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Mergers & Acquisitions - November, 2015

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• Garmin Hid Spectrum Issues Around $1.9B Deal, 2nd Circ. Told
• GE, Electrolux Say DOJ's Critique Of Merger Distorts Market
• Hovensa Judge Gags Sale Details Until Gov't Announcement
• Thermo Fisher Wins Sanctions Bid In PE Group's Fraud Suit
• Slater & Gordon's Stock Tumbles Amid UK Whiplash Rules
• Southern Co. Picks Up 51% Stake In Texas Solar Project
• Ferrari Snags $2.64B In Financing As It Prepares For Spinoff
• Deals Rumor Mill: Staples, Anheuser-Busch, BATS
• Saul Ewing Wins M&A, Private Equity Pro From McCausland
• Vonovia Investors Greenlight $15B Deutsche Wohnen Bid
• Pepper Hamilton Nabs Klehr Harrison Tax Pro In Philly
• Dish Knocks 'Benefits' Of Charter-TWC Merger
• O'Melveny Guides $1.5B Group Bid For Chinese Health Co.
• France's Arkema Wins €73M In Deal Financial Info Row
• RBC Can't Shake $76M Liability Over Botched Rural/Metro Sale
• Teva Launches $6.75B Offering To Back Allergan, Rimsa Deals
• Sheppard Mullin Snags Snell & Wilmer Deal-Maker In LA
• Blackstone, Lego Owner Team Up On Insulation Maker Buy
• Kirkland Steers Teva In Japanese Generics Venture
• Justices Reject Biolitec's $70M Contempt Appeal
• The 3 Step Recipe For Building An Unbeatable Deal Team
• GE Trims Confidential Info Request After LG, Lowe's Object
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Sues For Slice Of Firm's Leucadia Suit Fees
• FTC OKs $12B NXP, Freescale Tie-Up With Conditions
• WuXi PharmaTech Shareholders OK $3.3B Go-Private Deal
• 4 Tips To Ensure Social Media Doesn't Wreck Your M&A Deal
• OPINION: In Search Of Our Best Law Firm Selves
• Albertsons Buying Back 30 Stores From Bankrupt Haggen
• Dechert Steers Intrawest In $85M Time Share Biz Sale
• An In-House Cheat Sheet On Tax Inversion Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bain Capital, Syngenta, Deutsche Wohnen
• 5th Circ. Clarifies And Complicates Choice-Of-Law Analysis
• Alaska Pays $65M To Buy Out TransCanada LNG Contract
• Shareholders Reject Hong Kong Tycoon's $12.4B Merger Plan
• Signal International Wins Confirmation Of Ch. 11 Plan
• GE, Electrolux Can't Get Quick End To Some Antitrust Claims
• IRS Won't Challenge Loss Over $24M LifeCare Sale Tax Bill
• PE Firm Can't Rewrite $100M Enviro Co. Buy, Rival Says
• Dish Hits Charter Again In FCC Filing Over TWC Merger
• The 3 Biggest Myths About Tax Inversion Deals
• Life Time Fitness CEO Calls $2.8B PE Buyout Suit Defective
• Ladbrokes Investors Greenlight $3.52B Gala Coral Tie-Up
• FedEx, TNT Express Score FTC OK On $4.8B Merger
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reliance, Bertelsmann, Silk Road Fund
• Exec's Son Takes Stand In Ex-Bryan Cave Atty's Fraud Trial
• PE Firm Gilde Buy Out Partners Closes $1.2B Fund
• Cravath Guides Pinnacle In $975M Deal For Boulder Brands
• Dechert Nabs Energy, Pharma Deals Pro In London
• New Federal Rules Acknowledge It's Time To Drop The 'E'
• Deciphering Activists' Increasingly Complicated Positions
• Icahn Snatches 7% Stake In Xerox, Might Seek Board Seats
• Trump International Golf Club Sells For $2.2M
• 2015: A Blockbuster Year In Health, Life Sciences M&A
• DOJ Says Samsung, LG Not Relevant To GE-Electrolux Deal
• Antitrust Concerns Won't Derail $160B Pfizer-Allergan Deal
• The 7 Firms Behind The Mammoth Pfizer-Allergan Merger
• Ropes & Gray, Paul Hastings Guide $4.6B Petco Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: TransGrid, Alibaba, Apparel Authentic
• Record Inversion Deal Shows Pfizer Unfazed By New Rules
• Boeing Seeks 'Alter Ego' Presumption In Satellite JV Trial
