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Mergers & Acquisitions - November, 2011

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• Ex-Olympus CEO Quits Board, Wants New Management
• Codelco Sues Mitsubishi Over $5B Anglo American Sale
• Southwest, AirTran Escape $1.4B Antitrust Suit
• 7th Circ. Restores Flight Attendants' Seniority After Merger
• AAI Presses FTC To Block Express Scripts' Buy Of Rival
• 5 Ways To Forge A Successful Public-Private Deal
• Kirkland Aids Dutch PE Fund On Frozen Food Co. Stake
• GSC Ch. 11 Plan Mired In Dispute Over Disqualifying Votes
• Aussie Watchdog Can't Block Metcash Supermarket Buy
• Buffett Puts Weight Behind Omaha Newspaper Biz
• Kaye Scholer Guides American Securities In Unifrax Buy
• Samsung Unit, KNOC Scoop Up Parallel Petroleum
• Creating An E-Discovery Process For Google Apps
• Pola Orbis Snags Australia's Jurlique For $300M
• Canada Raises Worries Over Maple's TMX Buy
• Gryphon Buys Enviro Compliance Services Co. Trinity
• Antitrust Law And The Digital Economy
• FCC Says AT&T Merger Would Harm Competition
• Davis Polk Aids TE Connectivity's $2B Deutsch Group Buy
• ETP Faces Shareholder Suit Over $9B Southern Union Deal
• Auto Parts Magnate Buys NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars
• Tronox Battles Bid To Cap Damages In $15B Enviro Suit
• India-Backed PE Group Preps $300M Roads Project Push
• Skyview Capital Scoops Up Nokia Siemens Networks Unit
• M&A MVP: Munger Tolles' Mary Ann Todd
• Pharmasset Investor Challenges $11B Gilead Deal
• EMSC, Shareholders Reach Settlement Over $3B Sale
• Bass Berry Backs HCP In Polaris Hospital Growth Buy
• McCormick & Schmick's, Landry's Sued Over $132M Deal
• Coatings Co. PPG Stiffed Unit Buyer On Disclosures: Judge
• Protection From The Elements: For Deal And Board
• Validus Drops Transatlantic Hostile Takeover Bid
• Canmarc REIT Deflects Cominar Purchase Offer
• Costner Must Yield Texts In Venture Fight Over BP Deal
• Iraq Inks $17B Flared Gas Deal With Shell, Mitsubishi
• Latham Aids KKR On $1B Capital Safety Acquisition
• PE Firm Riverside Buys Into Satellite Communications Co.
• O'Melveny Lures Former Conexant GC As M&A Partner
• BankAtlantic Investors Sue To Halt $5.4B BB&T Deal
• High Court Won't Touch Appeal Over Oil Co.'s Bankruptcy
• M&A MVP: Covington's Scott F. Smith
• Jones Day Lands PE, Tech Deals Pro From Baker
• Icahn Offer Values Commercial Metals At $1.7B
• CVC Sells Shoe Repair Chain To Unison
• Google Asks EU To Approve $12.5B Motorola Buy
• AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Falters As Cos. Yank FCC Application
• Eastern Petroleum Grabs Majority Stake In Jura Energy
• Baker & McKenzie Advises Optima On Steel Co. Deal
• M&A MVP: Kirkland's William Sorabella
• Oakley Capital Buys Controlling Stake In German Web Co.
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Suit Over BofA's $4B Countrywide Buyout
• Simpson Guides Year's Biggest LBO In $7.2B KKR Oil Buy
• EU Clears Western Digital's $4.3B Hitachi Buy
• Stanhill Withdraws $30M Evergreen Coal Tech Offer
• Transatlantic Botched $3.4B Sale To Alleghany: Suit
• Sirius Antitrust Deal Objectors Off Hook For Appeal Bond
• Pearson Snaps Up Teaching And Test Prep Co. For $294M
• Centerbridge Unit Bets On Las Vegas Timeshare Tower
• Graceway Cleared To Sell Assets To Medicis For $455M
• FCC Raises New Hurdle For AT&T's T-Mobile Takeover
• Quincy Medical Center's Ch. 11 Plan Gets Nod
• DOJ Adds Munger Tolles Partner To AT&T Merger Team
• $174M Sonesta Hotels Sale Not So Hospitable: Investors
• Omni Investors Settle Lowball Claims From $122M Sale
• M&A MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's James Morphy
• Fredrikson Reps PE Firms In J. McLaughlin Majority Buy
• Baird Takes Control Of Farming Scale Maker Digi-Star
• Ropes & Gray Helps Pfizer Buy Anti-Scar Drug Co.
