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Mergers & Acquisitions - November, 2019

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• NY Appeals Court Rules Against McDermott In Privilege Row
• Ukrainian Oligarch-Tied Cos. Want Quinn Off Chancery Suit
• Glansaol Plan Admin Urges Approval Of Wage Settlement
• Capgemini's $4.1B Altran Offer Is Too Low, Activist Says
• Q&A With Paul Weiss' Andrew Finch, Ex-DOJ Antitrust Deputy
• Don't Miss It: Fried Frank, Paul Weiss Lead Week's Hot Deals
• PE Firms Eye Creative Workarounds To Competitive Auctions
• Catalyst Capital Makes $1.5B Takeover Play For Hudson's Bay
• DLA Piper Nabs Former Goodwin Counsel For SF Office
• Battle Looms Over SEC's Proxy, Shareholder Proposals
• 3 Issues To Watch As Dish Enters Wireless Marketplace
• City Football Group Scores $500M From PE Firm Silver Lake
• Cannabis Giant Cresco Labs Backs Out Of VidaCann Deal
• Pay-TV Group Says FCC Made Bad Call On Apollo Station Buy
• Vice Chancellor Tells Anthem, Cigna To Cut Their 'Soap Opera'
• Del. Justices Affirm Ruling On $1B ETE Equity Issue
• T-Mobile's Promises To States In Merger Fight Called Hollow
• Colony Capital Pushes Back As Activist Seeks Major Shake-Up
• London Stock Exchange Investors OK $27B Refinitiv Takeover
• Cemex Gets $499M In Sale Of Cement Biz To Texas Co.
• Caltex Australia Mulls $5.8B Bid From Canada's Couche-Tard
• New Views On Corporate Purpose Miss The Mark
• Trends And Opportunities In Distressed M&A Investing
• Xerox Slams HP's Refusal To Entertain $33B Takeover Bid
• Ameris Bank Scores Arbitration Win Over Ex-Exec's Ouster
• Kirkland Snags Latham Energy M&A Partner In Houston
• CFIUS Report Shows Trump Admin's Push To Curb Risky M&A
• 4 Firms Steer $1.8B AIG, Carlyle Reinsurance Deal
• Texas Drops Out Of Sprint-T-Mobile Merger Challenge
• Book Review: Who's To Blame For The Broken Legal System?
• Bumble Bee Can Pay Critical Suppliers In Ch. 11 Case
• Investors Win Closer Look At Looming $30B CBS-Viacom Deal
• DLA Piper Steers Altice's $1.1B French Fiber Network Deal
• Cybersecurity Due Diligence Strategies For M&A Transactions
• 4 Firms Drive $4.05B StubHub Purchase By Peer Viagogo
• Skadden, Sullivan & Cromwell Lead $16.2B Tiffany Takeover
• Davis Polk, Wachtell Steer $26B Schwab-TD Ameritrade Deal
• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Paul Weiss, S&C Shape $9.7B Novartis Deal For NJ Drugmaker
• UK Clears Salesforce's $15.7B Deal For Tableau Software
• Don't Miss It: Fried Frank, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Bumble Bee Foods Can Tap Chunk Of $280M Ch. 11 Loans
• Del. M&A Case Clamps Down On MLP General Partner Liability
• Chancery Mulls Late Doc Order In $30B CBS-Viacom Merger
• FaegreBD Steers Manufacturer's $340M Towing Biz Buy
• PE Firm Sweetens $3.9B Anixter Take-Private Deal
• Health, Real Estate Acquisition Cos. Price $425M IPOs
• MLB Owners Approve Kansas City Royals' $1B Sale
• UK Probing Hasbro's $4B Buy Of Entertainment One
• DOJ Can't DQ Munger Tolles In Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Fight
• William Hill To Buy CG Tech's Sportsbook Assets
• Shipping Co. Buys Mobile Power Plant Lessor In $750M Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: Hudson's Bay, Charles Schwab, DoorDash
• SEC Proposals Could Be Game Changing For Proxy Process
• Bumble Bee Foods Hits Ch. 11 With $925M Bid In Hand
• REIT Acquires Brookfield Warehouse Operator For $253M
• Xerox Prepared To Go Hostile With $33B HP Takeover Bid
• Prosus Urges Just Eat Investors To Back Competing £5B Bid
• Harvest Health Walks Away From $225M Financing Deal
• Avenue Stores Lender Backs Converting Case To Chapter 7
• 3rd Circ. Rejects FCC's Rehearing Bid In Media Rules Case
• Skadden, Latham Shape PayPal's $4B Bet On Honey
• Robbins Geller, Funds Push To Keep Lead In ATM Investor Suit
• NBC Sports Buys PGA Tour-Linked Golf Software Co.
