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Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2012

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• Renco Owes Ex-Unit $49M From Humvee Venture, Judge Says
• Investors Behind Duke Derivative Suits Called To Meet In Del.
• As Fiscal Cliff Looms, 'Tis The Season For Big M&A Deals
• NYSE Heeds Past Lessons With $750M Antitrust Breakup Fee
• E.ON Pays Arrow $110M To End Contractor Indemnity Battle
• HP, Others Hit With Derivative Suit Over $11B Merger
• Feed Co. Westway Group Goes Private In $419M Deal With EQT
• Expedia Lands $632M Stake In German Hotel Site
• Sidley Austin Guides Apollo Unit In $1.8B Aviva USA Buy
• Pa. PUC Shouldn't Investigate Exelon Merger, Judge Says
• Panasonic To Sell Sanyo Digital Unit To Japanese PE Firm
• GE Drops $4.3B To Buy Avio's Aviation Business From Cinven
• UK Competition Watchdog Bars Akzo's Metlac Takeover
• MoFo Advises Pinnacle On $2.8B Ameristar Casinos Buy
• Nigeria's Oando To Pay $1.8B For ConocoPhillips' Assets
• Clearwire Investor Looks To Block $2B Sprint Buyout
• Office Depot Unloads Hungarian Arm To Venture Capitalist
• Judge Won't Halt Health System's Physician Practice Buy
• Cleary, Troutman Lead In Google's $2B Motorola Home Sale
• Sheppard Mullin Hires Corporate Expert From O'Melveny
• EQT Corp. To Net $720M In Sale Of Utility Arm To Peoples
• Lowenstein Adds Private Equity, M&A Partner From McDermott
• Kirkland Help Sauer-Danfoss Weigh $2.3B Unsolicited Bid
• Norway, Prologis Launch $3B Industrial Property Fund
• 2nd Circ. Approves $180M Sirius XM Antitrust Settlement
• Dominion, Caiman Energy To Form $1.5B Midstream Service JV
• Icahn's American Railcar Ups Offer To $597M For Rival
• EU Accepts Rio Tinto's Aluminum Antitrust Moves
• Wilson Sonsini Expands China Practice With Beijing Office
• ICE To Buy NYSE Parent Co. In $8.2B Stock-And-Cash Deal
• EU Regulator To Probe Syniverse's $694M Mach Acquisition
• Latham Reps Carlyle In $424M Energy Investor Buy
• Del Monte Seeks $14M From Kraft, RJR For Pollution Cleanup
• Oracle Inks $871M Deal For Another Cloud-Based Software Co.
• Reminder: Joint Ventures Are Subject To Antitrust Review
• Cleary Gottlieb Steers Warburg To Crossmark Acquisition
• Focus Media Goes Private In $4B Deal With PE Firms, CEO
• Game Maker THQ Seeks Replay With Ch. 11
• US Declines To Join FCA Suit Over Chrysler, Fiat Deal
• CB&I Shareholders OK $3B Plan To Merge With Shaw
• E.ON Unloads $1.3B Waste Biz Stake, Forms Venture With EQT
• Former Porsche Execs Charged Over Failed VW Deal
• Greenbrier Says Icahn's $543M Offer Shortchanges Investors
• Kodak Hopes $525M Patent Sale Will Pave Path Out Of Ch. 11
• $330M Tech Co. Tie-Up Will Create 'Near-Monopoly,' FTC Says
• SEP Antitrust Analysis — More Complex Than It Seems
• Debevoise Reps Markel In $3B Buy Of Rival Insurer Alterra
• Getco, Knight Capital Agree To $1.4B Merger
• Weak Business Casts Doubt Over Billabong Exec's $556M Bid
• Coke Bottler Eats Up Cheez Doodle Maker, Ecuador Snack Co.
