Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » December, 2018

Mergers & Acquisitions - December, 2018

216 articles

• Parts Of $69B CVS-Aetna Deal Gets Temporary Greenlight
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• UK, Others Raise Red Flags Over Alstom, Siemens Merger
• Don't Miss It: Covington, Paul Hastings Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Deals Rumor Mill: Enel, Pinterest, BMPS
• Newfield Shareholder Sues To Block $5.5B Encana Deal
• Makeup Brand Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $16M Stalking Horse Bid
• Latham Leads Firms In IPO Deals After Market's Robust Year
• Dental Supply Co. Was In On Price-Fixing, Investors Say
• Caribbean Court Sides With Sinovac In Board Dispute
• 4 Firms Steer $1.8B Greif Deal For PE-Backed Caraustar
• 5 Firms Pull Together $12.8B Juul-Altria Agreement
• EU Drags China To WTO Over Forced Tech Transfer Rules
• IRS Floats Rules On Share Sales By Foreign Partners
• Tips For Using Private Co. Stock As Acquisition Currency
• Delaware Rundown: What You Missed In Q4
• Del. Justices Question Chancery's Oxbow Carbon Sale Order
• US Needs Tougher Tech Antitrust Enforcement, Sens. Hear
• HIG, Bain Escape 6 Of 8 Claims In Surgery Center Buy
• Aralez Ch. 11 Inches Forward With 'Weird' Sale Proposal
• Open Road Settles Contract Issues To Get OK On Ch. 11 Sale
• 2 More Ex-Wilmington Trust Execs Get Years Behind Bars
• Del. Chancery Strikes Charters' Fed. Court Provisions
• Rockport Ch. 11 Estate Gets Approval For Liquidation Plan
• The Biggest Telecom Policy Developments Of 2018
• The Top Antitrust Cases Of 2018
• Deals Rumor Mill: Altria, BP, GE
• Skadden Reps Aflac In Japan Post Investment Deal
• UK Looks Harder At Thermo Fisher $925M Microscope Deal
• 5 Firms Rep GSK, Pfizer In £9.8B Consumer Health Biz Merger
• Entwistle & Cappucci To Lead Tribune Stock-Drop Suit
• 2 Firms Steer $940M GreenOak-Bentall Kennedy Tie-Up
• Ex-KPMG M&A Tax Pro Joins Weil Tax Departments In DC, NY
• Cleary, Latham Steer 3M's $1B Deal For M*Modal Tech Unit
• How BIS Will Review Emerging Technology Export Controls
• 3 Firms Guide Bristol-Myers On $1.6B Offer For French Unit
• Goodwin, Foley Drive $375M Sale Of Pool Products Maker
• DOJ Antitrust Review Changes Unlikely To Make A Difference
• Red Hat Shareholder Sues To Stop $34B IBM Sale
• T-Mobile Tie-Up Inches Closer To Finish Line With Security OK
• Investors Say Digital Video Co. Sale Squeezed Them Out
• SEC Seeks Comment On Easing Quarterly Reporting Rules
• Chancellor Probes Age Claim In Suit Over $283M NCI Merger
• 3 Firms Steer Centerbridge's $1.4B Civitas Solutions Buy
• IPass Keeping Investors In Dark On Tech Merger, Suit Says
• Ex-Buchanan Lawyer Joins Eckert Seamans' Tax Practice
• Judge Scolds DOJ For 'Defensive' Attitude In CVS-Aetna Case
• Pulling Up Stakes: Greenberg, McDermott, Willkie Farr
• Potential Bidder Cries Foul In Cancer Center Ch. 11 Sale Plan
• FCC Should Review Sinclair Renewals Early, Cable Org Says
• Bridgepoint-Led Group Lobs $1B Bid For Swedish Gaming Co.
• NY Fines Barclays $15M Over CEO's Whistleblower Hunt
• Nasdaq Unit Ups Bid For Swedish Fintech Cinnober To $220M
• Sears Gets Approval For $60M Home Improvement Biz Sale
• Rent-A-Center Abandons $1.4B Takeover By Vintage Capital
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• The Continuing Shift Of Merger Litigation To Federal Courts
• When Is Antitrust Merger Review Over?
• Cooley Adds Financial Regulation Atty To Boston Office
• China Reinsurance Gets EU OK For $950M Chaucer Buy
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• FTC Judge Upholds Challenge Of $2.4B Titanium Dioxide Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Taisho, Carlyle, Trilantic
• Don't Blame DOJ For Concentration: Antitrust Enforcer
• Ex-Linkwell Execs Face Sanctions For Deposition No-Shows
• Standard Chartered Sends PE Unit To ICG In $1B Deal
• Boeing Values Embraer Unit At $5.25B In Sweetened JV Deal
• Wachtell, Rogers Steer $751M Ameris-Fidelity Bank Tie-Up
• Health Care Co. Hid $1B Tax Debt Before Merger: Investors
• DOJ Asks For Info On Quad/Graphics' $1.4B Deal For LSC
• Jack In The Box May Add A Sale To Its Shareholders' Menu
• How FIRRMA Changed National Security Reviews In 2018
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Fox Rothschild Real Estate Pro In Calif.
