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Mergers & Acquisitions - May, 2015

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• Dollar Tree to Sell 330 Stores To Private Equity Firm
• Ex-Cable CEO Can't Shed $14M Tax Debt, US Tells High Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Humana, TCV, Intel
• $1.5B Aer Lingus Takeover Gains Momentum With Ireland's OK
• 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
• FTC Sues To Block $1.9B Steris-Synergy Merger
• Texas Justices Open Door To Close-Held Corp. Derivative Suits
• Heartland Continues Expansion With $95M Premier Valley Buy
• Equinix Offers $3.6B For Telecity, Smashing Interxion Deal
• Sidley Austin Snags Top Entertainment Lawyer From Stroock
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, MoFo, Latham
• FTC Commish Calls For War On Hospital Construction Laws
• Why Bylaw Solutions To Meritless Merger Suits Are Problematic
• Capmark To Pay $410M For Senior-Targeted Catalog Retailer
• DC Judge Questions FTC Case In Sysco-US Foods Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, Macquarie, VTB Bank
• Expedia To Sell $710M In Bonds To Fund Orbitz Acquisition
• Bankrupt Saladworks Gets Nod For $17M Sale To PE Firm
• Singapore Wealth Fund Invests More Than $1B In Rede D'Or
• Frederick's Of Hollywood Likely To Sell IP To ABG For $22.5M
• Calif. Software Co. Beats Atty's Suit Over $175M Stake
• Defense Contractor L-3 Pays $220M For UK's CTC Aviation
• Ironshore Formally Nixes IPO Plans For $1.8B Fosun Deal
• NXP Sheds Unit To Chinese Asset Firm In $1.8B Deal
• Sunac Kills $1.2B Plan To Take Over Kaisa
• Apollo Pays $300M For Stake In Infrastructure Firm CH2M
• PE Firm Cinven To Buy France's Labco In $1.3B Deal
• Fracking 2.0: The Rise Of American Shale Refracking
• Tools To Fight Securities Suits In Cross-Border M&A
• Latham Guides Chipmaker Avago To $37B Broadcom Deal
• Day Pitney Guides $207M Purchase of CNLBancshares
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Thompson Coburn Snags Ex-Arent Fox Automotive Pro For LA
• Investors' $8M Five Mile Merger Settlement Gets Go-Ahead
• Worst-Case Scenario: How Mergers Go Wrong In China
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flipboard, Warburg Pincus, Go Scale Capital
• AbbVie Buys Back $5B Stock As Pharmacyclics Deal Sealed
• AT&T, DirecTV Tout Benefits Of $48B Merger To FCC
• Charter Nabs $31B In Debt Commitments For TWC Deal
• SIFMA Asks Del. Justices To Nix $76M RBC Liability Over Deal
• 6 People Every IPO Deal Team Needs
• Kraft Investor Suits Over $45B Heinz Merger Get Consolidated
• Hogan Lovells Expands IP Practice With Ex-Bracewell Atty
• NorthStar Pays $875M For Independent Living Portfolio
• Lane Powell Nabs Corporate, Telecom, Enviro Pro In Seattle
• Nomura Trio To Come Together In $7.3B REIT
• A New Approach To Contract Due Diligence In M&A
• Faegre Baker Advises Hormel In $775M Organic Meats Deal
• KKR Gets Nod For $39M Deal Ending Primedia Sale Row
• 5 Reasons Charter Won't Face Comcast's Fate In TWC Buy
• Fried Frank, Steptoe Guide SFX's $307M Go-Private Deal
• Independence Drops $1.4B On Rival Australian Miner
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, LVMH, CTBC Financial Holding
• Merck Offers EU Antitrust Fixes On $17B Sigma-Aldrich Buy
• FTC OKs $27B Reynolds-Lorillard Merger With Divestitures
• Fluor Urges Calif. Justices To Rethink Henkel Insurance Ruling
• Wachtell Blasts CVR's 'Illogical' Bid To Save Malpractice Suit
• ING Cuts Insurance Co. Stake With $1.3B Offering
• EMC Drops $1.2B On Virtustream To Expand Cloud Presence
• Kirkland, Wachtell Advise Hot Topic's $122M Geeknet Deal
• 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
