Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » January, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions - January, 2022

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• Trump Adviser Barrack Says Gov't Wrongly Delayed Charges
• Redbox Investor Seeks Fees Over Corrected SPAC Vote
• DOJ Tells DC Circ. To Reassemble States' Facebook Claims
• Facebook's Diem To Wind Down Due To Regulatory Pressure
• Del. Court Lets Zoox Limit Discovery In Appraisal Case
• BlackBerry To Sell Mobile, Messaging Patents For $600M
• Barratt Developments Buys Gladman For $336M
• Securities Litigation Trends To Watch This Year
• Castlight Health Investor Sues Over $370M Vera Sale
• Keys To Keeping Law Firm Talent Amid The Great Resignation
• Investors In Pot Co. Aphria Seek Class Cert. In $144M Suit
• Polsinelli Snags 2 Ex-Nelson Mullins Attys In Atlanta
• Steep Hill Investor Sues To Probe Cannabis Company's Books
• Sony Unit Pays $3.6B For Video Game Developer Bungie
• Diversified Healthcare Trust Inks $703M JV For Office Portfolio
• 4 Firms Assemble $16.5B Go-Private Deal For Citrix Systems
• Sprint Dealer Says T-Mobile Is Preying On Smaller Sellers
• Lockheed Wanted Aerojet To Hurt Rivals Pre-Deal, FTC Says
• NY Rulings Show How Reasonable Noncompetes Work In M&A
• UK Approves Autonomy Founder's Extradition To America
• Don't Miss It: Skadden, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• View Inc. Investors Seek Records On 'Disastrous' SPAC Deal
• 2 Firms Will Lead Shareholders' Zagg Merger Suit In Chancery
• Shimao Group Selling Shanghai Hyatt Hotel For $704M
• Elliott To Sell $373M Stake In Former Target Bank Of East Asia
• Strategies For Coping With Stress In The Legal Profession
• Sichenzia Ross, Loeb Lead $2.5B Health Care Tech SPAC Deal
• Google Inks $1B Airtel Deal To Advance India's Digitization
• HP Wins UK Fraud Suit Over Autonomy Acquisition
• Judge Says $6.1B Energy Deal Fight Can Proceed, This Time
• The Term: Breyer's Legacy And The Nomination To Come
• Breyer Retiring As Supreme Court Lurches Right
• What Cos. Should Know About D&O Policy Landscape In 2022
• Lessons On Conflicted-Party Transactions From NC Ruling
• Facebook Data Antitrust Suits Get New Judge
• Greenberg Traurig Lures Nelson Mullins Partner In Miami
• 4 Firms Rep As Satellite Biz D-Orbit Goes Public In $1.3B Deal
• Axiata To Buy $606M Stake In Indonesian TV, Broadband Co.
• What You Need To Know About Judge Jackson
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nvidia, Unilever, Kim Kardashian's Skims
• The Implications Of CFIUS' Rising Profile On M&A
• Biden At His Side, Justice Breyer Announces Retirement
• EU Clears Facebook's Kustomer Deal, But Rivals Get Access
• Limited Resources Will Test DOJ Preference For Merger Suits
• Democrats Plan Swift Confirmation Of Breyer Successor
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Fenwick Steer $1.4B UBS Fintech Buy
• Del. Court Tosses Challenge To $13B Noble-Chevron Merger
• Meet The Possible Nominees For Justice Breyer's Seat
• How AI Can Transform Crisis Management In Litigation
• Homebuilder, CFO Must Face SEC's Insider Trading Claims
• 'Just Do Your Job': Justice Breyer's Legacy Of Pragmatism
• Brown Rudnick Snags Corporate Partner In Boston
• Viterra Buys Grains Biz From Marubeni Unit For $1.1B
• SEC Sacrifices Process To Block New Proxy Adviser Rules
• 5 Breyer Opinions You Need To Know
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Wachtell
• Justice Breyer To Retire From High Court
• Digital Medicine Co. Akili Valued At $1B Via SPAC Merger
• PE Firms Say New $2.1B Aareal Bid Is 'Best And Final' Offer
• Two Investor Settlements From 2021 Crack Top 100 List
• MedMen Says Ascend Used 'Political Pressure' To Push Deal
• QAD Stockholders Seek Del. Stock Appraisal After $2B Sale
• 3 Firms Guide's Icanic Brands' $120M Deal For Cannabis Co.
