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Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2016

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• Desire To Divest Hits New Heights Amid Hunt For Growth
• Group Tells FCC To Set Broadband Adoption In Charter Deal
• Sherwin-Williams' Suit Over Torpedoed Comex Deal Tossed
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hon Hai, Terex, Siemens
• Facing Blackout, Cox Criticizes Nexstar-Media General Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Kirkland, Wachtell
• Toyota Inks $3B Stock Deal For Rest Of Daihatsu
• A Devastating Blow To Disclosure Settlements
• Expectation Damages Now A Real Possibility In Delaware
• Xerox Latest To Split Into 2 Amid Activist Pressure
• Proposed EU Tax Rules Could Hinder Investment
• Shell, BG Get Final Shareholder Backing For $51B Tie-Up
• Latham & Watkins Adds M&A Pro From Linklaters
• Yahoo Should Be Investment Co., Oust Mayer: Shareholders
• AAI Warns FTC Of Impact Of Teva's $40.5B Generics Deal
• Industry Group Wants More Conditions On Charter-TWC Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: EQT, EEW, Chesapeake Lodging
• Firm Seeks Court Aid To Bring Fee Dispute To Cayman Islands
• A Bullish Year For M&A In Germany
• Shareholder Activism In Asia Signals Changing Attitudes
• Cicero On Legal Advocacy
• Corstone Closes 11th Asia-Focused Fund At $125M
• Keurig Investors Sue To Halt $13.9B Buyout
• AB InBev Cancels $42B Of Acquisition Loans After Debt Sale
• Samsung Credit Card Unit Slated For $1.3B Reshuffling
• KKR Sells Stake In Vietnamese Food Co. Masan Consumer
• A Look At The 2016 Proxy Season's Hot Topics
• Sinclair Strikes $350M Deal To Buy Tennis Channel
• Shell Investors OK $70B BG Merger, Teeing Up Final Vote
• Hospitals Can Seek Limits On Private Docs In FTC Merger Suit
• Sen. Calls For Investigating Canadian Pacific-Norfolk Deal
• Meredith Latest To Find Silver Lining In Failed Merger Play
• Deals Rumor Mill: Postal Savings Bank Of China, Hon Hai, KKR
• Orrick Taps Ex-DLA Piper Atty As Global M&A Co-Chairman
• Judge Doubts Sherwin-Williams Suit Over Dead Comex Deal
• King & Spalding Leads TSYS In $2B TransFirst Deal
• EMC Investors Demand Financials On $67B Dell Deal
• Dentons Reps Montage On $200M Future Capital From Ares
• 4 Ways To Improve The Business Intake Process
• Right Distribution Is Key To Successful Beer Remedies
• Nexstar Wins Battle For Media General, Inks $4.6B Deal
• Facebook Agrees To Settle Chancery Suit Over Director Pay
• Deals Rumor Mill: Terex, Trelleborg, Iliad
• EU Watchdog Will Weigh In On Dell, EMC Deal By March
• KKR Growth Equity Platform Backs Cloud Tech Co.
• Banks Need To Protect Themselves In Fintech Deals
• M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• Riding The BDC Consolidation Wave
• Giant Ex-Sunny Delight Bottling Plant Sold to Investor Group
• Anatomy Of A Merger: Speed Helps Microsemi Seal PMC Deal
• 4 Firms Guide $5B Leidos-Lockheed IT Unit Deal
• Canadian PE Firm Raises $1.3B To Invest In Midsize Cos.
• Wachtell Guides Huntington In $3.4B Deal For FirstMerit
• Hart-Scott-Rodino: The Year Ahead
• AIG Plans Divestitures, $25B Capital Returns After Icahn Push
• Morrison Cohen Nabs Venable Deals Pro To Grow Corp. Team
• Santa Fe Gold Cancels Ch. 11 Auction, Names Waterton Buyer
• Gosselin Spinoff Fights Asset Freeze In Ex-Parent's FCA Fight
• M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden
• The 3 Firms Behind 2016's First Major Tax Inversion
• Tower Semiconductor Hit With Investor Suit After Stock Drop
• JC Flowers Picks Up 2 Trading Platforms From Chi-X Global
• Sidley Austin Snags Ex-Manatt M&A Chairman In Calif.
