Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » August, 2010

Mergers & Acquisitions - August, 2010

214 articles

• Merrill, BofA Stock Not Needed To Bring Suit, Court Says
• LB Foster, Portec Extend Merger Deadline
• Barclays, JPMorgan Sparred Over Lehman Assets: Atty
• TBS Abandons Appeal Of $281M Atlanta Teams Spat
• Visteon Ch. 11 Plan, $700M Exit Financing OK'd
• Taiwan Nixes Primus Group's $2.2B Bid For AIG Unit
• United Rentals Survives Cerberus Merger Suit Appeal
• Foley Reps Exelon In $900M John Deere Wind Deal
• Falcon Strikes Back At Tide Over $515M Gas Sale
• Barclays Saw Signs Of Lehman Options Losses: Exec
• MoFo Reps Cogent In $943M Purchase By 3M
• 2 Suits Over BofA, Merrill Deal Survive
• Losing The Bid: Philadelphia Newspapers Sale Dispute
• Ulmer & Berne Boosts Ranks With Boeing Counsel
• Twin City Should Cover Ex-Exec's SEC Suit, Isilon Says
• McDermott Malpractice Suit Over Tender Offer Survives
• Sanofi Hints At Hostile Bid After Genzyme Rejects Offer
• Station Casinos' Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed
• MoFo Reps Intel In $1.4B Infineon Wireless Deal
• United, Continental Win DOJ Merger OK With Slot Sale
• W Hotel Owners' Liquidation Plan Confirmed
• Canadian Fund Acquires Aussie Toll Operator For $3B
• HP Ups Bid For 3Par To $2B In War With Dell
• Barclays Adviser Said He Made $10M In Lehman Deal
• Cooley Reps Bravo Health In $545M HealthSpring Buy
• Stikeman Advises ING In $2B Summit Industrial Sale
• The Legal Market In Transition
• New Trial Ordered On $32M In Damages Against KPMG
• General Growth Wins Approval Of $45M Property Sale
• Prospect Medical Investors Sue Over $363M Merger
• HP Races To Top Dell's Latest Offer In Fight For 3Par
• The New Normal In Acquisition Finance Commitments
• General Dynamics Sues Orbital Over Purchase Pact
• Paul Weiss, Lowenstein Fined $2M For 'Frivolous' Suit
• IDT Seeks To Revive Suit Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• Asahi Taps Aussie Beverage Co. In $322M Deal
• Dechert Reps Court Square In $500M Fibertech Buy
• Ex-Barclays Exec Said He Hid Lehman Asset Details
• American Safety Razor DIP Financing Approved
• Mexico OKs Mexichem-Cydsa Deal With Conditions
• SEC Adopts New Proxy Access Rule
• Innkeepers Judge Greenlights Probe Into Apollo
• Magic Hat Brewer Faces Investors' Ire Over Merger
• Santander Worker Traded Ahead Of BHP Offer: SEC
• Stryker To Snap Up Gaymar Industries For $150M
• The AIFM Directive: Implications For Non-EU Managers
• Xerox Settles ACS Shareholder Claims For $69M
• SanDisk Hit With Sanctions In Earnout Suit
• WaMu Securities Case Added To Confirmation Process
• Clash Over American Razor DIP Financing Continues
• Lehman Re Sues Lehman Bros. Finance Over Collateral
• India Pooh-Poohs Vedanta's Bauxite Mining Bid
• Slaughter And May Rep Emerson In $1.5B Chloride Buy
• Reed Smith Nabs Eckert Seamans Corporate Expert
• MedQuist, CBay Settle Spheris Asset Spat
• McAfee Shareholder Sues Over $7.7B Intel Deal
• Bennett Jones Reps Mitsubishi In $850M Gas Deal
• Dewey Helps MetLife Secure EU OK For $16B AIG Deal
• SCO Group Gets OK To Sell Software Business
• Heightening Scrutiny Of Repurchase Agreements
• Gores Group Buys National Envelope Assets For $150M
• Lehman Judge Scolds Barclays Over Video Testimony
• Air Products Must Produce Docs In Airgas Spat
• The Financing Options For New Transmission
• Emulex Settles Shareholder Suit Over Broadcom Offer
• St. Vincent's Gets Green Light On 4 Asset Sales
• American Safety Razor Lenders Want Say In Ch. 11 Plan
• Philly News Deal With Pension Funds To Get Hearing
• HP Sparks Bidding War With Dell In $1.6B 3Par Offer
• Negotiations Implode In Tribune Ch. 11
• BofA, Ex-CEO Fight Cuomo Fraud Case
• Suit Claims $247M FLIR-ICx Deal Cheats Shareholders
• Man Group, GLG Settle Shareholder Suit Over $2B Deal
• Judge OKs Aegis Disclosure Statement, Asset Sale
• Cable Cos. Seek Limitations On Comcast-NBC Deal
• M&A Is Returning, But Risks Are High
• KNOC Launches $2.9B Takeover Bid For UK's Dana
