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Mergers & Acquisitions - September, 2009

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• Brookfield Suit Says AIG Collapse Ended Swap Deal
• Q&A With Baker & Daniels' David Barrett
• Danone, Wahaha To Part Ways Amid IP Tangle
• L-3 Communications Prices $1B Notes Offering
• Accretive Health To Launch $200M IPO
• Ameriprise Widens Reach With $1B Columbia Deal
• TransDigm To Pay Investors With $425M Notes Sale
• Taro Sues Sun Over Withholding Troubles At Unit
• ACCC Clears $68B Pfizer, Wyeth Deal With Conditions
• Filene's Strikes $70M Deal With Ex-Parent, DSW
• Tender Offer Puts Alliant Noteholders' Suit To Rest
• Cincinnati Bell Calls For $500M Notes Offering
• UK Panel Limits Kraft's Window For New Cadbury Bid
• Curtis Snatches Ex-Allen & Overy Finance Partner
• Sinochem Bids $2.5B For Nufarm
• Shaw Communications To Sell $1.15B In Senior Notes
• EU Clears $9B Panasonic, Sanyo Deal With Conditions
• Bankrupt Station Casinos Fights 'Going Private' Probe
• Gannett To Offer $400M In Senior Notes
• Voter Group Asks DOJ To Investigate Diebold Sale
• Elan Files $600M Notes Offering, $850M Tender Offer
• US Bancorp Ups Funding For $100M Solar Project
• Q&A With Troutman Sanders' Jim Wheaton
• BofA-Merrill Buyout Battle Gets Under Way
• Pittsburgh Steelers Open Door To Outside Investors
• FTC Backs $1.7B K+S, Morton Merger After Divestiture
• Crucible Wins Court Approval For Ch. 11 Asset Sale
• Fidelity National Sells Unit To Winthrop To Cut Debt
• Abbott To Buy Solvay's Pharma Unit For $6.6B Cash
• Riker Danzig Scores Ex-Baker & McKenzie Russia Pro
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Randy Short
• GenTek To Go Private In $411M Sale To Equity Firm
• Covidien Snags Brain Monitor Co. Aspect For $210M
• TALF's Extension Delivers Hope, Disappointments
• Xerox To Acquire Outsourcing Firm ACS For $6.4B
• Seacor Makes Pitch To Buy US Shipping In Ch. 11
• Novelis Transfer Infringed Software License: 6th Circ.
• BofA Attacks SEC Claims Over Merrill Bonuses
• Q&A With Nixon Peabody's Philip Taub
• Deal Pros Brace For More Antitrust 2nd Looks
• Finlay Enterprises Gets OK For $116M Asset Sale
• Serta Owners To Buy Simmons In Ch. 11 Deal
• Lehman Wants To Unveil Barclays Deal Probe Docs
• Viacom To Sell $550M In Notes To Tackle Debt
• ING To Sell Joint Venture Stake To ANZ For $1.6B
• Revenue Drop Drives Velocity Into ComVest's Arms
• Unilever Buys Sara Lee Brands For €1.3B
• Select Medical Holdings Prices Low On $300M IPO
• Responding To Federal Criminal Trial Subpoenas
• SEC Hits Perot Investor With Insider Trading Suit
• Q&A With Sutherland's Cynthia Krus
• Tribune Gets Final OK For $728M Cubs Sale
• Fuji Media Announces Acquisition Of ARC Music
• Winston Snags Tech Partners From Dewey & LeBoeuf
• Montagu Snaps Up Siemens Airfield Lighting Unit
• Ex-McDermott, Dorsey Attys Face Insider Trading Trial
• Enterprise Offers Note Swap For $2B In Teppco Debt
• Canada's Industry Minister Eyes Avaya-Nortel Deal
• Freddie Mac To Reopen Reference Notes For $1B
• Hart Seeks To Undo Diebold Sale Until Suit Resolved
• Dish Network To Offer $300M In Debt Securities
• Regulators Push Corporate Governance Rule Changes
• Inverness Plans $100M Offering To Buy Free & Clear
• Russian Tycoon To Buy NBA's Nets For $200M
• First Niagara Announces $400M Stock Offering
• Exchange Offers Attractive But Risky, Attys Say
• Real Estate Finance Cos. Colony, Apollo Halve IPOs
• Hartmarx Buyers Blast Creditor In Licensing Dispute
• SkyTerra To Go Private In Harbinger Capital Deal
• Thomson Reuters To Offer $500M In Notes
• American Airlines To Offer Another $450M In Notes
• ATP Launches $125M Private Offering
• SandRidge Strikes $230M Deal To Acquire Crusader
• Plutonic, GE Unit Move Ahead With Wind Farm Deal
• United Community Banks To Sell $175M In Stock
• Unanimous Lender Consent Provisions: Protection?
