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Mergers & Acquisitions - November, 2014

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• The 100 Law Firms With The Most M&A Partners
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• UK's Eversheds Looking For US Merger Partner
• Investors Sue To Halt $35B Halliburton, Baker Hughes Deal
• Ackman Says Allergan Sale May Net $6B For Pershing Square
• Conoco Claims PDVSA Dodging Payout Via Secret Citgo Sale
• Medtronic Gets Conditional FTC Nod On $43B Inversion Deal
• Novartis Sheds Nicotine Patches To Clear Way For Glaxo Deal
• Dragon Tells 1st Circ. It Missed Facts In $580M Goldman Suit
• Ferrari Spinoff To Cut Fiat Chrysler Debt By $894M
• Wachtell Rips Counterclaim By Icahn's CVR In Legal Mal Row
• Reichhold Creditors Take Aim At $106M DIP, Sale Plans
• Olshan Guides Investor In $1.35B SF's Parkmerced Deal
• Novell Board Absolved In Bad-Faith Suit Over Attachmate Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Weil, Ropes & Gray
• Pfizer On Sidelines As AstraZeneca Offer Window Opens
• Pulling Up Stakes: Proskauer Rose, Kirkland & Ellis
• Abraaj Again Tops Kellogg Bid In Battle For Biscuit Maker
• Shire Backers Say AbbVie Execs Lied About Inversion Upside
• M&A MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Ethan Klingsberg
• In Rare Move, CFIUS Hands Over Cache Of Ralls Docs
• Carlyle Dips Into S. Africa With Tiger Automotive Buy
• EE Confirms It Is 2nd Big-Ticket Mobile Target For BT
• Self-Help Not The Preferred Way To Address Tax Conflicts
• Law360 Reveals 10 Largest M&A Practice Groups
• Chancery Judge Rejects Bid To Block Tibco Buyout Vote
• Deals Rumor Mill: BT Group, Bayer, Clarksons
• Graco Tells 8th Circ. Spray Foam Antitrust Suit Untimely
• Billions In Debt Issued As FCC Spectrum Bids Exceed $37B
• M&A MVP: Weil Gotshal's Keith Flaum
• Griffin Capital, Signature REITs To Merge Into $3B Company
• CorEnergy Funnels $125M Into Mo. Pipeline Co. Buy
• G4S Government Solutions Sells For $135M To PE Owner
• Morgan Lewis 'Bled' Philly Papers For Fees, Suit Says
• Remembering Doar: Justice As A 4-Letter Word
• PE Exits To Remain Strong Next Year, Report Says
• Steinhoff Puts Up $5.7B For PE-Backed Retailer Pepkor
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Tobey Daluz
• Visteon Confirms It's In Talks To Sell JV Stake To PE Firm
• Kirkland Reps Vista In $1.1B Deal For Health Software Co.
• Ordinary Course Of Business After An Extraordinary Event
• C&J Energy Investors' Vote On $3B Nabors Unit Merger Frozen
• Dr Pepper, Smucker, Altria Have Spinoff Potential: Report
• Hedge Fund Calls For Vote On Yanzhou's $2.3B Yancoal Deal
• Chinese PE Firm Grabs Stake In Aussie Miner Paladin
• Fosun Plans $286M Listing For Chinese Iron Ore JV
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore, Actavis, Stryker
• Lowenstein Nabs DOJ Antitrust Vet To Beef Up DC Office
• CVR, Icahn Fight Wachtell Bid To Upend Malpractice Row
