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Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2011

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• Salans Guides Heitman In Hungary Office Building Deal
• Yanzhou Signs $2.7B Deal For Australian Coal Co.
• Delphi CEO Skimmed $55M From Shareholders: Suit
• Metal Co.'s Deal Paves Way For Mitsubishi Mining Stake
• Jones Day Helps SunPower Nab French Solar Co. For $165M
• Skadden Aids Select REIT On $230M IPO
• Catterton Sells First Watch Chain To Freeman Spogli
• Paul Hastings Handles Exor's $294M Alpitour Sale
• CVC, ConvergEx Deal On The Rocks Amid US Probes
• Case Study: In Re Compellent Technologies
• Sizing Up The 2012 M&A Market For Gov't Contractors
• Ropes Aids Genstar To Purchase Auto Insurer IAS
• FCC Approves AT&T's $2B Deal For Qualcomm Licenses
• Praxair Picks Up Texas Welders Supply Co.
• Carlyle Scoops Up Belgian Emissions Detection Co.
• FCC Tries Again To Loosen Media Cross-Ownership Ban
• Delayed $2.4B Chip Deal Drives Diamond Shareholders Nuts
• EBay Grabs Slice Of German Online Payment Market
• Akamai Snaps Up Cloud Accelerator For $268M
• Deutsche Boerse Must Sell Direct Edge Stake For NYSE Deal
• Sun-Times Media Bought By Tech Investor's Group
• Jones Day, Blank Rome Advise JF Lehman In Doss Buy
• Vulcan Spurns Martin Marietta's $4.7B Hostile Bid
• A Few Possible Flaws In Brazil's New Competition Law
• Zell's $1.3B Bid For Archstone Survives Lehman Challenge
• Sealing The Deal: Hogan Aids Paetec In Windstream Merger
• Old Mutual To Exit Finnish Market With Sale Of Unit
• Thoma Bravo To Reel In Top Digital Media Provider
• Pasta Co. Cooks Up $50M Deal For No Yolks, Wacky Mac
• CVC, Johor Win OK For $1.5B Bid For Malaysian KFC Unit
• Bosch Buys Conergy's Voltwerk Renewable Energy Unit
• Beacon Hill Joins Forces To Mine Mozambique Coal Field
• EQT Pays $304M For Norway's No. 2 Telecom
• Sullivan Guides Tokio Marine In $2.7B Delphi Buy
• HSBC Sells Japanese Private Banking Unit To Credit Suisse
• DOJ Orders Exelon To Sell 3 Plants For $7.9B Deal
• REIT Mission West Seeks Sale, Touts Market Optimism
• Olympus Tokyo Offices Raided In Probe Of $2B Fraud
• Interim Measures In International Arbitrations
• Pang Da Drops Deal In Wake Of Saab Bankruptcy
• Zell Sues Tribune Investors To Ensure Buyout Recoveries
• Morton's Investor Says $117M Fertitta Deal Doesn't Cut It
• Bard Picks Up Device Maker Lutonix For $325M
• Vulcan Countersues Martin Marietta Over $5B Hostile Bid
• Failed AT&T Deal Leaves Stronger DOJ In Its Wake
• BHP Sells Stake In Diamond Exploration Project For $8.7M
• JPML Consolidates 44 Tribune Clawback Suits
• Cracker Barrel Fends Off Investor's Board Seat Bid For Now
• Lyondell Trustee Goes After Smaller Shareholders
• Rust Joins Bankruptcy Services Space With Omni Buy
• Nuance Nabs Voice Software Rival Vlingo
• Exploring The Updated US-EU Merger Best Practices
• Dexia To Sell Luxembourg Unit To Qatari Fund For $954M
• Talbots Rejects Sycamore's $205M Takeover Bid
• Simplyhealth To Buy Axa Dental Unit For $180M
• US To Pay Meritor Shareholders $276M After 19-Year Fight
• Vector Breached Nondisclosure Deal In Tidel Buy: Suit
• SIGA Can't Scrap Smallpox Drug Profit-Share Ruling
• Wells Fargo Nabs Bank Of Ireland Lending Unit For $900M
• Recurrent Capital Bilked Out Of Share In $40M Deal: Suit
• UK Retailer Jacques Vert Takes $64M Sun Capital Bid
• Gibson Dunn Guides Bi-Lo In $560M Winn-Dixie Buyout
• UK Pension Manager Still In Takeover Talks with CVC
• GLP, Chinese Fund To Buy Japanese Warehouses For $1.6B
• DOJ Extends Review Of International Paper's $4B Deal
• AT&T Drops $39B T-Mobile Bid Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
• Fortum Sells Heating Subsidiaries To EQT For $260M
• Vistaprint Scoops Up Site-Builder Webs For $117.5M
• Metals Co. Urges Stockholders To Reject Icahn Bid
• Oracle Wrongly Denied Severance After Sun Deal: Suit
• PPG, Platinum Settle Dispute Over $500M Glass Unit Sale
• Gauging The Growth In Global ADR
• White & Case Helps Harvest Partners To Buy Driven Brands
• Landry's Owner To Fork Over $117M To Buy Steakhouse Co.