• Q&A With Hogan & Hartson's David Bonser
• Suntory Makes $3.8B Bid For Orangina
• Investor Suit Over $4.5B Blackstone IPO Tossed
• Citi, UBS, Deutsche Bank Fined Over Vonage IPO
• Rio Sells Alcan Unit To Schweiter For $349M
• Thomson Reuters Refinances $600M In Debt
• Hayes Lemmerz Creditors Call Asset Sale 'Premature'
• DOJ, FTC To Review Merger Guidelines
• Lakeside Steel Vies For Barzel's Assets
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Stewart Dolin
• IP Due Diligence Helps Cos. Avoid Snags In Deals
• AMR To Offer 30M In Stock, $250M In Debt Securities
• Sterlite Sweetens Asarco Bid With $8B Grupo Release
• SEC Readies For BofA Trial After $33M Deal Scuttled
• Judge Torches Bankrupt Fuel Co.'s Antitrust Claims
• Getting Along With FCPA Investigations
• Education Management Corp. To Launch $353M IPO
• Dell Ramps Up IT Services With $4B Perot Acquisition
• Investors Appeal Dismissal Of MF Global IPO Action
• Amaranth Sues Touradji Capital For $350M
• Buyers Bullish On Future Of M&A: Survey
• Biogen Idec Launches $356M Tender Offer For Facet
• Q&A With Proskauer's Steven Ellis
• Sun-Times Creditors, Trustee Question Asset Sale
• Novatel Sets Stage For $125M Securities Offer
• Isilon Settles Shareholder Action Over IPO For $15M
• Challenges In Effective Insider Trading Compliance
• Asarco Agrees To $1 Sale Of Contaminated NJ Site
• Altair Files Shelf Registration For $150M Offering
• Old National Offers $150M In Common Stock
• Fairfax Gets OK For $1B Odyssey Re Acquisition
• Starwood Sparks Trend In Mortgage REIT Market
• Sepracor Investor Sues Over Dainippon Takeover
• Crucible Ch. 11 Plan Faces Tax, Union Objections
• PBGC Critiques Sun-Times' Bidding Procedures
• Lehman Wins $6.6M Payment For Metavante Deal
• AerCap Snaps Up Genesis Lease For $1.75B
• Huntington Conducts $400M Stock Offering
• Skype Founders File IP Suit Against Ex-Employee
• FBI, DOJ Reportedly Probing BofA's Merrill Purchase
• Dewey Energy Development Lawyers Join Stroock
• Visteon Looks To Strike $30.6M Deal With GM
• Dole Plans Private $310M Debt Offering
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Jonathan Layne
• Lehman Unit Gains Approval To Take Over Swap Deal
• HLTH To Sell Porex To Aurora Capital Affiliates
• Deal Makers Brace For Tougher Antitrust Review
• GeoEye Launches $350M Notes Offering
• KKR Boosts Stake In Aricent In $225M Deal
• American Axle Finalizes Deal With Lenders, GM
• Cuomo Said To Issue Subpoenas In Merrill Probe
• Palm Launches $235M Stock Offering
• Kodak To Raise Up To $700M With Note Issuance
• Former Pfizer Counsel Joins Nixon Peabody
• Antitrust Cops Eye $1.2B Bemis-Rio Deal
• Meruelo Sells SoCal Industrial Properties For $5M
• Zions Launches Stock, Note Capital-Raising Effort
• Exelon Unit To Sell $1.5B In Notes
• EBay, Investors Infringing Tech: Skype Founders
• Del Monte To Sell $450M Of Notes To Buy Back Debt
• Prudential To Sell $500M Note To Nippon Life
• Canada Clears $1.1B Nortel-Ericsson Sale
• American Airlines Shores Up $2.9 Billion In Funds
• MGM Mirage To Sell $350M In Unsecured Notes
• J&J Closes $885M Alzheimer's Drug Deal With Elan
• Q&A With K&L Gates' Bob Zinn
• IPO Market Buzz Prompts Preparation For Better Days
• PBGC Seeks To Preserve Lien In Crucible Asset Sale
• Barclays To Shift $12.3B In Toxic Assets To Fund
• NEC, Renesas Plan To Merge With Cash Infusion
• Chemring To Acquire Hi-Shear For $132M
• Verizon Loses Bid To Stop $915M Nortel Sale
• EU Antitrust Agencies In Talks With Yahoo, Microsoft
• Delta To Offer $500M Note Sale To Refinance Debt
• Fred Leighton Sets Terms For $70M Asset Sale
• JBS Buys Pilgrim's Pride Stake For $800M
• Corning Acquires Labware Maker In $400M Deal
• LSB Files $200M Shelf Registration
