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Mergers & Acquisitions - August, 2015

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• 3 Lessons From The Rise And Fall Of Dole's GC
• CBRE's $1.45B Johnson Controls Deal Beats Late Challenge
• Sidley Austin Snags Ex-Klee Tuchin M&A Pro For LA Office
• NY Court Nixes Norex's Siberian Oil Field Suit
• CORRECTED: Skadden Guides Amicus Therapeutics' $847M Biopharm Buy
• Trump International Golf Club Gets Nod On Sale Plan
• Exelon, Pepco Intent On Merger Despite DC Veto
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fiat, London City Airport, Carlyle Group
• Electrolux, GE Say Samsung Withholding Docs In Merger Fight
• Ares Fund Pays $185M To WPX For ND Gathering System
• Ropes & Gray, King & Spalding Steer $170M Home Care Deal
• Carlyle Drops $98M On Candle Merchant
• TV Station Sale Undervalues Spectrum License, Investors Say
• Hughes Hubbard Reps ITT In $300M Wolverine Deal
• 9th Circ. Tweaks Ruling On Broadcaster's $15M IRS Row
• Pleasant Lake Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Chipmaker
• Berkshire Hathaway Unveils $4.5B Stake In Phillips 66
• Rules Of The Road For Directors Serving Two Masters
• 5 Insights From 3M General Counsel Ivan Fong
• Ageas To Sell HK Insurer For $1.4B To China's JD Capital
• Capella Co-Founder Says PE Firm Cut Him Out Of $900M Sale
• Foxconn Enters Into $1B Alliance With Silicon Precision
• Khaitan Guides IHH Healthcare Unit's $194M India Hospital Buy
• Signal Gets Nod On Plan For Bankruptcy Auction
• Carlyle In Talks To Buy UK Insurance Software Co. For $755M
• Cleary Snags Former EU Mergers Chief For Antitrust Group
• Carlyle Buys Security Solutions Co. From Arlington Capital
• Deals Rumor Mill: Baxalta, Worldpay, Qihoo 360
• Sage Group Says Suit Over Axed MYOB Bid Has Been Tossed
• Mylan Shareholders Back Takeover As Perrigo Digs In Heels
• Saxo Bank Co-Founder Buys Stake In Danish Hockey Team
• Taxation With Representation: Baker Botts, Cravath, Kirkland
• Buchanan Ingersoll Adds Financial Services Pro
• New Case Clarifies Del.'s Conflicts Committee Approach
• Mitsubishi Corp. Pays $1.1B For 20 Percent Stake In Olam
• Ex-Weil Shanghai M&A Pro Joins O'Melveny In Southern Calif.
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Icahn Reveals Stake In Copper Co. Freeport-McMoRan
• Dole Ruling Weaves A Cautionary Tale For Take-Private Deals
• Merck KGaA Sells $2.4B In Bonds To Fund Sigma-Aldrich Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tesco, Nippon Life Insurance, Dalian Wanda
• DOJ Warns Samsung Plan Would Derail Electrolux Merger Trial
• TV Station Appeals Order To Finalize $6.4M Sale To 9th Circ.
• Clean Power Plan Casts Shadow Over Utility Deals
• REIT Hansteen Pays $160M To Boost Stake In Property Fund
• Debevoise's DQ Sought In $610M Culligan Buyout Row
• Dublin-Based CRH Puts Up $1.3B For Glazing Products Co.
