Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » May, 2010

Mergers & Acquisitions - May, 2010

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• Centerbridge's $3.9B Bid Wins Auction For Hotel Chain
• SandRidge, Arena Settle 6 Of 9 Shareholder Suits
• FINRA 2010 Field Examinations: What To Expect
• Prudential Says Terms Of $35B AIG Deal Could Change
• Simpson Thacher Reps Toys R Us In $800M IPO
• Shell To Pay $4.7B For Northeast Natural Gas Co.
• GGP Prevails In Dispute Over Brookfield Deal Trigger
• Wal-Mart's Asda Buys UK Grocer Netto For $1.1B
• United, Continental Tout Merger Benefits At Hearing
• Thompson Hine Adds M&A, Securities Pro From MoFo
• Jones Day Reps SunPower In $1.2B AUO Joint Venture
• Canadian Competition And Foreign Investment Issues
• UK Regulator Reprimands Kraft On Cadbury Deal
• Trans-Atlantic Mergers Can Rattle the Hive: Experts
• FCC's Ownership Rules Need Reality Check: Experts
• Fried Frank Reps Related In $15B Real Estate Project
• Kohl Seeks Tough Conditions For Comcast-NBC Deal
• Fried Frank Reps New Mountain In $280M Covidien Deal
• Dollar Thrifty Doubted Potential Avis Deal: Hertz
• Remedial Clears Hurdle For $120M Sale To Creditors
• Increasing Iran Oversight
• Sonnenschein, Denton To Join Forces As Global Firm
• Rangers Filing Not A Prepackaged Plan: US Trustee
• EU To Further Probe Unilever's €1.3B Sara Lee Deal
• Lehman Wins Nod For $5.2B Archstone Restructuring
• GLG Hit With Suits Over $1.6B Man Group Deal
• Class Action Over $28.1B Novartis, Alcon Deal Axed
• The Seven 'Ps' Of International Contracts
• Sullivan Counsels UIL In $1.3B Iberdrola Gas Deal
• Law360 Survey: Most Admired Corporate Finance Attys
• Bell Micro Shareholder Tries To Block Avnet Merger
• Varney Vows Tough Reviews For Health Insurer Mergers
• Goodwin Reps Equity One In $600M Mall Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Reps Gentiva In $1B Merger
• Texas Rangers File Ch. 11 To Aid $575M Sale
• Landry's CEO To Buy Restaurants For $1.4B
• Cravath Reps Big Blue In $1.4B Cloud Computing Buy
• Informiam Seeks $13M In Bonuses From Genesys Merger
• Ex-TWA Pilots Launch Action To Get Rehired By AA
• Fortis Investors Can Bring Suit To Another Venue: Judge
• Sullivan Reps Harris In $525M CapRock Purchase
• Dinsmore Leads Lexmark In $280M Perceptive Deal
• FTC OKs Google-AdMob Deal, Citing Apple
• Icahn Extends Deadline For Lionsgate Offer
• Visteon Shirks $1.25B Bid From Johnson Controls
• Foley & Lardner Swipes M&A Partner From Bingham
• Movie Gallery's $74M Liquidation Deal OK'd
• Abbott To Buy Piramal Generics Unit For $3.7B
• Toyota Powers Up Tesla With $50M Electric Car Deal
• Reverse Break Fees: From Private Equity To Mainstream
• Sinochem To Snap Up Stake In Statoil Field For $3B
• Marvel Looks To Settle Suits Over Disney Deal
• Dorsey Counsels Buy.com In $250M Sale To Rakuten
• China Eases Investment Curbs On Insurers
• Worldspace Dials In On $5.5M Ch. 11 Sale To Yazmi
• Lehman Limits Exercise Of Setoff Right In ISDA Pacts
• Orleans Nixes Sale To NVR, Plans Bankruptcy Exit
• Mayer Brown Lures T&K Energy Deal-Maker
• Brazil Clears Sanofi's $635M Medley Pharma Buy
• 'Fly' Wins Stay Of Financial Publishing Restrictions
• Dubai World Reaches Preliminary $23.5B Debt Deal
• More BofA Shareholders Join Suit Over Merrill Buy
• Davis Polk Counsels Symantec In $1.3B VeriSign Deal
• UPP Merger Test May Not Go Down Easy, Experts Say
• Hunton Nabs Paul Hastings Energy Finance Team
• Honeywell Makes $1.4B Bid For Sperian Protection
• Cascal Fails In Bid To Block Sembcorp Takeover
• Baker & McKenzie Adds McCarthy Corporate Partner
• Freshfields Advises Pearson In $143M Melorio Deal
• Mayer Brown Adds Insurance Atty From Hogan Lovells
• Cisco Adds Design Firm Moto In Consumer Product Push
• Aerocrine Resolves Apieron Patent Claims In Asset Buy
• Sharyland — An REIT Pioneer?
