Mergers & Acquisitions Archive » April, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions - April, 2022

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• Black Rifle Coffee And SPAC Deal Successor Hit With Suit
• Musk's Lively Chancery Trial Yielded Surprisingly Staid Ruling
• UK, Cobham Mulling Fixes For £2.57B Defense Company Deal
• Clover Health Stockholder Sues In Del. For Company Docs
• Report Shows FTC Staffer Satisfaction Sinking
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Gibson Dunn Guide Week's Hot Deals
• 2 Firms Guide $364M Gov't Cloud Software Co. Deal
• Houghton Mifflin Shareholder Seeks Appraisal In Delaware
• Goodwin Procter Adds Davis Polk Capital Markets Pro
• Shell, Exxon Drop Claims Over Texas Gas Station Acquisition
• Klehr Harrison Brings In Litigation Partner From Dechert
• FisherBroyles Adds Corporate Partners In Chicago, Dallas
• Decision-Makers Stress Markets In Recent Merger Challenges
• Associates, Look Beyond Money In Assessing Lateral Offers
• Shell Picks Up Renewable Energy Giant In India For $1.55B
• Space-Focused SPAC Withdraws Plans For $300M IPO
• UK Billionaire Makes $5.3B Bid To Buy Chelsea Football Club
• Blank Rome Brings On Kirkland & Ellis Trade, Security Pro
• Fintech, Sustainable Energy SPACs Raise $175M Combined
• KKR Set To Buy French Renewable Energy Biz For €1.6B
• UK Concerned About Completed Veterinary Merger
• China-Focused SPAC Hony Capital Cancels $200M IPO
• New York City REIT Proxy Battle With Comrit Heats Up
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Reckitt Benckiser, Mattel
• Preventing Impermissible Client Solicitation After ABA Opinion
• Broadcaster Tegna Hit With Suit Over $8.6B Go-Private Deal
• Hersha Hospitality Trust To Sell 7 Non-NYC Hotels For $505M
• CMA Appoints New Senior Litigation Director As Cases Mount
• KKR Plots $5.2B Deal For Hitachi's Third-Party Logistics Biz
• Twitter's Top Atty Attacked, And Defended, After Musk Tweet
• Musk Faces A Few More Hurdles Before Acquiring Twitter
• Telecom Shareholders' Fight Must Be Arbitrated, Court Hears
• Dechert Expands Private Equity Practice With NC Partner
• DraftKings Says Investor Suit Over Merger Still Lacks Facts
• Renewables Biz Accused Of Bad Info On Chevron Buyout
• Elon Musk Beats Chancery Suit Over Tesla's SolarCity Deal
• EU Lawmakers Eye Crackdown On Foreign Subsidies
• Nursing Home Biz Wins Court Approval Of Bankruptcy Plan
• Financial Services Co. Stole Trade Secrets, Rival Says In Suit
• Latham Hires Skadden Energy Pro In Houston, DC
• Lessons On Avoiding E-Discovery Violations And Sanctions
• AMP To Sell Real Estate Biz To Dexus For Up To $393M
• Akin Gump Hires New Corporate Partner In NY
• MoneyGram Stockholder Sues To Stop Madison Dearborn Buy
• Week In Bankruptcy: InfoWars' Shaky Start, Releases Still Roil
• Del. Chancellor OKs Partial Stay Of Anthem Deal Escrow Suit
• 3 Firms Rep In Tech-Focused SPAC's $70M IPO
• Bombardier Faces Arbitration Over Sale Of Transportation Biz
• Takeaways On The New Antitrust Scrutiny In Health Care
• How Does Musk's Buying Twitter Affect Its Legal Department?
• O'Melveny Hires 6th Partner From Locke Lord In Texas
• 2 Firms Lead In EON Reality's $655M Go-Public Deal
• Architectural Firm Gets OK To Unveil Ch. 11 Sale Plans Early
• Collaborative Tech Will Dictate Future Law Firm Success
• Automation Biz Kinexon Grabs $130M In Series A
• CMA Says Blocking Meta's GIF Deal Protects UK Consumers
• Chinese Fuel Cell Co. Weighs $1B SPAC Deal To List In US
• Law360's 2022 M&A Editorial Advisory Board
• Clarity, Confusion Collide In Antitrust Leniency Overhaul
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• How To Effectively Prepare A Witness For Remote Testimony
• Musk, Twitter Reach Deal On $44B Sale
• Meta Begins Bid To Overturn UK Block On $315M Giphy Deal
• Wachtell, Simpson Steer Blackstone's $7.6B REIT Buy
• NY Architectural Firm EYP Opens Ch. 11 In Del., Eyeing Sale
• Aerojet CEO Warns Chancery Of Board Rival's Takeover Bid
• FTC's Khan More Worried About Inaction Than Blowback
• Windy City Shuffle: Crowell & Moring, Benesch, Ballard Spahr
• Freshfields Partners Not Alarmed By Slump In SPAC Deals
• Ogletree Deakins Hires Back Ford Harrison Atty In SF
• As Cyber Risks Surge, Remember Attorneys' Ethical Duties
• Don't Miss It: Jones Day, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• UK Flags Competition Concerns For Maersk, Noble Merger
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ulmer & Berne Grabs Regulations Partner For NY Office
• UK Probing $5.7B Construction Chemical Deal
• DOJ Pressed By Judge On Strength Of US Sugar Merger Suit
• Customers Lift Airline Bankruptcy Merger Row To 2nd Circ.
