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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2013

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• Diamond Foods Escapes Suit In Del. Over Accounting Scandal
• Sempra Finalizes $371M Sale Of Ariz. Power Plant Block
• Hostess Assets Net $392M In Bids From Flowers, Bimbo
• Icahn Gains Two Herbalife Directors In Feud With Ackman
• Weil Gotshal Reps Facebook In Deal For Microsoft's Atlas
• Carlyle Leads Sweetened $688M Buyout Of Chinese Hotel Co.
• Hines Buys Archstone Out In $700M CityCenterDC Project
• Japan Opens Further Review Of ASML's €2B Cymer Buy
• PE Firm Snags Asia Units Of Struggling UK Music Co. HMV
• TPG Sells Off Flagging Clothing Chain
• Chancery Court Becomes Top Pick For Shareholder Suits
• Elpida's Bankruptcy Plan, $2.2B Micron Deal OK'd In Tokyo
• Skadden Reps Mylan In $1.6B Buy Of Indian Generics Maker
• Locke Lord Guides Regency's $1.5B Permian Basin Assets Buy
• 6 Areas Often Underestimated In Law Firm Mergers
• Del. High Court Denies Investor Appeal Over $9B Freeport Deal
• Corvex, Related Raise REIT Bid To $2.2B While Suing Board
• Judge To Mull MatlinPatterson Damages In Airline Loan Case
• TPG Unit, Coal Tycoon Brothers Buy Stake In Telecom Co.
• Aluminum Smelter Cleared To Borrow Up To $75M In Ch. 11
• CoBe Builds Up Home Furniture Holdings With Gorenje Buy
• Clearwire And Sprint Deal With Each Other, But Not Dish
• BNY Mellon Sells UK Client Biz In $127M Standard Life Deal
• Hedge Fund Urges Office Depot To Sell Mexican JV
• CCG Pickup Marks Puma Energy's 2nd Aussie Fuel Buy
• First Quantum Again Pushes Deadline For $5.2B Inmet Offer
• EU Grounds Ryanair's €694M Bid For Aer Lingus
• Zipcar Tells More About $491M Avis Deal To End Suits
• Shell Inks $6.2B Deal For Repsol LNG Assets
• AA, US Air Say $11B Merger Would Help Competition
• McDermott Client Tells Judge To Keep Malpractice Suit Alive
• Shareholders OK Alterra-Markel, American Realty Mergers
• Focus Media Investor Sues Over $3.7B Carlyle-Led Buyout
• RE Manager, Investor Join To Buy 796-Unit Apartment Complex
• Sealing The Deal: Faegre Clinches $700M Skippy Buy
• Investor Sues HP For Docs On Ill-Fated $10.3B Autonomy Buy
• Wachtell Founder Says Einhorn Is The Problem With Activism
• BP Unit, Tanker Co. OSG Reach Truce Over Shipping Venture
• KDDI, Sumitomo Increase Jupiter Takeover Bid By 13%
• Looming Deadlines Likely To Spur Clearwire, Sprint Deal
• RRJ, Blackstone Units Pour $372M Into Cheniere LNG Efforts
• Unions Reserve Objection Rights To $390M Hostess Sales
• CNOOC Seals $15.1B Nexen Buyout
• Highmark, UPMC Contract Stiffs West Penn, Pa. Officials Say
• Aluminum Smelter Enters Ch. 11, Plans Sale To Wayzata
• Telecom Co. TDS Inks $277M Deal For Broadband Provider
• Shine Might Be Off Alt Fee Arrangements, GC Survey Shows
• Chevron Inks $349M Deal For Australian Gas Rights
• In-House Teams Expand To Keep Pace With More Suits, Probes
• BioClinica Shareholders Can't Stop $123M PE Takeover Bid
• GCs Say FCPA Fears Spur More Careful Dealmaking
• GCs Rate Fixed Fees Best Bang For Their Buck
• School Specialty's New $155M DIP Takes Out PE Lender
• Chinese-Owned Co. Can't Nix Obama Bar To Wind Farm Deal
• Patheon Can't Duck JV Partner's Suit Over $255M Acquisition
