Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » January, 2011

Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2011

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• Google Nabs House Antitrust Counsel Amid ITA Cloud
• EU, Book Cos. Launch Appeals Over Vivendi Asset Sale
• The Persistent Churn Of Law Firm CMOs
• Gibson Dunn Snags 5 Experts To Bolster Dallas Office
• UK Watchdog To Probe BSkyB's Cloud Networks Buy
• Wachtell Reps AMB In ProLogis Merger
• Genzyme, Sanofi Make Progress Toward Takeover Deal
• Cleary Gottlieb Reps Alpha In $8.5B Massey Buy
• Hearst To Buy Lagardere Magazines For €651M
• Investors Hit Icahn Over 70 Cents-Per-Share XO Offer
• COFC Correct Venue For FDIC Contract Suit: Fed. Circ.
• French Regulator Had No Evidence To Indict: Lagardere
• Newly Bankrupt Angiotech Ends Merger Fight For $6M
• NovaMed Investors Move To Block $214M HIG Merger
• Debevoise Reps Rank Group In $950M Honeywell Deal
• Sara Lee To Split Into Meats, Beverage Companies
• German Watchdog Extends Probe Of DSM-Lanxess Deal
• Weil Aids Verizon In $1.4B Bid For Cloud Computing Co.
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Lures 2 Oil, Gas Partners From Baker
• Gibson Dunn Corporate Atty Jumps To King & Spalding
• 10 Tips For Finding An Environmental Consultant
• Judge Likely To Rule On Airgas Poison Pill Feb. 8
• Host Hotels To Pick Up NY's Helmsley For $314M
• Exxon, Rosneft To Explore Black Sea Shelf In $1B Deal
• Judge Won't Revisit Raytheon Pension Funds Ruling
• Morgan Lewis Reps Susquehanna In $273M Bank Buy
• Morgan Lewis Boosts Latin American Energy Practice
• Smart Technologies Faces Class Action Over $660M IPO
• Fenwick Reps Cisco In Network Security Co. Buy
• Culture Shock: Private Equity Under The Microscope
• Raytheon Disputes Ruling In Adjustment Cost Spat
• Dell Worker's Insider Trading Suit Counterclaim Nixed
• MissPERS Seeks Return To $950M RBS Securities Suit
• Icahn Extends Dynegy Offer, Seneca Loses Waiver Bid
• Lack Of Communication May Cripple Say-On-Pay
• CFTC Uses New Forex Authority To Sue 14 Dealers
• Latham Reps Carlyle In Dutch Private Equity Firm Buy
• Ch. 11 Trustee OKs UnXis Bid For SCO Group's Assets
• Omnicare V. UnitedHealth: Premerger Best Practices
• K&L Gates Adds Corporate, Energy Partners In London
• EU OKs $7.7B Intel-McAfee Deal With Conditions
• EU Watchdog Grounds Greek Airline Merger
• Air Products Challenges Airgas' Poison Pill
• Huawei Wins TRO In Bid To Stop Nokia-Motorola Deal
• Duane Reade Execs Win Bid To Bar New Loss Models
• Twisting In The Wind: US-China Green Tech Trade
• SEC Passes Say-On-Pay Rule In Tight Vote
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Amgen In $1B BioVex Deal
• Sidley Snags Global M&A Pro From Jones Day
• UK To Hear News Corp. Before BSkyB Merger Probe
• Tribune Noteholders Want Discovery Into Buyout Deal
• Cravath Advises Novartis In $470M Genoptix Deal
• Thrashers Owners Sue King & Spalding Over Contract
• Huawei Sues Motorola To Stop Sale To Nokia
• King & Spalding Reps RockTenn In $3.5B Smurfit Deal
• Avis Tries To Shake Antitrust Suit Over $1.5B Tie-Up
• Hogan Lovells Lands 10-Member German Capital Team
• Facebook Raises $1.5B In Goldman Offering
• Regent Pacific Bids $341M For Aussie Iron Ore Miner
• FTC Boosts Merger Review Threshold To $66M
• Judge Refuses To Block Raytheon-Applied Merger