• Malaysia's 1MDB Trims Energy Assets In $2.3B Deal
• Buchanan Says GC Docs Key To Sports Deal Malpractice Row
• Constellation Brands Taps $400M Debt To Buy Craft Brewer
• Playtech Hits Brakes On Two Buys Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty To Take Stand In Maxim Fraud Trial
• Prestige Inks $225M Deal With PE Firm For DenTek Oral Care
• Warburg Pincus Raises $12B Investment Fund
• Developer Evergrande Joins Insurance Biz With $615M Deal
• New 'Unbundling Rule' Reading May Have Little Impact
• Pfizer, Allergan To Merge In $160B Deal
• Mylan, Perrigo Settle Suit After $27B Hostile Takeover Row
• Gov't Wants More Electrolux CEO Testimony After Distortion
• CVC Sells Off $871M In Discounted Spanish Road Co. Shares
• Texas Justices Won't Hear $1.26B Eagle Ford Fallout Case
• New IRS Crackdown Not Enough To Halt Inversion Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, 1MDB, Diebold
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Wachtell, Cravath
• Texas High Court Takes On Row Over $45M Hospital Buy
• Texas High Court Won't Hear $6.5B Huntsman Merger Suit
• Locke Lord Exits Doctor's $2.5M Offshore Trust Suit
• Horizon Withdraws Depomed Bid After Blow In Calif. Court
• 3 Ways Technology Is Changing Law Office Designs
• State Statutes May Stymie Arbitration Of R&W Disputes
• The Future Of Appraisal Cases After BMC Software
• Del. Vice Chancellor Noble To Retire After 15-Year Tenure
• Chancery Says Ex-Universata Exec Waited Too Long To Sue
• Uthe Argues For RICO Damages From Aetrium At 9th Circ.
• PE Deal Volume Falling As Funds Struggle To Compete
• 13 Key Business Objectives For Corporate Legal Departments
• Electrolux Knew Of GE Antitrust Issues For Years, DOJ Says
• Katten Bolsters Offices With Employment, Corporate Partners
• Dialog's $4.6B Offer For Atmel Gains Shareholder Approval
• Atty Suspended After Omitting Estee Lauder Deal In Tax Docs
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, Cosco Group, Towers Watson
• IRS Announces Fresh Crackdown On Inversion Deals
• Bombardier Pockets $1.5B In Rail Unit Stake Sale
• Morgan Lewis Snags K&L Gates Tax Partner For SF Office
• Ladbrokes Defends Merger With Rival Gaming Co. Gala Coral
• Del. Justices Back Toss Of SynQor Investor Row Under MFW
• 4 Ways To Preserve Your Weekends Without Losing M&A Work
• EU Approves HNA Group's $2.7B Play For Swissport
• Diamond Investors Try To Block $1.9B Snyder's-Lance Deal
• Ardian Books $1.2B For Latest Co-Investment Fund
• Aussie Watchdog Greenlights Shell's $70B Takeover Of BG
• GM Judge Clearly Sets Out Permissible Faulty Switch Suits
• FTC Gives Final OK To Endo's $8B Par Pharmaceutical Buy
• Germany's DZ Bank, WGZ Bank To Merge Into 1 Institution
• Delta Unveils Plan To Significantly Boost Aeromexico Stake
• Starboard Pushes Yahoo To Reconsider Alibaba Spinoff
• Australia Blocks Sale Of Farmland Owner, Citing Security
• Assessing A Judicial Solution To Abusive Merger Litigation
• Energia CEO Counters Boeing's $111M Shell Co. Claims
• Del. Justices Hear First High-Court Test Of MFW Ruling
• Buchanan Seeking Shielded Docs In AFL Deal Suit, Court Told
• GE Says $3.3B Electrolux Deal Needed To Beat LG, Samsung
• Loeb & Loeb Adds Corporate Pro From Haynes And Boone
• Microsemi Continues PMC Bidding War With $2.3B Offer
• Quaker Steak & Lube Unveils $25M Stalking Horse Bid
• Dyax Investor Slams Shire's $5.9B Offer As Too Low
• Jones Day, Davis Polk Guide ConAgra On Spinoff
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lyft, Tencent Holdings, Towers Watson
• Software Co. PGi Says Suit Over $1B Sale Isn't Up To Snuff
• Del. Justices Told Imperva Board Had Conflicts In $60M Deal
