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Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2014

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• Covidien, Medtronic Settle Investor Suit Over $42.9B Merger
• First Reserve Acquires Oil Firm Ahead Of Pipeline Completion
• Deals Rumor Mill: Stryker, HeidelbergCement, BeijingWest
• Court OKs Medtronic Payments For Board's Inversion Taxes
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Investigating $321M Gorkana Deal
• Radian Inks $810M Sale Of Bond Insurance Biz To AGC
• Family Dollar Delays Vote On $8.5B Dollar Tree Deal
• Hogan, Skadden, Wachtell Guide $658M Colony Capital Merger
• Plaintiff Asks Fla. Judge To Deny Stiefel's Recusal Request
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Porter Hedges' Soliman
• Barnes & Noble Buys Back Pearson's Nook Stake In $28M Deal
• KKR, Veresen Form $860M Venture, Buy Gas Assets For $516M
• Australia's Telstra Grabs Pacnet From PE Backers For $697M
• 10 Tactical Omissions In A Commercial RE Buyer's Contract
• Cargill Drops Pursuit Of Dutch Animal Feed Co.
• New Docs Stall FCC Probe Of $45B Comcast-Time Warner Merger
• Idearc Trustee Says 5th Circ. Cut Off Its Right To A Jury
• 1 Firm Advised On $126.9B Of PE Deals In 2014
• Rosneft's Deal For Morgan Stanley Oil-Trading Unit Dies
• Pa. Court Upholds Post-Merger Asbestos Liability Cap
• Deals Rumor Mill: Occidental, Viettel, Madison Dearborn
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q4
• Oracle Spree Continues With Digital Marketing Biz Buy
• MoFo Picks Up Herbert Smith M&A Whiz For Tokyo Office
• FTC Approves $5.4B Eli Lilly-Novartis Deal With Divestiture
• What Private Equity Buyers Are Doing To Win
• Caesars Re-Merges With Subsidiary Ahead Of Bankruptcy
• The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2014: Second Half
• J&J Could Pay Out Up To $700M In Deal To Boost Cancer Biz
• Safeway, Albertsons Sell Stores To Win FTC Nod For $9B Deal
• American Apparel Confirms Takeover Bid Worth Up To $245M
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft Stettinius' Toshio Nakao
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• NY Court Gets It Right On Common Interest Privilege
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Judge Slaps Down HP's 3rd Try At Autonomy Settlement
• Bankrupt Aereo Gets Green Light To Stage Asset Auction
• Chancery Won't Block Family Dollar Vote On $8.5B Buyout
• K&L Gates Lands Deals Ace From LipoScience In NC
• EU Approves €385M IMS-Cegedim Deal Pending Fixes
• Starwood Drops $1.5B In Scandinavia's Largest 2014 RE Deal
• Ally Hotfoots Out Of TARP With US' $1.3B Stake Sale
• Dollar General Still Talking With FTC Over Family Dollar Bid
• Zillow, Trulia Shareholders OK $3.5B Merger
• Taxation With Representation: Wilson Sonsini, Shearman, DPW
• Cos. Looked To REIT Spinoffs To Unlock RE Value In 2014
• Enterprise Products VP Joins Norton Rose Fulbright
• Gaillon Raises Club Med Offer To $1.15B In Bidding War
• Plummeting Oil Prices Open Door For Distressed PE In 2015
• Del. Justices Nix Voting Ban On $2.9B C&J Energy-Nabors Deal
• The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2014: First Half
• GI Partners Snaps Up Health Care IT Co. From OMERS
• BASF, Gazprom Ditch Asset Swap Amid Sour EU-Russia Ties
• Xerox Unloads Outsourcing Biz In $1B Sale To Atos
• Thai Seafood Giant To Swallow Bumble Bee In $1.5B Deal
• The 5 Biggest Themes Dominating PE In 2014
• Australia's NSW To Raise $16.3B For Roads Via Power Lease
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Kellogg Ups Ante With $140M Bid For Egyptian Biscuit Co.
• Aer Lingus Rejects Intl. Airlines Group Takeover Bid
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Curtis's William Candelaria
• Merck Will Drop Up To $375M On Cancer Treatment Co.