• Bowing To Vocal Investor CalSTRS, Cerberus To Sell Gunmaker
• BC Partners Faces WARN Class Action Over Texas Layoffs
• Spanish Bank To Pay Aviva $804M To Settle JV Dispute
• Wells Fargo Eyes Alternative Assets In Rock Creek Buy
• ConocoPhillips Sells Algeria Unit For $1.75B To Pertamina
• Icahn's Railcar Co. Tries Again With $543M Offer For Rival
• Drug Co. Lied About $245M Buyout Offer, SEC Claims
• Simpson Thacher Guides Nielsen's $1.3B Buy Of Arbitron
• Calif. High Court's 2nd Stab At Henkel Could Help M&A
• Ancestry.com Must Reveal More About $1.6B Permira Deal
• Judge OKs Settlement In Temple-Inland Shareholder Suit
• Elliott Management Offers $2.3B To Acquire Compuware
• Energy PE Firm Buys $140M Stake In Texas American Partners
• In Rare Defection, Cravath M&A Partner Joins Kirkland
• Teavana Settles Shareholder Suits Over $620M Starbucks Deal
• Laclede Puts Up $1B For Southern Union's Gas Utilities
• Joh. A. Benckiser Inks $340M Deal For Caribou Coffee
• CFTC Mandates Audio Logs Of Swaps Transactions
• Johnson Controls Appeals A123's $256M Bankruptcy Sale
• First Quantum Ups Inmet Offer To $5.2B After Copper Find
• China Gas Puts Up $400M For Fortune Oil's Gas Biz
• Equitable Gas Delays Rate Increases In Pipe Acquisition Deal
• Skadden Aids Guggenheim's $1.4B Sun Life Annuity Unit Buy
• American Realty Capital Trusts To Merge In $2.2B Deal
• Sprint Notches Clearwire Buy With Increased $2.2B Offer
• 'Don't Ask, Don't Waive' Standstills And The Auction Problem
• AIG To Sell Off $6.7B Stake In Asian Insurer
• Private Health Care Opportunities In Latin America
• $80M SPAC Buys Digital Sign Maker 4 Weeks Before Deadline
• Heelys Directors Sued Over 'Unfair' $63M Buyout Price
• Texas Hospitals Scott & White, Baylor Plan Merger
• Canadian Antitrust Watchdog Drops Charges Against Waste Co.
• Philippine Investor Buys Stake In Chevron Geothermal Unit
• Exelon Unit Sues IHI Over $12M In Power Plant Bills
• Talmer Gets Go-Ahead For $60M First Place Bank Buy
• Best Buy Gives Founder More Time To Put Together Offer
• Helix Lands $610M From Talos In Sale Of Gulf Energy Assets
• Cleary, SyCip Aid Coca-Cola Bottler's $688M Major Stake Buy
• DLA Piper Aids Discovery In $1.7B Nordic TV Portfolio Buy
• Akzo Nobel Gets $1.05B From PPG For N. American Paint Biz
• Lukoil Pulls Out Of Colombia With Sale Of Condor Stake
• Arsenal Capital Portfolio Co. Takes Over Adhesive Maker
• Ryanair Loses Bid To Block UK Probe Of Aer Lingus Stake
• Shareholder Cries Foul Over Softbank-Sprint Merger
• Some CEOs Spend On Investors, Not M&A, As Tax Hike Looms
• Vertical Pharma Suit Claims Deloitte Derailed Acquisition
• MSR Resort's Disclosure Statement Gets Green Light
• Fortis Eyes Settlement With NY To Close $1.5B CH Energy Buy
• Tesoro To Pay $400M For Chevron Northwest Pipeline System
• Mitsubishi Buys BofA's Share In Private Banking Venture
• Audax Announces 2 Investments After $1.25B Fund Close
• Plains Drops $125M On Eagle Ford Assets From Chesapeake
• Towers Perrin Beats Principals' Suit Over Watson Wyatt Merger
• Legg Mason To Snag Fauchier Partners From BNP Paribas Unit
• Georgia-Pacific Puts Up $750M For Temple-Inland Unit
• Sprint Offers $2.1B For Remaining Clearwire Stake
• A Fresh Look At Diversity In ADR
• Berkshire Hathaway Spends $1.2B In Stock Buyback
• Tronox, Kerr-McGee Dispute Intent In Closing Arguments
• EC Win In Merger Fine Case Puts Companies On Notice
• Nanya Can End DRAM Patent Case Against Elpida, ITC Says
• Viacom Can't Claim IP Indemnity From Harmonix Shareholders
• Shareholder Challenges TD Bank's $668M Epoch Purchase
• Malaysian Tycoon Puts Up $1B To Take Guoco Group Private
• Primaris REIT Says $4.4B KingSett Buyout Bid Falls Short
• EC Approves $1.7B Austria Telecom Buyout, With Conditions
• HuffPo Bloggers' Compensation Suit Falls In 2nd Circ.
