Mergers & Acquisitions

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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions

  • July 07, 2026

    Weil-Led Lone Star To Buy Continental Unit For €4.25B

    Continental has said it will sell its rubber, plastics and industrial fabrics division ContiTech to investment firm Lone Star Funds in a deal worth up to €4.25 billion ($4.85 billion) as the German company moves to focus solely on manufacturing tires.

  • July 07, 2026

    Thales Seeks Full Purchase Of Drone Maker Exail For €3.9B

    Defense and aerospace group Thales has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Exail Technologies and plans to buy its remaining shares, a transaction that values the maritime drone maker at €3.9 billion ($4.5 billion).

  • July 06, 2026

    3 Firms Guide Vertex's $10B Buy Of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP is advising Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. in its $10 billion acquisition of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is being represented by both Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Morrison Foerster LLP, according to an announcement made Monday.

  • July 06, 2026

    Musk Loses New Trial Bid In Twitter Investor Fraud Suit

    Elon Musk on Monday was denied a second shot at proving that he did not defraud Twitter Inc. shareholders when he cast doubt on an agreement to take the platform private for $44 billion, although the verdict against him was trimmed. 

  • July 06, 2026

    Clarivate Sells Life Sciences And Healthcare Biz For $600M

    Analytics company Clarivate PLC on Monday announced that it has agreed to sell its Life Sciences & Healthcare segment to investment firm Altaris LLC in a $600 million deal built by three law firms.

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