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Mergers & Acquisitions - June, 2012

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• Hutchison's €1.3B Bid For Orange Draws EU Inspection
• Obscure UK PE Firm Bids $1.7B For Australian Retail Co.
• Carlyle Picks Up Majority Stake In Italian Clothing Co.
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Open Up New Frontiers
• Solutia Stockholders Approve $5B Eastman Chemical Merger
• $26B Duke, Progress Merger Approved By NC Regulators
• Merger Puts Travelers On Hook For Popcorn Lung Suits: Court
• Fairfax Tells Rinehart To Put Her Money Where Her Mouth Is
• FTC OKs Sony Group's $2.2B EMI Music Publishing Buy
• AB InBev To Pay $20B To Merge With Grupo Modelo
• Galeries Lafayette Sells €1B Monoprix JV Stake To Casino
• Simpson Thacher Guides Melrose On $2.3B Gas Meter Co. Buy
• Pacific Equity Scoops Up Nestle Australia Ice Cream Biz
• Montagu To Spend $541M On Dairy Crest's Food Spreads
• GSK, Human Genome Escalate $2.6B Buyout Battle
• Takeaways From Pa. Hospital Merger Investigation
• ACA Ruling Heats Up Already-Hopping Health Deals Scene
• Cleary Guides Oriental in $500M BBVA Puerto Rico Buy
• Norton Rose Aids Petronas In $5.3B Deal For Shale Developer
• Canada's Competition Bureau Commissioner To Step Down
• Texas Golf Retailer's Shareholders Sue To Block $96M Sale
• News Corp. Confirms Split Of Print Holdings From TV, Film
• Cost Plus Shareholders Can't Block $494M Buyout Offer
• Veolia Sheds UK Water Biz In $2B Deal To Shave Debt
• Investor Ups China Gas Stake, Hurting Sinopec's $2B Bid
• Cove Shares Soar As Shell Again Pushes $1.8B Offer Deadline
• Sony Sells $731M Chem Biz In Latest Cost-Cutting Move
• Judge Rips Vector's Reading Of Goodrich Nondisclosure Deal
• Ruden McClosky Reiterates Buyer's Ch. 7 Objections
• Diamond Foods Execs Sued Over Botched $2B Pringles Deal
• Saudi Aramco Sets Up $1.3B Sale Of Marine Unit To Bahri
• Glencore's $25B Xstrata Stock Offer Now Too Low, Qatar Says
• Tile Shop To Go Public In $500M Deal With JW Childs Unit
• MacDonald Dettwiler Buys $875M Loral Satellite Unit
• KKR To Pay $350M For Majority Stake In Australian Health Co.
• National Implications Of Enforcing Acquired Noncompetes
• Jury Hands $30M To Ford Truck Dealers In Contract Fight
• Defense Co. Can't Shake Claims It Bilked PE Firm In Merger
• Liberty, PE Partners Pay $585M For Puerto Rican Cable Giant
• L-3 Board Gives Thumbs-Up To Engility Unit Spinoff
• Amylin Board Hid $3.5B Offer To Buy Cheap Options: Suit
• IntegraMed Investor Says $170M Sagard Buyout Price Too Low
• Reed Smith Adds Music Industry Atty From Grubman
• German Antitrust Watchdog Seeks Tougher Merger Rule Reforms
• Perkins Coie Gains Ex-Kirkland Private Equity Lifer
• 4Kids Gets Amped-Up 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Asset Sale Approved
• Greenhill Brings On Wachtell Lipton Atty As Director, GC
• Australian Mining Co. Threatens To Sell Stake In Fairfax
• Chesapeake Utilities To Double Md. Business With 2 Buys
• News Corp. Mulls Splitting Business
• Facing Competing Pressures In Hospital Consolidations
• The Role Of IP In Medical Device Investments
• Cinram Units Enter Ch. 15 In Del. As Part Of $82M Sale
• Justices May Refine State Action Antitrust Rule In Phoebe
• Vivendi Hit With €765M Verdict Over Liberty Deal Disclosures
• Tronox Expert Says Co. Was Bankrupt At Time Of IPO
• Microsoft Puts Up $1.2B For Social Networking Co.
• Greenberg Traurig Hires Patton Boggs Atty For Africa Practice
• Weighing Reverse Mergers For Private Chinese Cos.
• Cinven Enters Turkey With 2 Major Investments
• Hi-Mart Dubs MBK Preferred Bidder For $1B Majority Stake
• An EU Antitrust Update
• $2.3B Offer For Quest Trumps Insight, Vector Bid
• Mayer Brown Aids Wells Fargo In $6B WestLB Portfolio Buy
• Lightyear Capital To Pay $335M For FIS Health Benefits Biz
• Justices To Hear FTC's Phoebe Putney Antitrust Immunity Claim
• Newpage Sued Over $2B Meadwest Purchase Contract
• In Blow To IRS, Court Says $4B Utility Deal Advance Is Debt
• NYU Exits Continuum Merger Talks As Mount Sinai Steps In
• Aetna, Hospital Network To Offer Joint Health Plan
• GCs Name Law Firms With Top Shelf Brands
• America Movil Moves In On KPN With $1.6B Stock Buy
• MediaTek Makes $1.83B Offer For Rival Mstar
• Bain Bags $2B Stake In Japanese TV Channel From Sumitomo
• Eye On Tech Sector — 2012
• Managing Expectations During Mediation: A Formula
• Orient Paper Pays $2M To Wrap Up Shareholder Suit
• Universal, EMI Defend $1.9B Deal Before Senate Panel
• 3M Picks Up $110M Tolling Unit From Federal Signal
• Pertamina Pays $725M For Harvest's Venezuela Oil Interests
• Skadden Steers Genesis In $275M Sun Healthcare Buy
• Cabot Plunks Down $1.1B For Specialty Chemical Co.
• Kuwait's Boubyan Bank Supports $2B National Buyout
• Ryanair's 3rd Aer Lingus Bid Faces Familiar Turbulence
• BofA Directors Finalize $20M Merrill Acquisition Settlement
• Viacom To Pay $84M Of 'Band' Award, Leaving $299M In Air
• Joint Ventures In China: What Every CEO Should Know
• $2.2B Insight-Vector Offer Wins Over Quest
• Italy's Antitrust Agency Conditionally OKs Unipol, FonSai Deal
• News Corp. Floats $2B CMH Bid To Double Aussie TV Stakes
• Buchanan Injects Health Team With Pair Of Shareholders
• SK Hynix To Pay $248M For Silicon Valley Flash Chip Maker
• WPP Buys PE-Backed Digital Marketer AKQA Holdings
• Ryanair Floats $881M Hostile Bid For Rival Aer Lingus
• Southwest Tells 9th Circ. Plaintiffs' Delay Dooms Merger Suit
• Simpson Thacher Guides KKR In Prisma Capital Buy
• EU Targets $1.9B UMG-EMI Combo Over Antitrust Worries
• Nationstar, Berkshire Hathaway Named ResCap Stalking Horses
• Plaintiffs And The ABCs (Anywhere But Chancery)
• Air Products Eyes Latin American Growth In $884M Indura Buy
• BofA Talks Sale Of Non-US Wealth Biz To Swiss Bank
• Walgreen Paying $6.7B For Large Stake In Alliance Boots
• Most Execs Unconcerned About D&O Suits, Survey Finds
• Lichtenstein Sues Willkie Over $100M Extended Stay Penalty
• Intel Beefs Up Mobile Arsenal With $375M InterDigital IP Buy
• Nelson Mullins Adds Partners From Greenberg, K&L Gates
• CVC Continues Sell-Down In Formula One After Axed IPO
• M&A Perspectives: How To Sandbag In NY, London, Istanbul
• PE Firm Melrose Eyes $2.3B Buyout Of Gas Meter Co. Elster
• McGuireWoods Snags Energy Deals Pro From Bracewell
• SCA Offers Antitrust Fixes For $1.7B Georgia-Pacific Buy
• Vodafone Gets Go-Ahead For $1.6B CWW Takeover
• Yamana Gold's $404M Extorre Buy Boosts Argentina Assets
• Deutsche Boerse Sues EU For Blocking $9.7B NYSE Merger
• Oaktree Halts Jakks Talks Over Standstill Pact Terms
• VisionChina Can't Avoid $60M Payment To PE Firms
• $300M Deal Sends Brit Insurance To Fairfax Runoff Biz
• BrightSource Bids $10M For 500-MW Solar Trust Plant
• FTC Oks Safeway Grocery Store Takeover With Divestiture
• Kenneth Cole's $280M Buyout Bid Still Short, Investor Says
• OFT Refers Ryanair-Aer Lingus Deal For Further Review
• Microsoft To Drop $1.2B On Social Networking Co.: Report
• Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Nabs Argentina Oil Co. Stake
• Spotlight On Fed's Stance On Chinese Control Of US Banks
• ResCap Fights Berkshire's Bid For Stalking Horse Status
• Skadden Steers Valeant To $312M Deal For Oral Care Co.
• Dykema Picks Up M&A, Bankruptcy Ace From K&L Gates
• Allen & Overy Aids Hong Kong Exchange's $2.1B LME Buy
• China OKs UTC's $16.5B Goodrich Buyout With Conditions
• Scottish Energy Co. To Pay $616M For Enel's Irish Assets
• Ashurst Adds 2 Former Dewey Partners To Frankfurt Office
• UMG's $1.9B EMI Buy Is Raw Deal For Consumers, FTC Hears
• Northstar Aerospace Files Ch. 11, Stalking Horse Bids $70M
• Regions Investor Class Wins Cert. In Stock Inflation Suit
• FTC Franchise Rule's Exemption Threshold Raised For Inflation
• Arkansas Best Delivers $180M Deal For Transport Co.
• Nokia Sells Luxury Phone Unit To EQT In Cost-Slashing Push
• New $2.15B Bid For Quest Tops Insight's Offer
• Pre-Signing Auction Not Necessarily Required
• Vista Equity Partners Adds Bullhorn Inc. To Software Buys
• Interline Investor Challenges $1B Private Equity Buyout
• Greenberg Nabs Seyfarth M&A, Securities Partner In Boston
• Shell Again Moves Deadline For $1.8B Cove Energy Bid
• Kelley Drye Brings In Ex-Torys Capital Markets Vet
• IHS Shells Out $135M For Warburg-Owned Engineering Info Co.
• Patton Boggs Opens Saudi Office, Grabs 7 Dewey Attys
• House Dems Ask FCC, DOJ To Probe Verizon Spectrum Buy
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Double Eagle, PetroSearch Merger Challenge
• Barnes & Noble Chairman's $29M Deal Shelves Investor Suit
• An Overview Of 1st-Out Revolvers
• Schulte Roth & Zabel Adds Ex-Dewey PE Partner In London
• Upsher-Smith To Pay £223M For UK Drug Co. Proximagen
• Bankrupt Saab Will Go Electric Under Asian Buyers
• UPMC Calls Out Health Care Rivals For Antitrust Plot
• Cairn Sinks $644M Into Another North Sea Oil Co.
• US Airways Eyes Antitrust Approval As Key To AMR Merger
• China Fast-Track Merger Plan Unlikely To Speed Deal Reviews
• Nostalgia Drives Newspaper Buys In Floundering Print Market
• Pemco Cleared To Sell Assets To Singapore Co. For $50M
• NewPage Aims To Block Creditor Suit Over Purchase Of Rival
• UK Antitrust Reform Bill Heads For Committee Scrutiny
• K&L Gates Aids Charlotte PE Firm On Urgent Care Co. Buy
• Tower Bancorp Ends 2 Suits Over $336M Susquehanna Merger
• WilmerHale Adds Tech M&A Partner In Silicon Valley
• BMC Urges Shareholders To Reject Elliott Director Picks
• New Mozambique Gas Adds Fire To Cove Bidding War
• KB Toys And The Trade Claims Playing Field
• United Technologies To Rake In $1B For Goodrich Buy
• Viacom Wants $383M Award Over 'Rock Band' Earnings Tossed
• ResCap's $2.3B Mortgage Unit Sale Plan Draws Scrutiny
• J&J Dumps Wrist Device IP To Clear Way For $21B Synthes Buy
• Law Firms Sued For $2.3M Over Dumped Lease In Merger
• Baker & McKenzie Lures Away Kirkland Latin America PE Pro
• Permira Pays $500M For Material Handling Systems Co.
• Greenberg Adds Health Dealmaker To Orange County Office
• Sagard Capital's $170M Buy To Take IntegraMed Private
• UTC Proposes EU Antitrust Fixes In $16.5B Goodrich Deal
• OMERS PE Unit Pays $321M For UK Special Care Co.
• Apax, JMI Put Up $1B For Energy Software Co.
