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Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2021

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• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Cyprus Co. Looks To Enforce $7.6M Defaulted Loan Award
• Alamo Drafthouse Employee Bonuses OK'd In Ch. 11
• Chancery Orders Closing On $550M Cake Supply Co. Sale
• Wilson Sonsini, Weil Guide Gores SPAC-Sonder $2.2B Merger
• Latham, Simpson Thacher Rep $5.8B Nestlé Vitamins Buy
• Akerman Adds Katten Benefits Pro To Chicago Tax Team
• Don't Miss It: Fried Frank, Manatt Guide Week's Hot Deals
• House Comes For Drug Prices With New Antitrust Bill Package
• Staffing Platform ShiftPixy Files 4 SPACs Exceeding $1B
• Xerox Spinoff, Investors To Mediate Securities Class Claims
• High Court Blow To FTC Restitution Could Be Temporary
• Truck Co. Inflated Preorder Sales, Lost $1.9B, Investors Say
• Morgan Lewis, Baker Botts Drive $2.15B Gas Systems Deal
• Chancery Nixes Injunction In SourceHOV Appraisal Debt Row
• CrossAmerica Buying 7-Eleven Stores For Speedway Deal Fix
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle, Ant Group, Freshworks
• Norton Rose Names New Heads Of Corporate, Finance
• Data Co. Takeover Could Hurt NHS, British Watchdog Says
• Latham Taps Ex-V&E Private Equity Atty In Houston
• Weil, Davis Polk Cook Up $950M Deal For Spices Supplier
• Latham, Wachtell Build Merger Creating $50B US REIT
• NY, Del. Judges Take Brunt Of 3-Year Rise In Securities Filings
• Robust Debt Market Keeps Humming At Record Levels
• Casey's Must Sell 6 Gas Outlets For FTC OK Of Bucky's Deal
• Fenwick Guides MessageBird To $1B Funding, SparkPost Buy
• Facebook Cites Recent High Court Ruling In FTC Case
• Pharma Cos. Can Expect Harsh Antitrust Scrutiny From Biden
• Hertz Cleared For New Ch. 11 Plan Sponsor Auction Schedule
• 3 Firms Guide Billionaire Investors' Buy Of Pot Growhouse Co.
• Goodwin Snags Kirkland M&A Atty In LA
• CoreLogic Investor Sues In Del. For $6B Go-Private Sale Docs
• Mobile Store Biz Enjoy Goes Public In $1.2B Weil, Cooley Deal
• Boeing Supplier's Ch. 11 Plan Cleared After Settlements
• K&L Gates Taps Adds Health Care Partner In Austin
• Law360's 2021 M&A Editorial Advisory Board
• Facebook Appeals Giphy Merger Restrictions In CMA Probe
• Japan's Hitachi Metals To Be Taken Private In $7.51B Deal
• UK Probing $9B Deal For Intel's Memory And Storage Biz
• Chancery OKs Keker Van Nest $19.6M Fee In Shire Ruling
• Facebook Permanently Unfriends App Makers' Antitrust Suit
• Pivotal Software Class Challenges $2.7B Sale To VMware
• Sears Still $81M Short Of Covering Post-Ch. 11 Claims
• Canadian Cannabis Co. Buys Florida CBD Biz For Up To $60M
• How SPACs Can Avoid Failed China Reverse Mergers 2.0
• Atlas, DivcoWest Form $1B Single-Family Home JV
• Baker McKenzie Hires Transactional Atty From Baker Botts
• Bankrupt Alamo Drafthouse Goes With Stalking Horse Bid
• DSV Panalpina Buys Logistics Biz From Agility In $4.1B Deal
• The Pandemic's Bright Spots For Lawyers Who Are Parents
• Regulators Preserve Waiver For KC-Canadian Rail Merger
• 3 Firms Guide Fortuna's $887M Gold Mining Co. Buy
• Hertz Gives Competing Ch. 11 Sponsor A Week For New Offer
• Avoiding Litigation Risks As SPAC Popularity Explodes
• Archer Adds NY Atty To Business Counseling, M&A Groups
• Risk-Based Compliance Improves Cannabis M&A Prospects
• Wachtell, S&C Direct $7B Deal For Specialty Chemicals Co. 
