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Mergers & Acquisitions - November, 2013

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• Toshiba Offer Might Protect OCZ Tech From Liquidation
• Judge Pares KBR's Counterclaims In Dispute Over $280M Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Tax Counsel On The Deal
• Europe's Real Estate Recovery Gains Momentum
• Velti, Blackstone Units Rip Creditors' Ch. 11 Sale Gripes
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Big 4 Tax Lawyer to Houston Office
• Hotelier Accor Splits Business In Two
• Goodwin Procter Leads TA Associates In RE Software Co. Buy
• Altice To Pay $1.4B For Orange Dominicana
• Vivendi To Split From Telecom Unit SFR
• German Watchdog Begins Probe Of $4B Fresenius-Rhoen Buy
• FTC Greenlights NRG's $2.6B Bankrupt Edison Mission Buy
• RBS Sells WorldPay Stake To Advent, Bain Capital
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Brody
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Grace Speights
• Nordic, CVC Net $137M In Exit From Swedish Candymaker
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Compuware, Panasonic
• France's EDF Rakes In $355M Through Veolia Stake Sale
• Dechert, Sullivan Steer CVS To $2.1B Infusion Biz Buy
• AMR Bankruptcy Judge Greenlights DOJ Merger Deal
• CORRECTED: Judge Won't Dismiss Whitman From Suit Over HP's Autonomy Buy
• SillaJen Pays $150M For Tumor Treatment Firm
• AgFeed's $45M Sale Of Chinese Assets Gets Judge's OK
• Florida Gaming, Silvermark Resume Miami Jai-Alai Sale Talks
• Rothschild PE Unit Spins Off, Becomes Keensight Capital
• Hitachi Buys Indian Pay Processor As Part Of $3B Push
• Ariz. Court Affirms Judgment In $2.75M Tax Assessment Suit
• Fisker Gets Interim OK For $8M DIP, Hastened Ch. 11 Case
• PVR Faces Fresh Class Action Over $5.6B Regency Merger
• 'Grand Theft Auto' Maker Pays $203.5M In Icahn Stock Buyback
• Morgenthaler Sells Supply Chain Co. To Wine Logistics Co.
• With New Law, Mongolia Opens To Investors
• MSD Performance Gets Nod For $78M Sale To PE Firm
• Microsemi Wraps Up $230M Deal For Symmetricom
• Deals Rumor Mill: Repsol, Blackstone, RBS
• MPC Will Fund Portion Of $2.6B Enbridge Crude Oil Pipeline
• Dish Slams LightSquared's 'Litigation Sideshow'
• LexisNexis Says TLO Auction Cutoff Thwarted $180M Bid
• Thermo Fisher Sheds 3 Units, Earns EU Nod On Life Tech Buy
• Aeropostale Opts For Poison Pill Amid Investor's Sale Push
• Simpson Thacher Reps H&F In $1.8B Applied Systems Deal
• Elliott Again Lifts Stake In $8.2B Buyout Target Celesio
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Libby Raymond
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Colleen Davies
• Men's Wearhouse Flips On Jos. A. Bank With $1.2B Tie-Up Bid
• M&A MVP: MoFo's Robert Townsend
• Highmark Calls UPMC Settlement Promises 'Meaningless'
• Nielsen To Pay $117M For Harris Interactive
• Canadian IT Firm Xchange Gets Nod For Sale, Ch. 15
• Phelps Dunbar Lures 5 Transaction Pros From Young Wells
• US Airways, AMR Say Customers Can't Block Merger
• ADT Agrees To $450M Share Repurchase Deal With Corvex
• Bankrupt Advantage Rent A Car To Hit Auction Block
• Lagoon Capital, HarbourVest To Partner On MENA Secondaries
• Greece's NBG Inks $882M Sale Of Majority Stake In RE Arm
• Fisker Drives Into Ch. 11, Plans Private Sale
• GPT's $3B Offer Bumps Dexus Bid For Aussie Office Trust
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Glencore, Equity Residential
• Diageo Offers Whisky Asset Sale To Ease Antitrust Fears
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Janet McDavid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Lisa Haile
• Game Developer Giant Gets $3B PE-Backed Bid From Chairman
• Aetna Scoops Up PE-Backed UK Insurer InterGlobal
• Furniture Brands Wins Court Approval For $280M KPS Deal
• Judge OKs Sale Of 150 Fresh & Easy Stores To Yucaipa Units