• 4 Hospitals Say Sensitive Info At Risk In FTC Merger Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: AB InBev, Schlumberger, Bridgepoint
• Select Medical Drops $400M On Pa. Rehab Provider
• AB InBev, SABMiller Tie-Up Faces Aussie Antitrust Probe
• Skadden Leads $98M Go-Private Deal For US-Listed Jinpan
• Former Cargill-Owned Unit Splits To Create New $2.3B PE Firm
• UK's Actis Nets $299M In Sale Of Guatemalan Power Network
• How Insurance Mergers Could Affect Your Business
• Merger Investigations Set Records In 2015
• Johnson Controls, Tyco Ink 1st Major Inversion Deal Of 2016
• M&A Group Of The Year: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
• Lions Gate Beats Stock Suit Over SEC's Icahn Probe
• ASX Buys Stake In Blockchain Co. To Speed Equities Trading
• Feds Take Issue With Bankrupt Swift Energy's $49M Sale
• Chancery Rejects Class Deal Over $2.5B Trulia-Zillow Merger
• Chancery Wants Stricter Test For $700M Sauer-Danfoss Deal
• Brazil Dings Cisco, Technicolor $7M For Merger Gun-Jumping
• FCC Should Block Altice-Cablevision Deal, Union Says
• Legg Mason Nabs Real Estate Firm For $585M In Deals Flurry
• Enviros Appeal Md. Approval Of $6.8B Exelon-Pepco Merger
• Jones Day Scores Greenberg Traurig Energy Pro In Houston
• Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Skadden, Locke Lord
• Deals Rumor Mill: Anheuser-Busch, Yahoo, AIG
• 3 Traits Of Best-In-Class General Counsel
• 3 Reasons China's Outbound M&A Explosion Will Continue
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• US Regulators Block $2.9B Philips LED Unit Sale
• Embracing Technology To Transform The M&A Process
• An Introduction To Director Duties In Bermuda
• Norton Rose Nabs Corporate Finance Partner From Bracewell
• M&A Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
• 'Old School' Tools May Hinder Attorney Collaboration
• Mattel Beats Greg Norman With $21.5M Bid For Tablet Co. Fuhu
• Goldman Denies Error In $4.2B Tibco Sale Was Duty Breach
• K&L Gates Adds Corp., M&A Pro To Brussels Office
• Manhattan M&A Tax Atty Charged In Wife's Fatal Stabbing
• Stock Volatility Could Stall Public M&A Boom
• FireEye Buys Cybersecurity Firm For $200M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sharp, Synaptics, Carlson
• Stem Cell Co. Hit With Class Action Over Board Rules
• 'Stop Mega Cable' Group Forms to Thwart Charter Mergers
• T-Mobile Hits Back At AT&T Over Rural Spectrum Buy
• Baxalta Investor Seeks To Halt $32B Shire Deal
• Del. Justices Ax Suit Over Failed AbbVie-Shire Merger
• M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• Tablet Maker Fuhu Faces Hurdle To $10M Ch. 11 Sale
• 6 Types Of Legal 'Mumbo-Jumbo' Attorneys Must Avoid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ashland, Banco Popular, BNP Paribas
• Netflix CEO Says Charter-TWC Merger A Plus For Online Video
• Williams Cos. Investor Sues Over $33B Energy Transfer Deal
• Carlyle Gets Discount On $8B Symantec Unit Buyout
• BakerHostetler Adds Ex-Burleson Energy Partner In Houston
• Tools For Managing Environmental Risks In Deals
• Wilson Sonsini Reps Microchip In $3.56B Atmel Buy
• M&A Group Of The Year: Fried Frank
• Hospitals Urge FTC To Hand Over Data In Merger Opposition
• Deals Rumor Mill: Telefonica, Postal Savings Bank, Leidos
• Canadian Pacific Asks DOJ To Check Foes In Norfolk Bid
• Tyco Inks Resolution To $1B Tax Dispute With IRS
• SDNY's Avoidance Law Unsettled After Lyondell
• $4.3B Merger Would Short Heartland Investors, NJ Suit Says
• US Waste Co. Looks To Canada In $2.69B Inversion Deal
• Rouse Properties Mulling $990M Brookfield Buyout
• What Founders Should Know About Tax Planning For An Exit
• Why PE Lawyers Should Expand Their Client Base In 2016
• 5 Insights From Sharp Electronics Deputy GC Deborah Tyler
• Icahn Urges AIG To Ditch Non-Core Assets
• Antitrust And M&A: How Documents Can Derail Your Deal
• New Del. Rule Not For OKing Future Actions, Judge Says
• Market Volatility Cools Attys' Hopes For 'JPMorgan Bounce'
• Former Jenner Associate Rejoins Firm As Tax Partner
• Why Antitrust Concerns Won't Stop GE's New Appliance Deal
• Judge Tosses Texas A&M Law Grad Diploma Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Asahi Group, ChemChina, Sharp Corp.
