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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2012

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• Lion Capital Eyes Deal For French Optical Retailer
• High Court Won't Hear $14M S&L Crisis Case Against US
• Software Co. Heads To $291M Merger Vote After 2 Settlements
• Warner Chilcott Weighs Sale To Boost Shareholder Value
• Supreme Court Frees Verizon, JPMorgan From Spinoff Suit
• Kodak Wins Approval For $13.5M Retention Bonus Plan
• Semtech Filed Bogus Suit To Sink Merger, Rival Claims
• Jones Day, Brown Rudnick Aid Hologic In $3.7B Gen-Probe Buy
• Terra Firma Inks $1.3B Deal To Buy UK Health Co.
• MOFCOM's 'Fusion' Approach To Chinese Merger Control
• Raven Russia Pays $215M For Warehouse Complex
• Energy Transfer Plans $5.3B Sunoco Takeover
• PE Firm To Pay $752M For Food Service Co. Spotless
• JPMorgan Suit Trimmed Over $848M American Century Resale
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs 4Kids' $10M Sale Of 'Yu-Gi-Oh' Rights
• Italian Regulators Put Brakes On Insurance Merger
• Vt. Congress Divided Over $700M Utility Merger Plans
• Canada Woos Investors With Transparency In M&A Review
• Judge Sinks Investor Suit Over $1B Oracle-ATG Deal
• Morgan Lewis Helps Wells Fargo Nail Merlin Securities Buy
• Intuit Makes $424M Play For Cloud Firm Demandforce
• Globaltrans Puts Up $540M For Russian Iron Ore Rail
• Iamgold To Spend $620M On Gold-Rich Trelawney Mining
• TV Provider Capitol Receptive To $11M Bankruptcy Sale
• Buyer, Beware: Pitfalls Of Purchasing Bankrupt Assets
• Bright Food, Brit PE Firm Mum On Rumored £1B Cereal Buy
• Large Private Equity Deals Rarer In 2011, Report Says
• Howard Stern Renews Bid For Bonuses In $330M Sirius Battle
• Great Wolf Investors To Settle Suit Over Apollo Buyout
• Sirius XM Shareholders Seek To Nix $180M Settlement
• MetLife Sells Reverse Mortgage Business To Nationstar
• LoopNet To Shed Unit To Reboot $860M CoStar Deal
• Dubai Jeweler Accepts $445M Bid From Mannai, EFG Hermes
• Cal-Bay Buys Half Of $200M Calif. Commercial Development
• Ametek Takes German Blower Maker Off Triton's Hands
• Celesio Fast-Tracks $344M Brazilian Pharmaceutical Buy
• Fresenius Makes $4B Offer For German Hospital Operator
• Operationalizing Law Department Performance Metrics
• Latham Aids Suburban On $1.8B Inergy Propane Unit Buy
• NewPage Creditors Get Extra Time To Look Into $1.7B LBO
• Kleinberg Kaplan Picks Up Versatile Commercial Litigator
• Watson To Pay $5.6B For Generic-Drug Maker Actavis
• AMR Witnesses Quizzed On Ch. 11 Alternatives In Union Row
• Icahn Ditches Amylin Suit After Chat With CEO
• Trade Groups Can't Stall $29B Scripts, Medco Merger
• Middleman In $660M Miramax Buyout Settles Finder's Fee Suit
• Halcon Eyes Oil Reserve Boost In $1B GeoResources Deal
• Lorillard's $135M Buy Marks Entry Into E-Cigarette Market
• Amgen To Shell Out $669M For Turkish Drugmaker
• Navis Capital Offers $373M For Malaysian Education Co.