• Tokyo Exchange Offers $1.1B For Osaka Counterpart
• Southern Peru And The Entire Fairness Standard
• Oak Investment, Gobi Push For $60M VisionChina Payout
• Centrica Grabs Statoil North Sea Assets For $1.5B
• Taft Lures Squire Sanders M&A, PE Pro
• PE Firm Ratos Sells 2 Cos. To 3D Systems For $137M
• PE Firm Odyssey Snaps Up Crane Rental Co.
• Actelion To Appeal $415M Verdict Over CoTherix Buy
• Duane Morris Woos 2 Deals Experts For Calif. Offices
• Alleghany Wins Fight For Transatlantic With $3.4B Offer
• CVC Capital, Phoenix Group Confirm Buyout Talks
• False Truisms In US Public Company LBOs
• Gilead Expands Hep C Efforts In $11B Skadden-Led Buy
• Olympus Panel Finds No Connection To Organized Crime
• M&A MVP: Cleary's Ethan Klingsberg
• Valeant Buys INova From PE Firms For $688M
• AT&T Says DOJ Shouldn't Share FCC Data In Merger Suit
• M&A MVP: Baker Botts' David Kirkland
• H&R Ruling Shows Old-School Merger Analysis Alive, Well
• $61.5M Giordano's Sale Ends Food Fight
• Hampshire Equity Sells Manufacturer To Rotork For $76M
• FTC Sues To Block Illinois Hospital Merger
• Transatlantic Sues Validus Over Bid To Oust Board
• Latham & Watkins Guides Linzor's GE Unit Buy
• Sealing The Deal: Fried Frank Nets $1.5B LBO For Permira
• Simpson Helps Carlyle Boost Loan Biz With Churchill Buy
• EU Weighs Challenge To Law Barring VW Takeover
• Growing Nestle Buys Danish Sauce Producer Oscar
• Reshaping The Future For Reverse Mergers
• NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Propose Merger Concessions
• French Investor, DOJ Reach Deal In Talks Over Poker Site
• $150M Sale Of NHL's Dallas Stars Wins Approval
• Filtrona Snaps Up Fastener Maker Richco For $110M
• Rio Tinto Notches Up Friendly Hathor Bid To $636M
• Kirkland Helps Bain Repurchase Physio-Control For $487M
• H&R Case Proves Merger Law Remains Consistent: Pozen
• M&A MVP: Fried Frank's Alan Kaden
• Cerberus Atty Pins $55M Loss On Paul Hastings
• Health Benefit Manager Expands Base In $250M Deal
• Marsh & McLennan Expands With Seitlin Insurance Buy
• PE-Backed Malaysian Fund Eyes Clean Energy In Asia
• Cooley Aids San Diego Hotel Mogul In Union-Tribune Buy
• Implications Of Cumulus-Citadel
• M&A MVP: Morgan Lewis' Michael King
• Virgin Money Snaps Up UK-Owned Bank For £747M
• How They Won It: Willkie Farr Bests Icahn In Contract Feud
• House Panel OKs Bills Targeting FCC Regulatory Power
• Cigna Offers 15M Shares To Fund $4B HealthSpring Buy
• China's Remedy In Private Equity Deal Shows US Influence
• JC Flowers Defends Role In Failed $104M Insurer Buyout
• Delta Can Keep 2-Tier Pay System For Flight Attendants
• Simon Takes Lead In $85M Outlet Project
• ConocoPhillips Sells Stakes In Pipeline Cos. For $2B
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Ex-Rutan & Tucker Corporate Atty
• M&A MVP: Skadden's Tom Greenberg
• Tilton's Patriarch Snags Hussey Copper For $107M
• K&L Gates Scores Stoel Rives Deals Atty
• Altus Buys Aircraft Tool Co. With New $200M Fund
• Bass Berry Helps Debt Servicer Branch Out To Apartments
• Benihana Asks 2nd Circ. To Chop Suit Over $8M Eatery Deal
• Olympus Investor Sues Over Merger Fee Scandal
• H&R Block Walks Away From $288M TaxACT Deal
• UK REIT Teams Up With Pension Giant In $237M Venture
• Dechert Helps Centre Partners In Smile Fixer-Upper Buy
• Clyde Blowers Buys Wind Turbine Co. Moventas For $135M
• McGuireWoods Aids Falfurrias' Buyout Of Stock Firm
• Samsung Boosts Medical Market Presence With Nexus Buy
• Merger Trends: H&R Vs. AT&T
• Buffett Ventures Into Tech Sector With $11B Bet On IBM
• Judge Won't Bar Former GPC Exec From Working At Wi-Lan
• SL Green Buys Stake In AIG Office, Sells Citigroup Tower
• Private Equity Sitting On Powder Keg But Not For Long
• Anadys Shareholders Challenge $230M Sale To Roche
• Verizon, JPMorgan Shake Idearc Class Action In 3rd Circ.