• Greenberg Traurig Snags Corporate Atty From Hunton
• Cadwalader Forms New Practice With McDermott Attys
• Petra To Pay $210M For De Beers Diamond Mine
• Credit Suisse May Have Dealt In Bad Faith: NY Court
• Simpson Reps People's United In $493M Danvers Buy
• The Rise Of 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Tribune Co. Blasts Noteholder Doc Request
• 2nd Circ. Probes Toss Of AOL-Time Warner Merger Row
• US Gets Boost In Raytheon Suit Over Unit Sales
• Latham Reps Sempra In $875M AEI Utilities Deal
• Criminal Law Aspects Of Gaming Regulation
• MF Global Strikes $90M Deal In IPO Action
• DOJ Continues Inquiry Of $7.6B Caterpillar Deal
• Pfizer Sued Over Termination Of Wyeth Patent Pact
• Wendy's Mulls Sale Of Low-Revenue Arby's Chain
• Iberdrola Snaps Up Brazil's Elektro For $2.4B
• Morgan Lewis Reps Perrigo In $540M Paddock Labs Buy
• Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal
• Conexant Faces Shareholder Suit Over $284M Merger
• Hubbard To Pay $505M For Bonneville Radio Stations
• J.Crew Settles Shareholder Action Over $3B Sale
• United, American Sue Chicago Over Airport Financing
• WaMu Equity Holders Appeal $10B Global Settlement
• Openness, Oversight Key To Carbon Markets: Report
• Boston Scientific To Pay Up To $375M For Atritech
• Fried Frank Advises Cargill In $24B Mosaic Sell-Off
• After Comcast, GOP To Rethink FCC Review Process
• Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: S&C
• 9th Circ. Revives 24 IPO Suits Against BofA, Others
• Axel Springer Cranks Up SeLoger Bid To €634M
• Willkie Reps Brookfield In $1.7B General Growth Deal
• SEC Unveils Rules For Documenting Derivatives Market
• US Backs $37B Comcast-NBC Merger With Conditions
• Wachtell Reps Comerica In $1B Sterling Bancshares Buy
• Tronox Wins OK For Environmental Settlement
• Weil Advises Advent In $1.5B Buy Of Priory From RBS
• Innkeepers Strikes $1.14B Deal With Lenders
• Greek Regulator OKs Unilever-Ice Cream Co. Deal
• Jones Day Snags M&A Partner From Weil Gotshal
• Kirkland Reps Danaher In $685M Aerospace Unit Sale
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Cops To Galleon Trading Plot
• Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: Skadden
• AIG Unveils Plan To Pay Back Rest Of $182B Bailout
• FirstEnergy, Allegheny End Securities Suit Over Merger
• CHS Aims To Oust Tenet Board In $3.3B Takeover Bid
• Akin Gump Reps Danish Co. In RJ Reynolds Tobacco Deal
• Baker Hostetler Nabs Kaye Scholer M&A Attorney
• Polish Antitrust Regulator Blocks $2.6B PGE-Energa Deal
• The Year Ahead In Antitrust Enforcement
• Ex-Perot Trader Faces 10 Years For Securities Fraud
• 'Confident' Google May Face US Case Over ITA Deal
• Gibson Dunn Adds Corporate Partner in NYC
• Energy Partners To Make $201M Shallow Gulf Oil Buy
• Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: Cravath
• Ex-Home Diagnostics CEO Charged With Insider Trading
• Weil Reps GE In $520M Deal For Power Conversion Co.
• Lucent, AT&T Settle Pension Plan Suits Against US
• Copper Cos. Inmet, Lundin Announce $9B Merger
• FTC Will Challenge Consummated Acquisitions
• Target Heads North With $1.81B Zellers Purchase
• Wall Street Faces New FINRA Disclosure Rules
• Corporate Finance Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb
• Jones Day Reps Cliffs In $5B Deal For Mining Co.