• Ex-Ernst & Young Atty Settles SEC Insider Trading Suit
• DOJ, FTC Release Horizontal Merger Guidelines
• MoFo Reps Intel On $7.7B McAfee Deal
• General Growth Bankruptcy Plan Clears Major Hurdle
• Sullivan Reps First Niagara In $1.5B NewAlliance Deal
• Holding Parent Cos. Liable For Their Children's Wrongs
• Solectron Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over $3.6B Merger
• Shareholders Lash Out At Dynegy, Blackstone Deal
• Sills Cummis Eludes Ex-NJ Bank Execs' Malpractice Suit
• Neff Creditors Want OK To Sue Over Crushing Debt
• MasterCard To Buy UK's DataCash For $520M
• EU Hits Unilever With Objections Over Sara Lee Deal
• US Power Co. Unit Files Ch. 11 As Part Of $1B Sale
• Lehman Wins Control Of CDO Assets, French Deal Nod
• Jenner & Block, Davis Polk Assist GM IPO
• $4B ExxonMobil, Kosmos Deal Scuttled
• Novartis Inks $670M Deal For Kidney Treatment Drug
• Southern Copper Investors Fight Grupo Mexico Deal
• ACCC Chair Steps Back From AXA-NAB Deal Review
• Bryan Cave Reps Windstream In $782M Q-Comm Buy
• Going Private Deals Involving A Controlling Stockholder
• Innkeepers Deal Passes Muster With Lehman Judge
• Morgan Lewis Advises Phoenix In $139M Marlin Deal
• BHP Goes Hostile With $43B Bid For PotashCorp
• HealthGrades Faces Shareholder Suit Over Vestar Deal
• American Apparel Says It May Go Bankrupt In Next Year
• Shareholders Fight Cerberus' Bid For BlueLinx
• ConAgra To Pay $4.3M Over Oil Trade Settlement
• Pepper Hamilton Loses Rangers CEO To Reed Smith
• Aspen Snaps Up Sigma Pharma Unit In $816M Deal
• PotashCorp Snubs $43B Buyout Bid From BHP Billiton
• Allis-Chalmers Sued Over $890M Seawell Tie-Up
• Seyfarth M&A Partner Jumps To Nixon Peabody
• King & Spalding Adds Milbank Energy M&A Expert
• Skadden, Debevoise Aid $6B Reynolds-Pactiv Merger
• The Latest On Foreign Investment In China
• Duane Morris Snags Patton Boggs Corporate Pro
• FTC Asks Novartis To Shed Drug For Alcon Deal
• Paul Hastings Can't Escape $55M Malpractice Suit
• Coating Co. NCoat Enters Ch. 11 With $900M In Debt
• Fried Frank, Howrey Rep Medco In $730M UBC Deal
• Vedanta To Pay $9.6B For Cairn India Oil, Gas Assets
• Air Products Says FTC Deal Will Aid $5B Airgas Takeover
• Debevoise Reps Dell In $1.15B 3Par Purchase
• Agrium Tops GrainCorp With $1.1B AWB Bid
• Preserving Value Through Mediation
• Arguments Against Fixed Fees, And Why They're Myths
• $99M PHLX Settlement Ends Federal Case: 3rd Circ.
• Skadden Aids Seawell In $890M Allis-Chalmers Deal
• Simpson Thacher Reps Blackstone In $5B Dynegy Deal
• Cravath Advises IBM In $480M Unica Acquisition
• France, Netherlands To Review Public Transit Combo
• Kilpatrick Adds Connolly Bove IP Attys To DC Office
• Fla. Agency OKs $197M Deal Over Tribe's Objections
• Billionaire Burkle's Suit Over B&N Poison Pill Nixed
• AES Buys Northern Ireland Power Plant For $160M
• Wimm-Bill-Dann To Buy Back $470M Danone Stake
• A Snapshot Of International Antitrust Developments
• Scorned Axcelis Investor Loses Doc Access Appeal
• Extended Stay Creditors Drop Bid To Sue Over Buyout
• Icahn Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer Pending Suit
• Icahn Sues Tropicana Las Vegas Over Trademark
• Casey's Efforts To Block $1.9B Takeover Bid Continue
• CVC To Take On Stake In Spain's Abertis
• K&L Gates Nabs IP Corporate Partner From Foley
• Ga.'s Sea Island Resort Enters Ch. 11 For $198M Sale
• Corrected: Skadden Helps Fortress Add AIG Finance Unit
• Deutsche Bahn's Sale Offer Wins EU OK For Arriva Buy
• Del. Opinion To Inform Future Freeze-Out Mergers
• Alphatec Hit With Securities Suit Over French Buy
• Facebook Fighting Remand Of Suit Disputing Ownership
• Tronox Aims For 2011 Trial Date For Kerr-McGee Suit
• UK Puts Brakes On $50M Zipcar, Streetcar Merger
• Zell Won't Have To Disgorge Funds In ERISA Suit
• Bankrupt SCO Group Seeks Sale Of Software Business
• Venable Snags Corporate Partners From DLA Piper
• Shareholders Reject £1.6B FCPT, UKCPT Merger
• Ex-CKX CEO Bids Up To $535M For 'American Idol' Co.