• Charter Reaches $55B Deal For Time Warner Cable
• Suntory Strikes $1.2B Deal For Japan Tobacco's Drinks Arm
• Mylan Says Kirkland 'Thumbs Its Nose' At Client Loyalty
• Altice Deal Broadcasts Big Changes In Telecom Sector
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reynolds American, Time Warner, Uber
• Expedia Sells Loss-Making ELong For $671M To Ctrip Group
• Mandarin Oriental, Olayan JV Pay $143M For Hotel Ritz Madrid
• NRD Partners Takes Frisch's Restaurants Private for $175M
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Ropes & Gray
• Paul Hastings Reps Vanguard Natural Resources In $474M Buy
• BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Seyfarth Shaw Global Transaction Pro
• Fried Frank Nabs London Finance Ace From Hogan Lovells
• Deadlocked? How To Exit A Joint Venture The Right Way
• 6 Firms Guide $382M Fish Co. Deal
• Israeli Defense Co. Drops $118M On Cyberintelligence Unit
• Bain Capital, Japan Industrial To Sell 46M Skylark Shares
• Kirkland Says Work For Mylan Units Can't Trigger Conflict
• 4 Ways To Reduce Risk In Cross-Border M&A Deals
• Bankrupt Karmaloop Sold To Lenders After No Suitors Emerge
• HP Nets $2.3B In Sale Of Chinese Data Storage Assets Stake
• Dubai National Oil Co. Eyes $2.5B Buyout Of Dragon Oil
• Activision Gets Green Light For $275M Shareholder Settlement
• A Route To Directors' Early Exit From Merger Litigation
• Del. High Court Reinforces Director Liability Shield
• Michelman & Robinson Hires Tax Pro To Build New Practice
• Consolidations Show Energy MLP Growth Isn't Forever
• Pacific Rubiales OKs Alfa, Harbour $1.4B Takeover Bid
• Just Eat Plans $698M Offering To Fund Menulog Purchase
• Monsanto Vows To Divest In Pursuit Of Syngenta Merger
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides CVS In $12.7B Deal For Omnicare
• Zale Board Says Suit Over $690M Signet Merger Falls Short
• Deals Rumor Mill: United Technologies, Genesys, GE
• Akerman Lures Health Care Vet From Proskauer Rose
• A Primer On The War Between American Apparel And Charney
• RadioShack Judge Won't Reopen Auction, OKs $26M IP Sale
• Continental AG Pays $678M For Elektrobit Automotive Biz
• Frontier Seeks $2.8M Prejudgment In Amedisys Contract Row
• After Snub, Z Capital Pushes For Affinity Gaming Sale
• Debt, Equity Markets Heat Up As Pharma M&A Soars
• GP Investments' Blank Check Co. Draws $150M In IPO
• REITs Gaining Upper Hand In JVs With Pension Funds
• Yahoo Says Alibaba Spinoff Still On Despite IRS Comments
• Altice Enters US Cable Market With $9.1B Suddenlink Deal
• 2015 Law360 Minority Report
• Doral Seeks Approval For $17M Sale Of Insurance Arm
• The 50 Best Firms For Minority Partners
• Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Minority Attorneys
• NY Judge OK's $4M Deal To Fuel Culligan Investor Suit
• Regions Agrees To Pay $90M To End Stock Inflation Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Flipkart, Metro AG, Hewlett-Packard
• REIT Ashford Trust Buys 9-Hotel Portfolio For $224M
• Shire Investors Say AbbVie Can't Ax Suit Over Failed Inversion
• Despite Phony Avon Bid, SEC May Resist Edgar Makeover
• Sidley Austin Nabs White & Case Deals Pro In Singapore
• NiSource Pipeline Unit Readies $2.75B Private Offering
• Safran To Sell Ingenico Stake In $406M Deal
• Shell Explores €464M Sale Of French LPG Business To DCC
• Hogan Lovells Nabs Ex-DLA Piper Corporate, Securities Pro
• How Cybercriminals Are Targeting Corporate Transactions
• Jackson Lewis Nabs Ex-McCarter Employment Pro
• Weil Leads Brookfield Unit In GrafTech Tender Offer
• Golden County Foods Hits Ch. 11 With Plans For $22M Sale
• RadioShack IP Suitor Wants Auction Resumed