• Icahn Blasts McDonald's, Wall Street Cos. For ESG 'Cover-Up'
• 4 Firms Shape Humana's $3.4B Hospice Biz Sale To CD&R
• Holland & Hart Adds Cannabis Tax Litigator In Denver
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, Zendesk, Hitachi
• Key Employee-Retention Strategies To Practice In M&A Deals
• FTC Clears Prince's $2.1B Ferro Buy With Plant Sales
• DOJ Puts Google's $5.4B Cyber Deal Under The Microscope
• Simply Better Brands To Acquire Jones Soda Co. For $99M
• Prickett Jones Wants Fees For $9.3M AT&T Ruling In Chancery
• Elon Musk Says He Has Secured $46.5B To Buy Twitter
• Judge Admits 'Inexcusable' Error In Atty's SEC Fraud Trial
• Rite Aid Says Spear Point's Buyout Offer Was 'Not Credible'
• Rethinking E-Discovery Readiness Amid Rise Of Collab Tools
• DOJ Charges Israeli Corporate Atty With Securities Fraud
• $12M Note Came Due At Dura Medic Sale, Del. Chancery Says
• Limetree Bay Reaches $1.3M Deal With Losing Bidders
• Citrix Stockholders Sue For Docs On $16.5B Go-Private Deal
• Akanda Buys Canadian Cannabis Co. Subsidiary For $28M
• German Review Of Meta Deal Signals Greater Involvement
• Schubert Jonckheer, Lifshitz Seek To Lead Lordstown Suit
• Troutman Pepper Adds 2 Corporate Partners From Cooley
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Goodwin M&A Expert In LA Office
• Loeb & Loeb Pilots Tech-Focused SPAC's $100M Upsized IPO
• Latham Adds 2 Ex-White & Case Energy Partners
• Embracing ESG: Uber Counsel Talks Safety Standards
• Just Eat Mulls Grubhub Sale, Scales Back Growth Projections
• KKR-Led Group Bids $14.8B For Australia's Ramsay Health
• Prospectively Appointing Jackson To High Court Is Unlawful
• Clifford Chance Adds Ex-Sive Paget Tax And Energy Partner
• Proposed SEC Restrictions Stand To Add SPACs Risk
• Injectable Drug Dropped From $375M Merger To Assuage FTC
• Wachtell, Goodwin Rep In Regeneron's $250M Biopharma Buy
• Law Profs Blast SEC Plan To Trim 'Activist' Investor Deadlines
• Armstrong Teasdale Adds 4 Attys In Denver, St. Louis
• 3 Firms Lauded For Fixing $14M Class Payout 'Logjam' In Del.
• Simpson, Dentons Lead Blackstone's $12.8B Housing Splash
• Investor Sues For Docs In $860M Permian Basin Asset Buy
• Altaba Can't Cut $800M Reserve For Canadian Privacy Claims
• Conn. Atty Can't Redo Trial Over Alleged Jury Talk, SEC Says
• Aircraft Co. Hit With Stock Drop Suit Over Electric Jet Claims
• Sullivan, Fried Frank Guide $800M DigitalBridge-Wafra Deal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Dorsey Hires Corporate M&A Atty From Olshan Frome For NY
• Berkshire's $11.6B Alleghany Deal Survives 'Go-Shop' Period
• Latham, Davis Polk Steer ArchiMed's $1.2B Natus Medical Deal
• Southwest Gas Mulls $5B-Plus Offer From Non-Icahn Suitor
• AGs Insist Laches Defense Wrongly Used In Facebook Suit
• Investor Sues To Delay Insurance Underwriter's $41.4M Merger
• Nonreliance Clause Enforceability Still Murky In Fla. Courts
• Smart & Final Investor Sues Over $1.1B Sale To Apollo
• Justices Told To Skip Energy Firm's Fight For Arbitration
• Tegna Gives DOJ More Time To Probe $8.6B Go-Private Deal
• Time To Fix Legal Industry's Environmental Pro Bono Problem
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Huttig Investor Says Bids Stifled In $350M Woodgrain Merger
• Union Urges US Pensions To Sell PE-Backed Chinese Tech Co.