• 'New Charter' Would Strengthen Online Video, FCC Hears
• Vivendi Rakes In $1.1B For Activision Blizzard Shares
• FCC Approves AT&T Spectrum Buy In Rural Texas
• UK Antitrust Watchdog Gives Go-Ahead To $16B BT-EE Deal
• Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
• M&A Group Of The Year: Debevoise & Plimpton
• EU Approves $7.7B Ball-Rexam Deal With Antitrust Fixes
• Chancery Provides Guidance On Post-Closing Fraud Claims
• GE Inks $5.4B Sale Of Appliance Biz To Haier
• Chancery Won't Merge 'Unusual' Suit Into $38B Deal Claims
• Nixon Peabody Adds Tax Partner From Squire Patton
• Gardner Denver Says Insurers Must Cover $29M Settlement
• Caesars Contests Release Of Report On $30B PE Buyout
• HBO Warns FCC Of Charter-TWC Deal's Risks To Online Video
• Deals Rumor Mill: Pfizer, EDF, Parques Reunidos
• Penguins Owners Dispute Report That Sale Stopped Amid Spat
• Buyout Firm Brynwood Scoops Up Sunny D In $195M Deal
• Paul Hastings Nabs Alternative Lending Pro From Proskauer
• M&A Group Of The Year: Davis Polk
• Canadian Pacific Defends Proposed Norfolk Southern Deal
• Emulex Escapes Shareholder Claims Over $606M Avago Buy
• Jack Daniel's Maker Sells Southern Comfort, Tuaca Brands
• Significant 2015 Decisions Affecting Private M&A: Part 3
• M&A Group Of The Year: Cravath
• Del. Justices Grill AbbVie Investors In Shire Docs Fight
• K&L Gates Adds Partners In Shanghai And Singapore
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carl Icahn, Uber, Petrobras
• AB InBev Plans $46B Bond Sale To Help Fund SABMiller Deal
• Canada's Shaw Sells Media Biz For $1.85B
• 2015's Most Complex Deals And The Firms That Led Them
• Qualcomm, TDK Unveil $3B Wireless Technology JV
• Former Fox Rothschild IP Partner Returns To Firm
• Significant 2015 Decisions Affecting Private M&A: Part 2
• Pipe Maker PSL Wins Confirmation Of Ch. 11 Plan
• BigLaw 2016: A Look Ahead
• Texas High Court Told Funds Can't Dodge $45M Deal Row
• Chicago Hospitals Fight FTC, Say Merger Isn't Anticompetitive
• Venable Nabs Corporate Pro From Polsinelli
• Philadelphia Inquirer's Owner Donates Paper To Nonprofit
• Sabine, Lenders Urged To Mediate Suit Over $650M Lien
• MetLife Plans To Split Retail Biz With Possible IPO
• $5B GE Capital Reorganization Cost Investors, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Asahi Group, VAT, Apollo Global
• Barton Nabs Corporate Pro From Haynes And Boone
• Time Warner Cable Can't Escape Claim It Interfered With Sale
• M&A Group Of The Year: Cleary Gottlieb
• EU Readies Intense Review Of Halliburton-Baker Hughes Deal
• K&L Gates Hires Ex-Sheppard Mullin Energy, Finance Pro
• Top 10 Antitrust Developments And Trends To Watch This Year
• China's Wanda Buys Film Producers Legendary For $3.5B
• Gosselin Spinoff Must Freeze Ex-Parent's Assets In FCA Fight
• Health Care Delivery — Where Do We Go From Here?
• Skadden Assists In $461M Sale Of AnchorBank To Old National
• Blackstone Let SunEdison Slash $2.2B Vivint Buy, Suit Says
• Significant 2015 Decisions Affecting Private M&A: Part 1
• How 5 Firms Forged Separate Paths To Shire, Baxalta Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Fiat Chrysler, CDP, Sharp Corp.
• Red-Hot Pharma Space Produces 2016's First Megadeal
• DOJ Should Block Health Insurer Tie-Ups, AAI Says
• Hogan Lovells Snags Tax, M&A Pro For Mexico City Office
• Wachtell, Davis Polk Guide Thermo Fisher's Affymetrix Buy
• ChemChina Picks Up German Manufacturer In $1B Deal
• The Top 10 D&O Stories Of 2015
• White & Case Adds Hong Kong Partner From Paul Hastings
• Philly Station Must Accept Monitor For FCC Spectrum Sale
• Inversions: Recent Developments And 2 Predictions
• Shire Inks $32B Deal For Baxalta
• Deal Makers Hope JPMorgan Conference Will Perk Up Biotechs
• Del. Judge Appoints Lead Counsel In $3.7B M&T Merger Suit
• NY Sets Conditions For Approval Of Charter, TWC Merger
• Megadeals Of 2015 To Incite Midsized Asset Feeding Frenzy
• Luggage Transporter Hit With Antitrust Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Time Warner, Simcere Pharma, Philips
• Out Of The Frying Pan: Enforcing US Judgments In India
• Ohio-Based Resilience Capital Closes $350M PE Fund
• Chancery Sheds Light On Finality Of Appraiser Valuation
• Charles River Laboratories Pays $585M For Drug Research Co.