• American Tower Drops $1B On Nigerian Cell Towers
• Aereo Plans To Shop Infringing Streaming IP In Ch. 11
• Apco Investor Sues Over Planned $427M Pluspetrol Merger
• M&A MVPs: Kirkland's William Sorabella & David Feirstein
• HealthSouth Nabs Hospice Co. In $750M Deal With Cressey
• Abraaj Tops Kellogg's Bid In Fight For Egyptian Biscuit Maker
• Willkie Guides RenaissanceRe In $1.9B Platinum Buy
• Thai Property Developer Drops $140M For Dean & DeLuca
• Friends Life Halts Share Buyback Amid $9B Deal Negotiation
• Weil Reps Advent In Deal To Gobble Up Noosa Yoghurt
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Sheri Jeffrey
• Britain's BT In Talks For $10B Mobile Provider O2
• Onex Puts Up $4.7B For Swiss Packaging Firm SIG Combibloc
• DOJ Is Moving Away From The Halliburton Opinion
• DC Circ. Bars Disclosure Of Contracts In Comcast, AT&T Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecom, Sysco Corp., UniCredit
• $590M LBO Settlement Filed In Error, Judge Says
• New ESG Considerations For Private Funds
• M&A MVP: Davis Polk's David Caplan
• Brazil's JBS Inks 2 More Deals In Quest To Beef Up Business
• Sealing The Deal: Chiquita Sale A Rare Win For Deal Jumpers
• UK Insurers Aviva And Friends Life May Merge In $8.8B Deal
• Kelso, Estancia Pick Up American Beacon From TPG, Pharos
• Israeli Pesticide Co. Delays $486M IPO Over Weak Markets
• Taxation With Representation: Baker Botts, Cleary, Latham
• Oiltanking-Enterprise $6B Deal Stiffs Unitholders, Suit Says
• Differentiate Your Litigation Practice With Data Security
• Epic LBO Collusion Case Settles For $590M
• Blackstone Drops $1.6B To Buy GE's Japan RE Business
• TerraForm Sells $350M In Stock To Back First Wind Buy
• Halliburton, Baker Hughes Prepared For Antitrust Scrutiny
• Kenneth Cole's $279M Going-Private Deal Survives NY Appeal
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• M&A MVP: Wachtell's Andy Brownstein
• US Leveraged Buyouts Are On The Decline
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fresenius, Springleaf, Bain Capital
• Kellogg Lobs $127M Takeover Bid For Egyptian Biscuit Maker
• Valeant Unveils $2B Buyback Plan After Failed Allergan Deal
• Solera Pays $452M For Montagu's UK Car Valuation Co.
• BBVA Raises $2.5B To Beef Up Stake In Turkish Bank Garanti
• Perrigo Plans $900M Offering To Raise Cash For Omega Buy
• ISIS Private Equity Ditches Terrorist-Linked Name
• J&J, Guidant Trade Barbs In Trial Over Failed $21B Merger
• TRW Shareholders OK $13.5B Takeover By German Rival ZF
• BGC Extends $675M Hostile Bid For Brokerage Servicer GFI
• Land Securities Makes £85M Stake Buy In London Offices
• Apache Sheds $1.4B In Assets After Activist Pushes Slimdown
• More Oil Field Tie-Up Chatter As Technip Bids $1.8B For CGG
• Wind River Case May Signal Change For Encryption Exports
• The Print Room: How To Spend Less And Get More
• Ex-Pfizer Workers Lose Benefits Bid In Suit Over Wyeth Deal
• Doctor Deal Not Anti-Competitive, St. Luke's Tells 9th Circ.