• Reed Smith Adds Ex-Squire Corporate Pro As Partner In LA
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• Wilmington Trust Execs Get 6-Year Prison Terms For Fraud
• ABB Readies Sale Of $11B Power Grids Biz To Japan's Hitachi
• Neiman Marcus Accuses Marble Ridge Of Smear Campaign
• Gray, Raycom Must Divest TV Stations Before $3B Merger
• Loeb & Loeb Leads Blank Check's $70M IPO To Buy Health Biz
• Aegean Marine Files Deal To Reorganize With $135M Sale
• 'No Need' To Delay CVS-Aetna Merger, DOJ Says After Rebuke
• Covington & Burling Steers Merck's €2B Animal Tech Biz Buy
• The Biggest Telecom Cases Of 2018
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, McAfee, Bankia
• Freshfields Lures Antitrust Veteran From DOJ
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Don't Miss It: Sullivan And Sidley Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Paul Hastings Picks Up Private Equity Partner In Houston
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Gibson Dunn
• The Biggest M&A Moments Of 2018's Second Half
• Weil Shapes $3.2B Sale Of Belmond To Luxury Group LVMH
• Toys R Us Wins Ch. 11 Clearance For $760M Sale Of Asia Biz
• Arent Fox Nabs Ex-Shearman Atty For DC Tax Practice
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• NJ Health Care Co. Execs Indicted In $300M Investment Fraud
• Open Road Films' Ch. 11 Sale Delayed By Assumption Issue
• MiMedx Dodges Rival's $6.8M Trade Secret, Breach Suit
• Alstom, Siemens Offer EC A Remedy For Merger Deal To Pass
• Bojangles' Investor Seeks More Details On Chain's Acquisition
• Ellenoff-Led Blank-Check Co. CF Finance Scores $250M IPO
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• Deals Rumor Mill: Premier Oil, Japan Post, Oak Hill
• Total Cuts $1.6B From Stake In Australian LNG Project
• 3 Standout Proxy Fights From The 2018 Season
• New Coalition To Push For Sprint-T-Mobile Block At FCC, DOJ
• Steptoe Adds Blockchain Atty To Ranks In Chicago
• Skadden Steers Ball Corp.'s $225M China Packaging Sale
• Winston & Strawn Taps Ex-Akin PE, Project Finance Pro
• Tenaris, Execs Sued By Investors Over Bribery Scandal
• DOJ Enforcer Denies Politics Played Into AT&T, Warner Case
• ARRIS Stockholder Seeks To Halt $7.4B CommScope Buy
• Synergy Pharma Files Ch. 11, Bausch Health Offers $200M Bid
• FCC OKs Media Ownership Review, Marketplace Assessment
• Sainsbury's Seeks Delay In UK Probe Of Walmart Unit Deal
• Greenberg-Led Blank Check Co. Schultze Snags $150M In IPO
• Investor Seeks Halt Of $1.9B Apptio-Vista Deal For More Info
• Nixon Peabody Snags Corporate Pro For San Francisco Office
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, Warburg Pincus, Luckin Coffee
• Activist Elliott Slams 'Lack Of Outside' Voices At Pernod
• 4 Firms Advise As PE Firm Pays $183M For Defense Tech Co.
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• Allen & Overy, Linklaters Lead €770M Sale Of Universities
• Xura Breach Claims Advance In $643M Chancery Merger Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cisco Systems, Plaid, Nvidia Corp.
