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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2021

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• SoftBank Settles WeWork Suits Over Failed $3B Tender Offer
• MultiPlan Investor Says Co. Lied About Revenue Drop
• Don't Miss It: Weil, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Weil-Led Blank-Check Co. Nabs $1.2B To Target Fintechs
• Kirkland Aids Starwood's Offer Valuing UK REIT At $653M
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes, Cahill, Davis Polk
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• Jackson Walker Nabs McGuireWoods Energy Partner
• Suez Board Of Directors Decries Veolia's €11.2B Takeover Bid
• Pot Co. Indus Scoops Celeb-Backed Lowell Herb In $39M Deal
• 3 Firms Steer AT&T's $16.25B PE-Backed DirecTV Spin Off
• Mich. Judge Won't Decide Auto Parts Arbitration Doc Bid Yet
• Red White & Bloom To Buy Acreage Florida Biz For $60M
• 'Reverse' Veil Piercing Floated In Chancery Appraisal Suit
• REIT Weyerhaeuser Lands Alabama Timberlands For $149M
• Payments Biz ACI Ups Board Size After Investor Criticism
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toast, Sportradar, Victoria's Secret
• IHS Markit Investors Want To Check Math On $44B S&P Merger
• Covington, Skadden Rep Merck's $1.9B Pandion Buy
• HP Looks To Boost $5B Fraud Suit With Post-Trial Evidence
• Tax Takeaways From India's Proposed Budget
• Pot Investment Firm Australis Picks Up Half Of Cultivation Co.
• Credit Firm Moves To Block Investor's Merger With Rival
• Exelon Says It Will Separate Generation And Utility Assets
• Food Lion Settles Suit Over Piece Of $433M Dean Foods Deal
• Ex-MGM, CBS Execs' 7th Blank-Check Co. Lands $1.5B In IPO
• Transaction Toolkit For A More Litigious M&A Environment
• FTC Remains Alert To 'Opportunistic Conduct' In Pandemic
• Latham, Skadden Rep Joby Aviation's $6.6B Go-Public Deal
• 8 Firms Power $8B SPAC Deal For Indian Clean Energy Giant
• Ares, Generation Land UK Student Housing Assets For $222M
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Cahill Gordon, Paul Weiss Shape $12B ICON-PRA Health Deal
• Chancery Keeps Alive Suit Over $3.5B Pandora-Sirius Tie-Up
• Kirkland, White & Case Drive Home A-Rod's $500M SPAC
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• GTCR, Reverence Capital Ink $2B Deal For Wells Fargo Unit
• Atos Demands Excess Coverage For $854M Trade Secrets Suit
• Class OK In Labaton Sucharow, Quinn Emanuel-Led Dell Suit
• Del. Justices Reverse Express Scripts' $82M Trial Loss
• Latham Lands Tech Transactions Atty From Mayer Brown
• Jackson Lewis Nabs Employee Benefits Partner In Atlanta
• 4 Firms Build $8.5B SPAC Deal For Metal Packaging Biz
• Boardwalk Investors Stress Conflicts In $1.5B Call-In Trial
• RentPath Gets $52M Breakup Fee From Failed CoStar Tie-Up
• DOJ Antitrust Alum Rejoins O'Melveny As Partner
• Akin Gump Adds Longtime Sullivan & Cromwell Benefits Atty
• Davis Polk, Weil Power $11.75B Lucid Motors SPAC Merger
• 4 Firms Guide Cannabis Co.'s $1.9B Go-Public Deal
• Brookfield Lobs Takeover Bid Valuing Inter Pipeline At $5.6B
• Sidley, Graubard Steer Fintech Co.'s Go-Public At $4.7B Value
• CBRE Pays $200M For Stake In Coworking Co. Industrious
• Calamos Can't Tap Travelers Policy For Stockholder Suit Deal
• 3 Firms Guide $5B LNG Shipment Biz's BlackRock Tie-Up
• Del. Justices Let $12M Attorney Fee In Versum Case Stand
• Cyxtera Technologies To Go Public In $3.4B SPAC Merger
• Shearman Nabs Ex-Jones Day Capital Markets Pro