• Norton Rose Scoops Up Ex-Hunton Banking Partner In Dallas
• Activision Brass Reach $275M Deal To End Shareholder Action
• Regions Investors Again Win Class Cert. In Stock Inflation Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: PetSmart, E.On, Blackstone Group
• Fewer Chances, More Scrutiny To Slow PE Insurance Plays
• Allergan Deal Clouds Rightful Activist Role In Hostile M&A
• Altura Mining Will Spin Off Coal Assets In Singapore IPO
• Pricey Deal Auctions Squeeze Small PE Players
• Shareholder Doubt Kills $2.3B Samsung Companies Merger
• Cliffs Scraps Quebec Mine Expansion Plan In Favor Of Sale
• Willkie Steers Colony Financial In $1.6B Cobalt Capital Buy
• Dangers Lurk For Investors In Health Care Turnarounds
• M&A MVP: Davis Polk's Gar Bason
• Blackstone Plunks Down $647M On Orica Chemicals Biz
• Investor Suits Over $1.2B Multimedia Games Buyout Combined
• Royalty Pharma Pays $3.3B For Cystic Fibrosis Drug Royalties
• Family Dollar Delays Vote On $8.5B Tie-Up Amid FTC Probe
• The DOJ's Drastic Remedy For Gun-Jumping
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pabst, Saudi Electricity, KKR
• AstraZeneca Touts Drug Pipeline Amid Pfizer Bid Speculation
• Hot Topic Axed Worker For Reporting Fraud, Suit Claims
• Energy Transfer Ups Bakken Pipeline Stake In $3.75B Swap
• 2014 M&A Clears $3T Mark After Allergan, Halliburton Deals
• Halliburton-Baker Deal Faces Hard Road To Antitrust Approval
• Forest City Buys Skanska Out Of Embattled Brooklyn Project
• Informa Drops $375M For Hanley Wood Trade Show Portfolio
• McDermott Tries To Cut Scrapbooker's Malpractice Suit
• No-Show Puda Coal Found Liable In Investors' Bogus-IPO Suit
• Sidley Austin Adds 2 Ex-Andrews Kurth Attys In Houston
• Medtronic Confirms $42.9B Covidien Inversion On Track
• Zoetis Launches $500M Share Buyback As Activists Circle
• ATK, Orbital Delay Votes On $5B Merger After Rocket Failure
• Actavis Reveals Allergan Breakup Fee, Board Picks
• Dewey Partner Clawback Ruling May Hurt New York Law Firms
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Ronald Kirk
• Novation — At The Crossroads Of M&A And Gov't Contracts
• Orrick Advises SunEdison, Unit In $2.4B Wind Power Buy
• Lifespan Wins $30M Insurance Coverage For Hospital Breakup
• Halliburton-Baker Deal First Ripple In Oil Field M&A Wave
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Onex, Bain Capital, Sequential Brands
• Sandell Presses TransCanada To Spin Off Energy Biz
• Jones Day Steers Riverside In Deal For 3-D Printing Co.
• Market Rumors: BSkyB, Deutsche Bank, Keppel
• 5 Must-Know Facts About Allergan's $66B Actavis Tie-Up
• Perkins Coie Adds Ex-K&L Gates Tech Pro To Dallas Office
• Ropes & Gray Nabs Ex-Linklaters Corporate Atty In S. Korea
• B/E Aerospace Plans $1.2B Offering To Fund KLX Spinoff
• High Court Nixes Musicland Investor's Appeal Of $32M Penalty
• Pfizer, Merck Reach $2.9B Deal To Develop Cancer Drug
• Halliburton To Pay $34.6B For Oilfield Rival Baker Hughes
• Abbott Unloads Animal Health Biz In $255M Zoetis Deal
• Mitel Hangs Up $574M Offer To Acquire Rival ShoreTel
• DOJ Suggests FCPA Successor Liability For Stock Purchases
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Veyance's April Miller Boise
• When Do Tribal Leaders Create FCPA Liability?
• Allergan Finds White Knight In $66B Actavis Takeover
• AriZona Tea Must Pay $125M As Part Of Co-Founder Buyout
• Layoffs, Liquidation May Follow Bingham, Morgan Lewis Deal
• Valeant Disclosures Approved In Allergan Inside Trading Row
• OW Bunker's US Units To Explore Bankruptcy Auction
• Pharma Exec Can't Duck SEC's Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Ikea Unit Nabs Majority Stake In Nordic Modular Group
• Vista Launches $950M Bond Offering For $4.2B Tibco LBO
• Pa. PUC Slams Philly Council Inaction On $1.86B Utility Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hostess, Azadea, Pfizer
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Cravath, Cadwalader
• Pinnacle Pays $155M For PE-Backed Plant Protein Co.
• Investors Seek Final OK For $590M PE Collusion Settlement
• Morgan Lewis Partners Approve Bingham Deal
• QR Energy Settles Suit Aiming To Block $3B Merger
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Weil's Laura Wilkinson
• Hogan Lovells Hires Finance Partner To Grow Mexico Office
• Nearing 30, Is Revlon Showing Its Age?