• Supervisor Relationships Are Key To Beating Atty Burnout
• EU Clears Prince's $2.1B Ferro Buy With Fixes
• 3 Firms Guide Crypto Mining SPAC Deal Valued At $1.5B
• The New Antitrust Agenda's Impact On Energy And Chemicals
• Stevens & Lee Adds Two Tax Attorneys In NJ, Pa. Offices
• Rite Aid Investors, Walgreens Ask To Slim Or Toss Merger Suit
• $7.5M Settlement Proposed In Spectra-Enbridge Merger Suit
• Ropes & Gray Adds 3 New Partners In NY And LA
• 3 Firms Rep As Chesapeake Buys Chief E&D In $2.6B Deal
• Latin America-Focused SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Totaling $230M
• M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• Nearly 1 In 2 Large UK Firms Seeking Mergers To Grow Faster
• FTC Challenges Lockheed's $4.4B Aerojet Deal
• Beyond Big: Smaller, Hyperfocused Firms Still Stand Out
• What Top Public M&A Firms Can Teach Us About Deal Making
• Bridgepoint Inks $7B Sale Of Material Testing Co. To Temasek
• 3 Firms Shape SPAC Deal For $1.7B UK Visual Effects Giant
• Top DOJ Antitrust Enforcer Is No Fan Of Merger Settlements
• Energy Firm Takes Aim At 5th Circ. Arbitration Waiver Finding
• FTC Rulemaking Risks Expansion Of Unfair-Method Bounds
• FTC Still Needs More Money For Merger Reviews, Dems Say
• IHS Pays $315M For Brazil Telecom Tower Portfolio
• Lionbridge Defeats TransPerfect's Trade Secrets Suit
• 5 Firms Steer Energy Infrastructure Cos.' Deal Valued At $1.5B
• Deals Boom Meets Expansive Biden Antitrust Agenda
• UnitedHealth Files 2nd Suit Over $38M Merger Math Dispute
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
• Starboard-Backed Acacia Research Bids $9B For Kohl's
• Simpson, DLA Steer $3.7B Blackstone-Resource REIT Deal
• K&L Gates Hires Aviation Finance Specialist Atty
• COVID Fuels Top Firms' Priorities In 2022
• The Leaderboard: Tracking A Firm's Litigation Footprint
• High Court Takes Up Axon's FTC Challenge
• 4 Firms Build €1.56B Go-Private Deal For Dutch Bike Maker
• Peloton's Problems Continue As Activist Seeks Shakeup, Sale
• IPO Market Gets Off To A Rocky Start In 2022
• Fintech-Focused SPAC Leads IPO Trio Totaling $625M
• 2 Firms Guide Pot Banking Co.'s Tie-Up With Compliance Firm
• What To Expect From Merger Guideline Modernization
• Don't Miss It: Ropes & Gray, Fenwick Guide Week's Hot Deals
• SPAC N2 Acquisition Withdraws $450M IPO
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Latham
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Piraeus Bank Nabs €98M Major Stake In Greek Real Estate Co.
• DOJ Antitrust Division Names Permanent Deputy
• Aristocrat's £2.1B Playtech Buy On Track After Rival Bows Out
• SPAC Led By Ex-Trump Adviser Makes $9.3B Bet On Allwyn
• Food Industry-Focused SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Totaling $285M
• Facebook Tells 9th Circ. App Developers Lack Standing
• Ill. Judge Tosses Ex-Cannabis Co. Exec's Fraud Claim
• Latham, Davis Polk Guide Psychedelic Co.'s SPAC Merger
• Chancery Confirms Arbitration Award In Agribiz Sale Saga
• Firms Get $23.5M For $100M Merger Suit Settlement In Del.