• TGI Fridays Owner Is Shopping The Chain Around
• Apax Gobbles Up IK Investment Snack Unit
• Capitol Bancorp Judge OKs Bank Sale Over Creditor Protests
• Taxation With Representation: Tax Counsel On The Deal
• Nev. Gambling Regulators OK Bally Tech's $1.3B SHFL Buy
• Texas High Court Nixes Suit Over $25M Plastics Co. Sale
• Shandong Weigao Inks $312M Deal To Sell Biosensors Stake
• M&A MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Kenneth Siegel
• NY Court Cuts Down $100M Fraud Suit Over Tech Co. Buy
• Norwegian Oil Firm Sells Well Intervention Unit For $658M
• Jaguar Mining Board Says Claims Over $1B Deal Not Valid
• Glorious Property's Founder Lobs $589M Buyout Bid
• Pinnacle Sells $176M Casino To Satisfy FTC On Ameristar Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Jane Smith
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Mary Ellen Powers
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, BC Partners, Spotify
• Time To Revisit Foreigner Investing In US Real Estate
• TLO Assets Sell For $154M At Bankruptcy Auction
• State-Mandated Student Pro Bono Programs Are Inefficient
• FCC Ruling Expands Broadcaster Access To Foreign Capital
• Orrick Expands M&A, Private Equity Practices In Paris
• US Discovery In The UK — The Tax Context
• Baker Donelson Adds Tax Expert In Birmingham
• US Trustee Balks At Fresh & Easy $42M Property Sale Plan
• Kuraray Will Pay $543M For DuPont Polymers Unit
• American Airlines Workers Urge Judge To Approve DOJ Deal
• DOJ Wants More Info On $1.1B Louisiana-Pacific Lumber Deal
• Hedge Fund Ramps Up Pressure On Olive Garden Owner
• Fried Frank Steers OMERS Unit in Caliber Collision Buy
• Deutsche Telekom Gets $2.7B For Online Marketplace Stake
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hilton, Loeb, Bain Capital
• Novatek-Gazprom JV Pays $3B For Russian Energy Assets
• CIBC Unit Dropped From Oppenheimer's $176M Suit
• M&A MVP: Paul Hastings' Carl Sanchez
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Weil's Mindy Spector
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Sandy Collins
• Aeropostale Latest Retail Target Facing Pressure To Sell
• Hologic Opts For Poison Pill After Icahn Discloses Stake
• Hogan Lovells Nabs M&A, Media Partners From Kaye Scholer
• Bankrupt MSD Performance Takes $78M Offer From PE Buyer
• Bankrupt Holding Co.'s Plan To Sell Dallas Bank OK'd
• Hertz Sued Over Misleading Financial And Spinoff Statements
• Michael Best Absorbs Utah Boutique To Expand West
• Edwin Watts Auction Plan OK'd After Stalking Horse Bails
• How Some Attorneys Succeed Where The 'Elite' Fail
• In-House Labs Require Health Investor Due Diligence
• AMR Customers' Late Move To Block Merger Perplexes Judge
• Wendy's Flips 54 Salt Lake City Restaurants To NPC Unit
• Costa Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $270M Sale To Essilor
• Deals Rumor Mill: Icahn, Deutsche Telekom, TPG Capital
• Devon Puts Up $6B For GeoSouthern Texas Assets
• Activist Demands Men's Wearhouse To Rethink $2.3B Buyout
• Germany Fights EU For Power To Review €9B Telecom Merger
• M&A MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Sarkis Jebejian
• Roark Capital Nabs Majority Stake In Carl's Jr. Owner
• Gray, Excalibur Swallow Up 15 TV Stations In $335M Deal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Jami McKeon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Gourley
• Blackstone Cedes SeaWorld Control In Latest Stake Sale
• Bankrupt Hotel Staffing Co. Gets OK For $7M DIP
• Unsecured Creditors Question 'Rushed' Velti Sale Plan
• Goldman PE Unit To Pay $900M For Kelso & Co.'s PSAV
• Taxation With Representation: Tax Counsel On The Deal
• Daimler Snaps Up 12% Stake In Beijing Automaker
• Deals Rumor Mill: JPMorgan, Devon Energy, Verizon
• Spain's CEPSA Drops $2.2B To Buy Coastal Energy
• Horizon Pays $35M For AstraZeneca's Arthritis Drug Rights
