heels Of IPO
- Del. Justices Say RBC's Rural/Metro Appeal Was Too Early
- Autonomy Founder Rekindles War Of Words Over HP Deal
- National Oil Cos. Shake Up Global Deal-Making Scene
- $8.1B IndCor Sale Highlights Surge Of Blackstone RE Deals
- Dutch Carmaker Spyker Files For Bankruptcy
- Otsuka To Bolster Drug Pipeline With $3.5B Avanir Buy
- Weil Guides Centerbridge In $1.2B Acquisition Of IPC
- M&A MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Alison Ressler
- Strategic Hotels Plans $254M Stock Offering To Fund Growth
- Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
- The Advantages Of Board Actions On A 'Clear Day'
- Medtronic Offers $17B In Bonds To Finance Covidien Deal
- Judge Jan Jurden Tapped To Lead Delaware Superior Court
- Lubrizol To Shell Out $825M For Weatherford Businesses
- Cypress To Buy Flash-Memory Maker Spansion For $1.6B
- Deals Rumor Mill: Scandinavian TG, Centerbridge, Fresenius
- Freshfields Guides $394M Sale Of Cinven Restaurant Assets
- Wall Street-Savvy Hackers Targeting M&A Attys, Report Says
- Fosun Raises Offer For Club Med To $1.12B In Bidding War
- PE-Backed Australian Billboard Co. Eyes $141M IPO
- Wachtell Reps Apollo In $1.3B Deal For Tech Consulting Co.
- Sunac China Mulls Pulling Out Of $812M Greentown Deal
- John Laing Fund Lobs $1.6B Bid For Balfour's PPP Portfolio
- Quinn Nabs Vinson & Elkins' Houston Managing Partner
- M&A MVP: Jones Day's Randi Lesnick
- TPG Cashes Out Of China Grand Auto After Failed IPO
- UK's Co-Op Bank Sells Distressed Property Biz For $248M
- Ares Inks $433M Deal For British Paint Co. Farrow & Ball
- GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
- BGC Partners Pays $110M For Apartment Realty Advisors
- Bev Co. To Back $1.25B DSS Buy With Large Note Offering
- GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
- '2ab' FERC Merger Analysis Easy As 1, 2, 3
- Greenberg Lambastes Pricey Sanctions Bid In $53M Rail Row
- French Antitrust Body OKs Numericable's Virgin Mobile Buy
- Altice Reaches $9.2B Deal For Portuguese Telecom Assets
- Leading UK Insurance Partner Joins Skadden In London
- Chinese Solar Co. Reaps $1.3B From Factory Sales
- Virgin Money Buys $570M BofA-Owned Credit Card Portfolio
- Dragon Dumps $800M Petroceltic Buy, Blames Oil Price Plunge
- German RE Giants' $5B Tie-Up To Spawn New Powerhouse