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Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers & Acquisitions Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on high-impact mergers and acquisitions and the attorneys involved. Coverage includes major deals, related litigation and enforcement actions, and policy developments that affect corporate dealmaking.
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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions
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May 26, 2020
Using The M&A Slowdown To Prepare A Portfolio Co. For Sale
Dealmakers can take advantage of COVID-19’s dampening effect on M&A activity to work through timing, pandemic considerations and sale process coordination for portfolio company sales so their deals will be ready when the market eventually picks back up, say Michael Gilligan and Caitlin Cornell at Schulte Roth.
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May 26, 2020
Gray's North Dakota TV Station Buy Foiled By FCC
Broadcasting bigwig Gray Television had its plans to pick up a North Dakota television station thwarted by the Federal Communications Commission, which effectively blocked the sale by finding that the station's license had expired due to nonuse.
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May 26, 2020
A Texas Case Could Put Electronic Agreements In Jeopardy
A dispute between staffing firm Aerotek and four former employees over enforceability of electronic arbitration agreements, currently being petitioned for review by the Texas Supreme Court, could signal a big problem not only for employers but all companies that transact business outside of their own locale, says Abby Brown at Moye White.
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May 26, 2020
Centennial Wants $10M For Failed $150M Saltwater Well Deal
A Centennial Resource Development unit has asked a Houston-area court to help it recover $10 million from a busted deal with a Texas midstream company that allegedly got cold feet and backed out of a $150 million saltwater disposal well deal at the last minute.
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May 26, 2020
2 New Accounting Fraud Cases Offer Lessons For Boards
Luckin Coffee and TAL Education Group — two high-profile Chinese companies listed in the U.S. — recently announced suspected cases of colossal revenue fraud, and these case studies may help companies recognize the germinating seeds of accounting fraud, say Fabian Roday at Fangda Partners and William Fotherby at Meredith Connell.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers and acquisitions valued at $100MM or more
- Company spinoffs and splitups
- Transactions involving stakes of $100MM or more
- Hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts
- Poison pill implementation
- Bankruptcy selloffs
- AGENCIES
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- International banking legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Merger reviews
- Second requests
- Challenges and divestitures
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- Shareholder disputes
- Corporate governance fights
- Proxy battles and hostile takeover suits
- Poison pill challenges
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of mergers and acquisitions practices
Readership
- Mergers and acquisitions lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals