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Mergers & Acquisitions - November, 2012

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• TCW Advances Toward Carlyle Sale As Injunction Threat Fades
• Centex Investor Drops Dispute Over Merger Suit Settlement
• Investment Exec Pays $1.4M In SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Dover Puts Up $603M For Glass Door Maker From Avista
• FTC Wants More Info On $1.3B Tempur-Pedic, Sealy Deal
• Geithner Successor Likely To Be Budget, Not Regulatory, Guru
• McGuireWoods Adds Energy Transactions Ace To NC Office
• Merged Snack Co. Is Stingy With Cape Cod Chips, Suit Says
• M&A MVP: Weil Gotshal's Michael Aiello
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms
• RBS Indian Banking Operations Sale To HSBC Falls Apart
• Journal Register Seeks OK For Stalking Horse Bid
• UPS, TNT Offer Asset Sales To Allay EU Competition Fears
• Navigating Latin American Natural Resources Deal Flow
• Berkshire Inks $780M Reinsurance Deal With CaixaBank
• Oaktree-Backed Fusheng Buys German Air Compressor Maker
• Fast Retailing Takes $290M Controlling Stake in J Brand
• Simpson Thacher Reps Blackstone Affiliate In $1.2B REIT Buy
• France's Auchan Offers $1.4B For Metro's Eastern Europe Ops
• Devon Energy Fights Investor's $200M Verdict At Texas Court
• Mintz Levin Guides Corinthian In Air Conditioning Co. Buy
• Duke CEO To Step Down Next Year Under NC Regulator Deal
• Porsche Prefers Germany For $1B Investor Suit Over VW Deal
• Hostess Wins Judge's Final Blessing For Wind-Down
• JPMorgan Dodges Suit Over Tax Liability In Trading Unit Sale
• US PE Firms Face Global Interest For Domestic Projects
• Bain, Goldman Ride Surge In Chinese Stocks To Selloffs
• Cisco To Pay $141M For Network Software Co. Cariden
• Hospital Mergers Drive Up Prices, Insurers Tell 6th Circ.
• New UK Antitrust Chief Vows Efficiency In Agency Merger
• Carlisle Builds On Its Aerospace Products Biz With $265M Buy
• Mitsubishi Heavy, Hitachi Partner In Competitive Power Biz
• Icahn Not Backing Down From Oshkosh Proxy Fight
• Simon Property, Tanger Create Shopping Mall Venture
• How Healthy Is Your Law Firm? Time For A Stress Test
• NCR To Put Up $650M In Retalix Buy
• Teavana Investor Hopes To Ice Starbucks' $620M Buyout
• Siemens Puts €2.2B Into Rail Automation With Invensys Buy
• Amerigroup Sheds Unit, Winning OK For $5B WellPoint Deal
• CNOOC, Nexen Reapply For Approval Of $15B Takeover
• McGuireWoods Says Hospital's Malpractice Suit Still Falls Flat
• DOJ Defends Obama's Block On Chinese Wind Farm Buy
• Davis Graham Tax Partner Rejoins From Baker & McKenzie
• Imperial Goes Dutch With Exxon On $3.1B Celtic Purchase
• Ex-Military Brass Protest A123 Sale To Chinese Buyer
• Smith & Nephew Pays $782M For Texas Wound Care Co.
• Getco Makes $1.4B Merger Offer To Knight Capital
• In Israel, Expect More From Foreign Buyout, Distressed Funds
• Banorte Puts Up $1.6B For BBVA Mexican Pension Fund
• FTC Stands Against Essential-Patent Bans, But Fight Isn't Over
• EU Conditionally OKs $400M Swedish Packaging Merger
• Acadia Puts Up $258M For 2 Rivals In Acquisition Blitz
• NY Official Says Don't Cap Utility Shutoffs In Fortis Deal
• Petrobras Nets $270M In Sale Of Offshore Stake To OGX
• Hostess Union, Pension Fund Want Ch. 11 Trustee
• Ex-Philadelphia Inquirer Publisher Sued Over Name Rights
• Autonomy Founder Denies Wrongdoing In $10B HP Buy
• First Reserve Picks Up Energy Equipment Co. Ameriforge
• BP Sells Turkish Propane Business To Oteko
• PE Opportunities In Health Care Real Estate Investing
• Davis Reps ConAgra In $6.8B Ralcorp Deal After Long Pursuit
• Ark. Baker Joins Pursuit Of Bankrupt Hostess
• Land-Buying Scheme Ushered In $925M Bakken Buy, Suit Says
• BioMimetic Investor Says $380M Buyout Deal Doesn't Cut It
• Examiner Delays Report On ResCap's $750M Deal With Ally
• Sale Of First Place Bank Cleared For December Auction
• Justices Scrutinize Immunity Claim In Hospital Merger Case
• Nanotech Co. Accuses Merger Partner Of Scuttling Pact
• A123 Wins Final OK For $50M DIP Loan From Wanxiang
• Head Of Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Gives OK To Airline Merger
• HP Faces Investor Suit Over $10B Autonomy Debacle
• Lehman Brothers Reaps $6.5B In Archstone Sale
• FTC Says Bosch's $1B SPX Buy Contingent On Patent Licensing
• Apollo Eyes Education's Future In $2.5B McGraw-Hill Deal
• Qatar Holding Dumps $1.2B Worth Of Barclays Stock Rights
• Tronox, Kerr-McGee Tie Off Monthslong Trial Over Spinoff
• Overview Of Oral Argument In FTC V. Phoebe Putney
• Investor Sues Over $231M PacWest, First California Merger
• Chinese Meat Processor Strikes $503M Go-Private Deal
• ConocoPhillips Gets $5B In Sale Of Kazakh Oil Field Stake
• Cadence, Encore Resolve Investor Suit Over $250M Merger
• NBTY Nibbles At Health Snack Market With $78M Balance Buy
• Jenner & Block Adds PE, M&A Expert From McDermott
• Fiat's Sweetened $1.5B Bid Wins Over Equipment Unit
• Dechert Guides Versa's Buy Of Eastern Mountain Sports
• KKR To Buy Specialty Insurance Broker From Blackstone
• Capitalizing On The Global Rise Of District Energy
• Weil Guides L'Oreal's Urban Decay Buy To Up Luxury Appeal
• Kaye Scholer Reps Onex In $2B Insurer Buy From Goldman Fund
• Monitor Group's Ch. 11 Auction Pushed To January
• Treasury Decries Wilbur Ross' $45M Bid For First Place Bank
• Appeals Court Lifts Block On T-Mobile-MetroPCS Merger
• US Says States' Dodd-Frank Suit Fails To Show Harm
• Hostess Now Set To Begin Wind-Down With Judge's OK
• Strong Yen, Weak Competition Fire Up Outbound Japanese M&A
• Gem Miner Hatches $142M Deal For Egg Designer Faberge
• McDermott Wants Out Of Suit Over Client's Stock Plan
• Norwegian Fish Oil Firm Accepts $847M Offer From BASF
• Illumina Presses $113.3M Bid For DNA Sequencer
• JDA Software Investor Challenges $1.9B RedPrairie Buyout
• Oaktree Ups Stake In Troubled Electronics Co. To 49 Percent
• New Drugs, Deals Put Pharma Under Insider Trading Microscope
• Hostess, Bakers Union Fail To Reach A Deal
• Bayer Bows Out Of Bidding War For Schiff Nutrition
• Monitor Group, Creditors Spar Over Speed Of Ch. 11 Sale
• High Court To Weigh Antitrust Immunity Rule In Merger Fight
• Perkins Coie Guides Emeritus In $102M Home Health Co. Buy
• Key Considerations For Inbound M&A In China
• News Corp. Acquires Major Stake In Yankees' YES Network
• Highmark, West Penn To Resume Merger Talks
• Carl Icahn Tightens Grip On Chesapeake
• Germany, France Reportedly Agree To Each Own 12% Of EADS
• MetroPCS, T-Mobile Look To Nix Order Blocking $1.5B Merger
• Antitrust Issues Kill $12B Nestle-Pfizer Deal In Mexico
• Bain, Applied Rigged Artizan Buy To Trim $22M Price: Suit
• Xstrata Investors Back $34B Glencore Merger
• Judge To Sign Off On 2 Key ResCap Sales Worth $4.5B
• Hesse Strong Pick To Lead DOJ Until Baer Confirmation
• Crexus Investors Challenge $840M REIT Buyout
• Daimler Goes Full Throttle In Deal For Mercedes F1 Team
• Hope For Hostess As Judge Orders Mediation With Union
• Liberty Media Ups Sirius Stake Ahead Of FCC Approval
• Kayak Investor Looks To Halt $1.8B Priceline Buyout
• Pa. Hospital Merger Killed After FTC Broaches Challenge
• Fiat Sweetens Tie-Up Proposal For Equipment Unit CNH
• Billabong Exec Seeks Partners In Takeover Try
• Italy, Qatar PE Funds Join To Invest $2.5B In Italian Cos.
• Terra Firma To Pay Nomura $5.3B For Annington Homes
• Wilson Sonsini Aids Wright Medical In $380M BioMimetic Deal
• Pacific Rubiales Grows In Colombia With $628M Stock Deal
• Cisco Offers $1.2B For Cloud-Computing Startup
• UK Investment Trends In The North Sea
• F1 Chief Faces $650M Suit Over Alleged Bribe-Tainted Deal
• Hostess Brands Look Appetizing To Rivals, PE Firms
• FTC To Challenge Pa. Hospital Merger Over Antitrust Worries
• Hostess To Liquidate After Spoiled Bankruptcy Efforts
• Hoya Eyes Global Expansion With Epson Glasses Biz Buy
• Mayer Brown Guides PE Firm In Sequa Automotive Buy
• Botox Maker Offers Up To $375M For Fellow Skin Care Co.
• Nike Gives The Boot To Cole Haan In $570M Sale To Apax
• PE Firms Stand By $713M TPC Offer Despite Higher Rival Bid
• TNT To Sell Airlines Over Antitrust Issues Ahead Of UPS' Buy
• Reckitt Stages Bid War With $1.4B Schiff Buyout Offer
• ArcelorMittal Gets $450M To Exit S. African Mine Venture
• Davis Polk Picks Up English M&A Guru From Herbert Smith
• Proposed $146M Sale Of Infant Formula Co. Draws Class Action
• Hurricane Sandy Shows Both Power And Pitfalls Of E-Signing
• Hertz Must Sell Units In Exchange For $2B Thrifty Buy
• Australia Acquisition, Harbinger Abandon $350M Deal
• Senate Slows Down Controversial Cost-Benefit Analysis Bill
• CFTC Launches Appeal Of Position Limits Ruling
• BAE Systems To Boost Ship-Servicing Business With MHI Buy
• Qatari Shareholder Blesses $34B Xstrata-Glencore Merger
• Carlyle, Seven Group Mull Sale Of Industrial Equipment Co.
• Lacoste Fetches $1.3B In Deal With Swiss Holding Co.
• DOJ Allows Star Atlantic's $2B Veolia Buy, With Conditions
• Thompson Hine Lands Energy Ace From Morris Manning
• Exelon Settles Contempt Claims Over Deal In DOJ Antitrust Suit
• Innospec Boosts Offer To $745M In Bid War For TPC Group
• V&E Reps Targa Resources On $950M Bakken Shale Asset Buy
• RE Developer's $11B Offer For Singapore's F&N Tops Thai Bid
• English Vs. US Law: Choose Your Words Carefully
• Wyle Loses Suit Over Undisclosed Audit In $235M CAS Buy
• GrainCorp Says $3B Archer Daniels Buyout Bid Falls Short
• DOJ Clears Entergy Power Plant Buy As 2nd Probe Proceeds
• Jefferies Sued By Investors Over $2.6B Leucadia Merger
• Warnaco Group Shareholders Challenge $2.9B Buyout Bid
• Pernix Inks $101M Deal To Purchase Cypress Pharmaceuticals
• CVS Caremark Investors Urge 1st Circ. To Revive Merger Suit
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Ready For Complex Cases, Chief Says
• Troutman Helped RE Mogul Skim $40M Off Mariner Deal: Suit
• Starbucks Dips Into Tea Market With $620M Teavana Buy
• UK Clears $20B AB InBev-Modelo Deal Amid Antitrust Worries
• Titanium Metal Investors Call $2.9B Buyout A 'Sham'
• Sprint Hit With Investor Suit Over $20B Softbank Deal
• UK's Britvic Inks $2.2B Merger Deal With Rival AG Barr
• Carlyle, Others Contribute $210M To African Commodities Co.