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• Allied Universal Set To Win G4S Bidding War With $5.3B Offer
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Simpson Thacher Rep $7.6B Bank Deal
• 3 Firms Steer $2.5B Tie-Up For Tiremakers Goodyear, Cooper
• In-Shape Approved For $45M Ch. 11 Sale Of Calif. Gym Clubs
• DC Circ. Backs FERC's Grid Rate Incentives Cut
• Don't Miss It: Debevoise, Mayer Brown Guide Hot Deals
• FTC Takes Harder Look At Lockheed's $4.4B Aerojet Deal
• EU Clears Varian's $16.4B Sale To Siemens Unit With Fixes
• House Antitrust Panel Keeping Up Pressure On Platforms
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, White & Case, Sidley
• Davis Polk, Paul Hastings Rep Fintech SPAC's $250M IPO
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• Bell Nunnally Hires Ex-Greenberg Traurig Real Estate Pro
• Redfin To Pay $608M For Bankrupt Property Co. RentPath
• Short-Notice Zohar Real Estate Sale Gets Court OK
• DOJ Wants More Info On Salesforce's $27.7B Deal For Slack
• Knotel Extends Ch. 11 Sale Deadline To Appease Creditors
• Devon Energy Seeks Chancery Fix For Late Merger Notices
• Baker Botts Snags Norton Rose Oil And Gas Practice Leader
• FTC Staff Fights Altria's Bid To Claw Back Juul Docs
• A Look Under The Hood Of Independent Sponsorship In M&A
• When Mergers Create D&O Insurance Complications
• Energy Distributor Sells Chemicals Biz To PE Firm For $570M
• A Changing Health Insurance Antitrust Landscape
• 3 Firms Fuel $1.5B SPAC Deal For Satellite Imagery Co.
• EU Puts Safeguards In Novelis-Aleris Deal After Divest Mishap
• Jones Day-Led Greystar Buys £291M Of KKR Student Housing
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• Deals Rumor Mill: SpaceX, Marqeta, Aerion
• 4th Circ. Upholds Private Parties' Right To Challenge Mergers
• Australia Raises Antitrust Fears Over Aon's $30B Willis Merger
• Cannabis Co. Helix Faces Investor Suit Over Proposed Merger
• Raytheon To Fight Lockheed's $4.4B Aerojet Deal
• US-Style SPAC Launches In Germany Hunting For Tech Biz
• IHeartMedia Bolsters Ad Tech With $230M Deal
• US Natural Gas Cos. Combine In $7.2B Deal Built By 5 Firms
• Cairn Asks DC Court To Enforce $1.2B Tax Award Vs. India
• Serco Buys PE-Backed Defense Contractor For $295M
• Monteverde Attys Net $5.8M In Deal Ending Envision Sale Suit
• Pot Co. Hexo To Acquire Zenabis In $185M Deal
• Optum OKs Review Reset On $13.8B Change Healthcare Buy
• Sidley, Morgan Lewis Steer $3.69B Reverse Morris Trust Deal
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• CORRECTION: Constellation Sued Over Corona Hard Seltzer
• Analyzing Illegality Defense Trend In Investor-State Arbitration
• Chancery Tosses $1.6B Regency Energy Sale Damage Suit
• UK Concerned About EBay's $9.2B Sale Of Classifieds Biz
• Latham-Led CoStar Competes For CoreLogic With $6.9B Bid
• Chancery Chips Away More Claims In Southern Copper Suit
• Davis Polk, Skadden Steer Cannabis SPAC's $175M IPO
• FTC Wants Info About Bass Pro, Sportsman's Warehouse Deal
• DirecTV Arbitration Bid In Robocall Suit 'Absurd,' Judge Says
• King & Spalding, White & Case Rep $4B Sharecare-SPAC Deal
• Don't Miss It: Fenwick, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cleary, Faegre
• Davis Polk, White & Case Steer SPAC Union For $2.4B Fintech
• SPAC Surge Could Have Ripple Effects Overseas
• GOP Sens. Ask SEC To Scrap Nasdaq Diversity Plan
• Assessing Damages Theories In Recent Trade Secret Verdicts
• Key Deliverables For SPAC Parties Amid Growth Trend
• UK Takeover Panel Sets Auction For $5B Security Services Co.