• FarmVille Creator Zynga Kicks Off $1B IPO
• Home Properties Grows Footprint With $113M Apt. Deals
• Comcast CEO Fined Over HSR Notification Violations
• Beam Runs Up $95M Tab In Irish Distillery Buy
• Centre Partners Gobbles Up Frozen Food Co.
• Sullivan Leads United Rentals In $2B RSC Purchase
• PE Co. Apollo Unveils Merger, Acquisition Double Deal
• Dykema Aids Platinum Equity In Diversified Machine Buy
• PE Group Pays €1.5B For Vattenfall's Finnish Energy Units
• Kushner, Vornado Pour $110M Into Skyscraper Refinancing
• Patriarch Partners Completes $108M Hussey Copper Buy
• PE Venture Leads $217M Swedish Candy Merger
• Brown & Brown To Buy Arrowhead Insurance For $395M
• Duke, Progress Plan Fails To Offset Antitrust Worry: FERC
• Credit Agricole Proposes Sale Of Private Equity Unit
• Allen Helps CVC Capital Sell Taminco To Apollo For $1.4B
• EU Eyes Honeywell, DuPont In Antitrust Probe
• Case Study: Coughlan V. NXP
• Lehman Sues BofA, Barclays To Halt Archstone Sale
• Norex Suit Over Oil Co. Takeover Too Late: Attys
• Old Mutual To Sell Nordic Unit for £2.1 billion
• FTC Challenges Graco's $650M ITW Deal
• CVC, Johor Bid $1.5B For Malaysian KFC Unit
• WestLB Can't Close Sale Of Real Estate Arm To Apollo
• Global Trends In Multijurisdictional Merger Filings
• Shearman Aids Fujifilm In $995M Buy Of Ultrasound Co.
• Exelon, Constellation Reach Accord With Md. Over Merger
• Syms Asks Examiner To Probe Management Misconduct
• Blackland Adds Parts Maker Prikos To Aerospace Portfolio
• Covidien To Separate $2B Pharmaceuticals Unit
• Jones Day Helps Lam Research Pick Up Novellus For $3B
• Lehman Can Sell $1.5 Billion Neuberger Stake
• New Ch. 11 Plan To Emerge As GSC Ends Creditor Feud
• Lyondell Trustee Targets 1,700 Investors In $5.6B Suit
• Sealing The Deal: Skadden Splits Diabetes Drug Alliance
• China Gas Calls $2B Takeover Bid 'Opportunistic'
• J.Crew Gets Final Nod On $16M Deal Over PE-Led Buyout
• TPG, SurveyMonkey Team Up On MarketTools Buy
• Chinese Cos. Faced More Investor Actions In 2011: Report
• Coke Invests $980M In Saudi Beverage Maker
• Seadrill Eyes Joint Venture With Malaysian Energy Giant
• Choate Hall Aids Investment Firms In HealthMEDX Buy
• Empire Oil To Expand In Clean Energy With Enigma Buy
• Olympus Recognizes $1B Loss To Avoid Stock Delisting
• Sale Order May Not Protect You From Everything
• Santander Ordered To Pay Up In BNY Rate Dispute
• Yahoo Should Release Letters Inviting Bids: Investor
• Blue Coat Investor Challenges $1B Thoma Bravo Deal
• Aussie PE Firm Champ Picks Up Advertiser For $163M
• Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Promise More Merger Concessions
• Baxter Scoops Up Synovis For $325M
• Canmarc Urges Rejection Of Cominar's $811M Offer
• With Conditions, Watchdog OKs French Rum Co.'s QFS Buy
• Freeman Spogli Nabs Boot Retailer From Marwit Capital
• Rio Tinto May Boost Ivanhoe Stake After Arbitration Win
• Shoddy Accounting Put HCA Stock On Life Support: Suit