• Liberty Medical Wins Approval For $68.5M Bankruptcy Sale
• PGW Could Help Make Philly An Energy Hub, Council Told
• Cox Automotive Buys Calif. Software Co. Xtime For $325M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Halliburton, Albertsons, Hasbro
• Wells Fargo To Sell Navient $8.5B In Federal Student Loans
• DP World Inks $2.6B EZW Purchase, Eyes LSE Delisting
• 9th Circ. Must Apply Dynamic Analysis To St. Luke's
• 5 Reasons Israeli Cos. Are Flirting With US Markets
• PE-Backed Blackboard Chalks Up Deal For ParentLink
• Allergan Slams Proposed Disclosures In Insider Trading Suit
• PrairieSky Pays $615M For Range Royalty After Encana Spinoff
• Rolls-Royce Plans $1.6B Share Buyback After Siemens Deal
• Tactical Wins Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation After 2 Asset Sales
• Darden Will Scrap Poison Pill 6 Months Ahead Of Schedule
• Tech Deal Market To Stay Hot Into 2015, Survey Finds
• Derivative Suit Faults Allergan Board For Rejecting Valeant Bid
• Berkshire To Buy Duracell With $4.7B In Owner's Equity
• Goldman Slays Dragon's $580M Failed-Buyout Suit Again
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Bankrupt Dendreon Eyes Possible Auction In February
• ShoreTel Again Rebuffs Mitel's 'Inadequate' Takeover Bid
• Chinese Hotelier To Buy Starwood-Owned Group Du Louvre
• Medtronic Offers EU Concessions On $43B Covidien Bid
• V&E Reps Alon Energy In $438M Refinery Sale To Subsidiary
• Deals Rumor Mill: Clear Channel, Etihad, Pershing Square
• Banks Find No Relief In New Leveraged Lending Guidance
• Dow Chem's New Initiatives Aim To Reward Investors, Trim Fat
• Cadwalader Pilots Pasha Group In $141M Horizon Lines Deal
• Ardian To Ride Co-Investment Game Plan Amid Success
• Don't Read Too Much Into AbbVie Case, FTC's Feinstein Says
• Citic, KKR Make $930M Bid For Singapore Water Treatment Co.
• Bankrupt Natrol Gets Nod For $132.5M Sale To Aurobindo
• Allergan Amends Bylaws Ahead Of Potential Proxy Fight
• BB&T Pushes North With $2.5B Acquisition Of Pa.-Based Bank
• Del. High Court Vets Timing Of RBC's Rural/Metro Appeal
• Aurobindo Blows Away Natrol Stalking Horse With $132M Bid
• IRS Final Rules Clarify Basis Allocation In All-Cash Reorgs
• Digital Media Firm Vizrt Valued At $374M In PE Buyout Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Solvay, Time Warner, Too Faced Cosmetics
• Investor Slams 'Cumbersome' PE Collusion Settlement
• Biofuel Co. KiOR Hits Ch. 11 With $16M Debt-For-Equity Swap
• 4 Things Pushing Foreign Investors Deeper Into China
• Chinese Miner Yanzhou Pitches $2.3B Deal For Aussie Unit
• Navigating Inbound Chinese Investment Through The CFIUS
• Mitel Ups ShoreTel Bid To $574M To Advance Discussions
• Oilfield Service Cos. Hold Breath As IRS Mulls MLPs
• Philly Mayoral Candidate Calls For Transparency On PGW
• Cancer Drug Maker Dendreon Hits Ch. 11 Hoping To Sell
• Israel's Adama Aims To Raise Nearly $500M In New York IPO
• SHV Lifts Nutreco Bid To €3B To Fend Off Rival Cargill
• California Derivative Plaintiffs Can't Dodge Delaware Law
• Sullivan & Cromwell Reps AT&T In $2.5B Deal For Iusacell
• Megadeals Lift M&A To New Highs In 2014, Report Says
• Del. Justice Ridgely Latest To Retire From Supreme Court
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Vinson, Cooley
• Allergan Shareholder Claims Not Ripe, Chancery Rules
• Official Says St. Luke's Case Backs FTC's ACA Position
• Flakeboard, SierraPine Settle Antitrust Claims For $5M
• Regulators Slam Banks On Weak Leveraged Lending Practices
• Airbus, Safran Agree To Antitrust Concessions In EU
• Deals Rumor Mill: One Equity Partners, PetSmart, Kutxabank
• Bain Collects $400M As It Sells Down Hero MotoCorp Stake
• IRS Finalizes Regs On E&P Carryover In Tax-Free Transfers
• Principal Pays $335M To Pick Up AXA's Hong Kong Pension Biz
• Enel Unloads Hydropower Stakes For $500M To Reduce Debt
• Pa. High Court Won't Eye McNees Wallace Malpractice Win
• Buyers Gaining More MAC Leverage In M&A Deals
• Weil Reps Advent, Avista In $1.5B Spinout Of UCB Pharma Co.
