Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » January, 2012

Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2012

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• Avnet Acquires Canvas Systems From PE Firm
• Micromet Investor Sues To Halt $1.2B Amgen Purchase
• Hughes Hubbard Adds 10 SNR Denton Attys In Paris
• Seyfarth Shaw Not Liable For Ex-Client's Post Deal Suits
• Talking Nontraditional Ch. 11 Strategies
• Class Cert. Denied In Suit Over Whole Foods, Wild Oats Tie-Up
• Versa Plucks Hair Removal Chain Out Of Ch. 11 For $40M
• Finnish Steel Co. To Buy German Rival For $3.5B
• How To Lead A Practice Group
• Cadwalader Aids AngioDynamics In $372M Device Maker Buy
• BankAtlantic CEO Pins Blame For BB&T Deal On Regulators
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Steptoe Litigator To LA Office
• Ex-Dewey Atty Settles Insider Trading Fight With SEC
• Bank's Late Fraud Suit 'Hopeless' But Not Frivolous: Judge
• Blank Rome Snaps Up M&A, PE Pro From K&L Gates
• BMC Scoops Up Rival IT Management Firm Numara
• Coventry Rips Sanctions Bid In OSF Hospital Merger Fight
• Talbots Opens Books To Sycamore After Rejecting Offer
• China's Sany Buys German Concrete Pump Maker
• FERC Nod Brings Kinder Morgan Closer To $38B El Paso Deal
• Bennett, McCarthy Rep RuggedCom In Siemens' Takeover
• Skadden Helps Gores Group In $1B Pep Boys Buy
• Drug Co. Valeant Walks Away From Bid for Ista
• Kirkland Guides ABB In $3.9B Thomas & Betts Buy
• Exxon Mobil Sells Japan Unit For $3.9B To Refiner
• FTC Sues Omnicare To Block $441M PharMerica Merger
• Trustees Fight Stay Extension On Tribune Clawback Suit
• First Annapolis Takes $14M S&L Merger Ruling To High Court
• Venoco's Shareholders Sue To Block CEO Buyout Bid
• Swiss Institution Sells Non-US Business Amid Tax Scandal
• Weil Lures Real Estate, M&A Partner From Hogan Lovells
• FBI Raids PE Firm Tied To China Reverse Mergers
• Taking Stock Of Tech Stocks — Private Vs. Public
• EU Examines Air France-KLM, Delta, Alitalia Alliance
• Jones Day Backs Eastman In $4.7B Deal To Buy Solutia
• Graco Can't Shake FTC Suit Over $650M ITW Deal
• BankAtlantic, Investors Battle Over BB&T Deal's Value
• Fed. Circ. Frees DirectTV From $80M Pension Transfer Claim
• Wis. Rule Shields Ladish Board From Damages: 7th Circ.
• Buyers Showing Strong Interest For Peacock's, KPMG Says
• Celgene Snags Cancer Treatment Co. Avila For $350M
• Illumina Rebuffs $5.7B Roche Bid With Poison Pill
• Music Network's Asset Row Wrongly Names 2 Defendants: Suit
• Hospital Groups Clash Over Doc Request In Competition Battle
• AT&T Posts $6.7B Loss Thanks To T-Mobile Breakup Fee
• $180M Deal Needs Deeper Scrutiny Under CAFA: Sirius Users
• UK Eyes Lock For 'Back Door' To Premium Stock Listings
• IGP Sells Manufacturing Business To Ametek For $175M
• Advantage Targets Japanese Remodeler Yasuragi For $166M
• China's Growing Influence Over Global Transactions
• Sara Lee Vows Sales Jolt With $223M Senseo Coffee Stake
• Sullivan Helps Amgen In $1.2B Micromet Buy
• US Airways Hires Latham To Explore Possible AMR Merger
• Biotech Co. Affymetrix Pays $96M To End Investor Suit
• FTC Gives Go-Ahead To $1.5B Oracle, RightNow Merger
• McGuireWoods Aids PE Firm Axum In BBQ Chain Buy
• Quiznos Dodges Ch. 11 With Restructuring Deal
• Weir Spends $176M For Fracking Equipment Co.