• Top Female Deal Maker: Munger Tolles' Mary Ann Todd
• BFC Will Round Out Ownership Of Timeshare Co. Bluegreen
• M&A MVP: Gibson Dunn's Dennis Friedman
• Trial In $15B Tronox Enviro Liability Suit Set For May
• Providence Equity Takes On Career Education's Italian Unit
• Disney Buys 'Mom Blog' Platform Babble Media
• Dorsey Helps Carlisle Take On Aerospace Co. For $285M
• Aussie PE Firm Sues Sage Group Over Aborted MYOB Bid
• Case Study: GloNav V. NXP
• Executory Contracts With Multiple Personalities
• Huron Fire Safety Engineering Co. Grows With Edan Buy
• Cameco Ups Ante In Hathor Tussle With $615M Offer
• Sullivan & Cromwell Advises VeriFone In $817M Point Buy
• New Reverse Merger Rules Aim To Shield Investors
• HIG Adds 2 Sell-Offs To Recent Spate Of Deals
• Judge Backs DOJ Market Definition In H&R Block Case
• Top Female Deal Maker: Simpson Thacher's Kathryn Sudol
• AM Castle Snares Tube Supply For $165 Million
• Blackstone's Summit Materials Buys Texas Paving Cos.
• DOJ Has HSBC, First Niagara Drop Branches In $1B Deal
• Hussey Sale Shouldn't Mean Payoff For CEO: Creditors
• McDermott Sues DOJ For Hospital Docs In Antitrust Probe
• SCA To Absorb Georgia-Pacific Tissue Unit For $1.8B
• Proskauer's New Beijing Office To Focus On M&A, PE
• EU Not So Sweet On Suedzucker's $255M Sugar Co. Deal
• Lehman Eyes Sale Of Neuberger Berman Interests
• Interclick Shareholders Sue Over $270M Yahoo Deal
• Mitsubishi Picks Up Anglo American Chile Stake For $5B
• Akin Gump Nabs Energy Expert From BP Solar
• Medco, Investors Settle Over $29B Express Scripts Merger
• When A Merger Is Not A Merger
• EU, Members Agree On Merger Antitrust Review Guide
• Top Female Deal Maker: Mayer Brown's Jodi Simala
• SEC Tightens Standards For Reverse Merger Listings
• Dykema Adds Private Equity Expert From SNR Denton
• General Growth Set To Spin Off 30-Mall Portfolio
• TPG Launches Natural Gas Venture With $1B Investment
• O'Melveny Brings Corporate Practice To Indonesia
• Webber Aids Denham In $200M Step Into Africa's Mines
• PE Firm HIG Sheds 2 Cos. In Flurry Of Moves
• Diamond's Shoddy Farmer Pay Caused Stock Plunge: Suit
• Serious Energy Grabs Building Energy Tech Co. Agilewaves
• White & Case Aids Harvest In TruckPro Deal
• HCP To Pay Ventas Extra $125M In REIT Purchase Row
• Siemens Scoops Up Industrial Software Supplier Vistagy
• Ropes & Gray Reps Genstar In LexisNexis Division Buy
• Gibson Dunn Snags 2 Corporate Partners In Hong Kong
• Ex-Deloitte Partner's Wife Gets 11 Months For Lying To SEC
• Rakuten Snaps Up E-Book Seller Kobo For $315M
• Deutsche Bank Accused Of Harassing Ex-Associate
• Goodwin Helps TA Snag Senior Whole Health For $135M
• MoFo Adds Ex-O'Melveny M&A, IP Sensei In Tokyo
• Core Adds RP Miller To Expanding Real Estate Empire
• Top Female Deal Maker: Dewey & LeBoeuf's Jane Ross
• Landry's To Take On McCormick In $132M Deal
• Antitrust Issues In Bilateral Monopolies
• Olympus Admits To Hiding Losses With Merger Fees
• Lehman REIT Asks Judge To Confirm Arbitration Win
• GM Won't Renew Tech License With Saab's Chinese Buyers
• Kodak Continues Sell-Off With Image Sensor Deal
• Kirkland Reps Olympus In $755M Pizza Hut Franchisee Buy
• Warburg, Goldman Unit Take Over Web Hosting Co.