• FaegreBD Reps Couche-Tard In $1.7B Convenience Store Deal
• Roberto Cavalli Inching Toward Long-Awaited PE Deal
• Italy's Gtech To Buy Back $920M Bond Ahead Of Merger
• Simpson Thacher Guides $2.9B Apax Orange Exit
• C&J Energy Asks Court To Ax Voting Ban In $2.9B Nabors Deal
• Trinity Health Adds 3 NE Hospitals To National Network
• Deb Stores Gets Nod For Bankruptcy Auction Plans
• Apollo Pays $572M For Stake In Leighton Services JV
• Allergan Investors Accuse Valeant, Pershing Of Takeover Plot
• Advent, Avista Drop $1.5B Drug Co. Buy Amid FDA Scrutiny
• Brazil's Cielo To Issue $1.28B To Fund JV With Bank
• PetSmart Details Financing Plan, Breakup Fee For $8.7B Sale
• Reps & Warranties Insurance Dominates 2014 PE Deal Talk
• Philips Puts Down $1.2B For Medical Device Manufacturer
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• Sheridan Rakes In $1.5B For US Oil, Gas Acquisitions
• Skadden Guides $3.6B Visteon Spin Off To PE Group
• Option Deals For Biotech: Ensuring They Are Enforceable
• Chancery Court Speaks To Underlying Reality of Influence
• Insurer Catlin Mulling $4B Offer From Deal-Hungry Rival XL
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• 3rd Circ. Upholds IRS Win In Fight Over Offshore Cos.
• Networks Slam Aereo's Plans To Shop Infringing IP
• L-3 To Offload Marine Systems Biz In $356M Deal
• Verisk Drops $650M EagleView Bid After FTC Monopoly Claim
• Goodwin Procter Reps Partners Group In $1.1B Dynacast Deal
• Kiewit-Turner, VA To Discuss Reviving $1B Hospital Project
• Scana Reaps $650M From Sales Of Gas, Telecom Units
• FTC Taps Antitrust Professor To Lead Policy Planning Office
• CVS To Buy Back $10B In Shares, Predicts Growth In 2015
• NJ High Court Won't Toss Fox Rothschild Malpractice Suit
• Key Changes To ISS And Glass Lewis Voting Guidelines
• Oil Price Drop Loomed Large Over Energy M&A In 2014
• Sabre Braces For Big Hit On LastMinute.com In $120M Sale
• Biotech Acquisition Co. Prices $40M IPO
• Deb Stores Faces Opposition To Bankruptcy Sale Plans
• Progressive Spends $875M To Boost Stake In Property Insurer
• Major BT Investor Encourages $20B EE Acquisition Play
• Repsol Inks Buzzed-About $13B Deal For Canada's Talisman
• Skadden Atty Testifies On Failed $21B J&J-Guidant Merger
• Proskauer Reps Accor In Bid To Make Asia Hotel 'Powerhouse'
• Bridge Bancorp And Community Merge To Form $3.2B Bank
• BT Confirms Exclusive Talks Aimed At $20B EE Acquisition
• EU Probing $5B Mondelez, DE Master Blenders Coffee Venture
• EU Puts Antitrust Fixes On BP Airport Fuel Deal
• Lackluster Take-Private Market Sees Late-Year Shine
• RE Rumor Mill: Jurys Inn, Heritage Equity, Warby Parker
• Technip Strikes Smaller Deal After $1.8B CGG Play Collapses
• Emerson Nabs $1.4B In Sale Of Power Biz To Regal Beloit
• Tour Co. Tuniu Nixes Public Offering For $148M Investment
• EU OKs Holcim-Lafarge Merger With Slew Of Divestitures
• PetSmart Marks Activist's 2nd Large-Cap Buyout Coup In 2014
• Gibson Dunn Nabs 2nd Kirkland Corporate Atty This Month
• Recall Rebuffs $1.8B Takeover Bid From Iron Mountain
• The 5 Biggest M&A Failures Of 2014
• Apache Corp To Get $3.7B For Two LNG Project Exits
• Bain Puts Up $648M For Irish Co.'s Concrete Biz
• Riverbed Agrees To $3.6B Buyout Amid Activist Pressure
• Activist Orange Compromises With Bellatrix After Sale Push