• Hamilton Lane Buys Institutional Investment Consulting Firm
• AZZ Plunks Down $250M For Energy-Sector Repair Unit
• All Eyes On Best Buy After Bids For Barnes & Noble, Dell
• Inmet Bolsters Panama Ops As $5B Hostile Bid Looms
• US Slams States' Dodd-Frank Challenge
• MSR Resort Ch. 11 Plan Approval Triggers Appeal
• Europe M&A: The Evolving Takeover Landscape
• JPMorgan M&A Exec Named Cadwalader Vice Chairman
• Sinopec To Pay $1B For Half Of Chesapeake Okla. Gas Play
• AMR Looks For Thumbs-Up On Merger From Bankruptcy Court
• DOJ Suit Ignores Competitive Ratings Market, Bazaarvoice Says
• Royalty Pharma Lobs $6.6B Takeover Bid At Elan
• Barnes & Noble Founder Will Bid On Bookstores, Website
• PPR Nets $366M In Mail-Order Biz Sale To Nordic Capital
• AB InBev, DOJ Get Stay In Suit Over $20B Modelo Merger
• NetSpend Investor Claims $1.4B Buyout Favors PE Backers
• Torys Aids Brookfield In Hostile Takeover Of Western Wind
• Magellan Commits $190M For 800 Miles Of Pipeline
• Bankrupt Powerwave Technologies To Auction Assets
• American Airlines To Execs: Don't Blog About $11B Merger
• Apple Investor Einhorn Wins Partial Halt Of Shareholder Vote
• CNBC Buys 'Nightly Business Report' From PE Firm
• Mystery Heinz 'Insider Traders' No-Shows In Hearing
• KKR Lobs $3.7B Bid At Equipment Maker Gardner Denver
• SNA Carbon, RG Steel JV Fight Booted To W.Va. Court
• German Regulator Halts $787M Cable Merger
• Einhorn Blasts Dell For Sitting On Cash Like Apple
• Gigante Offers $691M For Rest Of Office Depot Mexico Unit
• Dialysis Industry Continues To See Robust PE Activity
• What To Expect From The 3rd Largest Oil Deal Ever
• Billionaire Pair Pays $3.6B For Tycoon's Polyus Gold Stake
• Goldman Tells SEC It Lacks Info On Accused Heinz Trader
• Ryan International's Sale to AJet Gets Judge's OK
• McDermott Adds Health Transaction Pro In Chicago
• Heinz Heritage Pacts Are Empty Promises, Experts Say
• Union Objections Stall $122M Journal Register Sale
• A Decade With Electronic Data Rooms
• Jana Ups Agrium Stake Amid Push To Steer Company
• Troutman Boosts Banking Ranks With 2 Ex-Kilpatrick Attys
• Crestview Spends $246M For KeyCorp Asset Manager
• Takeaways From German Case Of Missing Merger Info
• Latham Reps Linn Energy In $4.3B Deal For Berry Petroleum
• Successful Life Science Collaborations Require Flexibility
• McGuireWoods Denies Representing Bankrupt Hospital In LBO
• Divestiture Sinks Antitrust Suit, Dun & Bradstreet Says
• Key To Office Merger's Antitrust Fate: Does The Web Count?
• AB InBev, DOJ In Talks To Settle $20B Merger Challenge
• $344M Coeur Bid Wins Over Orko As First Majestic Bows Out
• PE Fund Considerations In Light Of Del.'s LLC Debate
• Dell Investor Slams $24B Management Buyout's Timing
• Troutman Dodges $40M Malpractice Suit Over Mariner Merger
• Office Depot, OfficeMax To Merge In $1.2B All-Stock Deal
• Diagnostics Co. Hycor Unloads Unit In Sale To PE Group
• Herbalife Confirms SEC Probe Into Finances
• TSYS Inks $1.4B Deal To Buy NetSpend
• Cerberus Rips Ruling In Paul Hastings Malpractice Case
• M&A Resurgence May Fuel SEC's Insider Trading Fire
• Justices Pare Antitrust Immunity In FTC Hospital Merger Win
• FBI Investigates Suspicious Trading At Heinz
• Heinz No-Shop Shows Price Isn't Everything In Pa.