• NextEra Renews Bid For EFH's Oncor Business
• ON Semiconductor To Buy Fairchild In $2.4B Cash Deal
• Canadian Pacific Makes $28B Bid For Wary Norfolk Southern
• Focus Media's Plan To Relist Gets OK From China Regulators
• The Benefits Of Establishing An Offshore Presence
• New M&A Voting Rules Bring Focus To Governance Changes
• Hudson's Bay Sells $533M Stake In Simon Property Retail JV
• Retailers Wield 'Big Stick' Over GE-Electrolux, Judge Told
• New Tax Rules Will Affect PE Funds, Partnership M&A
• Online Lender Earnest Raises $275M In Financing Round
• With 1 Deal, 2 Firms Each Grab A Quarter Of Year's Hotel M&A
• Chamber Blasts New Bills Targeting Tax Inversions
• Deals Rumor Mill: P4, Miramax, China Merchants Group
• Warburg Pincus Backs New Pharma Co. With Hearty M&A Plans
• Marathon Again Ups MarkWest Offer Amid Investor Scrutiny
• Air Liquide Inks $13.4B Deal For Industrial Gas Co. Airgas
• Audax Pulls In $2.25B For PE Fund, Inks Deal For Safety Co.
• German Cartel Office Can Challenge Deal After Closing
• Donald Sterling Loses Appeal Of Clippers Sale In Calif. Court
• Shearman & Sterling Reps Liberty Global In $5.3B Deal
• GE-Electrolux Merger Will Hike Appliance Prices, Court Told
• Greenberg Traurig Grows NY Office With Five Hires
• The 100 Law Firms With The Most M&A Partners
• Law360's 2015 Practice Group Partner Rankings
• Deals Rumor Mill: Tsinghua, Staples, Dali Foods
• Energy Transfer To Sell Sunoco Stake In $2.23B Deal
• Shearman Aids NYSE Parent In $650M Stock Deal For Trayport
• Caris Says Chancery Wrongly Backed Workers' Stock Claims
• KBR Inks $4.4B Contract With Magnolia To Build LNG Facility
• Antitrust Watchdogs OK $4.5B SolarWinds Take-Private Deal
• Constellation To Pay $1B For Craft Brewer Ballast Point
• Real Estate Rumors: GE Japan, MetLife, Saks
• Should In-House Counsel Use US Contract Terms In Europe?
• Del. Scrutiny Of M&A Settlements Leads To Varying Decisions
• Gibson Dunn Steers Marriott In $12.2B Starwood Hotels Deal
• The 10 Mightiest M&A Practice Groups
• DOJ Antitrust Chief Airs Doubts On Health Insurer Tie-Ups
• Springleaf Clears Path To $4.25B OneMain Buy With DOJ Deal
• Telecom Cos. Urge FCC Limits On Charter-Time Warner Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hulu, General Electric, BAE Systems
• Fossil Group To Pay $260M For Wearable Tech Maker Misfit
• American Realty Affiliate Hit With Suit Over Faked Votes
• Take Your Marks: An Associate's Guide To Your 1st Big Trial
• DLA Piper Adds Ex-Andrews Kurth Energy Pro In Houston
• EU Regulators Approve Equinix's $3.6B Deal For Telecity
• Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Cravath, Cleary
• Simpson Aids Blackstone's $232 Play For Japan Residential
• Mylan Loses Monthslong Perrigo Takeover Battle
• Does Underwater Common Stock Really Have No Value?
• The 3 Practice Areas That Will Grow In 2016
• Deals Rumor Mill: Postal Savings Bank, T-Mobile, Syngenta
• M&A Confidence Waning As Deal Value Smashes Record
• Pep Boys Shareholders Sue To Block $835M Bridgestone Deal
• Judge OKs Prime's $62M Bid For Bankrupt NJ Hospital
• Sava Execs Not Sued As Nursing Home Officers, Insurer Says
• GE, Electrolux Want Ongoing Sales Data In $3.3B Antitrust Trial
• Cross-Border M&As Take Cultural Aptitude, Experts Say
• Software Co. PGi Hit With Class Action Over $1B Siris Deal
• 1 Drink Too Many: Why Consumers Will Lose With Beer Merger
• K&L Gates Adds Baker & McKenzie Employment Pro In Paris
• AstraZeneca Prices $6B Bond To Help Fund ZS Pharma Buy
• Merck's $17B Takeover Of Sigma-Aldrich Gets EU's Final OK
• Akin Gump, Paul Weiss Guide Apollo In Deal For Hospital Co.