• FTC Centennial: How Health Care Antitrust Has Evolved
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• BC Partners Offers $8.7B For PetSmart In 2014's Biggest LBO
• NJ Judge To Mull Backup Revel Bid After Nixing $110M Deal
• TIAA, Korean Teachers Form $1B JV, Buy NYC Office Loan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Repsol, Bain Capital, ID Leisure
• Civitas Therapeutics Drops IPO Plan In Wake Of Acorda Deal
• Permira Nets $622.4M In Hugo Boss Stake Sale
• Tenet Blames Regulatory Hurdles In Nixed Conn. Hospitals Buy
• BAE Systems To Pay Esterline $28M For Texas Intelligence Biz
• Amid Push For Growth, Danone Says $3.7B Unit Isn't For Sale
• DOJ, NY AG Reach Deal With Tour Bus Cos. In Merger Fight
• Hearst Inks $2B Deal To Plump Up Fitch Group Stake
• Freeport CEO's $35M Stock Gift Is Bogus, Investor Claims
• Veyance Sheds Unit To Win OK For $1.8B Continental Deal
• EDF Deepens Brazil Biz With Stake In 400MW Hydro Project
• Taxation With Representation: Hughes Hubbard, Hogan, Ropes
• Eni Halts Saipem Sale Process Amid Oil Price Plunge
• House OKs $1.1T Spending Bill With IRS Cuts, Internet Tax Ban
• Greenberg Traurig Snags Winstead Corporate Pro In Texas
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telecom Italia, EPH, Shell
• Burger King Inversion May Lop $1.2B Whopper Off Taxes
• DOJ Demands Divestiture In $1.8B Continental, Veyance Deal
• Adobe To Pay $800M For PE-Backed Stock Photo Co.
• Whiff Of Deal Activity Slowdown In The Air For Late 2015
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• Cargill Says It Still Wants To Buy Dutch Feed Co. Nutreco
• Looking At Anti-Dilution Rights For Minority Stockholders
• Advisory Board Co. Pays $850M For Higher Ed Consulting Co.
• Starboard Buys Into Staples, Fueling Merger Chatter
• Swiss Bank ZKB To Pay $372M For Asset Manager Swisscanto
• Brazil OKs Holcim-Lafarge Merger With Fixes
• Ralls May Give Foreign Investors More Leverage With CFIUS
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals We're Following This Week
• Goodrich Mulls Eagle Ford Sale Amid Oil Price Drop
• Siemens' $3.6M Settlement With HearUSA Stockholders OK'd
• Inversions Heating Up Again After Crackdown Froze Deals
• Ropes & Gray Reps Belden In $710M Tripwire Buy
• Hot Cross-Border Deals Market Lures UK's Penningtons To SF
• Deals Rumor Mill: Danone Groupe, Vestas, Fosun International
• Maker Studios Beats Shareholder Suit Over $950M Disney Deal
• FERC OKs Duke Energy Unit's $1.2B NC Power Asset Buy
• Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Fights Cosan's $3B Railway Bid
• Deal Makers Knock Out Record US IPO Run In 2014
• Revel Wants $95M Backup Bid Revived After Winner's Pullout
• EMS Jumps On Bandwagon For Qatar's Canary Wharf Bid
• Plains All American Raises $1.2B To Back Pipeline Deal
• Publicis Launches €1.3B Bond Offering To Back Sapient Deal
• Bidder-Activist Collaboration Will Continue To Evolve
• Deals Rumor Mill: JCDecaux, Valeant, AAR Corp.
• Carlyle, Unison Shed Ceramics Co. In Deal With CoorsTek
• MD Sass CEO Wants Out Of Suit Over Eastman's Sterling Buy
• Market Rumors: Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Santander, Ardagh
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Questions Linger As Family Dollar Antitrust Review Wears On
• Bridgepoint Investors Take $250M Buyback Suit To 9th Circ.