• Sullivan Reps Energy Cos. In $2B Offer for China Gas
• Another Milestone For The AIFMD
• Dechert Guides Court Square To Purchase Encompass
• London Stock Exchange Buys Remaining Half Of FTSE
• Canada, US Steel End Dispute Over Stelco Deal
• 11th Circ. Nixes FTC Bid To Halt $195M Ga. Hospital Deal
• New Partner Pays $1.7M For Stratex Copper Mining Stake
• Pharmacies' Pfizer Merger Appeal Stays Out Of High Court
• Sara Lee Snags Dutch Coffee Chain Ahead Of Split
• Judge Sides With FTC In ProMedica Merger Challenge
• Star Capital Nabs Thyssen Shipbuilding Units For $200M
• Martin Marietta Sues To Pave Way For $4.7B Hostile Bid
• Valeant Cedes Drugs To Win OK For $770M Skin Care Buys
• RBS Failure Spurs UK Watchdog To Call For Tighter Regs
• EC Seeks More Data On Google's $12.5B Motorola Bid
• DOJ Challenge Put On Ice As AT&T Rethinks T-Mobile Deal
• Cognetas Pulls Gas Station Co. From Auction Block
• Regulators Eye $10B Boerse-NYSE Euronext Deal Again
• Sinopec Builds Stake In $20B Australian Gas Project
• SEC Targets Glaxo Unit Over Underpriced Stock Buybacks
• Rockford Rerun: The FTC On Hospital Mergers
• Whitehaven Adds Aston, Local Miner To Make $5B Coal Co.
• Close Today, Vote Tomorrow
• ABB Snags Swiss Power Protection Co. Newave For $182M
• Fake Kodak, AMR Offers Warrant 'Significant' Fine: SEC
• MGIC, Execs Ask 7th Circ. To Toss Fraud Suit
• Commercial Metals To Review Icahn's $15 Per Share Offer
• Canadian Telecoms Buy Into Leafs, Raptors Owner For $1B
• Southern Union Investors OK $9B Merger Amid Pall Of Suit
• Prosperity Buys East Texas Financial With Bracewell's Aid
• PE Firm Nabs Parking Company Begun By Obama Advisers
• Gov't Ups Scrutiny For Foreign Purchase Of US Firms
• Covington Lures MoFo M&A Partner To London Office
• EQT Fund Sells German Retailer To Sun European
• Kirkland Guides Thoma Bravo In $1.3B Blue Coat Buy
• DOJ Seeks To Delay Suit Over AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags Brown Rudnick Finance Partner
• LabCorp's $85M Orchid Deal Depends On Divestment: FTC
• Grey Mountain Takes Stake In Software Co. Stratix
• Suez Sells German Water Utility To Remondis For $127M
• DOJ Wants More Info On Oracle's $1.5B RightNow Buy
• Attention To Detail Matters In A Merger
• Blackstar Launches $99M Takeover Of Mvela Group
• Ernst & Young To Review Olympus Audits Amid Scandal
• Cravath Helps IBM Nab Cloud-Based DemandTec For $440M
• Level 3 Officers Try To Snuff Out Shareholder Suit
• Yahoo Settles Interclick Investor Suits Over $270M Sale
• LaBranche Investors Settle Over $192M Cowen Deal
• Ventizz Co. Snags Austrian ID Security Outfit
• HealthpointCapital Takes On Surgical Tool Maker Blue Belt
• South Africa Blocks Merger Of Leaflet Advertisers
• AT&T's Yanked T-Mobile Merger App Won't Stall DOJ Suit
• Humana Picks Up Health Analytics Leader Anvita
• Cedar Fair Gets 49ers Deal After $70M Buyout Collapses
• Curtis Nabs Thum & Cie Founder, 2 Corporate Pros