• DOJ Must Block Health Insurance Mergers, AMA Says
• Blackstone To Pump $820M Into ATM-Maker NCR
• From The Book Of Jargon: Testing The Waters
• AB InBev Finally Unveils $100B SABMiller Bid
• Valeant Can't Dodge Insider Trading Row Over Allergan Bid
• Argentine High Court Orders YPF, Chevron Agreement Disclosed
• Prime's $62M Bid For Bankrupt NJ Hospital Tops Auction
• Parallel Energy Gets OK To Tap Part Of $9M DIP Loan
• Sparse Competition Before $3.3B GE-Electrolux Deal: Ex-CEO
• Boeing Launches Opening Salvo In $111M Satellite JV Trial
• Goldman Says It Didn't Hide Counting Flub In $4B Tibco Deal
• Texas A&M Can't Yet Knock Out Law Diploma Fight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Molson, Dell, Postal Savings Bank Of China
• Torys Guides New Flyer In $480M Deal For Motor Coach
• 5 Tips For Ensuring A Smooth CFIUS Review
• 2nd Circ. Says E&Y Tax Docs Are Protected In Schaeffler Row
• Carlyle Takes Tempo Stake In Latest Brazil Buy
• Lawmaker Targets Inversions As Pfizer Mulls Allergan Deal
• Asciano Sees $6.3B Takeover Bid From Infrastructure Cos.
• Activist Fund Latest To Fight $4.6B Chipmaker Merger
• Activist Investing And Its Divided-Loyalty Implications
• Ill. AG Questions Whether Gas Co. Hid $8B Pipe Program Costs
• Sanofi Faces Contract Suit Over $708M In MS Drug Payments
• ACE Reaches Settlement In $5.2M Lease Transfer Suit
• Bid For Food Service Co. Was Ruse To Steal Secrets, Suit Says
• GE-Electrolux $3.3B Tie-Up Would Be Too 'Dominant': DOJ
• Inside Mylan's Pursuit Of Perrigo
• Chinese Insurer Inks $1.56B Deal For Fidelity & Guaranty Life
• Dish Calls $55B Charter-TWC Merger Bad For Online Video
• REIT Weyerhaeuser Inks $8.4B Deal For Rival Plum Creek
• Deals Rumor Mill: Canadian Pacific, Nat'l Grid, HelloFresh
• Trelleborg To Pay $1.26B For Tire Co. CGS
• Parallel Energy Driven Into Ch. 11 By Oil Prices
• PE Firm Rizvi To Take RealD Private In $551M Deal
• How Will London's Specialist Court Affect US Companies?
• Accelerated Share Repurchases: A Primer For Counsel
• Santos To Sell $2.5B In Assets And Shares To Cut Debt
• Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own
• 5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms
• SFX CEO's Failed Takeover Bid Was A 'Sham,' Suit Says
• Warburg Inks $560M Mutual Fund Store Sale To 401K Advisor
• Furmanite Hit With Investor Suit Over $335M Merger Plan
• Quirky Gets Nod On $15M Sale Of IoT Buisness Wink
• Pilot Union Can't Escape $225M Merger Payout Class Action
• Halliburton Prices $7.5B Bond Offer For Baker Hughes Deal
• K&L Gates Nabs Corporate Partner From Holland & Knight
• Goldman Cashes In Valeant Shares Backing CEO's $100M Debt
• 'YouTube Of China' Agrees To $3.6B Alibaba Takeover Bid
• AstraZeneca Inks $2.7B Deal For ZS Pharma
• Lawyer Says Bad W.Va. Coal Co. Investment Is Not His Fault
• Taxation With Representation: Fenwick, Ropes, Wachtell
• Electrolux, GE Merger Fight May Turn On Customer Testimony
• Kinder Morgan Investors Take Merger Suit To Del. High Court
• Kirkland Guides Warburg Pincus In $120M Deal For ITG Unit
• FTC Opposes Planned Merger Of Two W.Va. Hospitals
• How Sabine Oil Seized Control Of Bankruptcy Litigation
• Investment Treaty Considerations For Deal Makers
• UK Panel Chides Credit Suisse, Freshfields In $3B Merger