• Sprint, T-Mobile Don't Want DQ Bid To Delay Merger Trial
• Door Maker Wins Another $7M In Long-Running Antitrust War
• Hologic Inks $205M Sale Of 'Underperforming' Med Tech Co.
• Pembina Gets Antitrust OK For $3.3B Kinder Morgan Unit Buy
• FTD Seeks Court Approval For Pension Plan Settlement
• Ellenoff Grossman-Steered Blank Check Cos. Bag $230M IPOs
• Warren Bill Presents Powerful Headwinds For Private Equity
• Private Equity Firm Escapes Envision Investor Suit
• Avery Dennison Pays €225M For Smartrac's Transponder Biz
• Investors Say Conflicts Bar Toss Of Tech Co. Merger Suit
• Freshfields Owes For Work Wooing Cleary Atty, Recruiter Says
• EU Watchdog Taking Closer Look At €380M Recycling Biz Deal
• VW Accused Of Blocking Supplier M&A To Keep 'Stranglehold'
• GreenVision Targets Health Care Acquisition After $50M IPO
• Rural Carriers Say T-Mobile CEO Exit Endangers Deal Pledges
• Novel Securities Let Some Drillers Unlock Investor Cash
• Baker Botts, Bryan Cave Guide $128M VPN Co. Deal
• UK Set To OK Advent-Cobham Deal With Company Promises
• How To Hire Lateral Partners More Effectively
• Lumenis Nabs $1B Value In Sale To Baring PE Asia
• Pulling Up Stakes: McDermott, Norton Rose, Fangda Partners
• Material Adverse Change Lingo Shifts Toward Buyers' Favor
• No More Data Storage In China, GOP Senator's Bill Says
• Del. Justices Say Chancery Didn't Bungle $170M Merger Call
• Worker Says PDQ Execs Used Kwik Trip Sale To Snatch $12M
• Bowles Rice, Nelson Mullins Steer $1.1B Bank Deal
• T-Mobile, Sprint Don't Want Foreign Merger Studies At Trial
• MVP: Paul Weiss' Scott Barshay
• Aviation Watch: No Winners In Boeing-Airbus Trade Feud
• Acacia Gets Up To $400M In Starboard Investment Deal
• Simpson, Cleary Shape $30B Tech JV For SoftBank, Naver
• Cooley, Skadden Steer Kylie Jenner's $600M Biz Stake Sale
• Saudi Aramco Sets Price Range For Potential $25B IPO
• FTC Clears Bristol-Myers' $74B Celgene Buy With Drug Sale
• Don't Miss It: Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Lead Hot Deals
• Avianca Majority Investor Says United Is Mounting A Takeover
• MVP: Wachtell's Joshua Cammaker
• Investor Seeks Chancery Bailout For $121M Damages Claim
• How New Justice Blazed Trail From Miss. To Del.'s Top Court
• Masco Sells Cabinetry Biz To ACProducts In $1B Deal
• 11 Firms To Guide 6 IPOs Led By Florida REIT, Crypto Miner
• Genesee & Wyoming Investor Wants Docs On $8.6B Deal
• Roan Shareholder Aims To Stop $1B Sale To Citizen Energy
• US Trustee Wants Avenue Stores Case Converted To Ch. 7
• Cederquist Helping With Swedish Property Cos.' $2.4B Merger
• Noble Energy Streamlines Midstream Assets With $1.6B Deal
• Houlihan's Parent Hopes To Close Ch. 11 Sale By Year's End
• Partners Group Sells Stake In €10.25B Dutch Retailer Action
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Cleary, Latham
• Roche Inks Up To $1.39B Deal For Goodwin-Advised Biotech
• Lloyds Shareholders Lose £385M Suit Over HBOS Takeover
• Cresco Labs, Origin House Trim Pot Co. Merger To $370M
• Icahn Loses 'Novel' Chancery Doc Bid Amid Proxy Fight
• Destination Maternity's Expedited Ch. 11 Sale Plan Approved
• Abraham Fruchter Contests Lead Pick In Diebold Investor Suit
• Energizer Lays Out Commitments To Get OK For €180M Deal
• Munger Tolles Blasts DOJ's DQ Bid In Sprint-T-Mobile Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Xerox, Thyssenkrupp, Thermo Scientific
• Callon Slashes Carrizo Deal In Bid To Gain Investor Support
• California's 'Woman Quota' For Boards Is Illegal, Investor Says
• Philly Refinery Gets OK For Possible Ch. 11 Auction In Jan.
• MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Davis
• Houlihan's Files Ch. 11 With $40M Bid From Landry's
• Chancery Badly Bungled Stock Fix Ruling, Del. Justices Told
• Navajo Nation Won't Back Tribal Energy Co.'s New Coal Mines
• Chancery Ignored Risks In ETE Deal, Del. Justices Told
• House Dems Seek Tighter Antitrust Oversight Of Tech Mergers
• Ex-Immunomedics Brass Must Face Del. Suit Over $250M Deal
• Covington Guides Merck In $576M Deal For Life Science Biz
• 4 Firms Steer Blank Check Co.'s Grid Dynamics Deal
• MVP: Simpson Thacher's Elizabeth A. Cooper
• 3 Firms Lead Apollo's $5.4B Take-Private Of Tech Data
• Texas Could Take Page From Mass.'s Judicial Selection Book
• CD&R Tells Chancery $1.3B Merger Suit Has No Legs
• 3 Firms Guide Deals For New Ironwood Midstream Co.
• Canadian Regulators Say Pot M&A Deals Lack Transparency
• EU Clears Telia's $1B Broadcasting Deal With Conditions
• Gibson, Cleary Build $1.4B Deal For US Drywall Maker
• Tile Shop Halts Stock Deregistration As It Fights Investor Suits
• Merger Would Open Peroxide Market To Collusion, FTC Warns
• Burns & Levinson Hires Ex-Foley Hoag Partner In Boston
• Freshfields Nabs 4 Partners In Quest For Top US M&A Practice
• Judging A Book: McKeown Reviews 'Conversations With RBG'
• MVP: MoFo's Brandon C. Parris
• Linklaters, A&O Steer $694M VolkerWessels Take-Private Deal
• Steering The Unicorn: Tips For Working With Startups
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• WeWork, Execs Hit With Derivative Suit After SoftBank Rescue
• DOJ Wants To Close T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Review
• Looking Back At Chief Justice Strine's Sharpest One-Liners
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Fenwick Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Taxation With Representation: Shearman, Skadden, Pillsbury
• Cannabis Blank Check Co. Among 2 IPOs Raising $450M
• Labaton To Lead Investor Challenge To $1.9B Vista Deal
• SunTrust, BB&T To Sell 30 Branches In DOJ Deal
• Chemical Cos. Fight FTC's Injunction Bid In Merger Challenge
• Del. Legislature Gives Green Light To Post-Strine-Era Court
• Symantec Investor Files Suit Over 'Unjust' Officer Pay
• T-Mobile-Sprint Deal Critics 'Ignore Benefits,' DOJ Says
• City Says It Wants A Role In Philly Refinery Ch. 11 Sale
• Nelson Mullins Adds Miami Team For International VC Practice
• Fox Rothschild Picks Up Former Wuersch & Gering Tax Pro
• Fusion Trying To Skip Out On $31.2M In Debt, Creditors Say
• 3 Firms Guide Nielsen Split Amid Activist Pressure
• Title Co. Investor Can't Sue Over Failed Merger, Court Told
• How Attys Can Capitalize On PE's Health Care Craze
• Achillion Investor Seeks To Halt $930M Pharma Tie-Up
• Deals Rumor Mill: Walgreens, Xerox, New York Knicks
• FCC Asks 3rd Circ. To Review Panel's Hold On Media Rules
• Skadden, Kirkland Steer Realogy's $400M Relocation Arm Sale
• AMS' New €4.6B Osram Bid Requires Fewer Shareholder OKs
• Blackstone Keeps Unizo Talks Alive As $1.6B Bid Expires
• China Tensions, Political Uncertainty To Muddle M&A Market
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Eaton Stockholders' Spinoff Fraud Suit
• FTC Orders Prosthetic Maker To Unwind Merger
• QL Capital, Devon Energy Form Delaware Basin Partnership
• NJ Contractor Can't Revive Suit Over Deal That Didn't Exist
• Tile Shop Investor Sues In Del. To Thwart 'Fraudster' Takeover
• Outback Steakhouse Exploring Sale After Activist Pressure
• Where A Litigator's Advice Can Improve Agreement Drafting
• Latham, Paul Weiss Guide $2.4B Home Builder Tie-Up
• NY Tax Minutes: Trump Tax Updates, End To SALT Cap Suit
• 3 Firms Steer $2.4B Deal For Aircraft Leasing Co. Aircastle
• Conagra Can't Escape Stock-Drop Suit, Shareholders Say
• Last-Ditch Effort Delays EdgeMarc Ch. 7 Conversion Bid
• Monteverde To Lead Shutterfly Investors' Suit Over $2.7B Deal
• Laid Off Workers Can't Get Bayou Steel's Ch. 11 Moved To La.