• Santander To Sell Colombian Units To CorpBanca For $1.2B
• Winston Aids Sycamore In $202M Takeover Bid For Talbots
• Buying A Distressed Hospital Out Of Bankruptcy
• Express Scripts Exec Defends $29B Merger To Lawmakers
• Pearson Target's Boss Tipped Cohorts On $294M Deal: SEC
• Auto Parts Maker Fights Irving Place's $28M Debt Claim
• UK Proposal May Spur Slew Of New REITs, Takeovers
• Sprint Asks Judge Not To Delay AT&T Trial
• Copper Miner KGHM Snaps Up Quadra In $3.4B Deal
• HKW Sheds Furminator To Pet Supply Co. For $140M
• GM Tech License Still Eludes Saab's Chinese Buyers
• CapitaLand Raises $135M With Shanghai Land Sale
• Business Process Co. Kofax Picks Up Singularity For $48M
• Olympus Panel Urges Legal Measures Against 'Rotten' Execs
• France Clears Altarea's $142M Bid For E-Retailer
• Software Co. SuccessFactors Buys Jobs2Web For $110M
• Icahn Gets Tough In Commercial Metals Takeover Bid
• PBGC Rips Sun Capital Bid To Nab Friendly's Out Of Ch. 11
• TPG, Apax Sued For €268M Over Hellas Notes
• Tekelec Shareholders Sue To Halt $780M Sale To Siris
• GOP Sens. Urge FTC To Probe $29B Express Scripts Merger
• The EU's Battle For Transparency
• Norway's A-Pressen Buys Mecom's Edda Media For $294M
• Edwards Wildman Lures Reed Smith Competition Pro
• Aussies Won't Take $225M Metcash Merger To High Court
• Entergy Sells Electric Transmission Biz To ITC For $1.8B
• Philadelphia Financial Snags Hartford Unit For $117M
• Skadden Clinches Spinoff Of HSBC Private Equity Arm
• Commercial Metals Rebuffs Icahn's Acquisition Bid
• Roche Scoops Up Verum Diagnostica
• Supreme Court Refuses To Pick Up AT&T Benefits Action
• AXA Exits Shipping Container Co. After Turnaround
• First Reserve Invests $150M In European Wind Farms
• Magic Johnson Looks To Score Bankrupt Dodgers
• Brynwood Fund Snaps Up Beauty Products Co. Newhall
• Google Gets All Clear From DOJ For $400M Admeld Buy
• Resort Owner Sues Hilton Over Undisclosed Agreements
• PE Firm Great Point Deals Bioscience Co. To Corning
• Wells Fargo Settles Wachovia Securities Suits For $75M
• Heineken Becomes UK Pub Giant With £422M Buy
• Verizon To Buy Cable Cos.' Wireless Spectrum For $3.6B
• Private Equity Could Boost Yahoo's Competitive Edge
• Judge OKs $89M Del Monte, Barclays Investor Settlement
• Falconhead Takes Major Stake In Rita's Water Ice
• Explaining US Antitrust And Baseball
• Andrews Kurth Aids Maxim On Oil Field Services Co. Buy
• AT&T Slams FCC Report On T-Mobile Deal As Biased
• Aussie PE Firm Ups Bid For Spotless Group To $727M
• News Corp. Ducks Docs Suit Over $670M Shine Group Deal
• Ladish Investor Slams Wis. Rule Defense In 7th Circ.
• BP Selling Canadian Gas Business To PAA Unit For $1.7B
• Carlyle Unit Adds French Medical Casting Biz
• K&L Gates Steers Riverlake Buyout Of Heavy Hauling Co.
• Lloyds Investors Sue Over Shady Bank Acquisition
• Bausch & Lomb Snaps Up Argentinian Contacts Co.
• Lone Star To Sell Korea Exchange Bank Stake For $3.5B