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Corporate Pro From Cadwalader
• Abertis Makes $2B Deal For Toll Projects In Brazil, Chile
• Ardea Sued Over $1.3B AstraZeneca Deal
• Citi Units Burned Buyer In $348M Metal Co. Deal, Suit Says
• UK Minister Objected To BSkyB Antitrust Probe
• BLP Continues Magic Circle Raid With Allen & Overy Hire
• French Firm's Bid For Full Tilt Fails, 2nd Buyer Rumored
• Fried Frank Lures IP, Tech Deals Expert From Patterson
• Innisfree Snags Takeover Pro From Sullivan & Cromwell
• Reluctant Toy Maker Agrees To Talk Takeover With Oaktree
• S. African Co. Puts Up $440M To Nab Steelmaker From Anglo
• Shell One-Ups Thai Rival With $1.9B Cove Buy
• Gibson Dunn Helps CVC Capital Nab $1B Stake In AlixPartners
• NewPage Creditors Blast Effort To Block $2B Buyout Probe
• Standstills And No Shops: A Potentially Dangerous Mix
• BVF Partners Pursues Appeal Over Genetics Co. Sale
• BP Unit Sues Bridas Over Failed $7B Pan American Deal
• Vinson Nabs Energy Deals Expert From Herbert Smith
• Latham & Watkins Snags Energy Ace From Morgan Lewis
• $26B Duke, Progress Merger Plan Faces Antitrust Heat In SC
• Sinopec Touts $2B China Gas Takeover Bid In Open Letter
• Judge Expedites Icahn's Suit Over $3.5B Amylin Takeover Bid
• Sullivan Aids Veritas In $1.3B Thomson Reuters Data Unit Buy
• Mayer Brown Reps Nestle On $12B Purchase Of Pfizer Unit
• Vodafone Eyes Lighter Data Load With $1.7B C&W Deal
• Paul Hastings Opens In Houston, Boosting Energy Practice
• Beam Inc. To Swallow Pinnacle Vodka In $605M Deal
• Covington Aids AstraZeneca In $1.3B Ardea Biotech Buy
• Catalyst Investors Get Short Shrift In $4B SXC Buyout: Suit
• Shareholder Claims $341M Merger Undervalues SureWest
• Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Jackson Walker Tax Controversy Pro
• Firms Spar For Lead Role In Suit Over $2B Quest Buyout
• Judge Declines To Block Perfumania's $118M Parlux Buy
• Buyer Beware: 363 May Not Absolve Successor Liability
• TPG Won't Top SS&C's $897M Bid For GlobeOp
• Great Wolf OKs Apollo's $262M Offer, Halting Bidding War
• A Recap Of FCPA Enforcement So Far This Year
• US Airways Strikes Deal With AMR Unions In Merger Ploy
• Consumers Push Judge To Block Express Scripts Deal
• M2 Ponies Up $200M For Primus' Australian Division
• McLaren Adds CareSource's Mich. Medicaid HMO Business
• McDermott Snags Former McGuireWoods Life Sciences Chair
• KSL Again Raises Offer In Great Wolf Bidding War
• EU Approves $2.2B Sony-Led EMI Buy After Concessions
• CVR Drops Poison Pill Blocking $2.6B Icahn Buyout
• Biotech Co. Human Genome Rejects $2.6B Bid From GSK
• J&J's $21B Synthes Buy Gets EU Nod After Divestiture
• Unions Back UMG's $2B EMI Buy Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
• FTC Backs Cardinal Health's Nuclear Pharmacy Sale Plan
• Locke Lord Nabs Seyfarth Partner For Corporate Group
• Audi's $1B Ducati Buy Revs Up VW Motorcycle Portfolio
• Cox Smith Adds 3 K&L Gates Partners In Austin
• Avista Unit Pays $1.5B To Acquire Cable Provider Knology
• Real Estate Info Cos. Advance $860M Merger With FTC Deal
• Investors Demand Goldman Execs' Evals In Bid-Rigging Row
• Couche-Tard's $2.8B Bid Snags Statoil Convenience Store Arm
• Roche Gives Up On $6.2B Hostile Bid For Illumina
• Sidley Guides SXC In $4.4B Purchase Of Catalyst
• Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
• Montagu Drops £200M To Net UK College Of Law
• Bankrupt Paper Co. Seals $12M Sale To Watermill Group
• Pfizer Nears $9B Sale Of Baby Formula Unit To Nestle
• Successor Liability: Still Seeking Certainty
• Edwards Wildman Wins Back Tax Partner From S&W
• ConAgra Maintains Acquisition Streak With Odom's Buy
• Sirius XM Freed From Howard Stern Affiliates' $330M Suit
• DLA Piper Rounds Out Ex-Morgan Lewis Corporate, Tax Trio
• Encore Shareholders Blast Exec Perks In $250M Cadence Deal
• Bucyrus Didn't Follow Terms Of $1.3B Terex Deal: NY Court
• Mongolia Balks At China's SouthGobi Coal Mine Takeover Bid
• Vivendi's $611M TV Buy Faces Scrutiny From French Watchdog