• Greatbatch To Buy Lake Region Medical In $1.7B Deal
• Bwin.Party Asks GVC For Top Offer As Rival Keeps $1.4B Bid
• Reed Smith Guides Wanda's $650M Buy Of Ironman Operator
• Dole CEO, GC Ordered To Pay $148M For Merger Fraud
• Tips For Responding To An FTC Subpoena
• Santa Fe Gold Corp. Seeks 90-Day Sale In Ch. 11 Filing
• Study Sees Little Private Medicare Competition As Deals Loom
• Jones Day Reps Cardinal Health In $290M Buy Of NaviHealth
• Deals Rumor Mill: China Cinda, Quatrro Global, Puerto Rico
• Energy Companies Brace For Ch. 11 As Oil Prices Stay Low
• TV Station Must Finalize $6.4M Sale After Contract Breach
• Frontier, Verizon Nearing States' Approval For Deal
• Monsanto Halts Syngenta Pursuit After Latest Rejection
• Gambling Cos. Paddy Power And Betfair Pursue $8B Tie-Up
• Remy Investors Launch Fight Against $950M BorgWarner Sale
• Former Co-Head Of Skadden's PE Group Returns To Ashurst
• IRS Floats Regulations On Domestic Manufacturing Deduction
• Key Online Lending Takeaways As Regulators Assess Industry
• Baker Botts Guides Schlumberger's $12.7B Deal For Cameron
• A Late-Summer Dive Into The HSR Annual Report
• EFH Ch. 11 Confirmation Hearing Set For November
• Deals Rumor Mill: Worldpay, Staples, Tesco
• White & Case Bolsters M&A Group With Ex-MoFo Partner
• DC Regulators Veto $6.8B Exelon-Pepco Deal
• Cobalt Sells Angola Offshore Stakes For $1.75B
• AT&T Says $10B Race Bias Suit Is A Ploy For Carriage
• Zurich Insurance Eyes $8.8B Bid For British Rival RSA
• Kirkland, Gordon Arata Guide $850M Gas Asset Deal
• Fluor Ruling Is Good News For Calif. Policyholders
• A Look At The Modern Business Judgment Rule
• Davis Wright Nabs Corporate Pro From MoFo In SF
• State Agencies Ordered To Honor Friendly's Asset Sale
• Bankrupt Endeavour Gets Nod For $8M Colorado Asset Sale
• Stock Volatility Could Weigh Heavily On M&A Market
• Verso Workers Appear Unlikely To Alter DOJ Merger Deal
• Bad-Faith Claim Relevant To Failed $125M Deal: Casino Co.
• Third Point Settles FTC Gun-Jumping Case Over Yahoo Stakes
• Standard Register Aims For Nov. Ch. 11 Plan Confirmation
• Deals Rumor Mill: Monsanto, Heineken, Novatek
• Terex Investors Say $2.5B Konecranes Merger Falls Short
• GE, Electrolux Get OK For Korean Subpoenas In Merger Fight
• Anglo American Sells Chile Copper Mines For Up To $500M
• Investors Target $55B Charter-TWC Deal, Related Offering
• King & Spalding Snags Synovus Deputy GC For Atlanta Office
• Pfizer To Shed Four Products For FTC Blessing Of $17B Deal
• King & Spalding, Kirkland Guide Belk's $3B Sale To Sycamore
• Electric Utility Southern Co. Drops $8B For AGL Resources
• Reps And Warranties Insurance Boom Reshaping PE Deals
• How Regulation A Can Help M&A Practitioners
• How To Protect IP In Energy Industry Joint Ventures
• International Energy Can Sue Chinese Co. Over BP Asset Sale
• Law360 Pro Bono All Stars Show Dedication To Helping Others
• 20 Firms Show How To Win Big And Do Good
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tesco, Novo Banco, Indian Oil Corp.
• Taxation With Representation: Simpson, Shearman, Sullivan
• Providence Investors Look To Block Stock Issue
• Greenberg Traurig Adds M&A Shareholder In Miami
• Vitol Pays $830M To Gain Full Control Of Energy MLP
• Sysco Elects Trian CEO And Partner To Board Of Directors
• FedEx Set To Officially Launch $4.8B TNT Proposal
• Kirkland-Led Catterton Pays $925M For Spa Co. Steiner Leisure
• China M&A Activity Hits Record Highs In First Half Of '15
• Calif. Policy Transfer Ruling Ends Insurer 'Windfall'
• Andretti To Sell Stake In Sports Marketing Co. To Settle Suit
• Ex-Wilmington Trust Exec Pleads Not Guilty In Fraud Case
• 2 Firms Take Advantage Of Deal-Happy Life Sciences Sector
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• St. Luke's Wants $10M Fee Bid Slashed After Merger Loss
• Electrolux, GE Say DOJ Off-Base To Fight Foreign Subpoenas
• Deals Rumor Mill: Weather Channel, Nortek, NY Daily News
• Nondisclosure Agreements Deserve A Closer Look