• New Internal Debt Rules Could Hamper Tax Enforcement
• Xerox, Fujifilm Reach $2.3B Deal To End Failed Merger Suit
• Trump Merger Reviews On Pace With Obama, Dechert Says
• SEC Seeks Tighter Rules For Proxy Firms, Investor Proposals
• FCC Tweaks Dish Licenses To Clear Sprint-T-Mobile Merger
• Montgomery McCracken Boosts Litigation Group In Philly
• UK Software Co. Fights Stock-Drop Suit Over $8.8B HP Deal
• Cannabis-Focused Blank Check Co. Prices Upsized $120M IPO
• M&A 'Pure Omission' Claims Test Limits Of Securities Laws
• Chancery Won't Block Shareholder Vote On $2B Presidio Deal
• Pillsbury, Skadden Guide Kaman's $330M Deal For Bal Seal
• Diamond Resorts Reaches $25.5M Deal In $2.2B Merger Suits
• Del. Justices Won't Revive $283M NCI Go-Private Suit
• Shearman & Sterling Lands CFIUS Pro In DC
• Food Delivery Cos. Rework Deal After Competing Bid
• Ex-McKool Principal Joins Calfee Bankruptcy Practice
• Ice Miller Guides Indianapolis Motor Speedway In Penske Sale
• Tesla Calls For Proof Of Coercion In $2.6B SolarCity Suit
• TransPerfect Co-Founder's Legal Fee Bid Denied In Chancery
• Lone Star Laterals: Hunton, McGuireWoods, Dykema
• Google-Fitbit Deal Needs Close Scrutiny, Key House Dem Says
• Hungary's MOL Nabs $1.6B of Chevron's Eurasian Assets
• Jones Day, Vinson & Elkins Steer $135M Energy Biz Deal
• The SEC Should Do More To Fix Proxy Voting Process
• Flat-Fee Legal Billing Can Liberate Attorneys
• Hogan Lovells Bulks Up Sports Practice With Ex-Latham Atty
• 2 Firms Grab Lion's Share Of IPOs In Shaky October
• 3 Firms Shape Pattern Energy's $6.1B Go-Private Deal
• Skadden Guides Stryker's $4B Deal For Wright Medical
• Adelson Calls Newspaper Antitrust Suit 'Epic In Its Hypocrisy'
• Squire Patton Nabs 2 Calif. Pros To Boost West Coast Practice
• United Sporting's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd Over Creditor Challenge
• Chancery Orders Release Of $3M To Seller Of Boeing Supplier
• AAA Suit Alleges Fraud In Its $205M SAFE Security Buy
• Japan Eyes Big Tech For Stricter Antitrust Enforcement
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Latham, Debevoise
• 2 Tech-Focused Blank Check Cos. Raise $495M In Upsize IPOs
• Spoliation Rule Remains Ambiguous Despite Amendments
• Data Privacy Laws, Hackers Put Cyber Insurance In Spotlight
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Bitmain, Alibaba
• Chancery OKs Paring Ex-Heartland CEO's Legal Fees
• Latham, Weil Lead PAE Blank-Check Deal To Create $1.5B Biz
• Don't Miss It: Covington, White & Case Lead Hot Deals
• EdgeMarc Energy Says It Has Ch. 11 Exit Plan
• End Attorney Fee Trophy Hunting In Securities Litigation
• Fenwick, Cleary Gottlieb Lead Fitbit's $2.1B Sale To Google