• Mitsui Acquires Stake In Vale's $3.2B Moatize Mining Project
• Aided By Jones Day, Riverside Continues Dec. Deals Streak
• Airbus Cedes Stake In Finnish Defense Co. Patria
• Wachtell Says Icahn Malpractice Suit Is 'Duplicative'
• Activist Bears Down On Omnova Shakeup With 3 Board Picks
• Board Decision-Making Lessons From Chancery
• Bankrupt Biofuel Co. KiOR Gets Nod For Jan. Auction
• Indian Officials Conditionally Approve $3.2B Ranbaxy Sale
• King & Spalding Brings Energy Pro Back To Austin Office
• Deal Momentum To Stay Hot For PE Players In 2015, E&Y Says
• Walgreen Hit With Shareholder Suit Over Alliance Boots Buy
• Apax Lobs $600M Bid For Norwegian IT Co. Evry
• Rice Energy's MLP Fine-Tunes $500M IPO Plans
• Worldview Capital Sues Petroceltic, Calls For CEO's Ouster
• Deals Rumor Mill: KKR, RBS, Mizuho
• Stiefel Labs Pushes For Judge's Recusal In ERISA Suit
• Hanwha Solar Inks $1.2B Deal To Merge US, German Units
• Qatar Says PE Firm Supports $4B Bid For Canary Wharf Owner
• Global Cash Access Backs $1.2B Deal With Note Offering
• German Publisher Pays $548M To Lift Digital Classifieds Stake
• Infosys Founders Unload Stakes Worth $1B In Share Sale
• Merck Keeps Pharma M&A Flowing With $9.5B Cubist Pickup
• Risks And Opportunities Amid Falling Oil Prices
• Family Dollar Investors Seek To Hold Up $8.5B Buyout Vote
• Bonomi Prolongs Bidding War With New Club Med Offer
• Slaughter & May Reps Songbird On Rebuff Of $4B Buyout Bid
• Emmis Investors Take Dividend Fight To 7th Circ.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Merro, TDC, Alex & Ani
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Cravath, Latham
• M&A MVP: MoFo's Robert Townsend
• Weil Snags Corporate Partner From Freshfields' Paris Office
• AXA Sheds Finnish Retail For $131M To PE Venture
• Clothing Retailer Delia's To Liquidate After Deal Bid Fails
• Pulling Up Stakes: Haynes, Gibson Dunn, Weil
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• Balfour Rejects $1.6B Bid For PPP Assets From John Laing
• PE Firms Lob $731M Bid For Aussie Mining Products Co.
• IOI Properties Drops $808M To Buy Stake In Taipei 101
• Dow Sells Off 2 More Units Amid Big-Ticket Slimdown Push
• Impact Of The Revised 'Passive Business Rule' On SBICs
• Answers Corp. Investors Can't Revive Claims Over $127M Deal
• Aerospace Cos. ATK, Orbital Get DOJ OK For $5B Merger
• Death Of PGW Sale Won't Stop Philly Energy Hub, Experts Say
• Common Interest Privilege Doesn't Start With Pending Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Oi, Fortum, Arbor Pharmaceuticals
• Uber Valued At $40B After Latest Financing Round
• EU Worries $4.4B Orange-Jazztel Deal May Thwart Competition
• Barnes & Noble, Microsoft End Nook Media Partnership
• Qatar Fund, Brookfield Float $4B For Canary Wharf Owner
• M&A MVP: Simpson Thacher's Rob Spatt
• Chinese Regulators OK $43B Medtronic-Covidien Inversion
• BTG To Pay Up To $475M For Emphysema Treatment Maker
• Russian Billionaires Want Rival's $2B Contract Suit Nixed
• Constellium To Back $1.4B Wise Deal With $666M Debt Sale
• EQT Exits Paper Co. Munksjo Ahead Of Secondary Listing
• RCS Capital, ARCP Strike $60M Settlement Over Killed Deal
• Bain, Virgin Group Chart Course For Cruise Venture
• NextEra, Hawaii Utility Combine In $4.3B Deal
• Freshfields Reps CVC Bet On Sky Gaming Unit In $1.3B Deal
• Waiting For Investors, Brazilians Extend $681M Chiquita Bid
• A New Era Of Simplified M&A In Pennsylvania
• Dollar General Holds To $9B Family Dollar Bid As Vote Looms
• M&A MVP: Fried Frank's Philip Richter
• Deals Rumor Mill: Holcim, Vodafone, Guggenheim
• $127M Answers Corp. Deal Was Rushed, Del. Justices Hear
• H&R REIT Sells Industrial RE Portfolio Stakes For $643M
• $75M Whole Foods-Anchored Texas Project Secures Financing
• FTC Removes Premerger Hurdle In $680M Chiquita Buyout
• Inversion Legislation Could Raise $14B More Than Expected
• $10B Discrimination Suit Targets AT&T, DirecTV Merger
• Omnova Latest Target In Activist-Swarmed Chemical Industry
• CME Offers $675M For GFI To Match Competing Hostile Bid
• Kellogg Ups Bid To $132M In Fight For Egyptian Biscuit Co.