• A Trap For The Unwary In Terminating M&A Transactions
• Gilead Shells Out $510M For YM BioSciences
• Shearman & Sterling Guides Nasdaq's $390M Reuters Units Buy
• Germany Brings In $1.4B For Commercial Real Estate Firm TLG
• Rosneft To Spend $28B For Remaining Half Of TNK-BP
• Swiss Chocolatier Inks $950M Asian Cocoa Supplier Buy
• Plains, McMoRan Shareholders Challenge $9B Freeport Bid
• SEC Sues NJ Consultant Over Chinese Reverse Mergers
• Chinese Co.'s $275M Bid For Bankrupt A123 Gets Judge's Nod
• Italy Raids Parmalat, Lactalis In Probe Of US Deal
• Dechert Adds Ex-Mayer Brown Private Equity Leader In NY
• Foley Adds M&A, Project Finance Partner In Florida
• SEC Can't Prove Stock Buyback Scheme, GSK Unit Says
• Insurance Checklist For Mergers And Acquisitions
• MSR Ch. 11 Plan Incorporates $1.5B Sale To Sovereign Fund
• DOJ, NY AG Sue To Unwind NYC Tour Bus Monopoly
• China OKs E-Security Joint Venture, With Conditions
• Tullow Pays PE Firm $670M For Norwegian Oil Co.
• Belden Pays $516M For Broadcast Parts Maker PPC
• Delta Takes Aim At Heathrow In $360M Virgin Atlantic Buy
• Simpson Thacher Aids Siris Capital Units In $862M TNS Buy
• Chem Rx Trustee Sues Ex-Execs Who Profited From Faulty LBO
• Skadden Steers Spectra's $1.5B US-Canada Pipeline Buy
• Diageo Abandons Cuervo Bid, Feeding Beam Buy Rumors
• Apple, Google Joint Bid Tops $500M For Kodak Patents
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Amgen on $415M DeCODE Buy
• Ultra Petroleum Raises $225M In Gas Pipeline Sale
• WellPoint Defeats Final Claims In Premium Hike Class Action
• Weston Presidio Sells Evenflo Breastfeeding Unit To PE Firm
• Paul Hastings Aids PE Firm's Exit From Nursing Home Operator
• Ryanair Offers More Concessions To EU In Aer Lingus Bid
• McGuireWoods Adds Nordic-Focused M&A Partner In London
• Japan-Backed Fund To Lead $1.8B Renesas Bailout
• Yahoo, NBC To Combine Sports Content, Coverage
• China's Wanxiang Scores A123 Assets For $257M At Auction
• Bingham Guides Honeywell's $600M Deal For Intermec
• AIG Jet Leasing Biz Valued At $5B In Sale To Chinese Cos.
• Heelys Abandons PE Sale Plan After $63M Sequential Offer
• Canada Approves CNOOC's $15B Nexen Purchase
• AIG Eyes Sale Of Jet Leasing Biz
• KBR Blocking Release Of Funds From $280M Deal, Suit Says
• GDF Suez Scores $1.1B For Control Of Italian Wind Portfolio
• DOE Wants To Block Deposition On Stake In A123 Assets
• Community Banks Tame Regulatory Costs By Teaming Up
• Law School Friends Deny IBM Tip Trading Charges
• Douglas Shareholders Approve $2B Advent Takeover Bid
• North Plains Absorbs UK Digital Marketing Software Co.