• 2 Firms Guide $2.6B New York, Midwest Bank Merger
• Investment Firm Blasts Toshiba's Handling Of PE Takeover Bid
• Skadden, Kirkland Drive $12.3B Deal For Cybersecurity Firm
• $190M Merger Suit Survives Despite Papa Murphy's Challenge
• FTC Calls In-House Ilumina Case As Important As Fed. Trial
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Simpson Thacher M&A Atty In NY
• AGs, FTC Say Facebook Must Plan For Discovery Now
• Don't Miss It: Orrick, Jones Day Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Benefits Management Co. To Bet Up To $450M On Telemed Biz
• Socially Conscious Blank-Check Co. Files For $250M IPO
• Economic Sanctions And Export Controls: A Q1 Update
• 2 Firms Guide FirstGroup's £3.3B Transit Divestment To EQT
• No Discovery For Now In Crypto Co.'s Beef With Ellenoff Firm
• Revise Mansfield Diversity Mandates To Also Benefit Veterans
• How To Set Execs' Pay In SPACs Without Breaking A Sweat
• Pollen St. Joins UK Co. For £200M Mortgage Broker Buy-Up
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• W&C, Fried Frank Drive $7.1B Panasonic-Blue Yonder Deal
• FTC Lacks Facts For Antitrust Claims, Facebook Says
• We Haven't Heard The Last From SPACs, Panel Says
• Cooley-Led NeuroPace Raises $102M After Brief CFIUS Pause
• Del. Judge Delays Ch. 11 Ruling Over Hertz False Arrest Suits
• FTC's Body Cam Case Stays Paused For High Court Petition
• Pot Co. Verano To Spend More Than $200M On Pa. Business
• 3 Firms Steer $2B Vivid Seats Go-Public Deal
• 3 Firms Steer Deluxe's $960M Purchase Of Pay Processing Co.
• Tips For Managing Cybersecurity And Privacy Risks In M&A
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Discord, Oxford Nanopore
• 3 Firms Build SPAC Deal For $2.2B Real Estate Tech Provider
• GenMark Investor Wants Records On $1.8B Roche Deal
• 3 Firms Steer General Cannabis' $39.5M Buy Of Pot Retailer
• Senate Panel Advances Bill Aimed At Curbing China's Rise
• Hertz Gets OK For Creditor Vote On Ch. 11 Plan
• Khan Declines Blanket Recusal On Big Tech Cases
• Baker McKenzie Guides Affirm's $300M Return Processor Buy
• Cooley-Led Workplace Software Firm Leads Trio Of Tech IPOs
• New Bill Targets Foreign Real Estate Deals Near Military Bases
• Pot Co. TerrAscend Picks Up Pa. Dispensaries In $70M Deal
• Auto Parts Cos. Taking Volkswagen Antitrust Case To 6th Circ.
• Gov't Contractor Maximus Buys VA Services Biz For $1.4B
• Skadden, Gibson Cook Up $4.3B Food Service Equipment Deal
• TriZetto's $570M Punitive Damage Win Excessive, Judge Says
• FCC Won't Do Dems' 'Bidding' In Miami Station Sale, Carr Says
• Pot Co. Jushi's M&A Tear Continues With $5M Buy In Ohio
• FTC's Challenge To $8B Illumina Merger Shipped To Calif.
• DLA Piper Adds Benefits, Exec Comp Partner From Cooley
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over $1.6B Gigamon Sale
• UK Watchdog Flags Gas Station Markets In £6.8B Asda Deal
• Chancery Nixes Dyal Capital-Owl Rock Tie-Up Injunction
• ​​​​​FTC Rips Body Cam Co.'s Delay Bid Pending Justices' Review
• Toshiba Says It Can't Review PE Firm's Vague Takeover Bid
• Cozen Says Ex-Client's 'Bitterness' Driving Malpractice Suit
• Winston & Strawn Nabs IP Atty From Troutman Pepper In LA
• Canadian National Lobs Competing $33.7B Bid For Rail Co.