• Exxon Nets $3.1B Selling Its Stake In Hong Kong Power JV
• Wiley Rein Lands WilmerHale M&A Pro For DC Office
• CORRECTED: Nokia Investors OK €5.4B Mobile Sale, IP License To Microsoft
• GPT Duels Dexus With $3B Bid For Aussie Office Trust
• DSM Inks $2.6B Spinoff Deal With JLL Partners
• Carlyle, Madison Dearborn Merge Packaging Manufacturers
• Singapore Developer Inks $482M Commercial RE Deal In India
• M&A MVP: Latham & Watkins' Mark Gerstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Miller Canfield's Megan Norris
• Expert Deposition Tips For Young Lawyers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchanan's Wendy Newton
• ICE Nabs Singapore Exchange After Sealing $11B NYSE Buy
• Alito Slams NY Judge On Race-Based Class Counsel Decisions
• Schweitzer-Mauduit Pays $232M For Filtration Producer
• Fresh & Easy Cancels Ch. 11 Auction, Goes With Yucaipa Bid
• CareFusion Pays GE $500M For Medical Disposables Biz
• PT-1 Trustee Owes Part Of $9M Tax Refund, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Cole Investors Sue To Block $11B ARCP Merger
• 3 Tips For Success In International Arbitration
• High Court Snubs Avis Appeal In $16M Licensee Dispute
• Ex-Lexis CEO, Warburg Plan To Bid On Bankrupt TLO's Assets
• 9 Firms Surge Onto GC All-Stars List
• Skadden The Firm Most Loved By General Counsel
• Weil Gotshal Reps American Securities In Tekni-Plex Buy
• Nampak Grows With $301M Nigerian Can Manufacturer Buy
• Del. High Court To Hear Appeal In Cooper-Apollo Tire Tussle
• LightSquared Sues Dish, Ergen Over Debt Acquisition
• 9 Top Firms Tumble From List Of GC Favorites
• M&A MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Sergio Galvis
• Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Buys Burton's Biscuits
• Fairfax Buys Steakhouse Chain In 1st Move Since BlackBerry
• Related Teams With Corcoran To Sell $5B In NYC Condos
• Aberdeen Puts Up $1B For Lloyds Asset Management Unit
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• More Firms Get Serious About Keeping GCs Happy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Apple, AIG, RRJ Capital
• When It Comes To Law Firms, Size Doesn't Matter, GCs Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Irell & Manella's Andra Greene
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Emily Parker
• Activist Threatens Legal Action, Proxy Fight For ValueVision
• Advent Puts Up $1.6B For Dutch Software Co. Unit4
• Plains Faces 2nd Shareholder Class Over $1.4B Buyout
• FXX Network Wins Bidding War For 'Simpsons' Cable Rights
• M&A MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Stephen Fraidin
• Highmark Toyed With Antitrust Settlement Terms, UPMC Says
• Cantey Hanger Adds Former Shackelford Tax Atty
• Fairholme Changes The Game For Fannie And Freddie
• Peltz's Trian Fund Divests $122M Stake In State Street
• Silver Lake Can't Go Solo In Antitrust Suit Against PE Giants
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Kim Johnson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Dominica Anderson
• Amphenol Pays $318M For GE Sensor Unit
• PE Owners Mull $1.2B Sale Of Medpace Clinical Research Unit
• DOJ's Baer Says Airline Merger Pact Preserves Competition
• Candle Merchant Blyth Rejects CVSL's $269.5M Takeover Bid
• Reed Smith Reels In 2 Finance Aces From Thompson & Knight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Forbes, Uralkali, Blackstone
• Compuware Not Eyeing Sale Despite Activist Pressure
• Icahn Discloses $2B Apple Stake Amid Buyback Push
• Jos. A. Bank Scraps $2.3B Men's Wearhouse Buyout Campaign
• Pa. PUC Gives Final Nod To $720M Utility Merger
• McDreamy Didn't Get Asia Rights In Tully's Buy, Suit Says
• Liberty Hall Buys Boeing Supplier For Aerospace Venture
• DOJ Official Sees Slim Chance For Delta On Merger Slots
• Bankrupt Grocer Plans $41.5M Property Sale To Fortress Unit