• Pipeline Co. Withdraws $1B Bid For Rival SemGroup
• Sidley Adds Global Tax Partner From Arnold & Porter
• Holland & Hart Helps Storage REIT In $298M Partner Buyout
• O'Melveny Lures Capital Markets Expert From Shearman
• German Antitrust Chief Says Reforms Don't Do Enough
• 3-D Printer Cos. Ink $1.4B Pact To Join Forces
• Temasek Grabs ICBC Shares Worth $2.3B In Goldman Sale
• $1.2B Earns Anheuser Majority Stake In Presidente Brewer
• BGC Closes Grubb & Ellis Sale To Form Real Estate Giant
• Altering The Leveraged Lending Landscape
• As Virgin Mulls Appeal, EU Stands By IAG-Lufthansa Approval
• Securities Regulators Set New Rules For Clearinghouses
• Edelman Board Approves Lee Equity's $258M Take-Private Bid
• Coty Hints At Sweetened $10B Avon Bid If It Gets More Info
• International Power OKs GDF Suez's New $11B Takeover Bid
• The Latest FTC Challenge To A Hospital Merger
• Weil Moves To Larger Hong Kong Office Space
• Great Wolf Backs KSL's $234M Bid Over Apollo's Offer
• Dodgers' Ch. 11 Plan, $2B Sale Waved Home
• $26B Duke Energy, Progress Merger Still On Track, Cos. Say
• Auto Parts Co. Loses Bid To Scrap $28M Claim By PE Firm
• Sills Cummis Partner Sued Over $112M Leather Co. Deal
• PE Firm Snags Spanish Video Game Co. Out Of Bankruptcy
• Bill To Ease Hospital Mergers Sweeps Through RI Senate
• Key Takeaways From Southern Peru
• Glencore, Xstrata Delay Docs Amid Antitrust Probe Of Merger
• Vodafone, Others Face EU Probe Of UK Mobile Wallet Venture
• OpenGate Capital Acquires French Consumer Magazine
• Davis Polk Nabs 2nd Freshfields Partner For London Office
• Dutch Bank ABN Amro Splits, Sheds Insurance Business Unit
• CVR, Icahn Meet To Discuss $2.6B Takeover Bid
• Dechert Leads France Telecom In $2B Egyptian Mobile Co. Offer
• Ryerson Not Insured For $8.5M Fraud Settlement: 7th Circ.
• Investor Sues To Halt Genstar's $400M Buy Of Research Co.
• Ill. Health Systems Ditch Merger Plans After FTC Antitrust Suit
• BP To Sell Off Older Gulf Of Mexico Wells
• Icahn Sues Amylin For Docs On Rebuffed $3.5B Bristol Bid
• Caterpillar Unloads $400M Aussie Mining Distributor
• NBNK Makes New Offer For 632 Lloyds Bank Branches
• Canada's New M&A Regs Require Attention To Assets, Revenues
• Travelers Asks 8th Circ. To Make Reinsurer Share EPA Cleanup
• Reddy Ice Enters Ch. 11 With Plan To Acquire Arctic Glacier
• Legal Challenges To Exclusive Forum Bylaw Provisions
• Squire Sanders Helps Cytec Drop $439M In Cash For Umeco
• Dippin' Dots Proposes $12.7M Asset Sale To Exit Bankruptcy
• Fox Sports Affiliate Objects To Dodgers' Ch. 11 Plan
• M&A Drove 2011 Securities Actions As Crisis Suits Died Down
• FERC Asks Duke, Progress For More Info On Merger Plans
• CVC Drops $644M On Hong Kong Telecom Unit
• Sidley Helps Takeda With $800M Gout Drugmaker Buy
• Beyond Conventional Wisdom: 4 Tips For New Lawyers
• Minn. Gov. Nixes Bill Curbing Cos.' Asbestos Liability
• $29B Scripts, Medco Deal Will Hurt Pharmacies, Judge Hears
• Wilson Sonsini Adds David Polk PE Partner In Shanghai
• Renco Unit, Steelmaker Fight Over $14M Owed To Joint Venture
• Morgan Stanley PE Buys Out Canadian ATM Network
• Bouygues Nets Brit Construction Group In UK Expansion
• TE Connectivity To Rake In $404M From Sale Of 2 Units
• Bloomberg Says Comcast Favors NBC News Stations
• Pegasus Capital Snatches Up Global Resort Business
• Sullivan Aids Amgen On $315M Kidney Drugmaker Buy
• Greenberg Traurig Grabs Goodwin VC, Tech Ace
• PVR Cuts Coal Reliance, Gains PE Backer In $1B Gas Buy
• Australia OKs Foxtel's $2.7B Austar Buy After Concessions
• Latham Guides Genstar In $400M Pharma Research Co. Buy
• Cracker Barrel Tries 20% Poison Pill To Halt Takeover
• Shearman Reps Corning In $730M Labware Unit Buy
• Spotlight On China's Antitrust Enforcement In 2011
• Martin Marietta, Vulcan Won't Get Quick Ruling On Hostile Bid
• Icahn Sues Amylin Over Alleged $3.5B Takeover Bid
• David Bergstein Sues Filmyard, Colony Over Miramax Buy
• Korea Development Bank Buys HSBC's S. Korea Retail Unit