• Apple Shareholder Vote May Violate Law, Judge Says
• Clarification From High Court On State Action Exemption
• Inmet Ditches Poison Pill As $5.2B Takeover Deadline Nears
• How Tweaking The UK Takeover Code Affects Private Equity
• Northwestern Prof. Named Top DOJ Antitrust Economist
• Ch. 7 Trustee Sues Ex-Conex Execs Over $246M Buyout
• PMI, Keegan Shelve Plans To Merge Into $695M African Miner
• Cooley Hires 2 Sheppard Mullin Business Partners In LA
• Hospital's Immunity Bid In FTC Merger Fight Nixed By Justices
• Eurotunnel To Fight UK's Antitrust Review Of €65M Ship Buy
• HSBC Sells Panama Unit For $2.1B In Latin America Shakeup
• Arthur Cox Aids Insurer Great-West In $1.72B Irish Life Deal
• Japan's Orix Offers $2.6B For Rabobank Asset Manager
• Freeport Investors' Records Appeal OK'd In Suit Over $9B Deal
• School Specialty Bid Plan OK'd, But $145M DIP Offer In Play
• PE Finding New Partners To Tackle Bigger Deals
• Liberty Medical Files Ch. 11 On Heels Of Execs' Buyout
• AATI Didn't Need Other Bids In $259M Skyworks Sale: Judge
• New African Merger System May Cause Headaches For US Cos.
• Insider Traders Profited From $28B Heinz Deal, SEC Says
• Confidence Rises On Return Of Big M&A Deals
• GCs Name 24 Standout M&A Attys
• Kirkland Adds M&A Pros From Wilson Sonsini, Skadden
• GCs Name 43 Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Skadden Reps Sage Group In Asset Sales Worth $145M
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• Struggling Gleacher Finds Buyer For Mortgage Loan Biz
• $28B Heinz Deal Marks Latest 'Odd Couple' Co-Investment
• Infogroup Shareholders Win Class Cert. In $463M Buyout Row
• AMR, US Merger To Face Little Resistance In Bankruptcy Court
• AB InBev's Plan To Sell Modelo Assets To End DOJ Fight
• Final Volcker Rule Will Be Simplified, Lawmakers Hear
• US Bank's $100M Suit Over Extended Stay Loan Revived
• 2nd Circ. Revives Suit Over $307M Ness Sale
• Dell Tells Investors CEO's Buyout Is By The Book
• Random House, Penguin Merger Plan Gets DOJ's Nod
• Kazakh Fund Drops $1.65B On Zinc Co. Stakes
• Cardinal Health Puts Up $2B For PE-Backed AssuraMed
• UK Antitrust Cop To Probe Britvic's $2.2B Bid For AG Barr
• Ex-Troutman Atty Loses Appeal Over Nursing Home Deals
• AB InBev Will Shed Modelo's US Assets As Part Of $20B Deal
• Berkshire Hathaway, 3G Drop $28B For Heinz
• Hong Kong Equities Look For Brighter 2013
• $11B American-US Airways Deal Faces Few Antitrust Obstacles
• The Dog That Didn't Bark: CFIUS Clearance Of A123
• American Airlines, U.S. Airways Agree To $11B Merger
• MGM Can Regain Borgata Stake, NJ Regulator Says
• Howard Stern Still Seeking $330M After Sirius XM Deal
• Barclays Owes Ex-Lehman Director $20M, 2nd Circ. Hears
• $16B Virgin Media Sale Fleeces Investors, Suit Says
• Vivendi Can't Duck $1B Verdict Over Liberty Media Deal
• Hedge Fund Demands To See MetroPCS' Books
• Treasury Nominee Lew Says Dodd-Frank Would Be Priority
• Gulf Capital Swings Deal For Dubai Oilfield Services Co.
• Rosneft Secures $14.2B Loan For TNK-BP Acquisition
• Coeur's $383M Bid For Orko Silver Beats Other Miner's Offer
• 7 Resolutions For Legal Industry Marketing In 2013
• PE Managers Say Favorable Economy Will Drive More Deals
• Journal Register Halts Auction For $122M Stalking Horse Deal
• BioZone Founder's $30M Suit Survives Forum Challenge
• CNOOC Deal Wins US Approval, But Nexen Mum On Mitigation
• Comcast To Pay $18.1B For GE's Stake In NBCU, Offices
• $20B SoftBank-Sprint Deal Boosts Competition, Group Says
• Get Ready For More Private Equity Regulation
• Acme Packet Investor Challenges $1.7B Oracle Deal
• Antitrust Regulator's Crystal Ball Holds Up In Merger Fight
• Winston Nabs Porter Hedges Corporate Transaction Pros
• T. Rowe Price Joins Opponents Of $24B Dell Buyout
• Skadden Reps JLL Partners In $115M Health Buy-And-Build
• Selldown Brings Warburg Pincus Close To Primerica Exit
• Illumina Sued For Rejecting Roche Bids That Topped $8B
• KKR, Bain Could Reap $1.8B In HCA Selldown
• Agrium, Jana Fail To Compromise As Proxy Battle Looms
• Ryanair Says EU Will Prevent €694M Aer Lingus Takeover
• Kirkland Reps Struggling 3i In $960M Manufacturer Sale
• Southeastern To Dell: Consider Going Partly Private Instead
• Judge Cancels Hearing In DOJ's $20B Beer Merger Challenge
• Hostess Bid Doesn't Affect Bimbo's Sara Lee Sale, DOJ Argues
• TIAA, Norwegian Fund Form $1.2B US RE Venture
• Edwards Wildman Launches New Tech, Media, Telecom Group
• Bazaarvoice Battles DOJ's Bid To Unwind $170M Merger
• Montagu Pockets £300M In Sale Of Hair Product Co.