• Alico To Become Largest Citrus Grower In US With $363M Buys
• Japan Toy Co. Tomy Plunks Down $118M In Buybacks
• The Unique Risks Of Investing In Out-Of-Network Providers
• FCC Restarts Clock On Comcast, AT&T Merger Reviews
• Puda Coal Relief Delayed In Favor Of Bulk Settlement Talks
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Arizona Chemical, Brown Shoe, Pepe Jeans
• Gibson Dunn Nabs PE, M&A Partner From Kirkland In NY
• Reichhold Gets Nod For $106M DIP, January Auction
• Jones Day Reps Riverside In Second Exit In Two Days
• DOJ Requires Bazaarvoice To Appoint Antitrust Officer
• Sophisticated Deals Attys Aren't Immune To Hackers' Guile
• Citizens Financial Plans $1.5B Offering On Heels Of IPO
• Del. Justices Say RBC's Rural/Metro Appeal Was Too Early
• Autonomy Founder Rekindles War Of Words Over HP Deal
• National Oil Cos. Shake Up Global Deal-Making Scene
• $8.1B IndCor Sale Highlights Surge Of Blackstone RE Deals
• Dutch Carmaker Spyker Files For Bankruptcy
• Otsuka To Bolster Drug Pipeline With $3.5B Avanir Buy
• Weil Guides Centerbridge In $1.2B Acquisition Of IPC
• M&A MVP: Sullivan & Cromwell's Alison Ressler
• Strategic Hotels Plans $254M Stock Offering To Fund Growth
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• The Advantages Of Board Actions On A 'Clear Day'
• Medtronic Offers $17B In Bonds To Finance Covidien Deal
• Judge Jan Jurden Tapped To Lead Delaware Superior Court
• Lubrizol To Shell Out $825M For Weatherford Businesses
• Cypress To Buy Flash-Memory Maker Spansion For $1.6B
• Deals Rumor Mill: Scandinavian TG, Centerbridge, Fresenius
• Freshfields Guides $394M Sale Of Cinven Restaurant Assets
• Wall Street-Savvy Hackers Targeting M&A Attys, Report Says
• Fosun Raises Offer For Club Med To $1.12B In Bidding War
• PE-Backed Australian Billboard Co. Eyes $141M IPO
• Wachtell Reps Apollo In $1.3B Deal For Tech Consulting Co.
• Sunac China Mulls Pulling Out Of $812M Greentown Deal
• John Laing Fund Lobs $1.6B Bid For Balfour's PPP Portfolio
• Quinn Nabs Vinson & Elkins' Houston Managing Partner
• M&A MVP: Jones Day's Randi Lesnick
• TPG Cashes Out Of China Grand Auto After Failed IPO
• UK's Co-Op Bank Sells Distressed Property Biz For $248M
• Ares Inks $433M Deal For British Paint Co. Farrow & Ball
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• BGC Partners Pays $110M For Apartment Realty Advisors
• Bev Co. To Back $1.25B DSS Buy With Large Note Offering
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• '2ab' FERC Merger Analysis Easy As 1, 2, 3
• Greenberg Lambastes Pricey Sanctions Bid In $53M Rail Row
• French Antitrust Body OKs Numericable's Virgin Mobile Buy
• Altice Reaches $9.2B Deal For Portuguese Telecom Assets
• Leading UK Insurance Partner Joins Skadden In London
• Chinese Solar Co. Reaps $1.3B From Factory Sales
• Virgin Money Buys $570M BofA-Owned Credit Card Portfolio
• Dragon Dumps $800M Petroceltic Buy, Blames Oil Price Plunge
• German RE Giants' $5B Tie-Up To Spawn New Powerhouse