• ERISA Suit Slams HP Stock Offering Following Major Losses
• PE Firm Headland Grabs Majority Stake In YoungToys
• EU Regulators Take Deeper Look At Munksjo-Ahlstrom Merger
• Video Tech Co. Faces Derivative Suit Over Accounting Methods
• Carlyle's Claris Sells $194M Stake, Forms Injections JV
• German Regulator Concerned About $787M Cable Merger
• Apollo To Buy UK Jeweler, Watchmaker Aurum
• Italian PE Firm Revs Up Aston Martin With $240M Stake Buy
• US Bank Claims Dibs On Extended Stay's $100M Guaranty
• Developing Countries' Investments Boom As Europe Pares Back
• Bankrupt Vertis Gets Go-Ahead For $259M Sale To Quad
• LMI Pays $247M To Pick Up Peer Aerospace Parts Maker
• Sovereign Fund's Uncontested $1.5B Bid Lands It MSR Assets
• M&A MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Daniel Wolf
• $853M Bid Gives China's Tianqi World's Biggest Lithium Miner
• Dorsey Bolsters NY Corporate Team With Ex-K&L Gates PE Ace
• Norton Rose Aids Barclays In $2.1B Africa Deal With Absa
• EU Antitrust Chief Uncertain About UPS/TNT Concessions
• Leonard Green Takes $805M Topshop Stake As Chain Eyes US
• PPR To Reap $525M In Plus-Size Clothing Unit Sale
• FTC's Tough Message On Standard-Essential Patents
• Investor Takes Aim At Pork Co.'s $500M Go-Private Deal
• Bondholders Say Elpida IP Deals Benefit Micron, Not Creditors
• Ocwen Must Appoint Monitor To Oversee Mortgage Servicing
• France, Germany Sign On To EADS Structural Overhaul
• Court Chides Atty For Letter To Judge In Securities Case
• SEC Sues Wells Fargo Banker In $11M Insider Trading Case
• Judge Won't Find $1.5B Bid For MSR Was In Good Faith Yet
• Baird Takes Majority Stake In Legal Head-Hunter SR Group
• M&A MVP: Latham & Watkins' Charles Ruck
• Simpson Thacher Aids PE Pair In $713M TPC Buyout
• KingSett-Led Group Puts Up $4.4B For Shopping Mall REIT
• SAExploration's GC Barred In Contract Suit, Texas Court Says
• Wachtell Leads Freeport To $9B Merger With Plains, McMoRan
• Blackstone Pays $882M For Dutch Tax Consultancy
• Critical Issues For Post-Acquisition Physicians
• A Noteworthy Investigation Of An Acquisition In Alaska
• McDermott Steers Intersnack To $645M KP Snacks Buy
• HSBC Swings $9.4B Deal For Ping An Stake
• HuffPo Tells 2nd Circ. It Never Vowed To Stay Independent
• FTC Official Justifies Tough Hospital Merger Enforcement
• Bahraini Telecom Puts Up $1B For CWC Monaco, Islands Biz
• Ace Rips Reinsurer's Bid To Back Out Of Subsidiary Buy
• FTC Clears Disney's $4B Lucasfilm Buy
• M&A MVP: Skadden's Nancy Lieberman
• Icahn Shelves $3B Oshkosh Bid Upon Tepid Investor Reception
• Kirkland & Ellis Aids Linden's $314M Dental Co. Buyout
• Coke, Dairy Farm Co-Op Take Shares Of Protein Drink Co.
• Qualcomm Offers Up To $120M For Stake In Struggling Sharp
• Kirkland Guides Baxter's $4B Buy Of Dialysis Co. Gambro
• M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Alan Klein
• Texas Judge OKs $66M Award In Hospital Investor Suit
• Solar Co. Satcon Gets Nod For Credit Deal Over Objections
• TCW To Move Forward With Sale To Carlyle Despite EIG Suit
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• SEC Targets Audit Firms Over Chinese Reverse-Merger Docs
• $110M Deal Over Kinder Morgan's El Paso Buyout Gets OK
• South Africa's Bidvest Picks Up Brandcorp From PE Owner
• BofA Shareholders' Attys Want $177M From $2.4B Settlement
• Saputo Shells Out $1.45B For Dean Foods' Dairy Co.
• Latham & Watkins Leads BWAY In $265M Ropak Buy
• Archer Daniels Lobs Sweetened $3B Bid At GrainCorp
• Diamond Foods Can't Dodge Investor Suit Over Walnut Scandal
• Innospec Drops $745M Bid To Acquire TPC Group
• Wells Fargo Execs, Investors Settle 2 Wachovia Suits
• Onex Puts Up $165M For 50% Stake In Aircraft Manager
• Computer Sciences Gets $1B In Credit Unit Sale To Equifax
• Nokia Siemens Sells Optical Fiber Unit To PE Firm
• Takeaways From Del. Encore And Auriga Rulings