• Chevron Presses Dune Energy Over Oil Field Liabilities
• Deals Rumor Mill: Axis Capital, Bwin.Party, Uber
• Heartland Bank Scoops Up First Scottsdale Bank For $18M
• JG Wentworth Ducks $15M Antitrust Suit Over PeachTree Buy
• Kirkland & Ellis Advises Game Co. On $673M Buyout Offer
• Swedish Pension Co. Nabs $485M Stake In Office Portfolio
• Hitachi Says Adviser Owed No Fee For $1.3B Foundry Buy
• China's Greenland To Pay $194M For 30% Stake In Auto Dealer
• Permira Snatches Up German Debt Collector GFKL
• Lane Bryant Owner Pays $2.2B For Ann Taylor Parent Co.
• Why El Paso Will Have Very Limited Applicability
• Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
• Skadden Guides Endo In $8B Deal For Generics Co. Par Pharma
• Latham Reps NFLer Agency In $16M Sale Of 33% Stake
• Fried Frank Guides Brait's $1.2B Deal For Women's Clothier
• No-Show Ex-MySpace Owner Loses Google, News Corp. Suit
• FTC Chair Defends Watchdog's Merger Challenge Process
• Important Lessons From Delaware For Structuring Earnouts
• Pepper Hamilton Adds Ex-Norton Rose Fulbright M&A Pro
• 3 Takeaways From DuPont's Proxy Battle Victory Over Trian
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sunac China, Penske, Banco BBM
• Blackstone Bets On Hedge Fund Magnetar Capital
• Circassia Plunks Down $376M For 2 Asthma Treatment Cos.
• Autonomy CFO Will Get His Say In HP Investors' Suit
• Md. Gives Green Light To $6.8B Exelon-Pepco Merger
• Delaware's Bold Plan To Become The World's Arbitration Hub
• Proxy Advisers Split On MGM's Fight With Activist Investor
• Taxation With Representation: Weil, Cravath, Cleary Gottlieb
• China To Consolidate Rare Earth Industry Through Mergers
• Franchisee DRH Forks Over $54M For 18 Buffalo Wild Wings
• Cofco Sets Up Joint Venture In Step Toward Eventual IPO
• Del. High Court Opens Exit Door For Directors In Buyout Suits
• Soleus Wins $42.5M Jury Award Over Ruined Joint Venture
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• CORRECTED: Buyer Settles Contract Suit Over Texas Hospital Deal
• Cypress Lobs $627.3M Rival Takeover Bid For Chipmaker
• Sidley Taps Ex-Simpson Thacher M&A Pro For 2nd LA Office
• FTC Blasts US Foods, Sysco Deal $1B Savings Estimate
• Crown Castle Sells Aussie Unit For $1.6B After Sunesys Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Avon, Advent, Standard Chartered
• UK Retailer Poundworld Gets $236M For Majority Stake
• Merged AT&T, DirecTV Would Be Too Powerful, FCC Told
• Spectrum Brands Holdings To Issue $1B In Bonds
• Alston & Bird Guides Sabre's $411M Abacus Stake Buy
• Lessons On Dueling 'Exclusive Remedy' Clauses In M&A
• Court-Appointed Experts — A Powerful But Rarely Used Tool
• Dish, Cogent Urge FCC To Cap AT&T's Power Over Web Video
• REIT Monogram Buys Stakes From JV Partner For $225M
• Arnold & Porter, McCarter Get Some Fees In CEO Firing Suit
• Sysco, US Foods Take FTC Expert To Task In Merger Row
• Standard General Unit Wins RadioShack IP With $26M Bid
• Firms Must Brace For Tornado Of Telecom Consolidation
• PE-Backed Acromas Unloads $376M More Shares In UK's Saga
• Bankruptcy Judge Greenlights SIGA Insider Trading Probe
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cablevision, General Electric, Simplex
• EU OKs $1.2B Rail Merger, After Antitrust Fixes
• Hipcricket Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Plan That Hands Biz To ESW
• When Hindsight Is Not 20/20 In Purchase Price Disputes
• Boston Scientific Finances Endo Deal With $1.85B Debt Sale
• Dupont Wins High-Profile Proxy Fight With Activist Investor
• Williams Absorbs MLP In $13.8B Consolidation
• Simpson Guides Owens In $2.2B Deal For Mexican Bottle Co.