• USPS Workers Union Blasts $6.3B Staples-Office Depot Merger
• Bankrupt City Sports To Liquidate All Its Locations
• Activists Turn Sights On Europe As Record Year Unfolds
• Morgan Lewis, Weil, Simpson Guide Asset Manager Tie-Up
• MoFo Snags Equity Derivative, M&A Pro From Latham
• Brookfield Pays $1.2B For Asciano Stake In Takeover Move
• Aussie Watchdog Questions Iron Mountain's $2B Recall Buy
• EMC Wants Fed. Shareholder Suits Over $67B Dell Deal Tossed
• Hertz Says Restated Financials Don't Revive Investor Suit
• Electrolux Says Settlement Talks Over In DOJ Merger Fight
• IAP Buys Aviation, Tactical Communications Units From DRS
• Chancery Clarifies Appraisal Fundamentals
• From The Book Of Jargon: Drop Dead Date
• Procera Investors Drop Suit Seeking To Block $240M Merger
• Inside AB InBev's $104B Courtship Of SABMiller
• Expedia To Acquire Vacation Rental Site In $4B Deal
• STB Won't Condition Rail Merger On Building $47M Overpass
• Boeing Can't Nix Defenses Ahead Of Satellite JV Trial
• Molycorp Lays Out $2B Debt Restructure Plan
• MarkWest Investors Urged To Sink $20B Marathon Bid
• High Court Urged To Review $70M Biolitec Contempt Ruling
• Verisk Can't Dodge FirstAm Suit Over $155M Interthinx Buy
• FCC Says $48B AT&T-DirecTV Merger Good For Competition
• OPINION: Via Duke, Companies Are Shaping Discovery
• Med Device Biz To Go Private In $812M Citic Deal
• FCC May Ease The Way For Foreign Investment In Telecom
• Wilmington Investor Class Action Stayed For Criminal Probe
• Rite Aid Investor Seeks To Block Walgreens' $17B Takeover
• 1 Firm Dominates As October M&A Soars
• Quirky Picks Q Holdings As Stalking Horse For Asset Auction
• Bank Of America Transfers $87B In Assets To BlackRock
• FCC Must Reject Conditions In Charter-TWC Merger, Cos. Say
• Alpha's Mine Sale Plan Draws Creditor Protests In Ch. 11
• BNP Paribas Sheds French Mall Co. Stake In $909M Deal
• Targa Resources Corp. To Acquire Subsidiary In $6.67B Deal
• Mylan Must Sell 7 Generic Drugs Ahead Of Perrigo Deal: FTC
• Debevoise Steers Kelso & Co. In Deal For JM Smucker Unit
• Strategies For Law Firms Leaping Into Latin America
• Turmoil In The Chinese Capital Markets And Related Trends
• Activision Blizzard Inks $5.9B Buyout Of King Digital
• DOJ Battles GE, Electrolux Over Antitrust Expert Report
• Boeing Sanctions Bid Denied In $355M Suit Over Satellite JV
• SEC Accuses Wells Fargo Analyst Of Insider Trading
• AmSurg Withdraws $7.6B TeamHealth Buyout Bid
• Akerman Adds Ex-Bilzin Sumberg Atty To Transactions Team
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Watching This Week
• CVR Says Wachtell Can't Ditch Takeover Malpractice Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
• Hospira Investor Seeks Stock Appraisal Of $17B Pfizer Deal
• Bristol-Myers Pays $2.1B For Heart Failure Drug Co.
• TreeHouse To Pay $2.7B For ConAgra's Private Brands Biz
• Lone Star Unit Strikes $370M Deal For Singapore REIT Assets
• Strasburger Adds Corporate, Real Estate Pros In Texas
• TPG Unit Increases Offer To $464M In Bid For Lender TICC
• Simpson Thacher Steers Pamplona On $2.7B MedAssets Deal
• Ropes & Gray Steers Shire To $5.9B Deal For Dyax
• Recent Trends In Incremental Loan Facilities
• The Latest On Creditor Derivative Rights
• Visa Inks $23.4B Acquisition Of Visa Europe