• Kinder Morgan Slips $70B Investor Suit In Delaware
• Akorn Again Hit With Fraud Suit Over Post-Merger Accounting
• The Evolution Of Specified Reps In Acquisition Finance
• Calif. Justices Lift Policy Transfer Barrier In Landmark Ruling
• Bank of China Unit Buys Controlling Stake In Life Insurer
• Valeant Inks $1B Deal For Female Libido Drugmaker Sprout
• Steris Judge Won't Question FTC's Future-Competition Theory
• Alston & Bird Scores Ex-Smith Gambrell Tax Group Head
• Imperva Brass Push Chancery To Ax Claims Over Startup Deal
• FTC Studies Effects Of Divestiture Orders In Mergers
• Colt Creditors Seek Clarity On Sharing Confidential Docs
• Deals Rumor Mill: Solera, Coca-Cola, OAS Investimentos
• Saladworks Wins Ch. 11 Exclusivity Extension
• LRR Energy Hit With 2nd Suit Over $539M Sale To Vanguard
• Kirin Buys $560M Stake In Myanmar Brewery From F&N
• Volvo Spends $256M To Buy Out 3 Chinese Joint Ventures
• Top 5 Ways To Help A Law Professional Land A Job
• FanDuel Picks Up Sports Analytics Co. NumberFire
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Seagate In $694M Deal For Dot Hill
• Milagro Gets Green Light For White Oak Restructuring Pact
• Bankrupt Patriot Coal Sells Mines, Liabilities To Enviro Group
• Synergy Exec Says Nixed Launch 'Disaster' Not Tied To Merger
• BB&T's Latest Deal Could Mark Uptick In Bank M&A
• Deals Rumor Mill: Engie, Motorola Solutions, KIC
• GlobalSantaFe Investors Argue To Revive Transocean Action
• Aetna Gives DOJ More Time To Look Into Humana Merger
• NBCUniversal Bets Big On BuzzFeed With $200M Investment
• Citi Sells Alternative Investment Biz To SS&C In $425M Deal
• Snapdeal Raises $500M, Draws Investors Alibaba, Foxconn
• 3 Firms Guide $168M Diamond Resorts-Gold Key Deal
• EFH Gets Nod To Begin Trek Toward Ch. 11 Exit Bid In Sept.
• White & Case Snags Deals Pro From Vinge For Nordic Biz
• Goldman Sachs Investing $150M In India's Piramal Realty
• SunGard Pulls IPO Following $9.1B Deal With FIS
• BB&T Drops $1.8B To Buy National Penn
• Orrick Lures Tech Atty From Pillsbury In San Francisco
• Wright's FTC Departure A Shocker, No Replacement On Deck
• Deals Rumor Mill: London City Airport, UAE, Elephant
• Bankrupt Endeavour Auctions Some Energy Assets For $10M
• FTC Tells Court $1.9B Steris Deal Will Curb New Competition
• Health Insurance Merger Frenzy: Why DOJ Must Just Say 'No'
• Brookfield Bids $8.8B For Australian Freight Co. Asciano
• Broadcom Shareholders Sue To Stop $37B Sale To Avago
• Adler Snags $316M Stake In German, Austrian Developer
• How Much Money Does It Take To Make A Lawyer Happy?
• Cybersecurity Concerns Creep Into M&A Transactions
• Ex-Pfizer Workers Tell 3rd Circ. Benefits Panel Had Conflicts
• Cargill To Buy Fish Feed Co. In $1.5B Deal
• Dominion MLP Grabs NY-Conn. Pipeline Stake In $287M Deal
• EFH Judge To Weigh Plan For Rallying Stakeholders
• Water-Pump Maker Pentair To Buy Erico In $1.8B Deal
• Lowenstein Snags Wilson Sonsini Tech Vet To Boost NY Office
• QVC Parent Co. Drops $2.4B For Online Retailer Zulily
• FTC Commissioner Joshua D. Wright To Step Down
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Investors Settle Appraisal Of Zale Shares After Signet Deal
• Sandell Says Ethan Allen Is Trying To Stop Board Shakeup
• Investors Urge DC Circ. To Keep Harman Securities Suit Alive
• Blank Check Co. IPOs Rise As Low Risk Level Draws Investors
• Porsche's Supervisory Board Cleared In Axed VW Deal
• No IPOs Ahead As August Slump Mixes With Market Volatility
• Deals Rumor Mill: GE, China Investment Corp., Bwin.Party
• Activist Investor Trian Takes 7% Sysco Stake
• Investors To Ask For Approval Of $90M Regions Settlement
• Jones Lang To Pick Up Mortgage Lender For $260M
• DOJ Civil Antitrust Deputy Overton Leaving Agency
• IPC Healthcare Investor Challenges $1.6B TeamHealth Deal
• Mylan Fires Back As Proxy Adviser Blasts Perrigo Deal
• Pfizer Gets Canadian Approval For $17B Hospira Takeover
• Mediation — Panacea Or Placebo?