• EQT Inks $2.25B Deal For Bandage Maker BSN Medical
• EU May Lodge Antitrust Charges In $2B EMI/Universal Deal
• Pa. AG Puts Conditions On Geisinger Health System Tie-Up
• Chesapeake Pins Hopes On Fire Sale To Fix $14B Shortfall
• Leonard Green, TPG Pay $1.7B For Wash. Thrift Store Chain
• Ropes & Gray Aids HIG Buy Of Bankrupt Arctic Glacier
• MMO Game Co. Nexon Buys $686M Stake In Korea's NCsoft
• Lenders W&D, CWCapital Join Forces In $220M Merger
• Linklaters, Taboglu Aid Sberbank's $3.5B DenizBank Buy
• Orrick Adds 2 Corporate Partners In Greater China
• Allianz Scoops Up Groupama's French Insurance Unit
• Air Liquide To Pay $395M For LVL Medical
• GSK Extends $2.6B Offer For Human Genome
• Grupo Mexico Fights $2B Judgment In Southern Copper Suit
• FTC's Ramirez Cites Worries On Brazil, China Antitrust Regimes
• Retiree Claims ERISA Breach In Bloomberg's $990M BNA Buy
• Sports Retailer Expands With $150M Equity Investment
• Best Buy Founder Steps Down, Mulling Sale Of His 20% Stake
• Major NYC Health Care Providers Mull Merger
• Equity Reaps $150M From Lehman's $1.6B Archstone Stake Buy
• Pfizer Begins Spinoff Of Animal Health Business
• Lessons From China's Approval Of Google-Motorola Deal
• Sea Dragon Burned Oil Investor Holding $40M Contract: Suit
• XO Shareholders Say Icahn Usurped Them To Seize Co.
• Chesapeake Discussing $4B Sale Of Midstream Pipelines
• Barclays Unit Pays $1.2B To Pick Up Edcon Card Portfolio
• Pa. Hospital Out Of Luck On Merger Reimbursement: DC Circ.
• DLA Piper Lures Deals, Insurance Atty From Credit Suisse
• Antitrust Enforcement: What To Expect In The Next Year
• The Incompatibility Of International Business And Law
• News Corp. To Break JV, Overtake Asian ESPN Networks
• Norcast Sues PE Firm For Selling Unit To Rival For $25M Fee
• GE Healthcare Grabs Brazilian X-Ray Systems Maker
• FTC Says Ga. Law Wasn't Meant To Shield Hospital Deal
• Google Scoops Up Social Site Meebo
• Advisors In $1.5B Knology Deal Had Conflict Of Interest: Suit
• Oracle Snaps Up Social Media Analysis Co.
• Berkshire Requests Examiner In ResCap Bankruptcy Case
• Winston & Strawn Adds Proskauer Fund Ace To PE Team
• Nordson Puts Down $200M For Plastics Producer
• Thomas H. Lee Takes $2.7B Majority Stake In Party City
• Cable Maker Belden Offers $332M To Link With Miranda Tech
• Womble Carlyle Propels BNC Bancorp's $35M First Trust Buy
• Sigma Hit With $76M Judgment Over Failed Refinery Deals
• HCA Refuses To Weigh In On FTC Claims Post-Hospital Sale
• SPACs Feel Pressure To Spend As Time Slips Away
• Sanctions May Chill Antitrust Cases, High Court Warned
• Vinson Guides Morgan Stanley PE Unit's $130M Oil Co. Buy
• Orix To Pay $397M For Sumitomo's Orix Credit Stake
• Brambles Scraps $2B Recall Sale, Plans Equity Raise Instead
• Greenberg Grabs International M&A Atty for Philly Office
• WellPoint Scoops Up 1-800 CONTACTS From Fenway Partners
• Canada's Bell, Others Pay $1B For Data Center Network Q9
• Talbots Investor Challenges $369M Sycamore Buyout
• 8 Trends In Venture Capital 2012
• Warburg Pincus Pays $101M For 53% Stake In Indian Lender
• Wachtell's Bold BofA-Merrill Advice May Land It In Hot Water
• Cravath Guides Universal Health In $517M Ascend Buy
• Salesforce To Spend $689M On Social Marketer Buddy Media
• International Paper Sells Mills For $470M In DOJ Deal
• Bed Bath & Beyond Sews Up $105M Linen Holdings Deal
• Directors, Bank Want Out Of Puda Coal Securities Fraud Suit
• NewPage Wants Suit Over $1.7B LBO Kept Under Wraps
• CORRECTED: UK Supreme Court Clears Ryanair Stake Probe For Takeoff
• Judge Upholds PharmAthene-SIGA Smallpox Drug Profit Share
• Australia's ASX Mulling $1.4B Share Registry Buyback
• Debevoise Guides Verizon In $612M Buy Of Hughes Telematics
• Case Study: Wagamon V. Dolan