• RR Donnelley Reveals New Bid From Unnamed Suitor
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Debevoise
• Deals Rumor Mill: Zentiva, Carlyle Group, Acorns Grow
• Blackstone Buys Precision Parts Co. Interplex In $1.6B Deal
• Burns & Levinson Adds 2 Attys To Corporate Cannabis Group
• Del. Chancery Approves Expedia Settlement, $6.5M Fee Award
• UK Probing NortonLifeLock Deal For Cybersecurity Co. Avast
• Why Microsoft's $68.7B Activision Play Will Probably Succeed
• 2 Firms Will Lead Investor Suit Over GW Pharma's $7.2B Deal
• Dems Blame Food Supply Woes On Lax Antitrust Enforcement
• The Rising Demand For Commercial Litigators In 2022
• Biden's Antitrust Shift May Play Out On The Golf Course
• Firms Seek $12M For $45M Surgery Partners Suit Settlement
• Former EU Antitrust Investigator Joins Gibson Dunn
• Ellenoff Grossman, Loeb & Loeb Steer SPAC's $75M IPO
• Jones Day, DLA Piper Steer $670M Texas Data Center Deal
• Mergers & Acquisitions Group Of The Year: Cravath
• O'Melveny Nabs 5-Partner Locke Lord Team In Dallas
• Covington, Latham Craft UCB's Zogenix Buy Of Up To $1.9B
• Slights To Leave Creative Legacy At Delaware Chancery Court
• DOJ, FTC Want To Overhaul Merger Guidelines
• Antitrust's 1900s Nostalgia In The US And Beyond
• Musk Attys Call $13B SolarCity Merger Damages Preposterous
• Facebook's Bid To Kill Data Suit Gets Judge's Thumbs Down
• Key Contract Lessons In Del. Justices' Hotel Deal Ruling
• Fintech Startup Acorns Grow And SPAC Scrap $2.2B Merger
• Mnuchin's PE Firm Invests $150M In Satellite Imagery Co.
• Teligent's 3 Ch. 11 Asset Sales Bring $87M Into Estate
• 3 Firms Rep ProKidney's $2.64B Go-Public SPAC Deal
• SEC's 'Shadow Trading' Theory Passes Muster With Judge
• Autonomy Chief Wants Extradition Delayed For HP Ruling
• Simpson, Skadden Rep Microsoft's $68.7B Activision Buy
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2021
• Mass. Community Bank Acquires Cannabis-Related Deposits
• States Ask DC Circ. To Revive Facebook Antitrust Case
• 2nd Set Of Juul Buyers Sent To Arbitration
• Hyzon Motors Hit With Suit Days After SEC Subpoena
• FTC Merger Policy Shifts May Spur Uncertainty And Risk
• Delaware Suit Means SPACs Will Face Tougher Legal Scrutiny
• Evaluating Director Protections After Del. Bankruptcy Ruling
• Hitachi Unveils Plan To Sell $1.6B Stake In Construction Biz
• 3 Firms Guide Pair Of Tech-Focused SPACs Raising $511M
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Mayer Brown Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Office Depot Delays Spinoff To Mull 2 Bids For Consumer Biz
• $68M Award Becomes Focus On Heels Of Iran Nuke Deal Talks
• FTC's 2nd Round Facebook Win A Warning To Other Acquirers
• Investors' Challenge To $3.1B Materials Co. Sale Moves Ahead
• Investor Alleges Nikola Board Was Blind To Fraud
• Railroad Wants Lines Divested In Rival's $31B Deal
• FTC Competition Bureau Aims To Fill 'Many Vacancies'
• FTC Should Rethink Market Issues In Facebook Case
• Crown Open To Further Talks With Blackstone After $6.5B Bid
• Adler Group To Sell €1B Property Portfolio To KKR, Velero
• SEC Wins Claim Atty's Biotech Co. Stock Sales Were 'Charade'
• Southern Copper Opposes 2 Firms' $7.5M Fee Bid In Chancery
• M&A Ruling Illustrates Limits Of Disclaiming Fraud In Del.