• How Eurozone Breakup Would Affect Corporate Bonds
• Weil Aids Private Equity Firms In $750M Aerospace Co. Sale
• UK Probes Simplyhealth's $180M Dental Insurance Co. Buy
• Roche Launches $5.7B Hostile Bid For Illumina
• Crescent Point Nabs Rival Oil Co. Wild Stream For $603M
• HSBC Hands Off Thai Banking Business For $115M
• OpenGate Capital To Buy Getronics Latin American Units
• SEC Accuses Ex-Oak Hill Employee Of Insider Trading
• Rio Tinto Scoops Up Majority Stake In Ivanhoe Mines
• Bridgepoint Deals For Morgan Stanley Investment Unit
• South Africa Again Blocks Merger Of 2 Chemical Cos.
• The Dodd-Frank Test For Bank Expansion
• Bosch Picks Up SPX's Auto Parts Unit For $1B
• McDermott Guides Meredith In $175M Allrecipes.com Buy
• Drug Co. Watson Grows Asian Presence With Ascent Buy
• HSBC To Shed Latin American Bank Operations For $801M
• DOJ Antitrust Head Pozen To Depart In April
• Pension Fund Sues Vulcan Over Rejected Takeover Bid
• Olin, BAE Join Forces To Pursue $2B Army Contract
• Canada Widens Probe Of $2.1B United Rentals Deal
• White & Case Taps Capital Markets Pros In NY, Sweden
• Intel Acquires QLogic's InfiniBand Business For $125M
• TCC, PREI Partner On $1B Commercial Development Venture
• Consumer Group Tells EU Watchdog To Block Google Buy
• As Lehman Closes $1B Archstone Buy, Next Round Looms
• Gibson Dunn Steers Gulf Capital On Energy Co. Buy
• Winn-Dixie Shareholders Balk At $560M Bi-Lo Merger
• Deutsche Boerse Offers New NYSE Merger Concessions
• Skadden, Borden Rep Pan American In $1.5B Mine Co. Buy
• Apache Grabs Oil, Gas Acreage For $2.85B
• Del. High Court Revives $882M Seafood Co. Sale Row
• Firm Fights Subpoenas In Row Over Costner's $52M BP Deal
• KBC Sells Polish Insurance Unit To Talanx For $1B
• Anadarko Loses Damages Cap Fight In $15B Tronox Suit
• Latham Lures 2 Debevoise M&A Attys To Paris Office
• Vodafone Off Hook For India's $2.5B Tax Bill
• Fried Frank Hires M&A Partner For Hong Kong Office
• Citic Offers To Take Software Co. AsiaInfo-Linkage Private
• Siemens Devalued HearUSA Stock Ahead Of Takeover: Suit
• Fenwick Bolsters PE, M&A Groups With Ex-Perkins Partner
• The Lowdown On Top Up Options
• Porsche Offer To Settle $1B Suit Over VW Deal Rejected
• Foley Hoag Adds M&A, Securities Vet in Boston
• EU Puts Off Decision On $12.5B Google, Motorola Deal
• Shell Takes Reins Of Nexus' Offshore Project
• SEC Approves NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Boerse Merger
• DOJ Scrutinizes Martin Marietta's $5B Bid For Vulcan
• Ivanhoe Clears Path For Rio Tinto Takeover
• PE Firm Matlin Should Pay $17M To Brazilian Airline: LAN
• Stiefel Can't Shake ERISA, Fraud Claims Over GSK Buy
• Expert Testimony Dooms Credit Suisse Fraud Suit
• Baker Botts Lures McDermott M&A Pros To Calif. Digs
• Recent Trends In Joint Venture Governance
• EU Pushes Back Decision On Suedzucker, ED&F Man Deal
• Cadwalader Scores Top Dealmaker From Cahill Gordon
• Macfarlanes Acquires Hedge Fund Boutique DHCI
• M&A Fuels 2011 Securities Class Action Bump: Report
• Brookfield Scuttles Atlantis Deal After Court Ruling
• EU Panel Backs NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Merger Ban
• Judge Nixes Settlement In Rural/Metro Buyout Suit
• Blackbaud Snatches Up Software Rival Convio For $275M
• Sun Capital Sells Del Monte Canada To ConAgra
• High Court Rejects Appeal In FINRA Immunity Case
• Buchanan Ingersoll Guides Kennametal's €277M Deloro Buy
• RBS To Sell Aircraft Leasing Unit For $7B
• Converging On Federal Reviews Of Electricity Mergers
• Canadian Diamond Co. To Spin Off Mining Project
• Wachtell Helps Lionsgate Snag 'Twilight' Studio For $400M
• Price Uniformity Not Required For Cert.: 7th Circ.