• Alibaba Moves Into Middle Eastern Cloud Computing With JV
• Shearman & Sterling Advises Pall In $13.8B Sale To Danaher
• Advent Commits To Buy Dutch Conveyor Belt Co.
• Del. Senate Greenlights Ban On Fee-Shifting
• Kirkland's Past With Mylan Rivals May Boost Conflict Defense
• RadioShack Sees $17.3M Bid For IP, Customer Data
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Sysco, US Foods Say Merger Won't Limit Customers' Options
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Koninklijke, Pall Corp.
• Baxter Expands Cancer Therapies With $900M Oncaspar Buy
• Vivendi Puts Up $556M For Rest Of French Cable Channel Co.
• Exor Pitches Sweetened $6.8B PartnersRe Takeover Bid
• SkyTeam's Transatlantic Deal Gets EU Antitrust Approval
• Oil, Gas Driller WBH Gets Nod For $25M Ch. 11 Bid
• Associated Investor Sues To Block 'Flawed' $2.5B Sale
• NBA Says Sterling Is Ducking Blame With $600M Contract Suit
• Kirkland Guides MEDNAX In $500M Telemedicine Co. Buy
• Spectrum Brands To Launch $500M Offering
• HSBC Affiliate To Sell Second, $2.7B Stake In Chinese Bank
• Doughty Hanson Selling Eurofiber Stake In $981M Deal
• CTBC To Buy Taiwan Life Insurance For $1B In Stock Swap
• Fosun To Sell $1.2B In Shares For Insurance Acquisitions
• Dealmakers Q&A: Sullivan & Cromwell's Michael Torkin
• Weil Guides Verizon In $4.4B All-Cash Deal For AOL
• Tag-Along And Drag-Along Rights: A Valuation Analyst's View
• M&A, Securities Pro Rejoins Baker & McKenzie As Partner
• DLA Piper, Others Must Face Suit Over Facebook Ceglia Scam
• US Foods May Torch $3.5B Sysco Merger If FTC Pauses Deal
• Dell Wants To Probe T. Rowe Price's Vote In $25B Buyout
• Hedge Fund Sets Major Precedent With Tempur Sealy Victory
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, General Electric, Uber
• Law Trio Drops In On $279M Property Trust Merger
• Icahn-Led CVR Says Wachtell Can't Ax Fed. Malpractice Suit
• Pitney Bowes Unloads Marketing Unit In $310M Deal
• Fiskars Drops $437M On PE-Backed Luxury Home Goods Co.