• UK's Henderson To Nab Gartmore For £335.3M
• CFTC Delays Rules To Curb Banks' Voting Power
• Spire Sues Creganna Unit Over Catheter Flaws
• ITT To Spin Off Defense, Water Outfits Amid DOD Cuts
• Avis, Dollar Thrifty Say Merger Would Lower Costs
• Verizon Fights To Bring Claims Over $2B Landline Deal
• New Incentives For Nigerian Power Projects
• Latham Adds Broker-Dealer Partner In NYC
• AIG To Sell Nan Shan Unit For $2.2B
• CMBS Specialist Boosts Sidley's Finance Practice
• Ashurst Reps Office Depot In Purchase Of Swedish Rival
• GE Nabs Remote Energy In Push To Meet EU Standards
• Law360's Corporate Finance Groups Of The Year
• NY Appeals Court Nixes Suit Over MBIA Restructuring
• Freshfields Reps BMO In Lloyd George Buy
• Aetna Inks Unique $150M Health Reinsurance Deal
• Terra Firma To Appeal Pro-Citi Verdict In EMI Suit
• Don't Gamble With Your Gaming Case
• Skadden Reps China's Bluestar In $2B Elkem Purchase
• 7th Circ. Upholds Omnicare Antitrust Suit Dismissal
• Kirkland Reps IGate In $1B Patni Computer Deal
• Hefner To Regain Private Control Of Playboy
• High Court Won't Hear Ex-AWA Pilots' Seniority Case
• 3 Ex-AOL Execs Fail To Exit SEC Fraud Suit Over Ads
• GE, UnionBanCal Unit Pick Up Calif. Wind Farm
• Wachtell, Hunton Rep Duke, Progress In $26B Merger
• Qualcomm's $3.2B Bid For Atheros Too Cheap: Septa
• Interpreting The Earmarking Doctrine
• Sprint Nextel Loses Bid To Toss Merger Suit
• Ex-Telco Exec Settles SEC Kickback Suit
• Regulator Bends Rules For Hermes In Face Of Takeover
• EU Sends Thomas Cook Deal To UK
• Coke Wins Dismissal Of Suit Over Barq's Stake
• Dutch Court Awards Yukos $1.2B In Refinery Proceeds
• What Did You Know, When Did You Know It?
• SEC Questions Goldman On Facebook Offering
• Verenium Beats $3.8M Stock Conversion Suit
• ProMedica's Hospital Buy Hurts Competition, FTC Says
• Jenner & Block Snags Goodwin M&A Expert
• Vinson Reps Pioneer In $866M Tunisia Oil Deal
• Locke Lord Nabs Katten Muchin Corporate Pro
• 8th Circ. Revives D&O Suit Over Bank Exec's Defense
• Counter Deal Complexity: Use A Checklist
• Goldman To Sell $446M Stake In Japanese Golf Operator
• Intel To Alter $8B McAfee Deal Over EU Concerns
• Baker Hostetler Reps Texas Health In MedicalEdge Buy
• SEC Backs Off Indicted Richards Layton IT Guy For Now
• Cravath Reps Qualcomm In $3.1B Atheros Buy
• Philip Morris Drops Bid For Colombian Cigarette Co.
• Get It In Writing Or Pay The Consequences
• Anadarko, KMG Can't Escape Tronox Securities Case
• LaserCard Shareholder Sues To Block Sale
• Ex-BearingPoint Execs Ask For NY Trial Venue
• Goldman's Facebook Stake May Force SEC's Hand
• UK To Investigate Ryanair's Buy Of Aer Lingus Stake
• Judge OKs $3.25M Class Deal In Orion IPO Suit
• Driving M&A Successes In 2011
• Switzerland Probes Swisscom Fiber-Optic Network Plans
• USA Today Buys Product Review Website Network
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Reps Dell In SecureWorks Buy
• Fresenius To Pay €485M For Euromedic Dialysis Unit
• PharmAthene, SIGA Fight Over Bioterror Defense Drug
• K&S Claims It Overpaid Rohm & Haas For Morton Salt
• Paul Weiss Reps Universal In $1.25B CVS Deal
• DOJ Knocks SEC, CFTC Derivatives Proposals
• There's No Stopping Credit Bidding
• Judge Lifts Litigation Hurdle To Porsche-VW Merger
• Laminate Exec Fights To Revive Bank Of India Suit
• Dover To Acquire Oil Pump Maker For $402.5M