• BofA To Raise $3B+ With Sale of Itau Unibanco Stake
• JA Solar Can't Shake Fraud Suit Over Lehman Losses
• Sybase Shareholder Takes Issue With $6B SAP Merger
• Yahoo To Snap Up Web Content Producer
• Lionsgate In Talks With Icahn
• Google To Buy VoIP Co. Global IP Solutions For $68M
• PCAA Ch. 11 Plan Gets Green Light
• Key Issues To Consider In Project Finance Transactions
• Interactive Data Faces Investor Suit Over $3.4B Sale
• Kirkland Reps Vision Solutions In $242M Tech Deal
• Ex-Haynes & Boone Atty Files $15M Suit Over Firing
• Cravath Reps Universal Health In $3B Psychiatric Deal
• Weil Reps Equity Firm In $294M Radiology Co. Purchase
• Prudential Unveils $21B Rights Issue In Bid For AIA
• $1.6B Man Group, GLG Deal Would Create $63B Fund
• Skadden, MoFo Help Secure $4B OSI, Astellas Deal
• FTC Backs $1.5B Agilent-Varian Deal With Divestitures
• When Is A Win A Win With Attorneys' Fees?
• PCAA's $141M Ch. 11 Asset Sale Approved
• Smith & Wesson Merger Kills Barrier Co.'s IP Suit: Atty
• FLIR Lays Down $180M For Insolvent Raymarine
• Phila. Newspapers Inks Key Ch. 11 Deal, Ousts CEO
• Sullivan & Worcester Adds Patton Boggs Deals Pro
• The NOL Pill: A Real Shark Killer!
• Davies Ward Reps Honeywell In $142M Matrikon Buy
• WilmerHale Hires Corporate Atty From Kirkland
• LB Foster Agrees To Delay Portec Buy For DOJ Probe
• Carco Estate Asks To Preserve Suit Against Daimler
• Cravath Reps Cincinnati Bell In $525M Data Center Deal
• Jones Day Reps SAP In $5.8B Sybase Deal
• Gibson Dunn Advises Cadence In $315M Denali Buy
• In E-Discovery, Ignorance Is Not Bliss
• FTC Makes 2nd Request On Donnelley, Bowne Deal
• NYC's Bid To Undo Health Insurance Merger Nixed
• Transurban Rejects Shareholders' $6.4B Buyout Bid
• Lionsgate Adopts Icahn-Blocking Poison Pill
• Casey Asks Pa. Agency To Put Hold On Massey Mine
• Nuances Of Natural Gas Supply Contract Arbitration
• FTC Postpones Final Word On Google-AdMob Deal
• Ropes Reps Green Mountain In $300M Diedrich Deal
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Energy Transfer In $300M Deal
• Wachovia Ordered To Pay In Broker-Raiding Feud
• Regions Escapes Suit Over 'Misleading' $345M Offering
• Creditor Group To Buy Canwest Newspapers For $1.1B
• Discovery To Buy UK's Standard Life For $209M
• Prudential, AIG Rework $36B AIA Deal
• Paul Hastings Reps Korean Drug Co. In $126M GSK Deal
• The Expansion Of Hedge And Private Equity Funds
• Skadden, McDermott Counsel Liberty Unit In $100M IPO
• Lionsgate Shareholders Reject Icahn's 'Coercive' Offer
• Wildman Harrold Nabs K&L Gates Corporate Partner
• Barclays To Sell Part Of UPP For £800M: Report
• Dewey Reps Vedanta In $1.3B Zinc Assets Purchase
• Skadden, Proskauer Rep Comtech In $473M Tech Deal
• Philadelphia Newspapers: Consideration Of Fairness?