• Tronox Defends Stalking Horse Amid Creditor Protests
• Noteholders Bash Six Flags Ch. 11 Plan
• Changing Legal Fees Through Litigation Budgeting
• Huntsman, Economy Hasten Push For Closing Clarity
• Q&A With McGuireWoods' Mike Schewel
• Magna To Sell 2 Racetracks For $170M
• Adobe Systems To Acquire Omniture For $1.8B
• Toll Brothers Unit Launches $150M Cash Tender Offer
• Q&A With Pillsbury Winthrop's Kimberly Mann
• Barclays' Buy $5B Too Sweet: Lehman
• Reps Join Push To Reopen CVS Caremark Probe
• Parallel Petroleum Agrees To $483M Buyout By Apollo
• GeoEye Offers To Buy Back Up To $250M In Notes
• Darling, Valero Plan Biodiesel Joint Venture
• Bank Seeks Refinancing Of Lyondell DIP Facility
• KAR Holdings Wants To Raise $400M In IPO
• Blockbuster To Ax Stores Amid $340M Debt Refinance
• K&L Gates Adds 2 Kelley Drye Partners In Chicago
• $915M Nortel-Avaya Deal A Security Risk: Verizon
• PayQuik Shareholder Rep Hits Citi Over $4M In Escrow
• Wells Fargo Balks At $1.3M Gottschalks Sale
• Crunch Buffs Up For Sale By Nixing Flabby Contracts
• Schumer Wants DOJ To Probe Diebold Sale
• Creditors Say Cynergy Sale Plan Chills Competition
• Conflicting Interests Put SPAC Mergers In Limbo
• Intuit To Buy Online Personal Finance Co. For $170M
• Elan Says It Has Cured Tysabri Contract Breach
• Textron Offers To Buy Back Up To $650M Of Notes
• CenturyLink Begins Tender Offers For $800M In Notes
• Kramer Levin Nabs Partner From DLA Piper
• JPMorgan Makes $203M Bid For EcoSecurities Shares
• Chevron, Partners Approve $43B Gorgon Project
• Water Agencies Balk At Tronox $415M Huntsman Deal
• Acco Brands Taps Vedder Price For $425M Offering
• Impact Of In Re Metaldyne Corp.
• Surging MB Financial Holds $175M Offering
• Washington Federal To Offer $300M In Stock
• Noble Energy To Sell $600M In North Sea Interests
• Squire Sanders Advises ICF On $200M Offering
• Continental Resources Unveils $300M Debt Offering
• Asarco To Sell Perth Amboy Cleanup Site For $5M
• Judge Bashes $33M SEC Deal Over Merrill Bonuses
• Avaya Wins Nortel Business Phone Unit For $915M
• Deal Contract Language Revamped After Meltdown
• CA To Pick Up NetQoS For $200M In Cash
• ETrade May Sell $150M In Common Stock
• Q&A With Alston & Bird's W. Scott Ortwein
• Sprint Affiliates Raise Flags Over $483M Virgin Merger
• Austrian Firm Buys Delphi's European Air Bag Assets
• Beware Of Sharks: Top Takeover Defenses
• Canadian Discounter Dollarama Files For IPO
• Aussie Dept Store Myer To File IPO; Could Hit $2.2B
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Hal Leibowitz
• State Aid In Opel Sale To Get Heavy EU Scrutiny
• NCI Building Seeks To Buy Back $180M Senior Notes
• Natural Resource Inks $255M Deal For Coal Reserves
• DOJ Seeks More Details On Microsoft-Yahoo Ad Deal
• Judge Won't Toss Pentair, Wicor Deal Dispute
• LandAmerica Gives Fidelity A Tax Break In Stock Spat
• Buying Bank Loans: Getting More Than You Paid For
• TXCO Gets OK To Transfer Oil Exploration Rights
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Daniel Wolf
• Skadden Hired For $4B Barrick Offering
• Cablevision Looks To Sullivan In $900M Offering
• Fairfax To Sell $1B In Shares To Take Over Reinsurer
• Davies Ward Tapped In $100M Jaguar Notes Offering
• Vinson & Elkins Advises FMC On $120M Energy Deal
• Timken Sells $250M In Senior Unsecured Notes
• Abbott Snaps Up Evalve In $410M Deal
• Shareholder Suit Targets $4B Disney, Marvel Deal
• Wachtell, Venable Advise Huntington On $150M Plan
• Judge Loses Patience With SEC In Albertson's Case
• Frontier Prepares To Fly Out Of Bankruptcy
• M&A Lawyers Face Lasting Changes
• GM To Sell Majority Stake In Opel, Vauxhall
• Another US Merger Europe Might Stop?