• Skadden Advises Endo In $168M Penwest Buy
• IPOs As Exit Strategy For Private Equity Funds
• Linklaters Reps GDF Suez In International Power Buy
• EU OKs Novartis-Alcon Deal Following Sale Of Assets
• Australia To Review AXA's Offer To Divest Platform Biz
• Tourre Readies For Court Battle With SEC
• Graham Packaging Snaps Up Liquid Container For $568M
• Canada Clears Novartis-Alcon Deal With Divestitures
• Simpson Thacher, Sullivan Rep Skype In $100M IPO
• Winston Reps Constellation In $1.1B Power Plant Buy
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Regency In $185M Zephyr Deal
• Wyle Buys Defense Co. CAS From ITT For $235M
• FTC Seeks More Info On $3.4B Grifols-Talecris Deal
• FDIC Avoids Liability For Dime Bancorp Warrants
• Effects Of SEC V. Byers On Creditors' Rights
• Milbank Reps Nabors In $900M Superior Well Buy
• Founder's Sons Nab Station Casinos' Assets For $772M
• FCC, DOJ To Improve Coordination On Telecom Deals
• Anadarko, Others Slam Tronox Disclosure Statement
• Willkie Farr Scores 2 Orrick Finance Attys
• St. Vincent's Moves To Sell Off 2 Nursing Homes
• Weil, Kirkland Rep Bain-Advent Duo In $3.2B RBS Sale
• When You And Your Contingency Fee Client Disagree
• Dish Network Fights DBSD Plan Cramdown In 2nd Circ.
• Warrior Energy Insider Trading Suit Stays Alive
• Aecom To Pay $324M To Buy Davis Langdon
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Reliance On $392M Shale Buy
• Lessons From The LyondellBassell Rights Offering
• Tops Sells 7 Supermarkets To Quell FTC's Concerns
• $593M Rangers Bid Beats Out Cuban's
• Jones Day Nabs 2 Partners For Golden State Offices
• Banco Santander Scoops Up RBS Branches For $2.6B
• EU OKs $4.9B Teva-Ratiopharm Deal, With Caveats
• Weak Antitrust Protections Killed Avis Deal: Thrifty CEO
• Parr Brown Reps SkyWest In $133M ExpressJet Deal
• United, Continental Settle Texas Suit Over $3B Merger
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In China
• Airgas Suit Against Cravath Over Buyout Bid Survives
• MLB's Favored Buyer Likely To Win Rangers: Experts
• 4th Circ. Tosses RICO Suit Over US Airways Merger
• Gibson Dunn Eyes Asian Market With Hong Kong Office
• Milbank Picks Up Latham Leveraged Finance Team
• Oil And Gas Industry Braces For Changes After Gulf Spill
• Wells REIT Fails To Nix Shareholder Merger Challenge
• Underwriters, IPOs And Potential FINRA Problems
• Aborted $13M Exchange Offer Could Cost Cohen $427M
• India's Adani To Buy Australian Coal Mine For $2.7B
• DOJ Wants More Info On Comtech's $473M CPI Buy
• BP Sells Colombian Oil Business For $1.9B
• GGP Tweaks Ch. 11 Plan To Improve Capital Structure
• Williams & Connolly Reps Harman In Newsweek Deal
• Osler Hoskin Reps Kinross In $7B Gold Mining Deal
• Paul Hastings Nabs 9 Private Equity Attys
• Creditors Want Tribune Confirmation Hearing Delayed
• Canada OKs $1.2B Hertz-Dollar Thrifty Merger
• Credit Agricole Moves To Bolster European Operations
• Ineos To Sell Films Business To Bilcare For €100M
• Avoiding Antitrust Violations Under Obama
• American Oil Shareholders Fight $445M Hess Merger