• CBRE Pays $480M For European Property Management Group
• FCC Open To More Foreign Investment In US Broadcasters
• Starboard Joins Activist Call For Compuware's Sale
• M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Bill Curbow
• 8 Tips For Avoiding Cross-Border M&A Blunders
• Fintech Pays $960M For Control Of Telecom Argentina
• Mexico-Based Alfa Lobs $908M Bid For Meat Co. Campofrio
• Under Armour Puts Up $150M For Fitness Tracking App
• 9th Circ. Urged To Unseal St. Luke's Merger Trial Docs
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, Snapchat, Daniel Loeb
• Elliott Pumps Up Stake In $8.2B Takeover Target Celesio
• Davis Polk Scores Ashurst Finance Expert For London Office
• BNP Paribas To Pay $4.38B For Belgian Fortis Stake
• Delta Wants Bid On Airport Slots In US/American Merger
• Hogan Lovells Lands KPMG Tax Pro In Madrid
• US Airways, AMR Win Limited Concessions As DOJ Blinks
• V&E Reps PetroChina In $2.6B Deal For Petrobras Peru Assets
• Ice Miller Brings NYC Transactional Atty To Midwest Office
• Health Management's New Board OKs $7.6B Takeover Bid
• Sealed Air Gets $125M For Sale Of Medical Packaging Biz
• Asian Economies Are Struggling — Again
• Z Capital Takes Majority Stake In Real Mex Restaurants
• E.ON Pockets €150M In Sale Of Danish Wind Farm Stake
• Chatham Trustees Turn Down $565M PE Buyout Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain Capital, Lloyds, CalPERS
• M&A MVP: Jones Day's Scott Cohen
• US Bank's Fraud Claims Tossed From $100M Guaranty Row
• $492M Sale Of Suntech's Chinese Unit Gets Creditors' OK
• Pressured By Stockholders, Struggling Solta May Seek Sale
• Power And Utilities Deals Up In Q3, Report Says
• M&A MVP: Weil Gotshal's Michael Aiello
• Loeb's Third Point Buys Into FedEx, Backs Management
• Deals Rumor Mill: TPG Capital, Adcock, Carlos Slim
• Men's Wearhouse Open To $2B Rival Tie-Up, Hedge Fund Says
• Generali Inks €109M Deal For Rest Of Milan RE Project
• Debevoise Steers AXA's $349M Stake Buy In Colombian Insurer
• Bob Evans' Largest Shareholder Preps For Proxy Fight
• Deutsche Telekom Puts Up $734M For GTS Central Europe
• US Airways, AMR Settle DOJ Merger Suit With Divestitures
• Takeaways From CFIUS' Latest Win In Court
• Transocean OKs $1B Dividend, Trims Board To End Icahn Row
• Foundation Eyes KPN Exit After Blocking Slim's $9.7B Bid
• Apollo Tyres Labor Talks Didn't Breach Cooper Deal: Judge
• Actis Inks $220M Deal For AES' Cameroon Energy Assets
• Procopio Launches Austin Office With Latin America Focus
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms
• Southwest To Push For Slot Sales In AA-US Airways Merger
• XL Can't Escape Sirius XM's Coverage Suit, Judge Says
• Marriott Buys Protea To Become Africa's Biggest Hotelier
• Talisman Sells $1.4B Montney Shale Stake To Process Energy
• Deals Rumor Mill: AstraZeneca, ICBC, Johnson & Johnson
• Tata's Hotel Arm Rescinds $1.2B Bid For Orient-Express
• Groupon Pays LivingSocial $260M For Ticket Monster
• Carlyle Unit Snaps Up Gas-Fired Power Plant In NJ
• Essilor Pays $270M For Sports Lens Maker Costa
• Tips For Surviving Brazil's Anti-Corruption Crackdown
• Thermo Fisher Makes Commitments To EU In Life Tech Buy
• Pa. PUC OKs Settlement Key To $720M Utility Merger
• Covington Guides Salix's $2.6B Gastro Drugmaker Buy
• Wilson Sonsini Reps Twitter In Drama-Free $1.8B IPO
• Successful Law Firms Retrench During Downturns
• Autodesk To Pay $277M For UK Software Co. Delcam
• Raytheon Ineligible For $60M Pension Win, Fed. Circ. Told
• Cravath Guides Toll In $1.6B Shapell Homebuilding Unit Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: AMR-US Airways, Rupert Murdoch, Vale
• Tech Dealmakers Predict M&A Increase In 2014, Survey Says
• Nestle Trims Fat With Sale Of Jenny Craig To PE Firm
• Apollo Tyres Wants $2.5B Cooper Tire Deal At Lower Price
• Experian Drops $850M On Medical Billing Software Co.