• Burkle Bags Stake In Soho House For Reported $383M
• Acacia Nabs Wireless Co., 4G Patent Cache For $160M
• Leonard Recruits Energy Pro From Miller Balis
• Singapore Developer Grabs Thai Malls, Resort For $157M
• Feds Open Criminal Inquiry Into Diamond Foods
• Total, Inpex Commit To $34B Aussie Gas Project
• The Role Of Market Definition In Merger Cases
• Spirit, Bascom Create Apartment Investment Venture
• Crowell & Moring Snags Cravath Environmental Partner
• Titanium Co. Buys Rival From PE Firm For $182M
• Plaintiffs Seek To Lift Stay Of Tribune Clawback Suits
• Developers Can't Regain Money After Failed $690M Deal
• Delta, TPG Capital Said To Weigh Bids for AMR
• Codelco To Pay Injunction Costs In Chilean Mine Suit
• Canada Unveils Updated Merger Review Guidelines
• Inhibitex Investor Sues To Block $2.5B Bristol-Myers Deal
• M&A Shareholder Litigation: A Year In Review
• MoFo Aids Raymond James In $930M Morgan Keegan Deal
• Paul Weiss Reps Universal American In $228M APS Buy
• PREI Joins Lodging Capital In Texas Four Seasons Venture
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Ruling For Ex-Tyco Exec On Merger Bonus
• As Takeover Looms, Canmarc Buys Properties For $209M
• Clifford Chance Scores 2 Dewey & LeBoeuf M&A Pros
• Ex-Sullivan Partner Hit With 2 Years For Tax Evasion
• CHS Scrubs Hospital Buyout Amid FTC Review
• Ex-Latham Corporate Co-Chair Jumps To Weil
• AmeriGas Told To Cut Propane Unit From $3B ETP Buy
• Lehman Wins Go-Ahead To Buy $1B Archstone Stake
• US PE Firms Join Forces To Tap Caribbean Gas Industry
• Icahn Drops $2B Hostile Bid For Commercial Metals
• Taylor Wessing Snags Orrick Finance Partner In London
• CBL, Horizon Form Joint Venture For Ga. Mall Project
• Blackstone, DDR Team Up In $1.4B Retail Center Deal
• Minding HSR When Shareholders Increase Stakes
• Lessons From Southern Peru's Special Committee Saga
• Judge Rejects Live Nation's Merger Docs In Antitrust Suit
• CBRE Nets Majority Stake In $77M German Warehouse Deal
• Tawa Says Argonaut Withheld Info In $114M Unit Sale
• Consumers Renew $29B Express Scripts, Medco Deal Fight
• EU Set To Rule On $10B Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Tie-Up
• Hogan Lovells Snags Eversheds' Russia Practice Chief
• Novellus Investor Sues To Block $3B Lam Buy
• Simpson Thacher Helps Snow Phipps Sell Off FiberVisions
• Codelco Sues Anglo American Over $5B Mine Stake
• Lehman Creditors Back $1B Archstone Buy, Wilton Sale
• Hengeler Mueller Aids KPS In Bosch Brake Biz Purchase
• Chinese Manufacturer Nets 75% Yacht Co. Stake For $478M
• Sabal Financial Grabs $204M Real Estate Loan Portfolio
• Search Co. InfoSpace Picks Up TaxACT For $288M
• Fossil To Buy Accessories Maker Skagen For $237M
• FTC Asks Court To Unseal Docs In Graco Merger Suit
• Clarifying The 5% Safe Harbor For Renewable Energy
• Federal Realty Drops $127M For Md. Shopping Center
• Wall Street Icon Sanctioned Over Calix Trading
• PE Firm Takes Control Of Top Jamaican Fuel Distributor
• Shearman Helps B/E Land Aerospace Supply Co. For $400M
• M&A Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal
• Morrison Cohen Adds Herrick Feinstein Partner
• Search Co. InfoSpace Expands With $287.5M TaxACT Buy
