http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions Latest articles for: Mergers & Acquisitions Copyright 2012 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:57:02 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312442 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312442 The Obama administration on Wednesday renewed its push to eliminate the capital gains tax rate for carried interest as part of its broader plan to lower corporate tax rates while eliminating some deductions in a bid to raise more revenue for the government. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:09:07 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312412 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312412 Six members of Turkish investment group Rhea Asset Management's private equity team have left the company to launch a new, independent firm that will raise up to €200 million ($265 million) to harness the purchasing power of Turkey's burgeoning youth population. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:02:04 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312426 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312426 Plus-size women's clothing retailer United Retail Group Inc. is set to sell itself after a New York bankruptcy judge approved sale procedures Wednesday, following a contentious hearing over whether the proposed sale unfairly benefits would-be buyer Versa Capital Management LLC. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:43:14 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312243 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312243 Actors Martin Sheen, Ed Asner and other members of the Screen Actors Guild filed a lawsuit Wednesday in California federal court seeking to block a vote on a proposed merger with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:29:43 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312235 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312235 U.S. agricultural commodities company Bunge Ltd. will buy London-based carbon fund manager Climate Change Capital Ltd., after the plan was approved by Britain's financial regulator earlier this week, Bunge said Wednesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:25:16 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311931 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311931 Investment funds advised by Citigroup Inc.'s venture capital arm and Dubai-based Levant Capital Ltd. have closed a $100 million deal to jointly acquire a controlling stake in one of Saudi Arabia's biggest supermarket chains, the companies said Wednesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:19:50 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312120 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/312120 Baker Botts LLP's Washington, D.C., office has lured a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner with experience counseling energy companies on mergers and acquisitions, the company said Wednesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:03:57 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311995 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311995 Johnson & Johnson has offered unnamed concessions meant to ease the European Commission's antitrust concerns over the company's proposed $21.3 billion acquisition of leading orthopedic device maker Synthes Inc., the regulator said on Wednesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:59:06 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311677 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311677 New York law firm Pryor Cashman LLP has lassoed a hedge fund and corporate transactions expert from D.E. Shaw & Co. LP, a global investment and technology development company, to co-head the firm's investment management group, the firm announced Wednesday. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:28:57 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311999 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311999 T-Mobile USA Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday that Verizon Wireless' efforts to snatch up wireless spectrum licenses from Comcast Corp., Cox Communications Inc. and others for about $3.9 billion would harm competition and consumers. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:50:46 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311784 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311784 Wells Fargo Bank NA has agreed to buy BNP Paribas SA's reserve-based energy lending business, which has about $9.5 billion in loan commitments and $3.9 billion in outstanding loans, the banks said Tuesday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:27:46 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311721 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311721 Dental center manager Church Street Health Management LLC told a Tennessee federal judge Tuesday that it would seek to sell its assets to a stalking horse bidder, one day after fallout from Medicaid fraud claims forced the company into bankruptcy. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311395 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311395 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP will soon open an office in Hong Kong, expanding its footprint in Asia, and has snagged a former Shearman & Sterling LLP partner to lead the office and the firm's Asia practice, the firm announced Monday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:52:52 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311515 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311515 Thompson & Knight LLP’s Houston office has added longtime Bracewell & Giuliani LLP attorney Geoffrey A. Long to its corporate and securities practice group as partner, the firm announced Tuesday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:44:12 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311405 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311405 K&L Gates LLP has lured to its corporate practice a Bryan Cave LLP transactional partner with experience representing domestic and international companies and private equity funds in the aerospace and technology sectors, the firm announced Monday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:53:23 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311590 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311590 Mexican pharmaceutical and personal care company Genomma Lab Internacional SAB de CV has offered to acquire health care and household products company Prestige Brands Holdings Inc. for about $834 million, Genomma announced Tuesday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:41:46 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311330 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311330 Commercial real estate services company Grubb & Ellis Co. on Monday filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York to sell itself to BGC Partners Inc. in a bid to preserve its business. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:31 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311436 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311436 W. P. Carey & Co. LLC, a publicly traded real estate firm, on Tuesday announced plans to convert to a real estate investment trust and merge with its listed, nontraded REIT affiliate, Corporate Property Associates 15 Inc. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:35:11 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311423 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311423 Multifamily real estate developer Equity Residential has upped its bid for half of Bank of America Corp. and Barclays PLC's 53 percent stake in apartment company Archstone to nearly $1.5 billion as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. prepares to take control of the company, Equity said Tuesday. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:24:12 +0000 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311323 http://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/311323 Canadian utility Fortis Inc. will purchase New York-based energy distributor CH Energy Group Inc. for $1.5 billion in cash as it wades into the U.S.-regulated market, Fortis said Tuesday.