• Caesars Gets UK Court Approval For £2.9B William Hill Buyout
• DOJ Says Firm Must Divest Salt Co. For $3.2B Morton Buy
• Nestle Sues In Del. To Oust Robots From Bottling Plants
• Pot Co. Jushi To Snap Up Mass. Operator In $110M Deal
• Morgan Lewis, Goodwin Steer Fintech's $1.2B SPAC Deal
• Wachtell, Sullivan Guide Herman Miller's $1.8B Knoll Buy
• UK Gov't Wants National Security Review Of Nvidia's Arm Buy
• Webster, Sterling Bancorp Ink $10.3B Deal Led By 3 Firms
• Paul Weiss Reps Mastercard's $850M Digital Security Co. Buy
• New Vice Chancellor Pick Gets Sterling Endorsements In Del.
• Simpson, Paul Hastings Steer UK Co.'s $3.6B HVAC Biz Sale
• BP Looks To 5th Circ. To Weigh In On ERISA Class
• Gilbert, Norton Rose Steer ESR's $2.9B AU Logistics Buy
• Hotel Group Fights To Pin Apollo To €93M Funding Promise
• Justices Won't Review Tribune Media Ch. 11 Clawback Case
• Investors Get $17M To End Suit Over $446M Nutraceutical Buy
• Law360's Guide To Biden's Judicial Picks
• NJ Hospitals Say County Line Doesn't Block Competition
• SEC Reopens Public Comment On Universal Proxy Proposal
• Axon Wants FTC Paused While It Seeks High Court Review
• Chancery OKs $5.6M Settlement In Liberty Tax Investor Suit
• Don't Miss It: Cravath, DLA Piper Guide Week's Hot Deals
• AstraZeneca Notches FTC Approval For $39B Alexion Deal
• Astrotech Hit With Derivative Suit Alleging Bogus Shares
• Biden's FTC Pick Khan To Face Senate Panel Wednesday
• Why The Future Law Firm Model Is Industry-Based Offerings
• Thompson Hine Adds Transactions Partners To Chicago Office
• McDonald Hopkins Adds Business Partner In Detroit
• Brookfield Sells Wind Business Worth €571M To Orsted
• Hertz Ch. 11 Bidding War Reignites On Eve Of Disclosure OK
• 6 D&O Provisions To Consider When Buying SPAC Insurance
• Ex-Duane Morris Partner Joins Faegre Drinker Litigation Team
• Relay Therapeutics Inks Up To $270M Drug Discovery Co. Buy
• Nuvei Nabs Gambling Payments Co. In Potential $315M Deal
• EU Clears $1.3B Recycling Biz Deal With Conditions
• 9th Circ. Stays Mum On Private Plaintiff Issue In Emulex Row
• Pharma Co. Says PE Firm Owes $6.7M After Merger
• FCC Probes Verizon's Plans For TracFone Merger
• Hertz Defends Ch. 11 Plan, Says Exit Needed By Summer
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Axon Challenge To FTC Merger Powers
• Luckin Coffee Nabs $250M To Fund Restructuring, Settlement
• Big-Money PE Play For Toshiba Is Sure To Catch CFIUS' Eye
• Bernstein Litowitz Will Lead MultiPlan SPAC Suit In Chancery
• TransPerfect Ducks Ross Aronstam's Sanctions Bid In Del.
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, VinFast, Impossible Foods
• M&A Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• Wachtell, Dentons Steer Deal For $20B Grocery-Focused REIT
• UK Watchdog Still 'Concerned' Over Investment Tech Merger
• 3 Firms Assemble Thermo Fisher's $20.9B PPD Purchase
• McDermott Can't Ditch CB&I Merger Suit, Texas Judge Says
• Dell Readies VMware Spinoff Featuring $12B Dividend 
• UK Watchdog Gives $39B Telecom Merger The Provisional OK
• Michaels Investor Seeks Docs Related To $5B Apollo Buyout
• Finjan Beats Investor Suit Over $44M Fortress Deal, For Now
• Junction Ahead For 1st 'Major' Rail Merger In Decades
• Globalworth Receives Buyout Offer Valuing Firm At $1.9B
• Judge Clears Way For Hawaii Beer Deal
• Del. Justices Asked To Back $1.8B Cigna-Anthem Breakup Fee
• Skadden, Mayer Brown Lead $1.7B Caliber Home Loans Deal
• White & Case Adds Baker Botts Capital Markets Atty
• EU Gives Itself Time To Review Fixes For Aon, Willis Tie-Up
• Enforcement Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• High Expectations For Easy Pivot To McCormick In Chancery
• 7 Firms Forge $4.8B Univision-Televisa Merger
• Investors Fight Chancery Toss Of $600M Utah Mine Sale Suit
• Judge OKs Tilton-Tied Biz's Ch. 11 Deal For Auto Parts Co.