• How In-House Counsel Can Make The Case For Settling Early
• McGuireWoods Antitrust Hire Is 5th Partner Addition Of 2022
• Deals Rumor Mill: Reddit, Lockheed Martin, ProKidney
• Del. Vice Chancellor Slights Retiring From Bench
• EU Blocks $2B Daewoo-Hyundai Shipbuilding Merger
• Alleged Shadow Trader Asks Judge To Halt SEC 'Overreach'
• More Than A Dozen Firms Aided 2021's Top Hospitality Deals
• Activist Investor Starboard Urges Huntsman To Change Board
• Del. Justices Mull Remand For $20M Merger Breach Ruling
• Delaware Justices Seek Gist Of Cox-Sprint Wireless Pact
• To Retain Talent, GCs Should Prioritize Mission Statements
• How Health Cos. Can Minimize Consolidation Risk
• 3 Firms Guide $1.9B Merger Of Oil Cos.
• China Regulations Spur 51job Buyers To Cut Offer To $3.8B
• Cooley, Loeb & Loeb Shape $511M Medical Co. SPAC Merger
• Hogan Lovells Lands Baker McKenzie Corporate Pro In Philly
• FTC's Facebook Antitrust Case Survives 2nd Dismissal Bid
• US Sugar Says Merger Would Give Consumers Sweet Deal
• Nvidia Tells CMA Arm Will Get Weaker Without Merger
• 9th Circ. Queries App Developers' Standing Against Facebook
• More Than A Dozen Firms Aided 2021's Top Real Estate Deals
• Health Care Policy Priorities To Watch In 2022
• Cargo Equipment Cos. Say UK Merger Concerns Are Flawed
• Papa Murphy's Gets 1st OK For $2.4M Investor Settlement
• Limetree Bay Bidder's Ch. 11 Sale Stay Nixed In Texas
• Proskauer Lures Back M&A Specialist To Its LA Office
• Anticipate Another Busy Year Of M&A Activity
• 3 Firms Drive Aptiv's $4.3B Deal For Auto Software Maker
• SPAC Investor Says Talkspace Misled On Costs, Demand
• Limetree Says Appeal Of Sale Is No Reason To Delay Closing
• Calif. AG Clears Split Of Health Systems With Commitments
• Green Light On SPAC Deal Suit Puts Fiduciary Duty In Context
• Chancery Rejects Fast-Tracking Of $6.7B Arena Merger Suit
• Kirkland, Simpson Thacher Rep $1.45B Owens & Minor Deal
• Brooklyn Developer Aims For Ch. 11 Transaction In 60 Days
• Kirkland, Ropes & Gray Rep R1's $4B Cloudmed Buy
• Finn Dixon Elevates 4 Attys To Partnership, 2 To Counsel
• 2 Firms Seek $7.5M As Part Of $24.5M Southern Copper Deal
• Ex-Venable Consumer Finance Partner Jumps To Blank Rome
• Dykema Opens Milwaukee Office With Capital Markets Laterals
• Del. Chancery Finds Ex-Matterport CEO Can Trade Freely
• Ellenoff Grossman Can't Escape Malpractice Claim
• Locke Lord, Kirkland Rep $3B Navitas Midstream Buy
• Willkie, Wilson Sonsini Guide Take-Two's $12.7B Zynga Buy
• FDIC Chair's Exit Likely To Boost Biden's Banking Agenda
• More Than 30 Law Firms Guided 2021's Biggest Deals
• Chancery Nixes Investor's Bid For More Docs On $1.4B Tie-Up
• Deals Attys Approach JPMorgan Event Cautiously Optimistic
• Don't Miss It: Gibson Dunn, Paul Weiss Guide Latest Hot Deals