• Reversing Chinese Reverse Mergers
• TA Associates Sheds Kidney Treatment Centers
• PE-Backed Sterling Financial Picks Up Washington Bank
• Top Female Deal Maker: Baker Botts' Kelly Rose
• Best Buy Acquires Partner's US Mobile Stake For $1.3B
• The Delaware Chancery Court As Corporate Regulator
• DLA Piper Lures Deals Partner From Sheppard Mullin
• Origo, Trafigura Form Mongolia Iron Ore, Coal Venture
• Jenner Reps General Dynamics' $360M Force Protection Buy
• Sprint Must Hand Over Market Data To AT&T In Merger Row
• Siris-Led Group Buys Mobile Data Co. Tekelec For $780M
• Simpson Aids JLL In $398M American Dental Purchase
• Top Female Deal Maker: Skadden's Martha McGarry
• Time Warner Makes $1.4B Play For Dutch TV Co. Endemol
• Yahoo Shareholder Says Yang Should Resign Board Seat
• PE Firm Phoenix Acquires Software Provider David Corp.
• European Buyer Nears Deal To Acquire Full Tilt Poker
• AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Faces Potential Delay As Fight Rages
• Bingham Leads Pacific World In Beauty Care Rival Buy
• Regions Gets Subpoenas Axed In Action Over AmSouth Buy
• Anglo American Says 'I Do' To 40% More Of De Beers
• Duane Morris Gains Schiff Hardin Tech Deals Expert
• EU Puts Spotlight On $21B J&J-Synthes Merger
• PEP Takes 50% Stake In Swedish Personal Care Giant
• Siemens Buys MobileMD To Boost Health Care IT Offerings
• Top Female Deal Maker: Wilson Sonsini's Katie Martin
• Stephens Group Grabs Majority Stake In Summit Industrial
• Navis Capital Buys Photon Division For $152M
• Real Estate Trust Shells Out $174M For Sonesta Hotels
• Legal Considerations For Carve-Out Transactions
• Latham Steers Odyssey In BarrierSafe Purchase
• Baker Botts Adds Transactions Expert In London
• Bryan Cave Lures 2 Partners For New Frankfurt Office
• Validus Plans Board Battle To Close Transatlantic Deal
• China Forces Divestiture In PE Fund's Textile Deal
• Jones Day Helps Riverside Clinch German Telecom Deal
• Sprint, C Spire Suits Over AT&T Merger Trimmed
• CVR Snags Gary-Williams, Refinery For $625M
• Last-Ditch Effort To Stop OceanFreight Merger Capsizes
• Top Female Deal Maker: Ropes & Gray's Julie Jones
• Shareholders Sue To Block $6.2B Oil Services Merger
• US Fights Deutsche Bid To Toss Mortgage Fraud Suit
• Procedures For Going Private
• Progress To Settle With CVO Holders Over $42M Loss
• Ex-AWA Pilots Win Class Cert. In US Airways Merger Feud
• Adolor Investor Challenges Cubist's $415M Takeover Bid
• Audax's Debt Collection Unit Buys Asset Recovery Co.
• AXA Private Equity Carves Out Rhodia's Aspirin Unit
• Sinclair Lands Freedom TV Stations For $385M
• Ill. AG Wants More Scrutiny Of Exelon Energy Merger
• Ruden McClosky Ch. 11 Fate Could Await Other Firms
• Express Scripts, Medco Deal Slammed By Small Biz Group
• MLB, Dodgers Agree To Blackstone-Led Sale
• Stiefel Will Get Split Trial For ERISA, Stock Fraud Claims
• H&R Block Ruling To Spur On DOJ In AT&T, T-Mobile Case
• Alterra Combines Irish Insurance, Reinsurance Cos.
• AAI Wants Tight Review Of Exelon, Constellation Deal
• Kirkland Guides Trilantic In Implus Purchase
• Top Female Deal Maker: Shearman's Christa D'Alimonte
• FTC Gives Go-Ahead To $725M Lab Testing Merger
• Sun Capital To Kick Off Bids In Friendly's Asset Auction
• Macerich Leads $200M Chicago Mall Joint Venture
• Shareholder Ire Leads G4S To Drop £5.2B ISS Bid
• Latham Reps Yahoo In $270M Interclick Deal
• Honeywell Buys King's Safetywear For $338M
• Olympus Committee To Probe Merger Fee Scandal
• QuickPay's Impact On M&A
• Defining Director Duties: Southern Peru And Openlane