• 6 Steps To Becoming A Superior Supervising Attorney
• Baker & McKenzie Keeps Growing London Disputes Group
• A Look At FTC Challenge Of Chicago-Area Hospital Merger
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Cooley, Skadden
• Energy PE Firm Nabs Unit Of Oil Pipeline Co. In $350M Deal
• DOJ Scores Record $3.8B In Cartel Fines In 2015
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shire, Oi SA, The Linde Group
• Coller Capital Closes $7B Secondary PE Fund
• Saks Owners To Acquire Gilt In $250M Deal
• Baker & McKenzie Adds Int'l M&A Pro From Allen & Overy
• Nexstar Polishes $2.26B Competing Bid For Media General
• Targa's $6.6B Unit Buy Under Scrutiny In Shareholder Suit
• Kirkland Leads Investors In IDreamSky Go-Private Offer
• Philly Station Balks At Plan To Monitor Its FCC Spectrum Sale
• Allergan Expands Botox Hold With $90M Biopharma Co. Buy
• United Fliers Lose Row Over Lost Perks At 7th Circ.
• Assessing The Proposed 'Capital Acquisition Broker' Rule
• Employee Benefits And Exec Compensation Trends In M&A
• 5 Tips To Achieve Seamless Insurance Coverage In A Deal
• 7 Cos. Tap Debt Totaling $15.5B In First Wave Of 2016 Deals
• Tablet Co. Fuhu Gets Better Offer From Golfer Greg Norman
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Pfizer Workers' Benefits Spat
• Litigation Backer Gerchen Keller Tops $1B With New Fund
• Chemoil Accused Of Tax Fraud In $890 Million Countersuit
• New World Offers $2.8B In Latest Go-Private Bid For RE Unit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Legg Mason, EDF
• NuVasive To Pay Up To $410M For Medical Tech Co. Ellipse
• Honeywell Pays $240M To Buy Out Gas Equipment Co.
• Network Co. Looks To Avoid Sanctions In PE Buyout Fight
• Starboard Calls For Management Shakeup At Yahoo
• EU Watchdog OKs Berkshire's $37B Precision Castparts Buy
• Life Sciences M&A Market Likely To Stay Hot In 2016
• Chancery Dampens Bid To Halt $17B Rite Aid-Walgreens Deal
• 1 Firm Tops 2015 Global Real Estate M&A, Ekes Out Win In US
• Catterton, LVMH Join Forces For New PE Firm
• Deals Rumor Mill: Dell, Hansoh Pharma, Dalian Wanda
• PE Firm KKR To Acquire Midwest Retail Chain
• Blank Rome Nabs Ex-Leader Of MoFo's LA Corporate Group
• French Telecoms Orange, Bouygues Rekindle Deal Talks
• 3 Hottest Industries For Deal-Making In 2016
• FordHarrison Integrates Boutique Employment Firm
• What Real Estate Cos. Need To Know About CFIUS Reviews
• Battle To Buy Fairchild Heats Up With Updated $2.6B Bid
• FCC Delays $65B Charter-TWC Merger Review Deadline
• Ropes & Gray Grabs Securities Partner From Schulte
• Top 10 Health Law Developments In 2015 And What's Ahead
• Baxalta Inks $1.6B Cancer Drug Option Deal
• False Metrics Fueled $206M Chopper Parts Merger, Suit Says
• Shearman Guides Electra In $478M JV Deal For Grainger Arm
• Deals Rumor Mill: Shire, New World Development, EQT
• Icahn Bests Bridgestone With $1B Pep Boys Deal
• 1 Firm Scores Big In Record Year For M&A
• Bowflex Maker Inks $115M Deal For PE-Backed Competitor
• 2015 In Review: Tax Regulators Attempt To Strike Back
• Nokia's Alcatel-Lucent Bid A Success, French Watchdog Says
• Cooley Adds Ex-O'Melveny M&A Leader In Palo Alto
• Investor Group To Pay $1.4B For US Student Housing Portfolio
• More Tough Times Ahead For The Energy Industry
• Top 10 Topics For Directors In The New Year