• Brazil's Antitrust Head Wants Health Care Merger Barred
• Greenberg Traurig Adds DLA Piper M&A Pro In Chicago
• With No New Offers, $665M Carlyle Bid Wins Duff & Phelps
• Apax Reaps $97M From Indian Hospital Co. Stock Sale
• Judge OKs Auctions For Hostess Twinkie, Bread Brands
• Onex OKs $323M Deal To Sell Back 50% Of Home Decor Co.
• Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions Editorial Advisory Board
• UK Investigates Autonomy's Finances Before HP Deal
• Ahold Splits From Nordic Grocer ICA In $3.3B Sale
• MX Logic Investors Demand McAfee Info In $15M Bonus Fight
• Beer Cos. Want In On DOJ Suit Over $20B InBev, Modelo Deal
• No Space For Partner Egos In Law Firm Of The Future
• $3B Alterra Sale Shortchanges Investors, Suit Says
• Dell's No. 2 Shareholder To Fight $24B Buyout
• Investor Looks To Halt $129M Fla. Casino Deal
• Judges Want Details On Post-Merger Central Hudson Board
• Extended Go-Shop Ends For Zhongpin's $503M CEO Buyout
• West Face Buys Minority Stake In Embattled SNC-Lavalin
• US Coal Owes Pryor Cashman $2.5M In Fees, Judge Finds
• Dell Shareholders Carry Heavy Load Thanks To $7B Cash Floor
• Arch Capital Puts Up $300M For Piece Of US Mortgage Market
• Marguerite, Siemens Grab Stakes In $1.7B German Wind Farm
• 3SBio Valued At $350M In Go-Private Sale To CEO, PE Firm
• SandRidge Says No To Board Shake-Up, Citing Debt Docs
• Indy Downs: Lock-Up Agreements Are A Valuable Tool
• EQT Unloads Clothier BTX In Sale To Sun Capital Unit
• SunPharma Strikes Out Again With $600M Taro Offer
• Panasonic, Fujitsu Join Semiconductor Units To Stay Afloat
• Dell's Push To Encourage Topping Bid Recalls Quest Fight
• Charter Puts Up $1.7B For Cablevision's Optimum West
• BNY Defends $18B Debt Addition In Suit Over Basell Deal
• Cooley Hires M&A Pro Who Led $4B Lucasfilm Buy
• NJ Legislature Passes Bills To Loosen Corporate Regs
• Tensions Rise As Jana Intensifies Push For Agrium Shakeup
• Arnold & Porter Adds M&A Partner From Linklaters In NY
• Hospital Not Owed $21M For Writedown, CMS Tells 5th Circ.