• WuXi PharmaTech To Go Private In $3.3B Deal
• Yuanta Strikes $1.76B Deal For PE-Backed Ta Chong Bank
• Taxation With Representation: Munger, Cravath, Shearman
• Goldman To Buy GE Capital's $16B Online Bank
• Investors' Interest In Dermatology Is More Than Skin-Deep
• Low Rates, M&A Mania Boost Jumbo Bonds To Record Highs
• 8th Circ. Kills Spray Foam Antitrust Suit Against Graco
• Deals Rumor Mill: Baxalta, TPG Capital, Femsa
• 2015 M&A Easily Clears $3T Mark Fueled By Megamergers
• Sen. Aims To Block China's $23B Micron Takeover
• Merge Healthcare Investors Try To Block $1B IBM Takeover
• Jessica Simpson's Clothing Line Sale Spurs Opposing Suits
• Flowers Foods Forks Over $275M For Organic Bread Co.
• SunEdison, Dominion Pump $650M Into Massive Solar Project
• Houlihan Lokey Misses IPO Target By More Than $90M
• Is 'Peppercorn' No Longer Sufficient To Settle M&A Suits?
• PE Buyers With Expertise Can Still Lock Down Bargains
• Nomad To Buy Findus Frozen Food Biz In $780M Deal
• MPAA Urges FCC To Keep Merger Review Info Private
• Law Grads Sue Texas A&M For New Diplomas After Merger
• Foreclosure Firm Fires Back In Mortgage Services Failure Suit
• Senators Press AT&T To Get Pac-12 Games On DirecTV
• Deals Rumor Mill: GardaWorld, Enea, LBO France
• Saul Ewing Nabs Baker Botts Deals Pro For DC Office
• FTC, DOJ See Surge In Merger Filings During 2014
• AbbVie Investor Renews Push To See Books In Failed Merger
• Sprint Investors Score $29M Fee Award After Settlement
• 4 Ways Buying A Pro Sports Team Differs From Other M&A
• Frontier Promises Broadband To 750,000 In Merger Review
• FTC's $2B Steris Merger Fight To Turn On Future Competition
• Pearson Exits The Economist Group In $733M Stake Sale
• Willkie Guides FIS On $9.1B Deal For Software Co. SunGard
• Cruise Operator, PE Firms To Trim Stakes In Norwegian
• Capital One Inks $9B Deal For GE's Health Care Lending Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: CDK Global, Pearson, ConocoPhillips
• US, Finland Crane Cos. To Merge In All Stock Deal
• Kuwait Co. On Hook For $17.8M After Botched Software Deal
• Activist Pushes Newcastle To Buy Back Shares Or Sell Itself
• Real Estate Rumors: Falcons, Steinmetz, Bertram Yachts
• Strike Suit Certainty Remains The Status Quo In Nevada
• Sumitomo Life To Buy Symetra For $3.8B In Insurance Merger
• Celgene Gets Antitrust Green Light For $7.2B Receptos Deal
• Carlyle-Led Group Inks $8B Deal For Symantec's Veritas Biz
• Johnson Electric Picks Up Auto Parts Maker From PE Firms
• HP Revamps Bid To Seal Docs After Judge's Cheeky Denial
• Google Creates Parent Co., Names New CEO
• Alibaba Nabs 20% Stake In Chinese Appliance Retailer
• NAB Urges FCC To Move Forward With Charter Merger Review
• EFH Agrees To Hunt Deal With Eye Toward Ch. 11 Exit
• Consumer Watchdog Blasts 'Monopolistic' Expedia-Orbitz Deal
• TPG Real Estate Buys European Developer TriGranit For $2.7B
• Northern Property And True North Merge To Form $3B REIT
• Bouchard Bucks The Trend In His 1st Appraisal Ruling
• Wachtell Lipton Guides Mallinckrodt In $1.33B Therakos Buy
• Chinese Shipping Cos. Halt Trading, Fueling Merger Talk
• Berkshire Hathaway Inks $37.2B Deal For Precision Castparts
• Dell Takes Aim At Muddled Vote In Shareholder Appraisal Fight
• FTC's Wright Calls For More Economists At Antitrust Watchdog
• Springleaf's $4B Deal For Citi Subprime Unit Sparks Probes
• Frontier Wants FCC To Ignore Comments On Verizon Deal
• ERG Drops $1B For E.ON's Italian Hydroelectric Complex
• Deals Rumor Mill: Capital One, Annabel Insurance, Dalian
• Cable Group Wants Access To Charter-TWC Review Docs
• 5 Cos. Set Sights On $552M As IPO Market Wavers
• GVC Raises Bid To $1.6B In Battle For UK Gambling Co.