• SEC's Latest Guidance Likely To Further Slow SPAC Market
• UK Watchdog Probes €10B Cellnex Telecom Assets Deal
• Thought Leadership's Critical Role In Law Firm Diversity
• Jones Day, Goodwin Rep Bally's $150M Las Vegas Casino Deal
• 3 Firms Lead $1.8B Self Storage Tie-Up
• Ellenoff Grossman Sued For Malpractice Twice In Six Weeks
• Federal Judge Won't Jump Into TransPerfect Fee Fight
• Beautycounter Valued At $1B After Carlyle Buys Majority Stake
• Grab Valued At Nearly $40B In SPAC Deal Delivered By 5 Firms
• Regulators Warn That SPAC Accounting Errors Require Fixes
• T-Mobile Says Dish To Blame For 3G Shutdown Threat
• Sen. Wants To Ban 'Dominant' Tech, $100B Cos. From All M&A
• FTC Asks For More Info On $300M Tractor Supply Deal
• Rite Aid Beats Suit Over Ex-Atty's Insider Trading Warning
• Nat'l Security Team Clears Polhem's $1B Telia Carrier Buy
• Aon Offers Fix To Quell EU Concerns Of $30B Willis Takeover
• 3 Firms Drive $1.7B Purchase Of Golf Cart Maker By PE Firm
• 3 Firms Lead As BancorpSouth, Cadence Form $6B Bank
• Veolia Nabs Suez With Revised Bid Valuing Target At €15B
• Simpson, Paul Weiss Rep Microsoft's $19.7B Nuance Buy
• Growth Cos. Should Disclose Projections In IPO Prospectuses
• Del. Rulings Guide On D&O Insurance For Corporate Fraud
• What Associates Should Consider Before Switching Practices
• Taxation With Representation: Fried Frank, White & Case, Weil
• 3 Reasons Securities Fraud Litigation Exposure Fell In Q1
• FTC Says Moving Illumina Suit To Calif. Is Risky Amid COVID
• 2 Years In, Tech Division Makes FTC 'Far More Efficient'
• ACS Throws Hat Into Ring For €10B Italian Toll Operator
• McCormick Picked As Bouchard's Del. Chancery Successor
• Johnson Controls Inks Up To $870M Deal For Data Center Co.
• Don't Miss It: Cleary Gottlieb, Dechert Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Toshiba Says PE Firm's Takeover Bid Needs Work
• AGs, FTC Fight To Keep Their Facebook Antitrust Suits Alive
• Blank-Check Co. Picks Up Calif. Pot Brand In $567M Deal
• Bitcoin Mining Co. Riot Bets $651M On Hosting Facility Owner
• SEC Official Warns That SPACs Offer No Legal Shortcuts
• These Firms Guided Q1's Top Hospitality Deals
• New Bill Aimed At Curbing China Would Expand CFIUS' Power
• 3 Firms Drive Fleet Tracking Co.'s $1.1B Go-Private Deal
• Investor Moves To Block Cubic's $3B Take-Private Deal
• Verizon Says TracFone Merger Will Shore Up Prepaid Plans
• Akin Gump Snags Thompson & Knight Energy Duo In Texas
• 4 Effective Ways To Prioritize Client Advocacy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Flipkart, Clubhouse
• 5 Firms Rep In Cellebrite's $2.4B Go-Public Deal
• Canopy Growth Grabs Supreme Cannabis In $346M Deal
• Kirkland Welcomes New Tax Partner From Weil
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive Investor Suit Over Omitted Deal Info
• Brazilian Businessmen Urge Court To OK $2.5M Arbitral Award
• Advocates Say TracFone Deal Can Only Wrap With Conditions
• Remote Law Firm Culture Should Prioritize Associate Training
• Investor Puts $130M Into Curaleaf's European Expansion
• Illumina Hits Back At FTC, Says $8B Grail Deal Can Save Lives
• MoFo-Led SoftBank Eyes $2.8B Stake In Robotic Storage Co.