• Twitter Adopts Poison Pill To Thwart Elon Musk's $43B Offer
• 4 Ways Lawyers Keep Busy When Public Markets Are Shut
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Simpson Thacher
• 3 Lingering Questions About Musk's Twitter Takeover Bid
• Payment Tech Firms Battle In Del. Over Merged Fraud Case
• Canada Settles Challenge Of GFL's Closed Deal For Rival
• O'Melveny Conflict In Trump Ally's Trial May Need Workaround
• DOJ Wants More Info On Frontier's Bid For Spirit Airlines
• Remembering An Underappreciated Legal Skill — Listening
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mobileye, Kohl's, Uniti Group
• Tata Renewable Power Biz Valued At $4.5B For Investment
• Spurned Florida Railroad Buyer Finally Sues In Del. Chancery
• Elon Musk Launches $43B Takeover Bid For Twitter
• Atlantia Valued At €58B In Blackstone-Backed Takeover Bid
• Alleghany Sued Over $11.6B Berkshire Hathaway Buyout
• M&A Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• Attorneys Can Promote Trade, Security Amid Global Conflict
• Maersk, Noble Plan To Sell Rigs For UK's Approval On Merger
• Gibson Dunn Adds 2 Willkie Attys To PE Practice In Houston
• Clark Hill Transactions Atty Joins Bradley Arant's Dallas Office
• Latham-Led Fandom Sells D&D Tool To Hasbro For $146M
• Cipla Calls Achaogen Claims Over Lost Ch. 11 Sales 'Weak'
• 2 Firms Rep Crypto- And Fintech-Focused SPAC's $100M IPO
• Offshore Driller Support Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $124M Note Debt
• Cleary, Wilson Sonsini Lead GSK's $1.9B Sierra Oncology Buy
• Pot Giant Tilray To Buy Rival Hexo's Remaining $193M Debt
• NJ Hospitals Urge FTC To End Review Of Abandoned Merger
• Bain Capital-Backed SPAC Pulls Plans For $300M IPO
• Norton Rose Fulbright Adds DC Renewable Energy Tax Atty
• Latham Adds 2nd Willkie Atty To Growing PE Practice
• KKR Snags Barracuda In $4B Deal Led By Simpson, Kirkland
• Kaufman, Loeb Drive SPAC Deal For $583M Digital Health Co.
• EU Clears Parker's £6.3B Meggitt Deal With Unit Sale
• Oat Milk Co. Wants Out Of Investors' 'Greenwashing' Suit
• Electric-Truck Maker Nikola Wants Investors' Fraud Suit Axed
• Del. Justices Back $20M Claim Right For Nixed NJ Bridge Job
• Del. Justices Uphold Chancery Ruling In Yatra-Ebix Deal Suit
• 3 Firms Help Guide IGT's €160M Gaming Biz Deal
• Day Trader Admits Role In Disney, T-Mobile Fake-Rumor Ploy
• The Future Of Legal Ops: Reining In Outside Counsel Costs
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 6 Firms Assist As Datto Goes Private In $6.2B Deal
• SocGen To Exit Russia With Rosbank Sale To Oligarch
• Goodwin, Kirkland Guide Go-Private Deal For $6.9B SailPoint
• Del. Justices Uphold Toss Of Suit Over Tesaro's $5.1B Sale
• When Congress Seeks Cos.' Nonpublic Info From Regulators
• Don't Miss It: Clifford Chance, Goodwin Rep Week's Hot Deals
• IPO Outlook Slightly Brightens After A Dismal Start To 2022
• DOJ And FTC Seek To Better Vet Deals Amid 'Merger Boom'
• Hall Booth Absorbs Med Mal Firm Mattia McBride In NJ
• Enforcement Takeaways From ABA Antitrust Meeting
• Dutch Maritime Co. Taps Freshfields As It Mulls $4.6B Offer
• Wachtell-Led Littelfuse Buys $540M PE-Backed Switch Maker
• Centene Nabs 8th Circ. Win In Suit Over $6.8B Acquisition
• FTC's Slaughter Skeptical Of Industry-Specific Merger Policies
• Sen. Brown Asks Fed, OCC To Join Bank Merger Review Push
• Chancery Tosses $1.85B Anthem-Cigna Merger Bust Fee Suit
• 5 Firms Rep $4.2B Oil Tanker Biz Tie-Up
• Broadcasters Push To Wrap Up Ownership Rule Review
• Deals Rumor Mill: Atlantia, Shein, Kokusai Electric
• In Early Mediation, Negotiate With Empathy, Not Threats
• Nursing Home Biz Gets Bankruptcy Court OK For $7.1M Sale
• Payments Network Bolt Buys Crypto Platform Wyre
• Fenwick Adds Latham Corporate Atty In Calif.