• Software Co. Epicor Plans Spinoff, $2.1B Debt Offering
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: DTZ, Saudi Arabian REITS, Skyview
• PE-Backed DTZ To Buy Cushman & Wakefield For $2B
• Sullivan & Cromwell Guides $570M Deal For Staffing Agency
• Noble Energy Makes Texas Splash With $2.1B Rosetta Buy
• Shareholders Secure Huge Victory In Battle With Tempur Sealy
• Future Competition Poses Present Risk To Deals
• Bankrupt Siga Blasts Creditors' Investigation Bid
• FTC Witness Paints Sysco, US Foods As Main Competitors
• Skadden Guides Blank Check Co. Easterly On $150M IPO
• Fee-Shifting Bill Once Again Causes Divide In Delaware
• Oil, Gas Investors Sharpening Activist Knives
• Apple, AT&T Say RadioShack Can't Sell Customer Data
• Deals Rumor Mill: Visa, Uber Technologies, Exor SpA
• Pulling Up Stakes: K&L Gates, Montgomery, Nelson Mullins
• King & Spalding Guides $589M Deal For Turkish Food Giant
• Taxation With Representation: Paul Hastings, Cravath, Hogan
• Linklaters London Antitrust Head Decamps To Kirkland
• DLA Piper Launches M&A, Corporate Finance Consulting Arm
• Priceline Snaps Up Hotel-Data Firm PriceMatch
• Syngenta Spurns Monsanto's $45B Takeover Bid
• Fla. Radio Deal Broke Ownership Limits, DC Circ. Told
• Online Food Co. Just Eat Forks Over $677M For Menulog
• DC Circ. Shoots Down FCC Merger-Review Disclosure Order
• Hutchinson Lines Up Investors To Fund $16B O2 Buy
• PanAust Board Backs Chinese Co.'s $950M Takeover Bid
• Will New China Free Trade Zones Attract Foreign Investors?
• Weight Of Merger Price, Process In Del. Appraisal Actions
• Bernstein Litowitz To Co-Lead Allergan Investor Suit
• Bankrupt Optim Dumps Plan To Sell Power Plants
• Sysco Rival Says $3.5B Merger Won't Hurt Biz As FTC Claims
• 3rd Circ. Published Ruling Calls Out Gateway For Omitted Doc
• Texas Court 'Bound' To Grant Valerus Arbitration Hearing
• 4 Takeaways From The Current Proxy Season
• Deals Rumor Mill: Yelp, Golden Gate Capital, Blackstone
• BASF Sells 3 Drug Ingredients Plants To Siegfried For $304M
• Netflix Fears In $48B DirecTV Merger Unfounded, AT&T Says
• Tesla Snaps Up Mich. Supplier In 1st-Ever Acquisition
• Hogan Lovells Guides $326M Deal For Cloud Services Co.
• Canadian Solar Snags $250M Loan From Chinese Bank
• Skadden Reps Apax In $800M Quality Distribution Buy
• Hertz Says Omnicare Can't Save Shareholder Class Action
• Delaware Expands Rights Of Nonmembers Of Delaware LLCs
• Law Firms Could Learn A Lot From The NFL Draft
• Porter Hedges Adds Corporate Partner From Thompson Knight
• Customers Say Sysco, US Foods Only Options In Merger Fight
• Del. High Court Asked To Let Directors Out Of Buyout Suits
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dayco, Apple, Western Union
• Crestwood Forges $7.5B Midstream Biz In MLP Merger
• Frederick's Of Hollywood Gets Nod For Ch. 11 Auction
• Teva Says Antitrust OK Just Months Away For $43B Mylan Deal
• Proskauer Beefs Up London M&A Group With PE Maven
• Cravath Reps Pitney Bowes In $395M Buy For E-Commerce Co.