• More Than A Dozen Firms Steered Top Q1 Real Estate Deals
• 3 Firms Drive $5B SPAC Deal For UK Diagnostic Testing Co.
• Generation Hemp Taps Ex-Baker Botts Partner As 1st GC
• Lamar Advertising's Blank-Check Co. Files For $300M IPO
• Kirkland-Led Sports Card Giant Hits $1.3B Value In SPAC Deal
• Brink's Buys ATM Services Biz PAI For $213M
• Virtual Litigation May Unravel The Narcissistic Lawyer
• Antitrust Experts Join Bona Law As Dallas, NY Partners
• Gibson Dunn, Wilson Sonsini Steer $1.3B Robotics SPAC Deal
• Organigram Acquires Edibles Manufacturer For Up To $28M
• Suez Inks $1.93B Recycling Biz Sale As Veolia Bid Looms
• EQT Investors Seek Class Cert. In Suit Over $6.7B Merger
• Whitecap To Pay $239M To Bulk Up Montney Shale Stake
• Electric Car Co.'s $2.4B Deal Was Built On Lies, Investor Says
• Railroads, Shippers Want Closer Look At Pending $29B Deal
• Biden's DOD Nominees Inherit COVID-19, Race Challenges
• Understanding SPACs' Hidden Capital Costs
• Dyal Highlights NY Injunction Denial In Del. Sixth St. Suit
• Tribune Says Rival $680M Bid May Beat Hedge Fund's Offer
• Illumina Wants FTC's Suit Over $8B Grail Deal Moved To Calif.
• Trulieve Acquires Pa. Pot Shops In $60M Deal
• ABA Remote Work Guide Raises Bar For Atty Tech Know-How
• Covington, Goodwin Guide $323M Internet Brand Biz Deal
• 3 Firms Power Sale Of $3.4B Stake In Sempra Energy Biz
• Air Canada Drops CA$190M Transat Deal Amid Turbulence
• Don't Miss It: V&E, Ropes & Gray Guide Hot Deals
• Media Ownership Ruling Leaves FCC Public Interest Leeway
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Torys, Goodwin
• Antitrust Risk Considerations In Light Of FTC Merger Focus
• Lateral Hire Conflict Screening Lessons From DLA Piper Case
• 5th Circ. OKs Rams Owner's Win In Co. Sale Interference Suit
• 3 Firms Guide Rep Blank-Check Co.'s $125M Planned IPO
• Ex-BlueLinx GC Rejoins Kilpatrick As Corporate Partner
• Snell & Wilmer Snag Atty From Troutman Pepper In San Diego
• Bank Says Pa. Online Ticket Vendor Stiffed It During Sale
• Key Enforcement Risks For SPAC Parties Amid SEC Scrutiny
• South Korea's HYBE Label Gets Scooter Braun's Co. For $1B
• What Companies Must Know Before Merging With A SPAC
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• DOJ Deal Lets Two Of Southeast's Biggest Waste Cos. Merge
• Illumina Agrees To Delay $8B Grail Deal During FTC Challenge
• Tech, Health Care Stand Out Among Largest Deals From Q1
• March IPOs Exploded, But The Boom Is Starting To Slow
• Ill. Court Says Suit Over Failed Shire Merger Rightly Tossed
• Wachtell Steers Payment Co. TriumphPay's $97M HubTran Buy
• Deals Rumor Mill: Kioxia, Raizen, Bayer
• Facebook Won't Offer Giphy Fixes, Draws UK In-Depth Probe
• 4 Firms Lead Brookfield's Sweetened $6.5B Property Unit Buy
• Alamo Theaters' Ch. 11 Bidding Plan, $60M DIP Loan Approved
• RentPath Gets Nod On New Ch. 11 Plan With $600M Sale
• Choosing A Branch Or Subsidiary For Overseas Expansion
• High Court Upholds FCC Media Ownership Deregulation