• Chevron Inks $60B In LNG Deals For Gorgon Project
• Davis Polk, Sullivan, Proskauer Tapped For Artio IPO
• Law Firms Pin Recovery Hopes On Debt Refinancing
• Protests Over $2.6B Sepracor Deal Begin To Roll In
• SEC Again Defends $33M Deal Over Merrill Bonuses
• Sun-Times Seeks OK For $5M Sale To Investor Group
• Philly Papers Say Creditors Overstepping Bounds
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Pzena Shareholders' IPO Action
• IT Firm Sues Board Members For Meddling In $8M Deal
• Dickstein Shapiro Lands Jones Day Energy Partner
• Nelson Mullins Regains M&A, Securities Partner
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Jay Rothman
• Corporate Bargain Hunting In The Bankruptcy Bin
• Ex-JDA Exec Fined For Insider Trading Over I2 Deal
• $5B Baker Hughes, BJ Services Deal Spawns Suits
• TXCO Mineral Lien Holders Object To Rights Transfer
• Lyondell, Sumitomo Get OK For $2.5M Joint Venture
• Cuomo Says BofA Using Atty Privilege To Duck Probe
• WaMu Seeks OK To Sell Goldman $15M Wind Portfolio
• Atheros To Acquire Intellon For $244M
• $245M Atty Fee Bid In IPO Case Sparks Complaints
• Cadence Taps Latham For $100M Offering
• Pacific Century To Pay $500M For AIG Assets
• Hynix Creditors To Seek Bids for Controlling Stake
• Kraft Stands Behind $16B Bid For Cadbury
• T-Mobile UK, Orange UK To Join Forces
• Balsillie Sweetens Coyotes Bid By $30M
• Spansion Gets OK To Sell Singapore Unit For $35M
• Angel On Board: Challenges Of Early-Stage Funding
• Plains All American Completes $500M Note Offering
• Forsys Metal Sued Over Failed Acquisition
• Elan-J&J Deal Breaches Biogen Tysabri Deal: Court
• Santander Brazil IPO Could Be One Of 2009's Biggest
• Samsung Drops Bid To Acquire SanDisk
• HCP Owes $101M For Sabotaging Ventas Deal: Jury
• Pension Funds Jump-Start Chrysler Ch. 11 Battle
• TXCO Seeks to Transfer Texas Oil Exploration Rights
• Investor Group May Rescue Sun-Times: Report
• Judge OKs Auto Supplier JL French's Exit Plan
• Placing Deferred Associates In Public Interest Groups
• Capmark To Sell Mortgage Business For $490M
• Ex-Tyco Affiliate Covidien Inks Deals To Sell 2 Units
• Morgan Stanley, Moody's, S&P On Hook In Fraud Suit
• Dainippon To Acquire Sepracor For $2.6B
• Quanta To Bag Price Gregory For $350M
• JBS Aims To Take Over Pilgrim's Pride For $2.5B
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Snags Brahms For $470M
• US Antitrust Authorities Approve Delphi Sale To GM
• EU Puts Up Roadblock To $7.4B Oracle-Sun Merger
• Creditors Back Frontier Ch. 11 Sale To Republic
• First American Sues Credit Suisse Over Nev. Project
• LEO Pharma To Purchase Peplin For $287.5M
• Maersk Proposes $1.8B Share Placement
• McAfee Acquires MX Logic For $140M
• Vegas Sands Secures $600M In Goldman Bonds
• International Trade Finance Stabilizing: Survey
• Countrywide Class Counsel Nets Reduced Fee Award
• Pacific Energy Alaska Asset Exchange Gets Go-Ahead
• Superior Buys Sunoco Oil Unit For $82.5M
• Barneys Said To Be Mulling Restructuring, Bankruptcy
• Lehman Unit Seeks To Assume $9.7M MEG Swap Deal
• EBay Sells Majority Stake In Skype For $2.75B
• Max Bermuda Bails On Canadian Imperial Swap Deal
• King & Spalding Snags Corporate Atty From Latham
• Mayer Brown Nabs Simpson Thacher Deals Atty
• CF Industries Sues Terra Over Failed Merger Bid
• Microsoft, Tessera Object To Spansion Asset Sale