• Stockholder Sues To Block Pfizer's $6.7B Arena Pharma Buy
• Ascend Slams MedMen For Not Closing On Investment Deal
• Brazil's XP Buys Banco Modal, Valuing It At $528M
• Morgan Lewis, Gunderson Guide NY Times-The Athletic Buy
• SEC Sues Fla. Men Indicted In Federal Insider-Trading Case
• Loeb & Loeb Hires White And Williams' Securities Group Chair
• Ex-Owners' Antitrust Claim Denied After Buyers Close Firm
• Deals Rumor Mill: Authentic Brands, CW Network, Shell
• Inovalon Investors Seek Stock Appraisal After $7.3B Sale
• Recent Bias Suits Against Law Firms And Lessons For 2022
• Skadden-Led Stryker Buys $3.09B Health Care Software Maker
• SocGen's Car Leasing Unit Bids €4.9B For LeasePlan
• Delhi High Court Suspends Amazon, Future Group Arbitration
• Inside The Top De-SPACs That Didn't Survive 2021's 2nd Half
• CMA Probing Emergency Services Software Merger
• Colorado's AG Targeting Robotexts, Social Platforms In 2022
• US Takeaways On OECD Antitrust Policy Discussion
• $1.7M Deal Proposed To End Del. Go-Private Sale Class Suit
• $20M Acquisition Would End Maryland Pot Biz Feud
• Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr Adds Health Care Counsel
• Fried Frank Grows In Europe With New Brussels Office
• Lawmakers: Google Can't 'Bully' Antitrust Chief Into Recusal
• Barley Snyder Merges With Central Pa. Firm Leisawitz Heller
• Kirkland, Fenwick Guide $370M Vera-Castlight Merger
• Electricity Cos. Fight $4.3B Merger Rejection At NM High Court
• Ping Shareholder Sues In Del. To Probe $327M Stock Sale
• Cannabis Trio, Including Mass. Grower, To Form Calif. Co.
• Chancery Tosses Investor Challenge To $1B Energy Co. Sale
• How To Navigate The Coming Antitrust Policy Tests
• Nimbus, Bristol-Myers Drop Psoriasis Drug Dispute
• Pessimistic FTC 'Open' To Merger Deal, Nvidia 'Hopeful'
• Wachtell, Kirkland Steer Fanatics-Topps Trading Card Biz Sale
• Comrit Calls For Boardroom Change At New York City REIT
• Golden Nugget Stockholders Sue For Docs On $1.56B Merger
• Merit Medical's $18.25M Investor Fraud Deal Gets First OK
• Holland & Knight, Sidley Rep $340M Health Care Software Sale
• Del. Class Suit Over $11B MultiPlan SPAC Merger To Proceed
• Ex-SEC Veteran Joins Morgan Lewis As Partner In DC
• CBRE Unit To Buy $4.9B Logistics Assets From Hillwood
• Delaware Cases To Watch In 2022
• A Look At What's Ahead For Antitrust Enforcement In 2022
• Associate Hiring Outlook At Law Firms Is Bright For 2022
• Merger Cases, Issues To Watch In 2022
• D&O Insurance Cases To Watch In 2022
• Can The IPO Market Pull Off Another Robust Year?
• Bill Tracker: Antitrust Legislation To Watch In 2022
• 3 Hurdles That Could Slow The Pace Of SPACs In 2022
• More Proxy Battles, ESG To Propel 2022 Shareholder Activism
• Derivative Suits, MAE Issues Top 2021 M&A Cases In Delaware
• Looming Challenges Unlikely To Cool Red-Hot M&A Market