• How Antitrust Enforcers Might Think Like Plaintiffs Lawyers
• Paul Weiss, Davis Polk Drive CDK's $8.3B Go-Private Deal
• Telecom Investors Seek Final OK Of $15.5M Deal
• Atty Says Failure To Poll Jury In SEC Suit Warrants New Trial
• DOJ Willing To Challenge Mergers Before Investigations End
• SEC Scores Default Win In Goldman Insider Trading Suit
• Biden Antitrust Efforts May Trip Up JetBlue's Spirit Bid
• Plaskolite Says Ex-Execs Shared Secrets With Turkish Rival
• Spinning Eagle Acquisition SPAC Pulls $2B IPO Filing
• FTC's Republicans Say Leaders Think Mergers Are 'Evil'
• Half A Dozen Firms Guided Top Q1 Hospitality M&A Deals
• Addressing Problematic Drinking In The Legal Profession
• Ex-McKinsey Partner Gets 2 Years For 'Brazen' Insider Trading
• Antitrust Considerations Are Heating Up In Food Industry
• 4 Firms Rep As Dave & Buster's Buys Arcade Biz For $835M
• PE Firm Buys Cybersecurity Co. In $570M Deal Led By 3 Firms
• Chancery Nixes Icahn Bid For Southwest Special Meeting Vote
• Investor Sues To Stop Chevron's $3B Biodiesel Acquisition
• Morgan Stanley Derivatives Pro Joins Katten
• Chancery Won't Let Directors Out Of Akademos 'Washout' Suit
• Limetree Bay Ch. 11 Plan Moves Forward On Thin Ice
• 4 Firms Steer Harborside's Purchase Of Calif. Co. Loudpack
• JetBlue Tries To Usurp Frontier With $3.6B Spirit Airlines Bid
• Transforming Law Firms' Diversity Intent Into Real Progress
• High-Flying Bid For Textron Was A $14B Sham, Feds Charge
• Split 8th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Biotech Contract Suit
• Indicted Trader Gets GPS Anklet After Witness-Stalking Claim
• 2 Firms Rep Health Improvement Co.'s $2B Take Private Deal
• Maynard Cooper Grows In Florida With Boutique Merger
• Dechert Adds M&A, Private Equity Pro In SF
• More Than A Dozen Firms Guided Top Q1 Real Estate Deals
• UnitedHealth Adds Time For $13.8B Change Healthcare Deal
• Telecom Co. Shareholder Targets Award In Fight Over Control
• DOJ Adds New Obligations To Leniency Program
• IBM Cannot Assume Acquired Company's Settlement
• FTC, DOJ Signal 'Turning Point' On Mergers, Enforcement
• More Than 20 Law Firms Led Q1's Top 10 Global M&A Deals
• Limetree Bay Says Ch. 11 Plan Deal Resolves Dismissal Try
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 3 Firms To Seek Up To $4.4M In Fidelity National Suit Settlement
• Jury Finds Connecticut Attorney Ran Stock Sale Scheme
• Justices Must Apply Law Evenly In Shadow Docket Rulings
• Centerra Gold Reaches Deal To Hand Mine To Kyrgyz Gov't
• Latham, Wilson Sonsini Rep AMD's $1.9B Data Center Biz Buy
• Wachtell, King & Spalding Shape $1.1B Coffee Co. SPAC Deal
• Chancery Suit Over Hacked Payout In $130M Merger To Go On
• SPAC Says SEC's Rule Proposal Undercuts Investor Challenge
• Senate Passes Ocean Container Shipping Oversight Bill
• OCC's Hsu Sees Too-Big-To-Fail Risk In Large Regional Banks
• UK Social Care Biz Receives Possible £821M Takeover Bid
• Tips For Negotiating Litigation Funding Agreements
• Insider Trader Stalked Witness At Synagogue, Feds Say
• Don't Miss It: DLA Piper, Goodwin Guide Week's Hot Deals
• M&A Risk Management Considerations Amid War In Ukraine
• Holland & Knight Adds Sheppard Mullin Health Care Pro In LA
• Disclosure Software Co. Workiva Nabs ParsePort For $100M
• Bradley Arant Adds Atty To Growing Dallas RE Practice
• 2 Firms Steer Middle Market-Focused SPAC's $100M IPO
• PrimeBlock To Go Public In $1.25B SPAC Deal Built By 3 Firms
• Macquarie Sells Australian Telecom Biz Axicom In $2.68B Deal