• Consortium Makes Offer For Radisson Valued At $768M
• EU Probing Vodafone's €18B Deal For Liberty Global Units
• PE-Backed Blank Check Co. Files $375M IPO Guided By Weil
• EBay Buyout Of UK Car Site Probed By Antitrust Watchdog
• CVC Lobs $2B Offer To Take Ahlsell Private Again
• EU Clears Chemical Makers' $1.4B Tie-Up After Oils Sale
• EU Clears $5B Data Encryption Deal With Conditions
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• Chancery OKs $92.5M Deal To End $4.4B Starz Merger Suit
• Ex-Stillwater Chairman Says $2.2B Offer Couldn't Be Ignored
• Neiman Marcus Accused Of Funneling $1B To LBO Sponsors
• Keryx Investor Sues In Chancery For Akebia Merger Records
• Sonos Snags GC From Tribune A Week After Nexstar Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Vivendi, Ferrero, Sailing Capital
• Barr, Delrahim Offered Dueling Accounts Of AT&T Merger Talk
• Lexington Leads $1B In Commitments For TPG Vintage Funds
• Ex-Director Of Health Care Co. Charged In Stock Fraud Plot
• Tishman, Lehman Wins Upheld In Archstone Buyout Row
• Stradling Nabs Ex-Sheppard Mullin M&A Partner
• Siris, Elliott's Evergreen Ink $4.4B Travelport Take-Private
• Sanctions Screening Lessons From OFAC Cobham Settlement
• Bass Berry, Davis Polk Steer Tivity's $1.3B Nutrisystem Buy
• Authentix Shareholders Challenge Nixed Appraisal Rights
• 7 Firms Guide €4.6B Sporting Goods Biz Buy
• UK Watchdog Probing Pepsi-Chips Combo
• Intricacy Of Interest Deduction Regs May Vex Multinationals
• Paul Hastings Guides $900M JV Fund Buy Of Orlando Resort
• Take Merger Fight To The Links, FCC's Pai Says At Roast
• Deals Rumor Mill: Uber, ByteDance, WuXi
• Meet The Rigorous Judge Overseeing The CVS-Aetna Merger
• 8 Firms To Guide 5 IPOs Led by Tencent Music's $1.1B Deal
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cahill, DLA, Brown
• 5 Firms Steer Altria's $1.8B Buy Of Cannabis Co. Stake
• Health Hires: Hooper Lundy, King & Spalding, Williams Mullen
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Hogan Lovells Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Del. Justices Uphold Fresenius' $4.3B Akorn Merger Drop
• Better Together Is The Energy M&A Theme Of 2018
• Tronox Awaits Chance To Sell FTC On Planned $2.4B Merger
• Solar Co., Investors Seek End To Suit After Chancery Prod
• Mission Coal Lenders Offer $145M Stalking Horse Bid
• Saul Ewing Attorney Selected As Master In Del. Chancery
• Deals Rumor Mill: BYD, Travelport, Amer Sports
• FTC Fines NY Sports Owner For Failing To Report Stock Adds
• Proxy Firms Should Be Regulated, Senate Panel Hears
• DOJ's AT&T Appeal Needs Numbers, Not Theory: DC Circ.
• Ex-Sears CEO's Fund Submits $4.6B Ch. 11 Purchase Bid
• REIT Blasts Investor's 'Meritless' Bid To Block Merger
• Shareholder Sues SendGrid Over $2B Twilio Deal
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• Orrick, Clifford Chance Guide $87.3M Financial News Deal
• Drafting Effective Joint Bidding Agreements For PE Funds
• Shire, Takeda Shareholders Give All Clear To £46B Deal
• Fresenius Hits Akorn 'Disaster' In $4B Del. Merger Appeal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Blackstone, Mogu, Petrobras
• Petrobras Could Reap $27B From Deals, Partnerships By 2023
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• UK Antitrust Enforcer Deepens PayPal-IZettle Merger Probe
• Aralez Ch. 11 Sale Problems Put Case On Path To Mediation
• Rockport Shoe Creditors Say Del. Ch. 11 Plan Falls Short
• RV Gear Firm Sues Dometic For $8.4M Merger Escrow In Del.
• 4 FINRA Attys Take Regulatory Expertise To King & Spalding
• Mining Co. Affiliates Drop $1.2B On Chilean Copper Mine
• In AT&T Round 2, Attys Say DOJ Swinging At Air
• Deals Rumor Mill: Daimler, Ardian, Grail
• Nexstar's $6.4B Tribune Buy Means Blackouts, ACA Says
• Canadian Watchdog Deepens Probe Of Newspaper Deal
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• Marriott Hack Shows Risks Of Lax Cyber Diligence In Mergers
• Gov't Told To Say Why CVS-Aetna Deal Needs Quick Wrap-Up
• Chancery OKs $18M Ameritrade Class Deal In Scottrade Suit
• Westmoreland Coal Ch. 11 Plan Reveals Too Little: US Trustee
• Aegean Marine Defends Stalking Horse Agreement With Rival
• Aralez, Proposed Buyer Pan Creditors' Ch. 11 Sale Challenge
• AT&T Can't Block Scholars From DOJ's Merger Appeal
• 2 Firms Lead Nov. IPO Action Fueled By Blank Check Cos.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ace Hardware, Arconic, Altria
• Chancery Finds Plimus Exec Liable In $115M Fraud Suit
• Fenwick, DLA Steer ResMed's $225M Propeller Health Buy
• More Novation Complexity In Gov't Contracts M&A?
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• FCC Watchdog Clears Sinclair-Tribune White House Call
• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• ITC Clarifies Duty Of Respondents After Corporate Restructure
• 7 Firms Steer GSK's £3B India Unit Sale, $5B Oncology Buy
• DLA Piper Snags Entertainment Atty From Greenberg Traurig
• MVP: Skadden's Howard Ellin
• 4 Firms Steer $6.4B Nexstar, Tribune Deal
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018