• Pillsbury Adds Ex-Baker Botts Tech Partner To Austin Office
• Fund Manager Minority Deals — 3 Negotiating Points
• Alexion To Buy Synageva For $8.4B In Latest Big Pharma Deal
• Social Media Use In M&A: Trends And Challenges
• Wachtell Guides AbbVie In $16.7B Bond Offering
• Details Of HP's $5B Suit Against Autonomy Execs Emerge
• Mylan's Kirkland Suit May Hold Clues For Conflict Waivers
• IRS Says 'Triple Drop And Check' Transactions Tax-Free
• Netflix Urges FCC To Reject Proposed AT&T-DirecTV Merger
• Sysco Lambasts FTC Case As $3.5B Merger Fight Starts
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Alfa, Kompania Weglowa
• Paper Co. KapStone Buying Victory Packaging For $615M
• FTC OKs $12.4B Auto Parts Co. Merger With Conditions
• Feds Ask Harris Corp. For IP Info In Exelis Deal
• Honigman Boosts Mich. Practice With 2 PE, Securities Pros
• JPMorgan Looks To Shed WaMu Bondholders' Suit
• Hedge Funds Slam Salus' $129M 'Gotcha' RadioShack Suit
• Mondelez, DEMB Get EU Clearance For $5B Coffee Venture
• FCC Allows Pandora To Buy FM Radio Station
• Boeing Seeks Judgment In $350M Suit Over Satellite JV
• Brown Rudnick Lures 2 Antitrust Aces From Proskauer
• Davis Polk Guides Telefonica Brasil On $5.5B Equity Offering
• Freescale Shareholders Sue To Stop $12B NXP Takeover
• Sunac, Greentown Agree To Venture Sales To Bury Hatchet
• The SEC's 'New' View On 13D Disclosure Requirements
• Kirkland Takes Mylan's Teva Conflict Suit To Federal Court
• FTC Set To Face Off With Sysco Over $3.5B US Foods Deal
• Sava Settles With Zurich In Dispute Over $25M D&O Policies
• FTC Orders Holcim, Lafarge To Shed Assets For $25B Tie-Up
• 1 Firm Ends Skadden's Reign Over M&A Advisers In April
• Deals Rumor Mill: Charter, KKR & Co., BHP Billiton
• Mall Owner Macerich Settles Proxy Fight With Activist Funds
• Builders FirstSource Eyes Stock Offering To Back $1.6B Deal
• Schiff Hardin Nabs Ex-Locke Lord Atty With Soft-IP Muscle
• Reps & Warranties Insurance Creeping Into Real Estate Deals
• High Court Won't Review Nixed ProMedica Hospital Merger
• Chinese Developer Sells Stake In Tech Park Unit For $212M
• IRS Balks At Natrol Liquidation Plan Over 11th-Hour Deal
• Patterson Cos. To Pay $1B For Animal Health International
• Hogan Lovells Guides Ciena In $400M Cyan Acquisition
• Auto Co. Fenix Parts Sets Terms For $121M IPO
• PartnerRe Opts For Axis Merger Over Exor's $6B Takeover Bid
• Greenberg Traurig Maher Adds Antitrust Litigator To London
• Multinational JV Set Up To Launch E-Commerce Site In China
• Recent Trends In Acquisition Finance
• Fosun Shells Out $1.8B For US Insurance Group Ironshore
• AT&T-DirecTV Deal Could Invite Trouble, Cogent Says
• Mylan Sues Kirkland & Ellis Over Teva Takeover Bid
• Loeb's Activist Hedge Fund Buys Big Stake In Yum Brands
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Australian Bank Cuts More Foreign Holdings In $495M Offering
• Feds Attack Natrol's Ch. 11 Plan For Favoring Equity
• St. Luke's Rivals To Get Attys' Fees In Merger Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bright House, Pure Barre, McGraw-Hill
• Hot Topic Will Pay $15M To End Lawsuit Over $600M Sale
• Hertz Investors Say Their Claims Meet Omnicare Standard
• Japan Tobacco Buying US E-Cigarette Co. Logic Technology
• Xcel Energy Salvages $300M North Dakota Wind Project
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Cravath, Milbank
• BakerHostetler Reps TransDigm In $496M Deal For Pexco Unit
• Reps And Warranties — Keeping M&A Liabilities In Check