• White & Case Adds M&A Pro As Abu Dhabi Partner
• Union Trust Blasts Fiat's Offer For Chrysler Shares
• BP, Russian Partners Settle Score To Ease $55B JV Buyout
• Idaho Health System Sues Rival Over Physician Practice Buy
• Carter Ledyard Lands 2 Corporate Aces From K&L, Venable
• West Penn Hit With Injunction In $475M Highmark Merger Row
• Icahn Could Revive Merger Bid With 10% Stake In Railcar Co.
• BHP Exits Diamond Biz With $500M Sale To Harry Winston
• Weil Guides Leucadia On $2.6B Deal For Fellow Investor
• Metropolitan Health Investors Fight $850M Humana Deal
• Conduit, CAF Grab Majority Stake In Peruvian Solar Farms
• AEA, Pension Fund Pick Up Global Warehouse Co. From Triton
• Don't Undercut Timberland Purchase And Sale Agreements
• J2 Puts Up $167M For Tech Publisher Ziff Davis
• Jones Day Reps Sherwin-Williams In $2B Mexican Paint Co. Buy
• Teamsters Ruling Could Take PE Funds Off Pension Hook
• MGM, CBS Chiefs' SPAC Takes Off With $430M In-Flight Deal
• Monitor Secures $15M DIP, Seeks Quick Sale To Deloitte
• Freddie Mac, MGIC Reach $267M Deal In Pool Policy Fight
• 3Q Tech Deals Flat As Leaders Focus Internally, Report Says
• Canon Exits Dealers' Antitrust Suit Over Withheld Parts
• Latest Cost-Benefit Suit Puts CFTC In Uncharted Waters
• DOJ Seeks More Info On Aetna's $5.7B Coventry Merger
• Q-Med Says $3B Medicis-Valeant Deal Violates Licensing Pact
• Kirkland Reps Thoma Bravo In Network Security Co. Takeover
• Nanya Drops Elpida ITC Patent Suit In Light Of Micron Deal
• $1.7B NRG, GenOn Merger OK'd By Shareholders
• France OKs Eurotunnel's €65M English Channel Ferry Buy
• Alliance Data To Pay $460M For Hyper Marketing
• Porn Co. Shareholders Challenge Larry Flynt's $33M Takeover
• GP Investments Puts Up $225M For Slice Of Brazilian Retailer
• London & Stamford To Buy Fellow UK REIT In £209M Deal
• Slaughter & May Reps Diageo In $2B Indian Liquor Biz Buy
• Retailer Douglas Approves $2B Advent Takeover Offer
• Merger Escape Clauses Carry Little Value, Study Says
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Priceline In $1.8B Kayak Buy
• Monitor Enters Ch. 11 With Deloitte As $116M Stalking Horse
• Royal DSM Pays $634M For Nutrient Maker Fortitech
• Year-End M&A Sprint To Bring Quiet Spring, Attys Say
• Countrywide Investors Press 9th Circ. To Revive Fraud Suit
• Fannie Mae Says $3B ResCap Deal Has Left It In Dark
• Cortec Picks Up Bar Code Scanner Co. From Thompson Street
• Total Expands In Kazakhstan With Onshore Stake Buys
• Bankrupt A123 Cleared To Auction Assets As Interest Mounts
• Struggling Gleacher Plans Sale Of Mortgage-Lending Unit
• Orient-Express Rebuffs $1.2B Indian Hotels Buyout Offer
• Boston Scientific To Pay Up To $425M For Catheter Maker
• Simpson Thacher Snags Allen & Overy PE Pro In London
• Antitrust Developments To Expect In Obama's 2nd Term
• TPC Board Approves Beefed-Up $713M PE Buyout Bid
• Aegean, Olympic $92M Merger Sent To EU Watchdog
• Former Chem Rx Execs Dodge Trustee's Suit Over 2007 Buyout
• Bell Nunnally, Telecom Supplier Settle Malpractice Suit
• Regulators To Buckle Down On Dodd-Frank After Obama Win
• European Electronic Security Venture Clears Antitrust Test
• Proxy Advisory Firms Divided On $36B Glencore, Xstrata Deal
• Navarre Investors Lose Bid To Halt $50M Acquisition
• Carlyle Shelves Chemring Buyout Talks Without Making Bid
• Suit Over Tribune LBO May Disrupt Markets, Shareholders Say
• BNY Mellon, Santander Settle Bond Rate Dispute
• EU OKs Outokumpu's $3.4B ThyssenKrupp Steel Unit Buy
• India's Gulf Oil Puts Up $1B For US Auto Chemicals Co.