• $1.5B T-Mobile, MetroPCS Deal Takes Flak Over Debt Load
• Warner Music Group Puts Up $765M For Parlophone Label
• Virgin-Tiger Deal Carries Airline Duopoly Risks, Aussies Say
• Eureka Snaps Up Reuters' Law School Publishing Biz
• KKR Eyes Acquisitions To Grow Assets, But Will Be Picky
• CORRECTED: Jones Day Lands 2 M&A Pros For New Amsterdam Branch
• Kazakhmys Considers $1.6B Power Station Stake Sale
• Latent Copyright Termination — Notes For The Unwary
• The Ongoing Impact Of Del. Courts On US M&A
• Ex-Puda Coal Directors Can't Dodge Suit Over Asset Sale
• Google To Drop $125M On E-Commerce Co. Buy
• Total Weighs $3.2B Gas Co. Deal, Fertilizer Biz Sales
• Dell's Low Breakup Fee Hints At Small Pool Of Buyers
• $24B Dell Go-Private Deal Unfair To Investors, Suit Says
• King & Spalding Snags Paul Hastings Finance Duo
• H&R REIT, KingSett Up Primaris Takeover Bid With $2.8B Offer
• Quebec Fund Puts Up $500M For Stake In Wind Farms
• Copano Investor Targets $5B Kinder Morgan Merger
• Headland Invests In Asian Snack Maker As Sector Surges
• Davis Polk Guides Reliance In $1.2B Deal For Metals USA
• $24B Dell Deal Heeds Del Monte Lesson On Banker Conflict
• Linklaters Hires Asia M&A Pro From White & Case
• Biogen Pays $3.25B For Stake In Elan's MS Drug
• TIAA-CREF Bets On Billabong PE Turnaround With New Stake
• A Useful Spin On Costly Section 338(H)(10) Election
• Investors Seek Del. High Court's Input On Records Requests
• MSR Resort Judge Keeps Everyone In Suspense
• 10th Circ. Says FSIA Protects Bank In Botched $50M Deal
• Gov't Contracting Slump Could Spark PE Feeding Frenzy
• WMS Faces Investor Suit Over $1.5B Scientific Games Deal
• Crowell, Proskauer, Fulbright Sanctioned For Counterclaims
• Chem Co. Lubrizol Dodges Antitrust Suit Over Rival Buy
• Bharti Airtel Buys Out Alcatel In India Telecom JV
• Century 21 Tried To Bully Franchisee Into Merger, Suit Says
• GSK Puts Up $900M To Boost Stake In Indian Unit
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides Praxair In $1B Beverage Co. Buy
• CVC Pays Up To $320M For Philippine Phone Co. Unit
• SABMiller Venture To Swallow Chinese Brewers In $863M Deal
• Shearman, Ropes Aid Liberty In $16B Virgin Media Buy
• Dell OKs $24B Go-Private Offer From Founder, Silver Lake
• BioClinica Investor Wants $123M PE Takeover Put On Ice
• Boeing Says Partners Owe $350M Over Bankrupt Satellite Co.
• Novell Can't Appeal Bad Faith Claim Over $2.2B Deal
• MSR Makes Final Push For $1.5B Sale As Critics Take Aim
• Puma Energy Pays Archer Capital $677M For Fuel Retailer
• Kenneth Cole Blasts Challenge To $149M Go-Private Deal
• FTC Eyes Rule On Merger Notification, But Wright Skeptical
• Houston Atty Sued Over Role In $60M Reverse Merger
• ERISA Class To Have Its Day Against Bloomberg, BNA Merger
• PE-Backed Nestle Unit Snags Indian Milk Market Stake
• Centrica Flees 4 UK Nuclear Projects Over Costs
• Blackstone Digs Into Pair Of Maldives Seaplane Cos.
• White & Case Welcomes Back M&A Pro From Linklaters
• Buy Of News Corp.'s IGN Doubles Ziff Parent's Media Biz
• Weil Gotshal Reps Oracle In Latest $1.7B Software Buy
• Calif. Noncompete Clauses — Still Unenforceable
• HSBC Gets China's OK To Sell Off $7.4B Ping An Stake
• Wexford Capital Skirts Fraud Claims Over $674M Archer Deal
• Chem Rx Trustee Urges 2nd Circ. To Consider Exec Fraud Suit
• SorinRand Adds VC And Technology Pro As Partner
• MetLife Inks $2B Deal For BBVA's Chilean Pension Business
• Indy Downs' Ch. 11 Plan, $500M Casino Sale OK'd
• Clearwire Backs $2.2B Sprint Deal, Keeps Dish Offer Alive
• Dutch Gov't Nationalizes Financial Co. With $5B Package
• Haynes & Boone Snags Project Deals Vet In Mexico City
• Telecom Co. Sycamore Goes Private In $19M Marlin Equity Sale
• Parthenon Capital Invests In Surveillance Co. Envysion
• Daimler Pays $869M For 12% Stake In Chinese Auto Co.
• Kirin To Sell F&N Stake For $1.6B In Bidding War Fallout
• Hot Investment Areas For REITs