• Alston & Bird Lures Transactions Expert From McDermott
• Linde Boosts European Home Care Business In $749M Buy
• The Tricky Concept Of Labor Law Successorship
• Eckert Scores Corporate, RE Expert From Keefer Wood
• Citadel Capital Parts With NPC Egypt For $147.5M
• Spotless Sets $760M Price Tag In PE Buyout
• Bryan Cave Helps Sigma-Aldrich In $350M Deal
• SK Capital, IBA To Form $229M Medical Imaging Venture
• SuccessFactors Shareholders Sue Over SAP's $3.4B Bid
• M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden
• Drugmaker Valeant Losing Patience In $327M Hostile Bid
• Lehman Loses Bid To Block Zell's Archstone Offer
• Sirius Customers Ask 2nd Circ. To Kill $180M 'Coupon' Deal
• Plaintiff Blasts Settlement Of Suit Over Rural/Metro Deal
• Oracle Loses Bid For Review Of Tossed $1.3B SAP Verdict
• Arent Fox Brings Bankruptcy Pro To DC Office
• Mayer Brown Guides PE Firm In Vantage Chemicals Buy
• Co-Lenders Sue Brookfield Over $175M Atlantis Hotel Deal
• M&A Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
• Lehman, Banks Face Off Over Zell's $1.3B Archstone Bid
• HSBC's Water Utility Sale Under UK Antitrust Review
• A Model For Olympus Shareholder Litigation
• Baker Team Splits To Launch PE, M&A-Focused Firm
• Ferrellgas Gobbles Up Rio Grande Valley Gas
• Barnes & Noble May Spin Off Nook Unit
• Conn. Regulator Aims To Review Utility Merger
• Schein Buys Oak Hill's Stake In Vet Supply Unit For $155M
• FTC Judge Orders ProMedica To Sell Off St. Luke's
• Kirkland Helps PE Firm Francisco Acquire Manufacturer
• Fiat Drives Up Stake In Chrysler
• Unlike Fine Wine: The JV Guidelines A Decade Later
• WilmerHale Adds Ex-Patton Boggs, UBS Transaction Attys
• M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• BankAtlantic Can't Escape Suit Over $3.1B BB&T Deal
• Dewey Assembles Project-Focused Team In South Africa
• OM Group Scoops Up Chemical Maker From Unilever Unit
• Clifford Chance Leads CVC In $7.5B Credit Business Tie-Up
• Retail Chains Shopko, Pamida To Reunite
• MBIA, Aurelius Duke It Out Over Insolvency Claims
• Vedder Price Adds M&A Pro To DC Corporate Group
• Latham & Watkins Aids $410M Staffing Agency Buy
• Reed Smith Reps Essex In $118M Biologics Deal
• IBM To Acquire Cloud Software Testing Co. Green Hat
• Boycotts And Business In The Middle East
• M&A Group of the Year: Cravath, Swaine & Moore
• Sara Lee Expands Reach In Premium Tea Market
• Venable Reps Military Contractor ECS In Paradigm Buy
• Platinum Equity Adds Heavy-Hauler To Portfolio
• Anderson Kill Names New Int'l Business Chairwoman
• Fulbright Helps Pioneer Nab Coil Tubing Co. For $110M
• Viacom Sues Over $383M Award To Harmonix Investors
• Sempra Energy Unit To Pick Up Miss. Natural Gas Co.
• 3M Grabs Avery Dennison Office Products Unit For $550M
• Assessing The European Financial Crisis
• Spire Settles With Catheter Co. Over Recall, Deal Bungle
• Lawn Doctor Buyer Levine Leichtman Eyes Big Growth
• Grey Mountain Sues Over Alleged Bolttech Buyout Fraud
• SEC Triumphs In Suit Over Fake Offers For Kodak, AMR
• Total Pays $2.3B For Stake In Ohio Shale Play
• Gores Group Nabs German Engine Supplier
• Adecco Adds Japanese Staffing Co. VSN For $117M
• Holland Helps Blue Wolf Buy Channel Technologies
• Trends In M&A In 2012