• Oak Hill Pays $300M For NC Organic Food Retailer
• Facebook's $1B Instagram Buy To Net Trendy Photo Tech
• Delphi Pays $49M To Settle Investor Suit Over Buyout
• Express Scripts Says Delay Of Merger Suit Is Inexcusable
• Kaye Scholer Nabs Shanghai PE Partner From Debevoise
• Microsoft To Pay $1B For 800 AOL Patents
• Cerberus Shells Out $950M For AT&T's Yellow Pages
• KSL Tops Apollo With $234M Bid In Great Wolf Bidding War
• Penta Bids For Insolvent German Retailer Schlecker
• Arnold & Itkin Can't Kick Sanctions In Arbitration Dispute
• Dewey Loses Structured Finance Chair To Mayer Brown
• Taiwanese Venture Giant Bids $1.8B For Leading Brokerage
• McGuireWoods Wants Broke Hospital's Malpractice Suit Tossed
• Piedmont REIT Argues Hiding Merger Offer Was Legal
• Illumina Backed By Advisory Firm In Roche Proxy Fight
• Lessons From Omnicare Antitrust Litigation
• Class Cert. Bid Revived In Chicago Hospital Antitrust Case
• Chile's High Court Upholds Conditions On Airline Merger
• FexEx Nabs Polish Shipper As It Battles UPS In Europe
• FTC Wins Bid To Temporarily Block Hospital Merger
• Kilpatrick Nabs Ex-Baker & McKenzie Corporate Partner
• Rising Star: Cravath's Damien R. Zoubek
• Former Clients Accuse Andrews Kurth Of Legal Malpractice
• Quest's $2B Sale To Insight A Fraud Cover-Up, Investor Says
• Spectrum To Pay $206M For Cancer Drug Manufacturer
• Private Equity Firms Start Bid Fight Over Great Wolf
• Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
• Jones Day Adds 2 M&A Partners In Dusseldorf
• Covidien's $300M Oridion Buy Latest In Shopping Spree
• Judge Sinks K-Sea Investor Suit Over $604M Sale To Kirby
• Shareholder Knocks Avon For Rebuffing $10B Coty Offer
• Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' William Sorabella
• Inside The European Debate On Takeover Regulation
• Najafi-Owned Book Club Co. Snaps Up In-Flight Mag SkyMall
• SEC Vet Returns For 3rd Dance With Pillsbury
• Alston & Bird Snags Ex-HUD Atty With M&A, Securities Chops
• Lender Slams Brookfield's Renewed Atlantis Resort Deal
• Great Wolf Investor Howls Over $703M Apollo Buyout
• Bryan Cave Adds PE, Health Ace To Transactional Practice
• Viasystems Buys DDI For $268M To Grow Defense Business
• Burger King To Reclaim NYSE Throne In $1B Investment Deal
• Icahn Claims Majority Shares For $2.6B CVR Takeover
• Dewey Exodus Continues As DLA Piper Snags 4 M&A Pros
• Vector Claims New Evidence In Fight Over $307M Citi Sale
• Molson Coors Taps European Market With $3.5B StarBev Buy
• Sirius Calls Challenge To $180M Antitrust Deal Moot
• Tech, Life Sciences Cos. Vulnerable To Activist Takeovers
• EU Antitrust Watchdog Probes $954M Sale Of Dexia Unit
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Matthew Salerno
• CME Deals For GreenX In Carbon Market Push
• Sole Bidder Versa Capital Cleared To Buy United Retail
• RBC Will Pay $1.1B For Outstanding Joint Venture Stake
• Foley Nabs 2nd Greenberg Private Equity Expert
• Biomet Offers $280M For Johnson & Johnson Trauma Biz
• Skadden Picks Up Asia Corporate Ace From Paul Hastings
• Cairn Adds North Sea Oil Wells With $450M Agora Buy
• $270M IAG-Lufthansa Deal Cleared For Takeoff In EU
• Relovair Bet Fuels Glaxo's $213M Theravance Stake Buy
• Illumina's Board Rejects $6.5B Cash Offer From Roche
• Latham Attracts IP, Life Sciences Transaction Pro From Wilson
• Ericsson Denies It Swiped Airvana's Hardware Designs
• Philly-Area Bigwigs Pay $55M For City's Biggest Papers
• AboveNet Investors Sue To Block $2B PE-Backed Merger Offer
• Rising Star: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sarah Payne
• Latham & Watkins Guides Schiff On $150M Airborne Buy
• Sirius Asks FCC To Cage Liberty Media's Takeover Play
• Sino-Forest Shareholder Floats Restructuring Plan
• BASF Seals Up $1.1B Sale To EuroChem
• Avon Scoffs At $10B Coty Takeover Proposal
• CVC, ValueAct Quit Takeover Talks With Misys
• DBS Group To Buy Indonesian Bank For $7.3B
• $29B Express Scripts, Medco Tie-Up Wins FTC Approval