• Miami Boutique Tenzer Arrieta Adds M&A Partner
• Bidding Battle For Coherent Heats Up With II-VI's $6.5B Offer
• TransPerfect Denies Shawe Steered Chancery Malpractice Suit
• Pet Care App Rover Valued At $1.35B In Blank-Check Union
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Xos Trucks, Bilfinger
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• Energy Biz Inter Pipeline Rebuffs Brookfield's $10.6B Bid
• Biden Admin. Looks To Pause WeChat, TikTok Shutdown Bids
• Prison Expert Warns Autonomy Chief Faces Health Risk In US
• Faegre, Gibson Shepherd $3.35B Deal For Planters Nuts Biz
• Shareholder Suit Against Data Software Company Thrown Out
• Enforcers Remain Worried About 'Flailing' Merger Arguments
• Knotel Committee Asks For Breathing Room In Ch. 11 Timeline
• Several Private Facebook Antitrust Suits Consolidated
• Apollo-Backed Co. Joins SPAC Wave With Upsized $600M IPO
• Del. Justices Unsure $12M Deal 'Mootness Fee' Is Off-Base
• Chinese Health Care Biz Valued At $1.7B In Take-Private Offer
• Driving Forces Shaping The Life Settlements Market
• French Authority To Probe Veolia Takeover Of Suez Subsidiary
• Merger Due Diligence Considerations Amid Rising ESG Focus
• Blank-Check Merger Values Genomic, Patient Data Biz At $2B
• WH Confirms Ongoing CFIUS Review Of TikTok-Oracle Deal
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• Munck, Shearman Drive $2.3B Government Tech Provider Deal
• Winston & Strawn Launches Energy & Infrastructure Group
• US Evidence Against Autonomy Chief 'Misleading,' Atty Says
• Cooley, Kirkland Pilot SPAC Merger For $3.8B Air Taxi Startup
• Chancery Suit Over Busted $1.5B Amex Deal Settled
• SEC Judge Fines Accountants Over CBD Co.'s Cooked Books
• TopGolf Aces SureShot's Antitrust Suit Over Tech Co. Buy
• Chancery Picks Class Leads For $1B Kyocera-AVX Merger Suit
• SMTC Investor Seeks To Block Deal With HIG Capital
• Chancery Tosses Suit Over $2.4B Kate Spade-Coach Merger
• No 'Do-Over' In Beats' $14M Win Over Monster, Judge Says
• Greenberg Leads Appgate In Merger To Go Public
• Bid Protest Spotlight: Recertification, Conflicts, Assumptions
• After 2020's Turbulence, Clearer Skies Are Ahead For Airlines
• Kirkland, Wilson Sonsini Guide Deal Forming $1.3B Biotech
• EssilorLuxottica, GrandVision Offer EU Fixes For €5.5B Deal
• Ex-Morgan Lewis Partner Joins Goulston & Storrs In Boston
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Simpson Thacher Hires V&E Energy M&A Partner In Houston
• Autonomy Chief Says SFO Could Revive HP Sale Fraud Probe
• Hyzon Motors Valued At $2.7B In SPAC Deal Driven By 3 Firms
• Agencies' Halt Of Early Merger OKs May Signal Policy Shift
• 3 Firms Steer Blank-Check Merger Creating $2.9B 3D Tech Biz
• Investment Co. Claims Fund Is Trying To Extort Weed Shares
• Judge Blocks Investors' $39M Spectrum Deal Amid Objection
• Bumble Upsizes IPO As More Companies Join Pipeline
• 10 Global Digital Markets Regulatory Issues To Watch
• Cost And Opportunity In Suspending Early Merger Clearances
• Education Software Investors Sue Over $2B Thoma Bravo Deal
• Biotech Consultant Hit With Insider Trading Charges
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• Del. Justices Reject Meso's Bouchard-Related Bias Claims
• COVID Construction Files: Oceanwide's San Francisco Project
• MKS Instruments Lobs Competing $6B Bid For Laser Maker
• Ex-Autonomy CEO Begins US Extradition Fight Over HP Sale
• 2 Firms Guide Blank-Check Co.'s $1B Tripled Offering Plans
• 5 Firms Construct $2.8B Go-Private Deal For Cubic Corp.