• Bracewell Pushes For Arbitration In $13M Malpractice Suit
• Activist Shareholders Check Into Lodging Markets
• Market For Global Utility Deals Hits 2-Year High: Report
• Headland Offers $359M For Singapore Subsea Service Co.
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, KKR, Telefonica
• Hogan Lovells Lures Back Herbert Smith Environmental Ace
• Vermilion To Pay $170M For Stake In German Gas Fields
• Elliott Unveils 10% Stake In $8.2B Takeover Target Celesio
• EU Starts Antitrust Probe Of $1B Telefonica-Hutchison Deal
• Akzo Wins Chance To Topple UK's Ban On Metlac Merger
• Why High Stakes Legal Failures Happen
• NBK Capital Launches $300M Fund For MENA Investments
• Penn West Sheds $485M In Assets As Part Of $2B Purge
• Locke Lord, Andrews Kurth Steer NGL's $890M Gavilon Buy
• Siemens To Get $866M For Water Treatment Unit
• How 363 Sales Differ From Out-of-Court Sales
• Stec Directors Say Calif. Law Bars Suit Over $340M Merger
• FTC Closes Probe Into Google's $1B Waze Buy
• Exhilway Plans $1B In Indian Buys Through New PE Fund
• Cooper Tire Fights To Save $2.5B Apollo Tyre Merger
• Ecolab Hit With $15M Suit Over Chemical Co. Merger
• Bankrupt Hotel Operators Seek Approval On $166M Sale
• Green Gas Buys Landfill Fuel Plant From Lime Energy
• Brentwood's Allen Edmonds Buy Lulls Men's Wearhouse Buzz
• Big M Blames Bankruptcy On Insurer's Delay In Sandy Claim
• Deals Rumor Mill: NYSE Euronext, One Equity Partners, KKR
• Frontier Airlines Parent Pushes Back $145M Sale Deadline
• Kellner's PPF Drops $3.3B For Telefonica's Czech Unit
• Skadden Steers Endo's $1.6B Paladin Labs Buy
• Open Text Puts Up $1B For PE-Backed Cloud-Computing Firm
• Vivendi To Sell Maroc Telecom To Etisalat For $5.7B
• Golf Shop Chain Lands In Ch. 11, Aims For $45M Sale
• MoFo Launches In Berlin With Hogan Lovells Attorneys
• Mobile Marketer Aims To Sell Units To Blackstone In Ch. 11
• Interval Leisure, CLC Complete $89M European Resort JV Deal
• DOJ Pressing For Divestitures From American, US Airways
• Linn Energy Boosts Berry Petroleum Offer By $600M
• Chinese Tech Firm Buyers Trim Offer Over Weak Performance
• Warburg Pincus Sells Transpacific Stake In $534M Placement
• Veritas Capital Will Pay $381M For Electronic Parts Co.
• Yucaipa Makes $265M Bid For Morgans Hotel Group
• Chinese Solar Co. Pays $492M For Suntech Assets
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, Anadarko, Telefonica
• Tri Pointe To Merge With Weyerhaeuser Unit In $2.7B Deal
• Knight Still Open To Raising Spurned $242M USA Truck Bid
• Men's Wearhouse Again Stymies Rival's $2.3B Takeover Bid
• BlackBerry Scraps Sale Plans In Favor Of $1B Investment
• Holding Co.'s Creditors Rip Plan To Sell Dallas Bank
• Insurance Broker Hit With $20M Suit Over RE Co.'s D&O Policy
• How Dechert, Simpson Won The FTC's Blessing In $1B Deal
• Brown Rudnick Nabs Private Equity Atty From K&L Gates
• Arbitration For Dummies
• Chinese PE Firm Puts Down $75M For Kazakh Oil, Gas Assets
• Sherwin-Williams, Mexico Agency To Talk $2.3B Comex Buy
• Century Properties Joins $2B Universal Manila Bay Project
• TLO's Ch. 11 Plan Rests On Sale With $105M Stalking Horse
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Twitter, Blackstone
• RBS To Put $61B Assets Into 'Bad Bank,' Spin Off Citizens
• CCB Puts Up $716M For Majority Slice Of Brazilian Bank
• Starwood Spins Off Single-Family Residential Biz Into REIT
• $1.2B OfficeMax-Office Depot Merger Wins FTC Approval
• Ariad Opts For Poison Pill After Hedge Fund Buy-In