Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » August, 2009

Mergers & Acquisitions - August, 2009

116 articles

• Merrill Deal With Investors Over BofA Merger OK'd
• Taylor Bean Gripes At FDIC Over Mortgage Portfolio
• Tribune Wins OK For Cubs Sale Process, Notice
• SEC Watchdog Finds Flaws In Rating Agency Audit
• Disney Forges $4B Cash-And-Stock Deal With Marvel
• PacWest Acquires Affinity Bank Through FDIC
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Baker McKenzie Energy Partner
• Oil Leader Baker Hughes To Buy BJ Services For $5B
• Huntsman Offers $415M For Tronox Assets
• Kinder Morgan To Buy Crosstex Gas-Treating Assets
• Worldspace Sale To Yenura Called Off
• Mexico To Open $600M Pipeline Plan To Private Cos.
• EU Clears Lufthansa-Austrian Air Merger For Takeoff
• Auto Supplier FormTech Files For Ch. 11 To Sell Assets
• Tribune Bondholders Seek Probe Of $8.3B Buyout
• Judge Hands Partial Victory To CIBC In Fraud Suit
• NYSE Euronext To Buy NYFIX In $144M Deal
• United Rentals Shareholder Suit Tossed
• FDIC Eases Rules On Private Investment In Banks
• Tribune Wins Speedy Hearing For $845M Cubs Sale
• Raytec Metals To Purchase Lion Petroleum
• Suez Environnement Mulls Selling Gas Natural Stake
• Lyondell Seeks Approval Of Sumitomo Joint Venture
• Daewoo To Launch Aussie Unit For $93M Coal Stake
• Venture Succumbs To Centrica's Hostile Bid
• Calif. Pharmacies Sue Pfizer Over Wyeth Merger
• Oil Cos. Merge To Form Norway's 2nd-Largest
• Syniverse Buys VeriSign Messaging Unit For $175M
• Yahoo To Acquire Top Arabic Web Portal
• Daimler Balks At Chrysler Creditors' Counsel Bid
• Spansion Seeks Approval For $35M Sale Of Subsidiary
• FTC OKs Sprint Nextel's Takeover Of Virgin Mobile
• Warner Chilcott To Buy P&G Drug Biz For $3.1B
• Charlotte Russe Acquired In $380M Deal
• Tribune To Put Cubs Into Ch. 11 For $845M Sale
• The Insolvency Of Important Financial Institutions
• SEC Drops Defendant In ISE Insider Trading Case
• Texas Instruments To Pay $173M For Qimonda Assets
• FTC Clears Arch Coal $761M Rio Tinto Mine Buy
• MediciNova, Avigen Merge To Boost Ibudilast Efforts
• Exxon, PetroChina In $41B Pact For Aussie LNG
• Judge Keeps ShoreTel IPO Case Alive
• MySpace Buys Co. Behind Hit Facebook App For $20M
• Creditor Loses Bid To Attach Enarsa Assets
• Questions For International Accounting Firm Networks
• Corporate Vet Tapped For Del. Chancery Court Post
• IBasis Says Buyout By KPN Violates Securities Act
• Midway Gets Nod For Sale Of Foreign Subsidiaries
• Communicating Effectively When Bad News Breaks
• Lenders OK'd To Join $22B Suit Over Lyondell Merger
• Chrysler Creditors Sue Daimler Over Sale
• Judge Refuses To Halt Ch. 11 Sale Of Thornburg Unit
• AIG Makes Board Chair Position Independent
• CIT Staves Off Ch. 11 With Tender Offer
• KPN Loses Bid To Speed Up IBasis Acquisition
• Republic Beats Southwest, Takes Frontier
• On2 Shareholders Sue To Halt Google Acquisition
• Ex-IGT Counsel Are SOX Whistleblowers: 9th Circ.
• Chrysler Creditors Win Right To Sue Daimler Over Sale
• EU Signs Off On GM Purchase Of Delphi Steering Unit
• Yanzhou Coal Reaches $2.9B Deal For Felix
• Sinochem To Pay $877M For UK's Emerald Energy
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Stanley Yorsz
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Jon Biasetti
• Canada To Review Nortel-Ericsson Sale: Report
• Sterlite Ups Bid In Battle For Asarco
• Court Seeks Details On $33M SEC, BofA Bonus Deal
• Creditors May Seek $106M From Ex-Heller Partners
• Judge OKs InBev-Anheuser Merger Deal With DOJ
• GGP Asks Judge To Toss Ch. 11 Appeal
• Knowing Foreclosure Remedies Is The First Step
• Giant Interactive Loses Bid To Nix Securities Action
• Southwest Ups Bid For Frontier To $170M
• Trustee Objects To Thornburg Asset Sale Termination
• Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey Shows Weak Q2
• Exco, BG Group Strike $249M Midstream Asset Deal
• Yanzhou Coal, Felix Nearing Deal: Report
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Peter Kadzik
• Q&A With Covington & Burling's Rob Fram
• HVB, Sidley Austin, LeBoeuf Escape Ga. RICO Claims
• US Pledges Stricter Scrutiny of Agribusiness
• Corrected: EU Names Concerns About Sun-Oracle Deal
• AT&T Option Coverage Suit Rightly Tossed: Court
• Sports Direct Sent To UK Competition Commission
• You've Been Served: A Guide For Accountants
• FTC Seeks More Info On Watson, Arrow Merger
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Brian Casey
• Coal Companies Unite In $2B All-Stock Merger
• SEC Regulation Of Vote-Buying Scheme
• Wyeth, Pfizer Resolve Investor Suits Over Merger
• Going In-House: Making The Transition From BigLaw
• Italy Extends Intesa Antitrust Probe Into 2010
• Court Puts Brakes On $33M BofA Settlement With SEC
• Elan Sues Over Biogen Objection To $1B J&J Deal
• Jeweler Finlay Seeks Ch. 11 To Sell Assets
• Oracle-Sun Merger Faces EU Hurdle
• Nixon Peabody Nabs 2 For Global Finance Practice
• Elliott Drops Objection To Lehman $625M Aurora Deal
• DOJ Offers Hint Of Microsemi Divestiture Possibilities
• Google Aims To Improve Video Quality With On2 Deal
• Crunch Creditors Blast Proposed $40M Asset Sale
• Nortel Gets OK To Sell Enterprise Unit For $475M
• Alcentra Snags $1.53B Rabobank CLO Business
• Howrey Lures Allen & Overy Antitrust Heavyweight
• Eddie Bauer Completes $286M Sale To Golden Gate
• IBasis Sues KPN To Hold Off Inadequate Tender Offer
• Beer Drinkers' Antitrust Case Against InBev Taps Out
• Chrysler Creditors Seek 'Billions' From Daimler
• Oracle Opposes Metaldyne Powertrain Sale
• Geico Loses Bid To Toss Katz Patent Suit
• Kirkland Snags Skadden Restructuring Pro
• VeraSun Plan Seeks Canceling Of Stock, Consolidation
• Former DOJ Antitrust Atty Joins Ropes & Gray
• Bingham McCutchen, McKee Nelson Complete Merger
• BofA To Pay $33M To Settle SEC Suit Over Bonuses
• Thoratec, HeartWare Abandon Merger Talks