• MPs To Probe £530M LV Takeover Amid Competition Concerns
• 3 Firms Power Renesas' $5.9B Deal For Dialog Semiconductor
• Consultant, Cura Partners Trade Sanction Bids In Merger Fight
• Debt Markets Off To Strong Start In 2021 As Cos. Seek Cash
• Blackstone, GIP Team Up For $4.7B Signature Aviation Bid
• Don't Miss It: Covington, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Chevron Makes $1.13B Bid For Noble Midstream Partners
• Why An ExxonMobil-Chevron Merger Isn't Unthinkable
• Congress Should Make TCJA Income Definition Permanent
• 4 Ways To Strengthen Deal-Related R&W Insurance Claims
• Judges On Race
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• 4 Firms Guide CoreLogic's $6B Takeover Deal
• Klobuchar Unveils Sweeping Antitrust Reform Bill
• Colorado Rep. Buck Takes GOP Lead In House Antitrust Panel
• PPG Ups Paint Biz Bid To €1.5B, Besting Rival's Offer
• 7 Takeaways From Recent Del. Statutory Appraisal Litigation
• AT&T Gets Judge's OK For $1.95B Liberty Deal If Assets Sold
• Deals Rumor Mill: WeWork, Nestle, Kraft Heinz
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• DOJ, FTC Suspend Early Merger Clearances For Review
• NY Judge Again Nixes Papa John's Investors' #MeToo Suit
• Huntington, TCF Offering Fix For $22B Merger Deal
• SourceHOV Creditors Seek Injunction Over Stripped Assets
• Securities Filings Drop In 2020 With Fewer M&A, State Suits
• Hawley Targets Big Tech Mergers In Budget Amendment
• Cleary Gottlieb Adds Benefits, Executive Comp Partner In NY
• TCF Sued Over Planned $22B Merger With Huntington
• 5 Firms Guide Electric Vehicle Biz's Go-Public At $3.1B Value
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Investor Suit Over GE Turbine Flaw
• 3 Firms Guide Payoneer's SPAC Go-Public At $3.3B Value
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• Minn. Firm Winthrop & Weinstine Adds New M&A Shareholder
• How To Mitigate Risk In Buying A Distressed Gov't Contractor
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• Insurance Software Co. Valued At $7B In Go-Public Deal
• 5 Firms Aid As Jazz Pays $7.2B For Rare Disease Drugmaker
• WeChat Users Say Trump Ban Violated Their Religious Rights
• SPACs Surged In January Following Record-Breaking 2020
• Kirkland Steers T-Mobile's $1.95B Buy Of Shentel Wireless Biz
• Office-Share Co. Approved For $40M Ch. 11 Financing Deal
• Merger Enforcers Remained Active Under Trump
• Structuring Protein-Specific Life Science Partnerships
• Winston, Ropes Pilot $2.1B Deal For Satellite Launch Co.
• Fried Frank, Skadden Guide $190M Nasdaq Divestiture
• Brookfield Infrastructure Inks Complete $4.1B Sale Of Enwave
• Uber Swallows Up Latham-Led Alcohol Marketplace For $1.1B
• Chancery Hikes Interest Award In $5.8B Contract Breach Suit
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• CMA Orders Viagogo To Shed StubHub's International Biz
• Bankruptcy Court Won't Unwind American Airlines Deal
• 3 Firms Guide SPAC Deal Creating $3B Car Battery Co.
• NY Merger Ruling Offers Costly Lesson On Vague R&W Terms
• Blitz Of Biotechs Join Crowded IPO Lineup To Start February
• Del. M&A Ruling Shows Pragmatic View On Expert Reports
• Arnold & Porter, Skadden Rep $2B Wheels Up Go-Public Deal
• 2nd Circ. Hands American Air Win In Pilot Seniority Perks Suit
• Retirees Say BP Cover-Up Means 6-Year Limitations Window
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges
• Pulling Up Stakes: Proskauer, Latham, Milbank
• Cooley, Mintz Levin Craft $3.05B Deal For Drug Developer
• Office-Share Co. Knotel Inc. Opens Ch. 11 In Del. For Sale
• Rockets Owner Takes $6.6B Casino, Restaurants Biz Public
• FisherBroyles Adds 3 Faegre Drinker Partners In Chicago