• GT Capital Nabs 23% Stake In Philippine Low-Cost Housing Co.
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes, Davis, Shearman
• Shell Sells Stake In China Lubricant Co. To Carlyle, Huo
• Deals Rumor Mill: Worldpay, Wind, 3 Italia, SavingGlobal
• AHA Urges Skepticism In $54B Anthem-Cigna Merger Review
• Nevada Board Advances Penn National's $360M Tropicana Buy
• ATK Pushes Back In Appeal Of Rifle Scope Maker's Value
• IBM To 'Teach Watson To See' With $1B Health Acquisition
• Samsung Activist Cuts Stake As $8B Cheil Deal Goes Unabated
• Ackman Builds Up $5.6B Stake In Snack Maker Mondelez
• Greenberg Traurig Skirts Sanctions In $53M Rail Row
• Metro Pays EQT $290M For Asia-Based Fine Foods Distributor
• MoFo Snags Crowell Corporate Pro For San Francisco Office
• US Hotel Group Blasts Expedia-Orbitz $1.6B Tie-Up
• Fertilizer Co. CF Industries Merges With OCI Units In $8B Deal
• Beware Surprises In Foreign Anti-Takeover Regimes
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Partner Departures Continue At K&L Gates In Pittsburgh
• Gaming Co. Wants 'Exit Strategy' Email On $125M Deal Barred
• Levenfeld Pearlstein Adds M&A, Tax Partner From PwC
• Deals Rumor Mill: HelloFresh, JC Flowers, Bilfinger
• Mineral Park Creditors Reach Ch. 11 Sale Allocation Deal
• Adidas Buys Fitness App Maker Runtastic In $240M Deal
• Silver Lake Backs Motorola Solutions With $1B Investment
• Takeaways From Delaware's 'New Low' In Flawed Valuation
• Milbank Snags 2 Jones Day M&A And PE Pros For NY Office
• Kirkland, Mylan Lay Down Arms In Teva Representation Fight
• Taxi Co. Hits Back At Greenberg's Bid To Nix Malpractice Row
• Dentons Adds Ex-Norton Rose Fulbright Energy Pro In LA
• Jones Day Adds Energy Transactions Pro From BakerHostetler
• Celgene Prices $8B Note Offering To Back Receptos Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Soros, Lagunitas, Monsanto
• Scarinci Hollenbeck, Ballon Stoll Share NYC Space
• 8th Circ. Nixes Row Over $333.2M BofA Merger Settlement
• FTC Fine-Tunes Second-Request Process For Mergers
• Dentons Nabs 2 M&A Pros To Bolster Moscow Office
• Funds Seek DirecTV Stock Appraisal After $48.5B AT&T Deal
• TeamHealth Drops $1.6B For IPC Healthcare
• Paul Weiss Guides Tencent Offer For China Travel Site ELong
• Private IPOs And Unicorns May Trigger HSR Act Filings
• Shire Lobs $30B Unsolicited Offer For Baxalta
• Audi, BMW, Daimler Pay $3.1B For Nokia Mapping Unit
• HSBC Sells Brazil Banking Arm To Banco Bradesco For $5.2B
• Depomed, Horizon File Competing Suits In Takeover Battle
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petco, BASF, Syngenta, Third Point, Suzuki
• New Top M&A Adviser In July As Firms Avoid Summer Slump
• Media Cos. Tell FCC To Protect Info In Charter-TWC Review
• NextEra Energy To Buy 7 Texas Pipelines For $2B
• Deals Adviser Houlihan Lokey Sets Terms For $313M IPO
• Alpha Files For Bankruptcy With $7.1B In Debt
• A Primer On Market Flex Provisions
• The PSLRA Safe Harbor And A Warning Against Complacency
• ABCs Of Closing Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions
• PartnerRe Agrees To Exor's $6.9B Takeover, Spurns Axis Offer