• Walgreen Launches $8B Offering To Fund Alliance Boots Buy
• Pulling Up Stakes: Dentons, Herbert Smith Freehills, Raines
• EU Court OKs Spanish Foreign Acquisition Tax Breaks
• Ackman Says Valeant Can Pay Max Bid For Allergan
• Allergan Decision May Chill Bidder-Activist Partnerships
• Sears Considers Forming REIT In Quest For Liquidity
• NY Court Puts The Brakes On Overreaching Creditors
• DOJ Section Chiefs' 4 Tips For Handling Merger Probes
• Chinese-Owned Co. Set To Fight US Bar To Wind-Farm Deal
• CWC Grabs Malone-Backed Telecom Rival In $1.85B Deal
• AIB Hit With Chancery Suit Over Bulgarian Bank Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Citgo, Continental, GTCR
• Brookfield Buys €1.3B Stake In French Telecom Co. TDF
• Comcast Drops Bid To Block Sports Network's Ch. 11 Plan
• Leucadia To Pay $70M To End Jefferies Investor Suits
• Carlyle Nabs $290M In Booz Allen Stake Sale
• GIC Drops $800M For New Zealand Mall Portfolio Stake
• Monte Dei Paschi To Sell $3B In Shares, Consider Merger
• UK's Dairy Crest Dumps Milk Biz In $99M Deal With Muller
• EU Antitrust Regulator Fears Pipeline Sale Could Harm Greece
• Allergan Confirms Deal Talks With Potential New Suitor
• Chinese Co. Offers $780M For Singapore Microchip Packager
• A Lack Of Insight Into IRS Economic Substance Doctrine
• Babcock Spins Off Generation Biz Amid Activist Pressure
• UK Restaurant Chain Prezzo OKs TPG $485M Takeover Bid
• TPG-Led Group Closes Scrutinized $1B Buy Of RE Firm DTZ
• Why Big-Ticket Deal Failures Don't Spell Trouble For M&A
• RE Rumor Mill: KSL, BlackRock, Carnegie House
• Plains All American Pays Occidental $1.1B For Pipeline Stake
• Siemens Abandons Spinoff IPO For $2.7B Private Sale To EQT
• Drinker Biddle Guides Bev Co.'s $1.3B Dip Into Coffee Market
• Perrigo Pays €3B For Bigger Slice Of Buzzing OTC Drug Space
• AstraZeneca CEO Says Inversion Rules Undercut Pfizer Bid
• Don't Undervalue Environmental Due Diligence
• 5 Ways To Uncover Bias During Jury Selection
• Comcast Can't Take $100M Ch. 11 Claim To 5th Circ.