• Dun & Bradstreet Deal Created Near-Monopoly: FTC
• Barclays Knew Of Cushion In Lehman Deal: Exec
• Simpson Thatcher To Help HCA Go Public Again
• Holland & Knight Reps CGI Group In $900M Stanley Deal
• UK Again Clears Live Nation, Ticketmaster Combo
• Privacy In M&A Deals: 2 Worlds Collide
• Brookfield Deal Wins Nod In General Growth Ch. 11
• Dollar Thrifty Lets Avis Get Info For Possible Bid
• DTCC Atty Mum On Barclays-Lehman Deal Pressure
• Rep. Sees Tough Review For United-Continental Deal
• Skadden Advises Endo On $223M HealthTronics Deal
• FTC Extends Deadline For Merger Guideline Comments
• Cravath, Paul Hastings Rep Jones In Weitzman Deal
• A Review Of China's Anti-Monopoly Law
• SEC Investigating Berkshire, BNSF Deal
• Countrywide Atty Seeks To Bar 'Flying Blind' E-Mail
• Shareholder Suit Slams Hertz-Dollar Thrifty Merger
• Pension Fund Seeks To Block CyberSource-Visa Deal
• Deal Site Loses Bid To Toss EDGAR Copyright Suit
• Shutts & Bowen Nabs Ruden's Securities Group Chair
• Prudential Delays $21B Offering Linked To AIA Deal
• Weil, Wilson Advise On $213M Bard, SenoRx Merger
• Jones Day Reps P&G In Holistic Pet Food Acquisition
• ABB To Purchase Software Maker Ventyx For $1B
• Nestle, Alcon Shareholders Reach Deal In Merger Suit
• Tread Carefully, Class Action Settlement Seeker
• Dollar Thrifty To Weigh Rival Purchase Offer From Avis
• Lawmakers Urge Hearings On United-Continental Deal
• Janel Atty May Need To Testify In Contract Spat: Judge
• Orrick Backs Out Of Merger Talks With SJ Berwin
• Promoter Opposes DOJ's Ticketmaster-Live Nation Deal
• New Simon Offer Complicates GGP Love Triangle
• O'Melveny Adds Hogan Corporate Finance Pro
• Considering ILPA Private Equity Principles
• Lehman CDO Assets Worried Barclays: Sidley Atty
• RHI Seeks To Toss Investors' Suit Over IPO
• DOJ To Eye $3B United-Continental Merger
• Apax Partners Snaps Up Tech Security Firm Sophos
• Amlin, Netherlands Fined €2.2M Over Fortis Deal
• Newcrest Takes Shine To Lihir Gold With $8.6B Offer
• Barclays Almost Bailed On Lehman Deal: Top Lawyer
• Private Equity Firms Near $3.1B Deal For Pearson Unit
• Fried Frank Beefs Up London Antitrust Practice
• Weil Reps Oak Hill In $570M Dave & Buster's Deal
• Davies Ward Advises Shaw On $2B Canwest Acquisition
• Latham Reps Norsk Hydro In $4.9B Vale Aquisition
• 3 Myths Of In-House Attorney-Client Privilege