• Sprint To Spend $480M For Spectrum, Customers In Midwest
• Alston & Bird Leads Ali Group In Deal For Ice Machine Co.
• Duke Appeals To Block Release Of Progress Merger Docs
• Promoting Sustainability Can Create Value For PE Firms
• Penn National Polishes Off $610M Buy Of Harrah's St. Louis
• TCW Looks To Skirt Carlyle Merger Injunction
• Takeda Pays $140M To Snap Up Envoy Therapeutics
• McAfee Defeats Shareholder Suit Over $7.7B Intel Merger
• ADP Unloads Tax Software Unit In Deal With Vista Equity
• Suit Over Alpha's $7B Massey Buy Returns To State Court
• Equistone Buys Sunrise's Wheelchair Division From Vestar
• Russia's Novatek Puts Up $1.4B For Major Nortgas Stake
• Obama May Turn Reform Efforts To Fannie, Freddie In 2nd Term
• With No Change In White House, PE's Tax Battle Shifts To Hill
• Shareholder Gets Chance To Halt $110M Ramtron Deal
• MetLife Sells $70B Mortgage Servicing Biz To JPMorgan
• El Paso Unit Can't Sink Investor Suit Over $667M Gas Co. Buy
• EIG Injunction Jeopardizes Carlyle Merger, TCW Tells Judge
• Vinson & Elkins Aids Antero's $325M Sale Of Colo. Gas Assets
• Wanxiang Cleared To Loan $50M To Bankrupt A123
• Prudential Unit Pays £368M For Thai Bank's Insurance Arm
• $1.7B Bid For Malaysian KFC Cos. Clears Shareholder Hurdle
• Seadrill's Malaysian Partner Pays $2.9B For Rig Unit
• Beware 'Backdoor Standstills' In Nondisclosure Agreements
• Chinese Investment Bank Drops $942M On 80% CLSA Stake
• Bryan Cave Guides Stifel's $575M KBW Buy
• Investcorp Buys Luxury Danish Brand In $140M PE-To-PE Sale
• Netflix Adopts Poison Pill To Ward Off Icahn Takeover
• Bingham Adds Herbert Smith M&A Vet As Tokyo Partner
• Humana Inks $850M Deal To Buy Metropolitan Health
• Italian PE Firm Drops $134M On CaixaBank Theme Park Stakes
• Harbinger, EXCO Form $725M Energy Exploration JV
• Mervyn's Creditors' $166M Deal With PE Firms Gets OK
• FTC Denies Phoebe's Claim It Wants To Upend Antitrust Rule
• Icahn's $3B Oshkosh Bid Undervalues Co., Shareholders Say
• Luxottica To Absorb Upscale French Eyewear Co. Alain Mikli
• A Twist On Disclosure-Based Shareholder Suits
• Berkshire Hathaway Puts Up $500M For Mail-Order Toy Co.
• A123, Wanxiang Deal Raises Security Concerns, Geithner Told
• Judge OKs Vertis' $150M DIP Financing, Bid Procedures
• Crescent Point Pays $861M To Get Into Utah Oil Play
• Anheuser-Busch Prevails In Challenge Over Distributor Stake
• Wanxiang Aims To Take Lead At A123 Bankruptcy Auction
• Kirkland, Mayer Brown Aid GTCR In $1.5B BofA Unit Purchase
• PhRMA Urges FTC Not To Expand Patent Licensing Scrutiny
• PE Shareholder Presses Clearwire To Reject $100M Sprint Buy
• Locke Lord Snags London M&A Partner From Fox Williams
• A Potential Partial Solution To The M&A Litigation Problem
• Icahn Takes 10% Netflix Stake, Stoking Sale Speculation
• China Fund Inks $724M Heathrow Deal As Airport Buys Pick Up
• Fried Frank Guides RedPrairie's $1.9B JDA Software Buy
• Japanese Court Approves Micron's $2.5B Bid For Elpida
• Mapping The Pre-Election Landscape