• 2nd Circ. Probes Reach Of Bankruptcy Safe Harbors
• Kinder Morgan Investors Lose Bid To Stall $70B Consolidation
• Italy's Enel To Float $4.2B Stake In Spanish Utility Endesa
• Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Leonard Green, Vodafone
• Pioneer, Reliance Look To Shed Texas Midstream JV
• Software Firms Kill Deal Amid DOJ Antitrust Concerns
• Jay-Z Acquires Luxury Armand De Brignac Champagne Brand
• How Senate Without Filibuster-Proof Majority Avoids Gridlock
• France Approves GE's $17B Bid For Alstom's Power Assets
• St. Luke's Sues Insurer Over Coverage For FTC Antitrust Suit
• In Allergan Insider Trade Ruling, Questions Upstage Answers
• NRG Yield Pays $480M For Parent's Gas Plants, Wind Farms
• FTC Asked To Review Alliance's $2.3B Conversant Purchase
• Fed Finalizes Rule Limiting Big Bank Mergers
• IRS Says Details Key To Private Letter Rulings On Deals
• Attorneys Seek CLO Workaround To New Risk Retention Rule
• Raytheon Pays $420M For Surveillance, Cybersecurity Co.
• A Win For Large Stockholders — And Their 'Side Benefits'
• Scientific Games To Offer $2.9B Debt To Help Fund Bally Buy
• Carlyle-Led Investor Group Pays $700M For Dealogic
• Wachtell Advises Sterling In $539M Hudson Valley Merger
• Record $2.4B BofA Settlement Wins 2nd Circ.'s Blessing
• Motorola To Repurchase $750M In Shares From ValueAct
• Republican Senate Will Put Inversions On Back Burner
• Merger Bill May Gain Traction Under Republican Congress
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Katten Lures White & Case Corporate M&A Pro In New York
• Willkie Farr & Gallagher Opens New Office in Houston
• Deals Rumor Mill: PSP Investments, Americana Group, Eni SpA
• 5th Circ. Nixes Review Of Nuance Arbitration Award Remand
• $200M Attys' Fee Bid Draws Objection In LBO Collusion Case
• K&L Gates Nabs Del. Corporate Law Expert For New Office
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $186M Yukos Capital Award In Oil Loan Row
• Royal DSM To Unload 3 Biz Units Amid Investor Pressure
• ICV Partners Presents $84M Offer For Bankrupt Natrol
• GFI Board Rejects $675M Hostile Bid In Favor Of CME Deal
• Qatar's Barwa Takes $682M Stake In Golf Complex Lusail
• Ackman Can Vote Allergan Shares Amid Insider Trading Flap
• NorthWestern Plans $400M Stock Offering To Fund Hydro Buy
• OneBeacon Says Reinsurer Is Withholding $2M In AIG Feud
• Spirit Pub OKs $1.2B Takeover By Rival Greene King
• What Transactional Lawyers Can Learn From Novelists
• Hot Topic Investors Win Class Cert. In $600M Acquisition Row
• AngloGold Eyes More Mine Sales To Cut Debt
• Deals Rumor Mill: Holcim, United Biscuits, Occidental
• Energy Future Gets Nod To Auction Oncor Stake
• Stockholders Need More Than A Number To Be 'Controlling'
• $700M Deal Axed After American Realty REIT Accounting Flap
• Finnish Govt Shells Out $638M To Control Gas Utility
• REIT HCP Loans $630M For UK Health Care RE Acquisition
• Diageo Trades Bushmills For A Full Shot Of Don Julio
• DOJ Sues To Block $375M Movie Theater Advertising Merger
• Star Dynamics Booted From Ch. 11 As Judge Blocks $5M Sale
• Allergan Says New Suitor Approached It About A Deal
• Altice Lobs $8.8B Offer For Portuguese Telecom Assets
• RE Rumor Mill: Samsung, Massey Knakal, Rockrose
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Catherine Dargan
• LabCorp Acquires Covance In $6.1B In Cash-Stock Deal
• Skadden Competition Pro Is Latest To Decamp To Kirkland
• Scrutinized Sysco-US Foods Deal Likely Won't Close In 2014
• Norwegian Cruise Line Launches Private $680M Debt Offer
• Waldorf Astoria Deal Is Likely Headed For CFIUS Review
• Publicis Springs Back After Failed Deal With $3.7B Pickup
• Comcast Loses Bid To Stay Houston Network's Ch. 11 Plan